L5 rapid readers

What animals were seen in the meadow?

• sheep and cows

• horses and cows

• lambs and goats

• horses and dogs

According to the poet, What is the train faster than?

• an army in battle

• animals in the meadow

• witches and fairies

Which word in the poem means a momentary or partial view.

• peep

• sight

• glimpse

• glance

What was the child doing?

• crying and shouting

• clambering and scrambling

• chattering and playing

Which word used in the poem means to rush forward

• stampede

• storming

• steaming

• charging

What could be seen from the train's carriage at the end of the poem?

• a boy and girl

• a hedge and bush

• a mill and a river

• hill and plains

What 4 things were seen at the beginning of the poem

• bridges

  houses

  hedges

  ditches

• witches

  fairies

  hedges

  ditches

• river

  hills

  plains

  mill

• troops

  horses

  cattle

  meadow

What simile used in the poem describes how fast the train was travelling?

• charging along like troops in battle

• flying as fast as a kite

• painted stations whistle by

• each a glimpse and gone forever