Romeo. and Juliet. Part One. William Shakespeare. Step Three B1.2. Shakespeare s Life READING & TRAINING

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1 tep Three B. RA & TRA Romeo William hakespeare and Juliet KY T TH XRC A XT TT hakespeare s ife Page 0 exercise ates: -. Place of birth: tratford-upon-avon. Family background: His father sold gloves; his mother came from quite a rich family. ducation: rammar school. Professional success: Very successful; he made a lot of money. Marriage & family: Anne Hathaway; three children. Personality: Honest, a good friend, amusing to be with. His writing, in general: Historical dramas; romantic comedies; poetry. Most famous works, in particular: Hamlet, thello, King ear, Macbeth. nteresting things about his life & works: He didn t go to university; he made a lot of money from writing and because he owned part of a theatre; he didn t buy a house in ondon; he died on the same day that he was born. nteresting things about when he lived: ngland became a Protestant country; the panish Armada; ir Walter Raleigh brought potatoes back from orth America; ir Francis rake sailed around the world. Page 0 exercises,, pen answers. Part ne Page exercise B B A A A A Page exercise Page exercise The servants of the Montagues and the Capulets started the fight in the street. Benvolio wanted to make peace but Tybalt wanted to fight. ord Capulet and ord Montague were old but they weren t wise. ord Montague was worried because Romeo spent all his time alone. Benvolio didn t know that Romeo was in love with Rosaline. K Y T T H X R C Paris was an important person in Verona and the Prince s friend. ord Capulet s servant asked Romeo to help him read the names of the guests. 8 ord and ady Capulet hoped Juliet would marry Paris. CRRCT! Page exercise Page exercise A beautiful dangerous old angry old, wise safe terrible 8 heavy, light, serious, foolish 9 beautiful, intelligent, good 0 important B C F A H J 8 B 9 0 C happy: ecstatic glad, joyful sad: depressed, miserable, unhappy rich: affluent, prosperous, wealthy beautiful: attractive, handsome, pretty wonderful: excellent, fantastic, great thin: slim, skinny, slender Page exercise Romeo isn t as old as Benvolio. The Montague servants are more hard-working than the Capulet servants. ord Capulet isn t as rich as the Prince. Rosaline is prettier than Juliet. Tybalt isn t as slim as Romeo. Page exercise isa is the most intelligent person in the class. My brother is the laziest person know. My grandmother is the kindest person in my family. Football is the best sport in the world. Tokyo is the most exciting place know. Page exercise Page exercise A: Why don t you want to come swimming today? B: Because m too tired/busy. A: hall we eat in this restaurant? B: o, it s too expensive/dirty. A: Wake up! t s time to get up. B: But it s only o clock! t s too early. A: rink you tea! t s time to leave. B: can t. t s too hot. A: Mum! Kevin and want to get married. B: You must wait. You re too young. Page exercise 8 son aunt daughter father cousin mother brothers 8 sisters 9 parents 0 wife husband uncle grandmother nephew The words reading down are: TAR-CR VR Page exercise 9 Page xercise 0 The Queen of the Fairies Romeo is with his friend Mercutio. They re talking. Mercutio: What s the matter, Romeo? Why are you so quiet tonight? Romeo: m unhappy. am in love. Mercutio: on t be stupid. We ll be late for the party. There will be lots of beautiful girls there.

2 K Y T T H X R C K Y T T H X R C Romeo: am very tired. ast night, dreamt about sweet Rosaline. didn t sleep well. Mercutio: Ah! The Queen of the Fairies has been with you. Her name is Queen Mab. he is very small. he rides over our noses while we are sleeping. he gives us our dreams. When she visits them, girls dream about kisses. oldiers dream about killing. overs dream about love. he is very dangerous. he can change our lives. B B B B A A Page exercise Mercutio doesn t think that Romeo is deeply in love. Romeo dreamt about Rosaline last night. Queen Mab isn t a real person. Mercutio doesn t say that Queen Mab keeps us awake. Page exercise C F A H B 8 Part Two Page exercise Romeo Romeo Romeo Juliet Juliet Romeo Juliet 8 Juliet Page exercise C B F A Page exercise C B A Page exercise Page exercise angrily, anxiously, beautifully, immediately, lazily, loudly, luckily, passionately, privately, sadly, stupidly, sweetly, violently, warmly Page exercise (Possible answers) Romeo fell in love with Juliet immediately. The Prince spoke to the people angrily. ord Montague asked Benvolio to speak to Romeo privately. ord Capulet welcomed his guests warmly. The urse called Juliet s name loudly. Juliet smiled sweetly. The servants behaved stupidly. 8 Romeo and Juliet loved each other passionately. 9 At the party, the musicians played beautifully. 0 ady Montague asked about Romeo anxiously. Page exercise ring wedding bride bridegroom church priest happy 8 divorce 9 secretly 0 heart love sight girlfriend Juliet s words are: PART UCH WT RRW Page exercises, pen answers. Page 8 exercise 8 The Party Here is a reporter describing the party at the house of the Capulets. am standing in the big hall of the house of the Capulets. am at the top of the stairs at the south entrance. From here, can see the whole room. ord Capulet and Tybalt are standing in the centre of the room. They are watching three mysterious strangers in masks who have just come through the door. Perhaps they are Montagues. s that why they are wearing masks? Will there be another fight? ady Capulet is standing at the bottom of the stairs. Her young beautiful daughter, Juliet, is dancing with Paris. People say that they will get married one day. Juliet s urse is near the couple. he s standing between the stairs and the dinner table. he is looking at the food and wine. There are thirty other guests in the room and thirteen servants. Also, there is a group of six musicians who are playing on a balcony above the dancers. t is a wonderful party. All the most important and famous people from Verona are here except the Montagues! Here is the question: How many people are there in the room? A C B B C B Page 0 exercise 9 Page 0 exercise 0 B H C Page exercise n Fair Verona Page exercise Juliet s House: no connection. Romeo s House: no connection. Juliet s Tomb: no connection. The Roman mpire: the Arena in Verona, the Colosseum in Rome, the amphitheatre in Capua. caligeri period: Castelvecchio, the tombs of the caligeri Part Three Page exercise Because he wants Friar aurence to marry him and Juliet. Because he went to the Capulet s party. To marry Romeo. Because they are Romeo s friends. Because he is Juliet s cousin. Page exercise Because he wants the Montagues and Capulets to be friends. Because he was an artist with the sword/a good fighter. At Friar aurence s cell. ervous. Mercutio did. Tybalt killed Mercutio. Page exercise Page exercise A B 8 C 9 F H Page exercise Page exercise Friar aurence has just finished watering his plants. Has Juliet told her parents about her marriage yet? Mercutio s friends have already taken his body to his house. Tybalt hasn t heard the news about Mercutio s death yet. The Capulets have already chosen Paris as a husband for their daughter.

3 K Y T T H X R C K Y T T H X R C Have the Montagues made peace with the Capulets yet? The urse has just prepared Juliet s bath. 8 Have Romeo and Juliet spent a night together yet? Page exercise Page exercise The urse and Juliet The urse has returned from the city where she has seen Romeo. Juliet wants to know the news but the urse makes her wait. isten carefully. Write down Juliet s questions. Juliet: Where is my urse? Why is she late? Ah, she s here. Have you seen Romeo? urse: am very tired. have run from the town. My bones ache. Juliet: What news do you have? urse: Well, have seen Romeo. He is handsome, young and polite. But have you had dinner yet? Juliet: urse, don t ask stupid questions. What did Romeo say? urse: My head aches. am very tired. Juliet: am sorry for you. But sweet urse, what did Romeo say? urse: He says... Where is your mother? Juliet: he s in the house. But please be quick. s Romeo in love with me? urse: on t be angry. have run all over the city for you. ext time, go and ask Romeo yourself. Juliet: weet urse, please tell me. id he send a letter? urse: He wants to marry you at Friar aurence s cell this afternoon. Juliet: Aaah! Thank you, urse. Where is my nurse? Why is she late? Have you seen Romeo? What news do you have? What did Romeo say? What did Romeo say? s Romeo in love with me? 8 id he send a letter? Page exercise 8 started told decided went saw kissed jumped 8 talked 9 met 0 got fought died Page exercise 9 Page exercise 0 B B A C A 8 B 9 0 C Page exercise Part Four Page exercise Romeo kills Tybalt. The Prince says that Romeo can t live in Verona any more. Romeo goes to hide with Friar aurence. The urse takes a message from Juliet to Romeo. ord Capulet tells Paris that he can marry Juliet on Thursday. Page exercise o, he didn t. To banish Romeo from Verona. o, she didn t. To Mantua. They didn t know that Juliet was already married to Romeo. Bad luck. Page exercise Page exercise unluckiest luck uckily luck lucky unlucky luckier 8 Unluckily 9 luck 0 luckiest Page exercise (Possible answers) fortunate, unfortunate, fortunately, unfortunately success, successful, unsuccessful, successfully, unsuccessfully failure dying, undying, dead, deadly friendship, friendly, unfriendly lovely, loveliness, loving married, unmarried, marriage Page exercise was, was fighting wanted was walking, met was thinking, came was kissing, saw was wearing, recognised was standing, began 8 was, was working 9 was talking, was waiting 0 killed, was trying Page exercise Four Zodiac igns Here are the horoscopes for next year. First of all, here is the horoscope for Capricorn. Capricorns are born between the nd of ecember and the 0th of January. ext year, Capricorns will be very successful in their jobs. They will fall in love. They will meet lots of people and have a good time. They will go to many interesting places all over the world. They will feel very healthy all year. The horoscope is not so good for Cancer. Cancers have their birthday between June the nd and July the rd. Cancers will have bad luck in their jobs. They will also have broken hearts. But they will meet many interesting people and go to lots of parties. They will travel to a few places. They will be ill in the second half of the year. eos are born between July the th and August rd. They will enjoy their work very much next year. othing special will happen in love or in their social life. But they will have lots of time for travelling and will visit many interesting places. They will feel very well all year. Finally, ibrans. Their birthdays are between eptember the th and ctober the rd. They must be very careful in their work. They may lose their jobs. f they have eptember birthdays, they will have broken hearts. But if they are born after the ew Moon on the sixth of ctober, they will fall in love next year. ibrans mustn t expect a good social life or a lot of travel next year. And it is a very bad year for their health! B A B C A C Page exercises, 8 pen answers. ettings and sources Page exercise ; Because hakespeare used talian stories. Five. Brooke s story lasts nine months; hakespeare s story lasts three or four days. Brooke reduced Juliet s age to sixteen; hakespeare reduced her age to fourteen. For Brooke the lovers are wrong; for hakespeare the lovers are heroes.

4 K Y T T H X R C K Y T T H X R C Part Five Page exercise T F T T F Page 8 exercise he went to Juliet s bedroom early next morning. He thought he was a fine gentleman. he told her to forget Romeo and marry Paris. he will sleep for forty-two hours. Because she wanted to drink the bottle of mysterious liquid. To tell Romeo to come back to Verona. Page 8 exercise A Who visited Juliet in her bedroom? Who killed Juliet s cousin? Who did Juliet ask for advice? Who did Juliet meet in Friar aurence s cell? Who found Juliet s body? Who did Friar aurence send to Mantua? B-C pen answers. Page 8 exercise Page 9 exercise had been, met told, had forgotten was, had challenged said, had killed sent, had killed didn t know, had married had never been, met 8 drank, had prepared 9 didn t understand, had refused 0 had dressed, took Page 80 exercise A B B B A A B Page 80 exercise jar cup bottle piece bar carton tube 8 glass Page 8 exercise C B A C B Page 8 exercise 8 True and False Here are twelve statements about the story. umber ne: Benvolio wanted to fight and Tybalt wanted to make peace. umber Two: Romeo walked alone in the forest because he loved Juliet. umber Three: The party was at the house of ord and ady Montague. umber Four: obody recognised Romeo at the party. umber Five: Romeo and Juliet kissed only once at the party. umber ix: Romeo talked to Juliet in the garden the morning after the party. umber even: Friar aurence was Romeo s teacher and friend. umber ight: Mercutio was a mamber of the Montague family. umber ine: Mercutio called Tybalt the Prince of hosts. umber Ten: The urse thought that Romeo was more handsome than Paris. umber leven: Friar aurence will send Friar Joe to Mantua. umber Twelve: Juliet will sleep for forty-two hours after she is taken to the tomb. Tybalt wanted to fight and Benvolio wanted to make peace. Romeo walked alone in the forest because he loved Rosaline. The party was at the house of ord and ady Capulet. Tybalt recognised Romeo at the party. Romeo and Juliet kissed twice at the party. Romeo talked to Juliet in the garden the night after the party. Friar awrence was Romeo s teacher and friend. CRRCT 8 Mercutio wasn t a member of the Montague family. 9 Mercutio called Tybalt the Prince of Cats. 0 The urse thought that Paris was more handsome than Romeo. Friar awrence will send Friar John to Mantua. Juliet will sleep for forty two hours after she drinks the liquid. Page 8 exercises 9, 0 pen answers. Page 8 exercise in about for of to for 8 at 9 by 0 among in between in among in of to 8 of 9 without 0 about Page 8 exercise Part ix Page 8 exercise Romeo Paris Romeo Juliet The Prince Page 90 exercise He decided to ride to Verona/go back to Verona. Because he had killed Tybalt. o, she wasn t. Because Friar John didn t give Friar aurence s letter to Romeo. he stabbed herself with Romeo s dagger. Five people are dead. Page 90 exercises, pen answers. Page 9 exercise The fight was started by the Capulet servants. A lot of important people were invited to the party by ord Capulet. Verona was ruled by the caligeri family for more than a century. Romeo was challenged to a fight by Tybalt. Tybalt was killed by Romeo. Romeo and Juliet were married by Friar aurence. Juliet s body was found by the urse. 8 Juliet s body was taken to the tomb by some servants. 9 Romeo and Juliet was written by William hakespeare. 8

5 K Y T T H X R C K Y T T H X T T T ( pp. -) Page 9 exercise noun verb noun adjective separation separate happiness happy explanation explain kindness kind preparation prepare sadness sad invitation invite laziness lazy Page 9 exercise C B B 8 9 B 0 C Page 9 exercise A the urse B ord Capulet C Romeo Juliet Romeo F Romeo Juliet H Juliet Juliet J Juliet K Friar awrence Mercutio M The Prince Romeo and Juliet on Film Page 9 exercise West ide tory Titanic, hakespeare in ove Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli, Romeo + Juliet Romeo and Juliet (9) hakespeare in ove Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli Romeo + Juliet, Titanic 8 West ide tory, Romeo and Juliet directed by Zeffirelli, Titanic, hakespeare in ove Page 9 exercises, pen answers. Focus on the context a n tratford-upon-avon on rd April,. b Possible answer: He was the third child of John hakespeare and Mary Arden. He went to tratford rammar chool but did not go to university. He married Anne Hathaway when he was eighteen and they had three children. He went to ondon and quickly became popular as a writer. He died in on his birthday and was buried in tratford. He left his second-best bed to his wife in his will. c Possible answer: lizabeth was the Queen of ngland and during her reign, the country had made great progress in many areas and had become a major power in urope. d Focus on the story a For hundreds of years. b Rosaline. c Paris. d At ord Capulet s party. e n Friar aurence s cell. f The Prince of Cats. g Tybalt. h Because he was angry that Tybalt had killed Mercutio and he lost control. i He decided to banish Romeo from Verona. j Mantua. k He told Juliet to drink a special potion the night before the wedding. t would make her sleep for forty-two hours and her family would think she was dead. Romeo would then return secretly and when Juliet woke up, they would escape together. l o, because Friar John did not reach Mantua to deliver Friar aurence s message to Romeo. Balthasar, Romeo s servant, arrived to tell Romeo that Juliet was dead. Romeo returned to Verona. He saw Juliet and believed that she was dead, and took some poison to kill himself. m he saw that Romeo was dead, she took his dagger and killed herself. n To shake hands and become friends. V P A U P T B A C Y K F U H C U R K W H Y T M R C U T 00 Black Cat Publishing, an imprint of Cideb ditrice, enoa, Canterbury C 9 A R 0

6 X T T T X T T T Focus on the context Complete this crossword. Answer the following questions. a Where and when was William hakespeare born? b What do you remember of his life? c What do you remember of the period he lived in? d What do you know about life in Verona during the Renaissance? Focus on the story Answer the following questions. a For how long had the Montagues and the Capulets hated each other? b Who did Romeo love at the beginning of the story? c Who did ord Capulet hope Juliet would marry? d Where did Romeo meet Juliet for the first time? e Where did Romeo and Juliet get married? f What was Tybalt s nickname? g Who killed Mercutio? h Why did Romeo kill Tybalt? i What did the Prince of Verona decide to do when he discovered that Romeo had killed Tybalt? j Which city did Friar awrence tell Romeo to go to? k What was Friar awrence s plan to stop Juliet from marrying Paris? l id the plan work? m What happened when Juliet woke up? n What did the Prince of Verona tell ord Montague and ord Capulet to do at the end? ACR: Friar aurence gave Juliet a mysterious to drink the night before her wedding to Paris. A famous scene in the play shows Juliet on her. Romeo s last words were: With a, die. Tybalt was Juliet s. was Romeo s cousin. Juliet stabbed herself with this. W: Romeo climbed up a to reach Juliet s room. Romeo and Juliet got married in this. A Fortune s Fool is an person. Romeo killed himself with this. ord Capulet was Tybalt s. The Montagues and Capulets were always in the streets. 8 The Prince of Verona decided to Romeo from the city. Photocopiable 00 Black Cat Publishing Photocopiable 00 Black Cat Publishing