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Many verbs are used transitively in one context and intransitively in other places. For example,

used transitively used intransitively

Chorol opened the door of the lhas. The door of the lhas opened.

Leave the leopard alone. Let us leave.

B. Use each verb transitively and intransitively to make twelve sentences from the verbs given
in the box.

hear fl y drop
watch see ring

Listening

Read the text in the two columns before listening to a poem by William Blake. After listening,
match the two columns to complete the verses.

A B

1. And when thy heart began to beat, a. Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
2. Did He smile His work to see? b. In what furnace was thy brain?

3. In what distant deeps or skies c. Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
4. On what wings dare he aspire? d. And water’d heaven with their tears

5. What immortal hand or eye, e. Burnt the fi re of thine eyes?

6. What the anvil? what dread grasp, f. Did He who made the lamb make thee?
7. What the hammer? what the chain, g. What the hand dare seize the fi re?

8. When the stars threw down their spears h. What dread hand and what dread feet?

Speaking

Rigzin tells the villagers that a snow leopard does not attack humans. Did you know that snow leopards
cannot roar because of the physical structure of their throats? Instead they make a non-threatening
puffi ng sound called the ‘chuff ’.

From the Internet, fi nd out more about the physical features, behaviour and habitat of snow
leopards. Use this along with the information given in the chapter to prepare a PowerPoint
presentation on snow leopards and share it with the class.

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