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After reading the poem, try this comprehension activity and then do some writing yourself.

it wouldn't do

But,
She said,
I suppose it wouldn't do
For everyone to be the same now,
Would it.

No,
I said,
There'd be less
Interesting people around,
Wouldn't there.

Fewer interesting people,
She said,
But I suppose it wouldn't do
For everyone to speak the same now,
Would it.

John Kay

Your turn

Think of a grammatical rule in English. For example, we do not use the present perfect tense (has happened) with a definite past time word like yesterday; news is a singular noun despite its form. Now try and make a dialogue or monologue in which the rule is broken and corrected, as in the poem. Can you connect the theme with the language being focused on? For example, something very important is being talked about which (*has) happened yesterday?
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