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Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow. 

Some words have different meanings,

and yet they’re spelt the same.

A cricket is an insect, to play it – it’s a game.

On every hand, in every land, it’s thoroughly agreed, the

English language to explain is very hard indeed.

(i) What makes words with different meanings confusing?

(ii) What are the two interpretations of the word ’cricket’?

(iii) What is agreed on every hand and in every land?

(iv) What is the ‘game’ referred to/mentioned here?

(v) What have different meanings yet spelt the same?

(vi) What is very hard to explain?

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(i) Words with different meanings become confusing when they have the same spelling.

(ii) The word ‘cricket’ can mean either an insect, or a game.

(ii) That the English language is very hard to explain.

(iv) Cricket.

(v) Some words in the English language.

(vi) The English language.

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