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Does this poem make you feel all cosy? Do you reach for your woollen sweater and go outside to splash in puddles during an autumn walk? Some of it is in 'old English' so it can be interesting to figure out what those words and phrases mean.
Try my fun quiz below to activate your vocabulary for autumn. Answers are below.
1)What word beginning with 'h' is a synonym for mist?
2)What word beginning with 'r' is often used to describe leaves of a burnt orange colour?
3)What 'old English' word beginning with 'o' means regularly?
4)What word beginning with 'c' means to make secret plans?
How did you do?
To activate your English further, book a lesson!
Answers to the quiz:
1)haze
2)rust
3)oft
4)conspiring
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