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Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below:

What is a house?

It's brick and stone

and wood that's hard.

Some window glass

and perhaps a yard.

It's eaves and chimneys

and tile floors

and stucco and roof

and lots of doors.

(i) What is the house made up of?

(ii) List some other things that are needed to make a house.

(iii) Explain the word 'yard'.

(iv) Describe the use of chimneys in a house.

Answer:

(i) The house is made up of bricks, stones and hard wood.

(ii) A few other things that are needed to make the house are windows, doors, roof and fine plaster.

(iii) A yard means an open piece of land which is enclosed and it gives a grand look to the house.

(iv) The chimneys are installed on the roof over the kitchen to vent out the smoke.