2. Exercise 1: Complete the blanks in the passage below
about the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came by
David Orme. Use the words given.
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.
hide habitat
underground
destroyed
machines
trees
3. a. What are rooks?
Exercise 2: Answer the following questions on the
poem The Day the Bulldozers Came by David Orme.
Refer to stanza 1 of the poem.
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?
4. a. What does the expression ‘scattering’ mean?
Exercise 2: Answer the following questions on the
poem The Day the Bulldozers Came by David Orme.
Refer to stanza 2 of the poem.
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 ?
5. a. What animal is described in stanza 3?
Exercise 2: Answer the following questions on the
poem The Day the Bulldozers Came by David Orme.
Refer to stanza 3 of the poem.
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?
6. 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.
7. a. Whose voice do we hear in this poem?
Exercise 3: Answer the following questions based on
the poem.
b. What is the poem mainly about?
c. Give an example of sound imagery in the poem.
8. d. Do you think the fox would be safe from the
bulldozers? Give a reason for your answer.
9. e. Describe how you feel about protecting
wildlife after reading the poem.
11. a. What were the rooks making?
Set 1: Read the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came
and answer the following questions.
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.
12. a. What was the toad waiting for?
Set 2: Read the poem The Day the Bulldozers Came
and answer the following questions.
b. How were the squirrels behaving when the bulldozers
came? Why?
13. c. Why did the ground ‘tremble’ ?
d. In your opinion, do you think the bulldozers should be
stopped? Give a reason for your answer.
