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The sound of silence

by Simon & Garfunkel

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1. Unscramble the following lines
������������������������������������������������������ �Because a vision softly creeping
����������������������������������������������������������������� �Still remains
����������������������������������������������������������������� �Hello, darkness, my old friend
����������������������������������������������������������������� �Within the sound of silence
����������������������������������������������������������������� �Left its seeds while I was sleeping
����������������������������������������������������������������� �And the vision
����������������������������������������������������������������� �I've come to talk with you again
����������������������������������������������������������������� �That was planted in my brain
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2. Unscramble the letters
In restless�(smeard) �I walked alone
(awronr) �streets of cobblestone
(ethabne) �the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and (padm)
When my eyes were stabbed
By the flash of a neon �(itlgh)�
That split the (gniht)
And touched the sound of silence
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3. Put the following verbs in the correct form in the gaps
see�� talk�� speak�� hear�� listen�� write�� share�� dare
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And in the naked light I
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People �without
People �without
People �songs that voices never
And no one
Disturb the sound of silence
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4. Tick the correct option
"FullsFools",said I, "you do not know
Silence like a dancercancergrows."
"HearFear�my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might richreachyou."
But my words like silent raindropsrainbowsfell,
And echoed in the wellswallsof silence.�
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5. Tick the word that is not heard (one in each line)
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Andthepeoplestillbowedandprayed
Totheneonlightgodtheymade.
SoAndthesignflashedoutitswarning
Intheloudwordsthatitwasforming.
Andthesignssaid:"Inthewordsoftheprophets
Arenowwrittenonthesubwaywalls
Andhightenementhalls,
Andwhisperedatinthesoundofsilence."
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