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'The Listeners': reading

Starter quiz

  • Who is the poet of the below collection?
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    Who is the poet of the below collection?
    • Choose Love
    • Nicola Davies  ✓
    • Petr Horáček
    • Graffeg
  • Match the following words to their definitions.
    • noun
      ⇔
      a naming word for people, places or things ✓
    • verb
      ⇔
      a doing, being or having word ✓
    • adjective
      ⇔
      describes a noun ✓
    • adverb
      ⇔
      describes a verb ✓
  • True or False? Poems can be interpreted only one way.
    • True
    • False ✓
  • Match the following adjectives to the nouns they describe in the poem, 'The Listeners'.
    • moonlit
      ⇔
      door ✓
    • ferny
      ⇔
      floor ✓
    • leaf-fringed
      ⇔
      sill ✓
    • lone
      ⇔
      house ✓
  • True or False? Poems do not have to rhyme.
    • True ✓
    • False
  • Order the following events from the poem 'The Listeners' in chronological order.
    • 1
      ⇔
      The Traveller arrives at a house on horseback.
    • 2
      ⇔
      The Traveller knocks on the door. No one answers.
    • 3
      ⇔
      The Traveller knocks again. He feels a strange presence.
    • 4
      ⇔
      The Traveller announces that he kept his promise.
    • 5
      ⇔
      The Traveller gallops away on horseback.

Attributions

  • Q1: Choose Love, Nicola Davies, Petr Horáček, Graffeg

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