The Storm

1. We ------- to hear the storm come ------,

• sleep/down

• wake/up

• wake/down

• sleep/up

2. Sudden on ---------- and -------;

• roof/pane

• land/air

• roof/drum

• land/space

3. The thunder’s ---, and the ---- wind

• voice/blowing

• loud/hasty

• noise/hasty

• loud/heavy

4. --------- the beating rain.

• flow

• go

• come

• hurries

5. The rain -------, the wind------- gently,

• flows/blows

• slackens/blows

• slackens/flows

• flows/slackens

The ________ grows gentle and stills;

• leaf

• gust

• atmosphere

• breeze

And the ________________, like a breaking stick,

• thunder

• cloud

• wind

• breeze

Stumbles about the __________________________.

• heaven

• earth

• mountains

• hills

The drops still ________________ on leaf and thorn,

• hang

• hover

• stand

• sit

_____________ wrote the poem and he lived between _____________

• Edward Shankes/1892-1953

• Edward Shanks/1892-1953

• Edward Shanks/1895-1953

• Edward Shanks/1892-1955