1. Shakespearean Grammar Practice
Get a whiteboard, a marker and a tissue to erase!

2. Syllables
It was important for Shakespeare to know how many syllables in each word so he could make sure each line had 10 syllables
How figure out syllables
How many times can you clap while you say the word?
How many vowels does it have?
Example…3 vowels so ex/am/ple

3. Secretary
Sec/ret/ar/y

4. Baseball
Base/ball

5. love
Love

6. Contractions This is when an apostrophe is used to either
combine two words
Take letters out of a word to make it shorter

7. ‘Twere
It were

8. Ne’er
Never

9. O’er
Over

10. E’en
Even

11. ‘tis and is’t
It is
Is it

12. ‘twill
It will

13. Truncations
When a word is shortened by removing letters, usually from the end of the word

14. Ope
open

15. oft
often

16. Adding accents Accents show which part of a word should be stressed
For example, Beyoncé has an accent over it to show that the e should be pronounced…otherwise her name would be BE-YONS
Banished = Banishéd
Punished = punishéd
This is done to give words an extra syllable so they fit with the pattern of Iambic Pentameter

17. SEC/re/tar/y
Sec/RE/tar/y
Sec/re/TAR/y

18. LIND/say
Lind/SAY

19. balance
BAL/ance

20. Rearranging Grammar
He had to mess with Grammar to make the rhythm correct
Instead of “He went to school before the sun was up” he’d write
“to school ‘fore the day was dawn he travelled”

21. I would not for the world they saw thee here!
For all the world, I would not have them see you here!

22. By whose direction found’st thou out this place?
Who gave you directions to find this place?

23. Changing endings
Adding –est, -th, -st to the end of the word is the same as adding an s or es
This was just the way they talked!

24. Doth
Does

25. Hath
Has

26. Hearest
hears

27. Quoth
quotes

28. Fall’st
Falls

29. Whither
Where

30. Hither
Here

31. Thither
there

32. Wilt
Will

33. How are you feeling about reading Romeo and Juliet
How are you feeling about reading Romeo and Juliet? What are you concerned about? Looking forward to?