Poem: The Sounds in the Evening

Who is the author of the poem Sounds in the Evening

• Elanor Farjon

• Eleanor Farjeon

• Elenor Farjaun

• Eleanor Farjon

How does the author describe the evening?

• Pleasant and silent

• Rumbling and noisy

• Filled with only human noises

• A combination of different sounds

The sounds in the evening

Go all through the house,

What do these lines mean?

• The sounds are coming from the hall

• The inside of the house is noisier than the outside

• There are gentle sounds coming from all over the house

• The visiting guest as makings some sounds

The click of the clock

And the pick of the mouse

What makes a clicking sound in a clock?

• The hands of a clock

• The gears in a clock

• The hands and the gears

• Nothing, the clock ticks, it does not click

The footsteps of people

upon the top floor

What could these lines mean? (choose all answers that are correct)

• The poet lives in a single-floor house.

• The poet could be living in a duplex (two-story house).

• The poet is living in a flat.

• The poet is living in the basement.

The babble of the voices

That distance makes thin

Why are the voices becoming thin?

• The people have stopped talking

• The distance between the hall and the writer is wide

• The guests are leaving the house

• The guests are speaking in a whisper

Identify the onomatopoeia in

Cats meowed loudly in the night.

• Cats

• meowed

• loudly

• night

Identify the onomatopoeia in

The paper crumbled under her weight

• The paper

• crumbled

• under

• her weight.