The frog speaks
Who is talking?
The poem has no storyteller. The frog itself tells us about its life, using the word I.
↳ The speaker of this poem is the frog.
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Who is talking?
The poem has no storyteller. The frog itself tells us about its life, using the word I.
↳ The speaker of this poem is the frog.
From water to land.
↳ A frog starts life as a swimmer.
Paddles, not shoes.
Skin joins the toes of the back feet. They push water like paddles, so the frog swims fast.
↳ Webbed feet = built-in paddles.
Glue for ideas.
A joining word links two ideas in one sentence and shows how they fit together.
↳ The right joining word explains the link.
Each one has a job.
↳ Ask what the second part is doing.
Back to front.
↳ Same idea, opposite order.
A frog tells us about its own life: its wet homes, its tadpole days, its fast tongue, its hiding colours, the snakes it fears and its loud, proud song.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
And, but, so, because and or join two ideas in different ways. English also likes a steady order: who, then the action, then how, where and when.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
Say tongue twisters, hear the difference between pen and pan, follow spoken instructions for a drawing, and write a friendly reply to a message.
~35 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
66 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
The baby frog that swims in water with a tail is called a ____.
Beginnertadpole
A tadpole is the first stage of a frog's life.
Skin joins the toes of a frog, so we call them ____ feet.
Beginnerwebbed
Webbed feet push water like paddles.
Tiny drops of water on the grass in the early morning are called ____.
Intermediatedew
Dew is the word the poem uses for those cool morning drops.
To ____ means to be careful about something dangerous.
Intermediatebeware
The frog must beware, because snakes hunt it.
36 flashcards in this kit — the app reviews them with spaced repetition so the right card returns on the right day.
Every game is built from this kit's own content — scores feed your mastery, so playing counts as studying.
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