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ESLvideo Quiz

HOME by Warsan Shire

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Performed by Sir Jonathan Pryce CBE

Level 5 – High Intermediate Quiz by: rmdcb
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Watch the video and answer the quiz questions.

1. No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a ___
2. You only run for the ___
3. When you see the whole city running as ___
4. Your neighbors running faster than ___
5. Breath bloody in their ___
6. The boy you went to school with who kissed you ___ behind the old tin factory
7. Is holding a gun bigger than his ___
8. You only leave home when home won’t let you ___
9. No one leaves home unless home ___ you
10. Fire under ___
11. Hot blood in your ___
12. It’s not something you ever thought of ___
13. Until the blade burnt threats into your ___
14. And even then you carried the anthem under your ___
15. Only tearing up your passport in an airport ___
16. Sobbing as each mouthful of ___
17. Made it clear that you wouldn’t be going ___
no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well
your neighbors running faster than you
breath bloody in their throats
the boy you went to school with
who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory
is holding a gun bigger than his body
you only leave home
when home won’t let you stay.
no one leaves home unless home chases you
fire under feet
hot blood in your belly
it’s not something you ever thought of doing
until the blade burnt threats into
your neck
and even then you carried the anthem under
your breath
only tearing up your passport in an airport toilet
sobbing as each mouthful of paper
made it clear that you wouldn’t be going back.
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Discussion Questions

    • 1. When you think about your home, how do you feel?
    • 2. Would you ever leave your home?
    • 3. Why do you think the poet compares "home" to something dangerous?
Extra Practice

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Vocabulary
Listen again and complete the sentences below using words from the word bank.

Word Bank
dizzy       throat       tin       shark