IELTS Sample Listening Questions # Poetry
Poetry
The audio given below has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. You can download it, from the given link –
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Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS
- Which is Britain’s favorite poem?
- Which word is used to express the way of describing someone or something by using qualities of something else?
- Which metaphor is used to describe a very cold wind?
- Which word is used to describe when we use an object or shape or idea to describe something else?
- Which train stations is the speaker talking about when she speaks of “Mind the Gap”?
- What according to Dave can poetry communicate?
- In which year did Dave Neita came from Jamaica to England?
- Which word is used when we are trying to make the other person comfortable?
- Which metaphor is used to show that you are informing people about something just few minutes before doing it?
ANSWER
- “How Do I Love Thee?
- metaphor
- biting wind
- symbolism
- London Underground
- feelings, thoughts, ideas
- 1995
- hospitality
- short notice