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Complete the poem with the most appropriate word from the right box
I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
1) Load / flood / row / crowd That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 2) Peace / skies / breeze / mist 1 When all at once I saw a ___________, 3) Twinkle / sprinkle / jingle / mingle A host of golden daffodils; 4) Spray / quay / bay / hay Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 5) Bowing / tossing / losing / shaking 2____________________ Fluttering and dancing in the . 6) Grey / gloomy / gay / cheery 7) Brought / sought / caught / fought Continuous as the stars that shine 8) Self / time / way / cough 3 And _____________ on the Milky Way, 9) Flash / smash / squash / brush They stretched in never-ending line 10) Measure / leisure / pleasure / treasure 4 Along the margin of a _____________: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, 5 _________ their heads in sprightly dance. Match the following verbs with the most proper definition The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: 1. to glace a. to look furtively A poet could not but be 6 _________, 2. to gaze b. To shine (wet)
In such a jocund company: 3. to peek c. to seek / to look up
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought 4. to stare d. to blink
5. to browse e. to roam What wealth the show to me had 7 6. to wander f. to give a quick look ____________: 7. to flutter g. to shine suddenly
For oft, when on my 8____________ I lie 8. to float h. to move delicately
9. to twinkle i. to shine with flashes In vacant or in pensive mood, 10. to flash j. to look admiringly They 9_________ upon that inward eye 11. to toss k. to mix (a liquid) Which is the bliss of solitude; 12. to sparkle l. to reflect the light 10 And then my heart with _____________fills, 13. to glitter m. to look steadily And dances with the daffodils. 14. to glisten n. to throw 15. to stir o. to wave