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

  1. Which is Britain’s favorite poem?
  2. Which word is used to express the way of describing someone or something by using qualities of something else?
  3. Which metaphor is used to describe a very cold wind?
  4. Which word is used to describe when we use an object or shape or idea to describe something else?
  5. Which train stations is the speaker talking about when she speaks of “Mind the Gap”?
  6. What according to Dave can poetry communicate?
  7. In which year did Dave Neita came from Jamaica to England?
  8. Which word is used when we are trying to make the other person comfortable?
  9. Which metaphor is used to show that you are informing people about something just few minutes before doing it?

poetry
ANSWER

  1. “How Do I Love Thee?
  2. metaphor
  3. biting wind
  4. symbolism
  5. London Underground
  6. feelings, thoughts, ideas
  7. 1995
  8. hospitality
  9. short notice

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