Year 5 English Reading poetry and plays: check-up and practice test questions

Method. Look at the line ends.

1. Find the line ends. Lane and pane end lines 1 and 3.
   lane, pane
2. Write. Lane and pane.
   lane and pane
3. Write the answer.
   lane and pane

Check. Lane and pane. ✓

Method. Count the syllables.

1. Count. One frog sits on a green leaf has seven syllables.
   seven
2. Write. Seven.
   7
3. Write the answer.
   7

Check. 7. ✓

Method. Is one thing said to be another?

1. Look for like or as. There is none.
   none
2. Name the device. The sky is said to be a pan.
   metaphor
3. Write the answer.
   metaphor

Check. Metaphor. ✓

Method. Does the rain do a human thing?

1. Look at the action. Tapping with fingers is human.
   tapping
2. Name the device. Personification.
   personification
3. Write the answer.
   personification

Check. Personification. ✓

Method. Find the word that sounds like its meaning.

1. Look at the word. Splash sounds like water.
   water
2. Write. Splash.
   Splash
3. Write the answer.
   Splash

Check. Splash. ✓

Method. Count the lines.

1. Count. Five lines.
   five
2. Write. Five.
   5
3. Write the answer.
   5

Check. 5. ✓

Method. Read the character list.

1. Read the list. Tom is the customer, aged eleven.
   customer
2. Write. Tom.
   TOM
3. Write the answer.
   TOM

Check. Tom. ✓

Method. Think about the bell.

1. Think about the bell. The bell rings when the door opens.
   door
2. Explain. It tells the actors that someone has come in.
   come in
3. Write the answer.
   a sound happens, so someone enters or the door opens

Check. Someone has come in. ✓

Method. Think about the meaning.

1. Think about it. Narrative means story.
   story
2. Name it. A poem that tells a story.
   a story
3. Write the answer.
   a poem that tells a story

Check. A poem that tells a story. ✓

Method. Choose a comparison and add like.

1. Choose. A bus and a tortoise are compared.
   tortoise
2. Write. The bus crawled like a tired tortoise up the hill.
   like a tired tortoise
3. Write the answer.
   The bus crawled like a tired tortoise up the hill.

Check. The simile uses like. ✓

Method. Count the groups of lines.

1. Count. The poem has three stanzas.
   three
2. Write. Three.
   3
3. Write the answer.
   3

Check. 3. ✓

Method. Does an engine do a human thing?

1. Look at the verb. Sighs is a human action.
   sighs
2. Name the device. Personification.
   personification
3. Write the answer.
   personification

Check. Personification. ✓

Method. Think about the syllable pattern.

1. Think. The pattern is 5, 7 and 5.
   5, 7, 5
2. Name. That is a haiku.
   haiku
3. Write the answer.
   haiku

Check. Haiku. ✓

Method. Is the town said to be a train?

1. Look at the words. The town is said to be a train.
   is a train
2. Name. A metaphor.
   metaphor
3. Write the answer.
   metaphor

Check. Metaphor. ✓

Method. Look at the first sounds.

1. Find the sounds. Silver and spoons both begin with s.
   s
2. Write. Silver and spoons.
   silver and spoons
3. Write the answer.
   silver and spoons

Check. Silver and spoons. ✓

Method. Find the name before the line.

1. Find the name. MAYA is before the line.
   MAYA
2. Write. Maya.
   MAYA
3. Write the answer.
   MAYA

Check. Maya. ✓

Method. Look at the brackets.

1. Find the direction. The direction is sighing, quietly.
   sighing, quietly
2. Write. (sighing, quietly).
   (sighing, quietly)
3. Write the answer.
   (sighing, quietly)

Check. (sighing, quietly). ✓

Method. Think about what the word does for the reader.

1. Think. The word sounds like the noise.
   sounds like
2. Explain. The reader hears the sound and feels the moment.
   feels the moment
3. Write the answer.
   it makes the sound feel real and sudden

Check. It makes the sound feel real. ✓

Method. Think about how the lines move.

1. Find the rhythm. The lines move at a steady pace.
   steady
2. Link to the bus. The steady pace matches the bus rolling along.
   rolling
3. Write the answer.
   the steady rhythm matches the bus rolling along the road

Check. The rhythm matches the bus. ✓

Method. Think about what an actor and a reader need.

1. Names. The name before a line shows who speaks.
   who speaks
2. Brackets. Stage directions tell the actor what to do.
   what to do
3. Write the answer.
   the names show who speaks, and the brackets tell the actors what to do or how to say the line

Check. Names and directions help the actor. ✓