Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence

(written by Paul Simon)

1. Match the beginning of the verse on the left with the correct ending on the right:

Hello darkness softly creeping

I've come to talk within the sound of silence
Because a vision with you again
Left its seeds that was planted in my brain
And the vision my old friend
Still remains while I was sleeping

2. Complete with the appropriate word: 4. Put the verses in order:

In restless dreams I _______________ alone ( ) Silence like a cancer grows

Narrow _______________ of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I _______________ my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were _______________ by the flash
of a neon light
That _______________ the night
And _______________ the sound of silence
( ) But my words like silent raindrops fell
( ) "Fools" said I, "You do not know
( ) Hear my words that I might teach you
( ) And echoed in the wells of silence
( ) Take my arms that I might reach you"

5. Complete with the appropriate words:

3. Correct the mistakes: And the people _______________ and

And in the naked light I watched
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People saying without speaking
People hearing without understanding
People writing melodies that voices never share
No one tried
Disturb the sound of silence
_______________
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its _______________
In the words that it was _______________
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the _______________ walls
And tenement halls"
And _______________ in the sounds of silence