1.Shakespeare’s major ___________ as a poet is his sonnets, first published in a) great deal b) success c) achievement 2. A sonnet is a poem _____________ of 14 lines, with a moral in the end. a) consisting b) containing c) full of 3. The sonnets deal with the great ________ of love, friendship, death, change and immortality. a) definitions b) words c) themes 4. Shakespeare’s ________ are excellent. a) poetry b) sonnets c) talent 5. They are full of harmony and ______ ; they praise love, friendship and beauty, though there is no sentimentality in them. a) music b) musical c) musician CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD AND PUT IT IN THE GAP achievement consisting themes sonnets music

Shakespeare is also _______ as author of 154 sonnets. The poem ________ presents a problem or premise in the first 12 lines and offers a ________ or ___________ in the final couplet. Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets were numbered later by __________. They fit ________ together to form a story. know usual solute conclude publish loose FORM A WORD USING THE ONES IN THE RIGHT COLOMN known usually solution conclusion publishers loosely

USE to WHERE NECESSARY 1.Let us ___ visit Stratford on the 23 April, that’s the day when Shakespeare was born. 2. – Don’t forget ___ visit Anne Hathaway's cottage when you come to Stratford. – I would love ___, but I am not sure we will have time ___ do it. 3.– We are going ___ read one of Shakespeare’s plays in school. I think the teacher said ‘Hamlet” or “Othello” – I am not sure. – She certainly wants you ___ read “Hamlet”. 4.– I expect you ___ finish reading “Romeo and Juliet” by the end of January. – I don’t think I’ll be able ___ finish the play so early. 5.– I can’t ___ read Shakespeare in the original. – Nobody expects you ___ do it. But you should ___ read at least some of his plays in Modern English. √ to √ √

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PUT VERBS IN active OR passive Shakespeare’s Theatre Shakespeare's Globe was rather different from modern theatres. The plays _____________ (perform) in the open air and the audience ____ (get) wet if it rained. There was no scenery, and the only lighting was the daylight that ______ (come) from the open roof above. So, most plays __________ (give) in the afternoon. Women in those days _____ not _______ (allow) to act in public and all the parts ___________ (play) by men. Before a new play _______ (start) the flag _________ (raise). The town folk ___ (get) into their boats and ______ (row) across the river to see a new play by William Shakespeare. But if the weather was bad, the flags __________ (pull) down and the performance ____________ (cancel). were pulled was raised were performedgot came were given wereallowed were played started gotrowed was cancelled

Enthusiastic citizens would generally send their servants two or three hours before to keep _______ for them. Few ________, except those of the lowest classes, attended public theatres in Elizabeth's time. If a lady went to see a performance, she _______ a mask. ____ the summer of 1613, during the performance of Shakespeare's King Henry VIII The Globe caught fire and was burnt to the ground. The theatre _____________ in 1614, but a new blow fell upon it in Shakespeare’s Theatre USE THE NECESSARY WORD IN EACH GAP plays In was rebuild women seats wore woman On seats women wore In was rebuild

Stratford-upon-Avon is the ……… where the famous writer/poet William Shakespeare was born in He married a lady called Ann Hathaway, and had three …………. Soon afterwards he left the town to work for a successful theatre company in …………, sending money back to support his wife and children. He ……… 37 plays. They were usually performed first in the ………. Theatre. When Shakespeare retired he moved back to Stratford, and ……… there in PUT A NECESSARY WORD IN THE GAP Shakespeare’s Life town children London wroteGlobe died