basedonp.34-35, ex.8
Readthetextandcompletethequestionstothistextwiththecorrectquestionwords
EverybodyknowsthatRudyardKiplingisawonderfulchildren'swriter, theauthorofstorieslikeTheJungleBookorJustSoStories. ButKiplingalsowrotemanybeautifulpoems.ItmaybeinterestingtoknowthatwhentheBBCheldanopinionpolltofindthenation'sfavouritepoem, Kipling'spoem "If" wasvotednumberone.
ThefuturepoetwasborninIndia.Whenhewasonlysixyearsold, hisparentssenthimtoEngland.ThereRudyardspentseveralunhappyyearsinafosterfamily, thenwenttoaboardingschoolwherehewasfirstnoticedasatalentedyoungwriter.
Afterleavingschool, hereturnedtoIndiaandworkedasajournalist.HealsowrotepoemsandstoriesdescribingthelivesoftheBritishandIndianpeople.OnreturningtoBritaintheauthorcontinuedwritingfulltimeandgainedgreatpopularity.HebecamethefirstEnglishwritertowintheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1907.
- [ ]booksdidR.Kiplingwrite?
- [ ]poemwasvotednumberoneintheBBCexperiment "Nation'sfavouritepoem"?
- [ ]wasthefuturepoetborn?
- [ ]washewhenhisparentssenthimtoEngland?
- [ ]didhegainpopularity?
- [ ]didhewinin1907?