Lesson 3

Reading

1. Complete the poems with words from the boxes and give the poems a title.

Poem 1

Every day when I come 1 home.
I look for my friend’s 2 cat
I usually find this cat
Lying in an old 3 hat
What do you think of 4 that?

Poem 2

There was a small 1 boy
Who had a wooden 2 toy
He loved that toy.
One day he took it to 3 bed
And slept with it by his 4 head
He loved that toy.
When the boy was 5 wooken
He found the toy was 6 broken!
He loved that toy.

2. Read the poems again and answer the questions.

1. How many verses does each poem have?

Poem 1 has one verse. Poem 2 has three verses.

2. Which words in each poem rhyme?

Poem 1: cat, hat, that.

Poem 2: boy, toy; bed, head; woken, broken.