Page 29 - Enjoying Words EW (Comprehension)

Y1 ENG Summer Enjoying Words (EW)

The moon shines clear as silver,

The sun shines bright like gold,
And both are very lovely,

And very, very old.

God hung them up as lanterns,

For all beneath the sky;
By Charlotte Druitt Cole
And nobody can blow them out,
For they are up too high.

Read the poem then read the sentences and write True or False.

1. The poem is called ‘Sun and Moon’. ___________________________

2. The poem is written by a man. ___________________________

3. The moon shines clear like gold. __________________________

4. The sun is dull. ___________________________

5. The sun and moon are very, very old. ___________________________

6. They are both lovely. ___________________________

7. God did not put them there. ___________________________

8. They are beneath the sky. ___________________________

9. People can blow them out. ___________________________

10. They are too high to blow out. ___________________________

11. Do you like this poem? ___________________________

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