COMPETITIVE ENGLISH

The Listeners – Worksheet (50 Marks)

CBSE Class 8 | *Poorvi* Unit 1 Poem | With Complete Answers

A. Vocabulary (15 Marks)

1. Synonyms (1×5=5)
a) champed = chewed
b) perplexed = confused
c) phantom = ghostly
d) smote = struck
e) surged = rushed

2. Antonyms (1×5=5)
a) silence × noise
b) descended × ascended
c) still × moving
d) open × closed
e) answered × ignored

3. One Word (1×5=5)
a) Small tower on a building → turret
b) Footrest on a horse saddle → stirrup
c) Sound of metal chains → bridle-tink
d) Base of a window → sill
e) Deep-breathing horse → low-lunged

B. Fill in the Blanks (1×10=10)

1. The Traveller knocked on the door. moonlit
2. His horse the grasses. champed
3. A bird flew up out of the . turret
4. No head leaned from the sill. leaf-fringed
5. The horse three times. stamped
6. The surged softly backward. silence
7. Moonbeams his face. kissed
8. The did not answer. Listeners
9. The Traveller rode away into the . night
10. The Listeners listened in . vain

C. Multiple Choice Questions (1×15=15)

1. Who said, “Is there anybody there?”
a) Horse b) Traveller b) Traveller
2. The horse stood on the __________ floor.
a) ferny b) sandy a) ferny
3. The Traveller knocked __________ times.
a) two b) three b) three
4. “Silence surged” is an example of:
a) simile b) personification b) personification
5. The Listeners were:
a) people b) phantoms b) phantoms
6. The door remained:
a) closed b) open b) open
7. The horse made a __________ sound.
a) bridle-tink b) bell-ring a) bridle-tink
8. The poem is set at:
a) morning b) night b) night
9. The Traveller felt:
a) happy b) perplexed b) perplexed
10. The waterfall was:
a) loud b) shallow b) shallow
11. “Stamped, stamped, stamped” shows:
a) repetition b) rhyme a) repetition
12. The whispers followed the Traveller down the:
a) road b) forest track b) forest track
13. The poem ends with:
a) answer b) silence b) silence
14. The main theme is:
a) love b) mystery b) mystery
15. The poet is:
a) Tagore b) de la Mare b) de la Mare

D. Match the Columns (1×10=10)

Column A	Column B
1. Traveller	knocked
2. Horse	stamped
3. Silence	surged
4. Moonbeams	kissed
5. Listeners	whispered
6. Door	open
7. Bird	flew
8. Hoofs	rang
9. Night-wind	kissed hair
10. Faces	phantom

COMPLETE ANSWER KEY (For Teachers/Parents)
A.1: chewed, confused, ghostly, struck, rushed
A.2: noise, ascended, moving, closed, ignored
A.3: turret, stirrup, bridle-tink, sill, low-lunged
B: moonlit, champed, turret, leaf-fringed, stamped, silence, kissed, Listeners, night, vain
C: 1-b, 2-a, 3-b, 4-b, 5-b, 6-b, 7-a, 8-b, 9-b, 10-b, 11-a, 12-b, 13-b, 14-b, 15-b
D: knocked, stamped, surged, kissed, whispered, open, flew, rang, kissed hair, phantom