1. Answer on the questions.

a. Can you name three of Shakespeare’s plays?

Shakespeare wrote plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Love’s Labor’s Lost.

b. ‘Which one is your favourite?’

My favorite is Romeo and Juliet.

C. Have you  seen a film of a Shakespeare play?

Unfortunately I did not receive any movies.

d. Do you like  going to the theatre?

No, I'm not a lover of going to the theaters.

e. Would you like to be a writer? Why?

No, because I don't like to write much.

f. Would like to be an actor / actress?

Yes, I would love to be an actor.

2. Complete the Shakespeare quotes  

  Match the halves to make some famous Shakespeare quotes
All the world’s a stage that is the question. (1-d)
Love is blind and lovers cannot see. (2-g)
Neither a borrower nor a lender be. (3-a)
Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good night till
it be morrow. (4-h)
To be, or not to be: that is the question. (5-b)
Things without remedy should be without regard what’s done is done. (6-c)
The course of true love never did run smooth. (7-f)
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? (8-c)
 Student A

Read the text. Write questions to find out the missing information.

William Shakespeare was a poet and a playwright, and is widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English language. He was born in 1)1564 , in central
England, in 1564 and he died in 2)1616 . His surviving work consists of 38 plays,
154 sonnets (a special type of poem with 14 lines) and some other poems. He is best
known for his 3),,Romeo and Julieta" play , which have been translated into
every major language and are performed more than those of any other playwright
in the world.

When William Shakespeare was 18 years old, he married 4)26-year-old Anne

Hathaway and they had three children. Shakespeare went to 5)London to work
as an actor and a writer. In 1599 the Globe Theatre was built in London and it was
in this theatre, situated on the banks of the River Thames, that some of
Shakespeare’s plays were first performed. In 6)1613 the theatre was destroyed
by a fire. However, a modern reconstruction of the theatre was built near the
original site in 1997, so even today you can go to the Globe Theatre to see one of
Shakespeare’s plays.

Questions:
1.Where was Shakespeare born?
2.Who was William Shakespeare?
3.Wich play of William Shakespeare is most fames?
4.How many kids had William Shakespeare?
5.Where went Shakespeare to work as an actor and writer?
6.When was built the Globe Theatre?