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Exercise 1: Complete the blanks in the passage
below about the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came
by David Orme. Use the words given.

hide habitat machines destroyed

underground trees
The poem describes how a normal day in the
countryside was interrupted by the arrival of
bulldozers. These (1) ________________ came to
clear the (2) _____________ and prepare the land
for development. The natural (3) _____________of
the creatures described in the poem was to be (4)
___________________. The frightened animals had
nowhere to (5) ______________. Even the fox in his
(6) _______________ den was not safe.
Exercise 2: Answer the following questions on the
poem The Day the Bulldozers Came by David Orme.
Refer to stanza 1 of the poem.
a. What are rooks?

b. What do egg baskets refer to?

c. What are oaks ?

d. What does the word them in line 6 refer to?

e. What does the description cold-eyed tell us about the toad?

Exercise 2: Answer the following questions on the
poem The Day the Bulldozers Came by David Orme.
Refer to stanza 2 of the poem.

a. What does the expression scattering mean?

b. What is the connection between the squirrels behaviour

and the coming of the bulldozers?

c. What does line 11 tell is about the trees ?

Exercise 2: Answer the following questions on the
poem The Day the Bulldozers Came by David Orme.
Refer to stanza 3 of the poem.
a. What animal is described in stanza 3?

b. What was the fox doing when the bulldozers came?

c. What does the word stirred in line 13 mean?

d. What literary device is used in line 14?

e. Why was the fox unafraid?

Exercise 2: Answer the following questions on the
poem The Day the Bulldozers Came by David Orme.

Refer to stanza 3 of the poem.

Do you think the fox would be safe from the

bulldozers? Give a reason for your answer.
Exercise 3: Answer the following questions based on
the poem.

a. Whose voice do we hear in this poem?

b. What is the poem mainly about?

c. Give an example of sound imagery in the poem.

d. Do you think the fox would be safe from the
bulldozers? Give a reason for your answer.
e. Describe how you feel about protecting
wildlife after reading the poem.
PT3 EXAM PRACTICES
Set 1: Read the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came
and answer the following questions.
a. What were the rooks making?

b. According to verse 2, what was happening to the trees?

c. What woke the fox up from his sleep?

d. If you were one of the animals in the poem, how would

you feel when the bulldozers come? Give a reason for your
answer.
Set 2: Read the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came
and answer the following questions.

a. What was the toad waiting for?

b. How were the squirrels behaving when the bulldozers

came? Why?
c. Why did the ground tremble ?

d. In your opinion, do you think the bulldozers should be

stopped? Give a reason for your answer.