The poem

Read the poem below and fill in the missing letters.

I tak Cloze (1): JXUwMDNk it you already know

Of to Cloze (2): JXUwMDJk gh and b Cloze (3): JXUwMDM3 ugh and cou Cloze (4): JXUwMDNm h and doug Cloze (5): JXUwMDMw

Others may stum Cloze (6): JXUwMDNhJXUwMDBlJXUwMDA5 , but not you

On hi Cloze (7): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDAw ough, thoro Cloze (8): JXUwMDJkJXUwMDEyJXUwMDBm , laugh, and through.

And c Cloze (9): JXUwMDM3 rk and work and card and w Cloze (10): JXUwMDM5 rd

And f Cloze (11): JXUwMDM3 nt and front and word and sword

Well done! And now if you wish, perhaps

To learn of less familiar traps.

Beware of heard, a dreadf Cloze (12): JXUwMDJk l word

That looks like beard and sounds like bird.

And dead: it’s said like bed, not b Cloze (13): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDA0 d–

For g Cloze (14): JXUwMDM3JXUwMDAw dness sak Cloze (15): JXUwMDNk s don’t call it d Cloze (16): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDAw d.

Watch out for meat and great and t Cloze (17): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDFh eat,

They rhyme with s Cloze (18): JXUwMDJkJXUwMDFj te and straight and debt.

A mo Cloze (19): JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFj is not a moth in mother,

Nor both in both Cloze (20): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDE3 , br Cloze (21): JXUwMDM3 th in brother.

And here is not a match for there,

And dear and fear for bear and pear.

And then there’s do Cloze (22): JXUwMDJi e and r Cloze (23): JXUwMDM3 se and lose–

Just look them up–and g Cloze (24): JXUwMDM3JXUwMDAw se and choose,

And do and go, then th Cloze (25): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDE2 rt and c Cloze (26): JXUwMDM5 rt.

Come, come, I’ve hardly made a start!

A dreadful language? M Cloze (27): JXUwMDM5 n ali Cloze (28): JXUwMDJlJXUwMDEz !

I’d mastered it when I was five.

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1. I assume = Cloze (1):

2. The mixture of ingredients used to make bread, before being cooked = Cloze (2):

3. Make mistakes while speaking = Cloze (3):

4. An involuntary spasm that makes a funny noise = Cloze (4):

5. The brown stopper in the top of a wine bottle = Cloze (5): JXUwMDFiJXUwMDJjJXUwMDFkJXUwMDE5

6. Extremely bad = Cloze (6):

7. The liquid part of a soup = Cloze (7):

8. To prevent someone from accomplishing something = Cloze (8):

9. A brave or noble act = Cloze (9): JXUwMDFjJXUwMDIxJXUwMDAwJXUwMDAx

10. A colorless butterfly = Cloze (10): JXUwMDE1JXUwMDIyJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFj

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