Workbook Solutions: Poems from Around the World | Year 3 English IGCSE (Cambridge) - Class 3 PDF Download

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3  Poems from around the world
3.1 Words that make pictures
1 red; red as sunset
2 Possible answers: No, because fires do not 
have blossoms or petals.
3 sky
4 d: noble
5 the sea, the ocean
6 b: a gentle breeze
7 Possible answers: the tree is dancing and 
swaying which means it is not a very strong 
wind; the tree is moving gently so the wind is 
only gentle; the sun is in the sky so it does not 
sound like a storm or a hurricane.
8 dance, sway
9 Learners’ own answers.
3.2  Reading with expression
1 counting, running, skipping, laughing, 
standing, looking, looking, staring, believing, 
standing, talking, spending, giving, carrying, 
running, telling, weeping, flowing, smiling
2
3 Learners’ own sentences.
3.3  Performing a poem
1 a The huge, scaly dragon 
b the bright swords of light  
c two large, shiny stones  
d a dark, smelly cave 
e the tall mountain range
2 a It flew high above the mountain. 
b  People stood and watched as they shot 
through the clouds.
 c A dragon crashed them together. 
 d  The people shelter from the thunder and 
lightning in it. 
 e  At last the dragon flies over it to 
another area.
3 Learners’ own answers.
3.4 Onomatopoeia
1 snake – hiss 
 donkey – hee-haw 
 cat – meow 
 bear – growl 
 chicken – cluck
2 Learners’ own sentences. 
3 the bird
4 c: the sound the animal makes when it sings
5 It moves to the left.
6 slides
7 screech
8 dives
3.5 Writing a haiku
1 Sud/den/ly /a/wake. 5  
 Stre/tching/, yaw/ning/, ar/ching/ back. 7 
 Stalk/ing/, poun/cing/: cat. 5
2 Learners’ own answers.
3 Learners’ own answers.
4 Learners’ own answers.
5 Learners’ own answers.
3.6 Reviewing poems
Learners’ own answers.
smile smiling come coming
say saying dance dancing
go going howl howling
run running stare staring
drop dropping fly flying
walk walking pull pulling
like liking flash flashing
stand standing hurry hurrying
rush rushing roar roaring
clap clapping become becoming