Unit 4 Shakespeare Lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Shakespeare-Quiz

Life and times

When was Shakespeare born?

1. 1492
2. 1066
3. 1564
4. 1619

Shakespeare died about

1. 100 years ago
2. 200 years ago
3. 400 years ago
4. 600 years ago

Shakespeare was born in

1. London
2. Stratford-upon-Avon
3. Oxford
4. Cambridge

Shakespeare wrote on parchment, this was made of...

1. paper
2. old clothes
3. animal skin
4. animal fur

Who did he marry when he was 18 years old?

1. Anne Boleyn
2. Anne of the green Gables
3. Queen Anne
4. Anne Hathaway

How many short poems did Shakespeare write?

1. 154
2. 0
3. 12
4. more than a 1000

What was the name of the group of actors that performed Shakespeare's plays?

1. The King's Players
2. Lord Chamberlain's Men
3. Chamberlain's Men
4. The King's Men

In which theatre were most of Shakespeare's plays performed?

1. Circus theater
2. The Royal Albert Hall
3. O2 Arena
4. The Globe

Why did the Globe have to close?
Because of...

1. The Black Plague
2. The Spanish Flu
3. The Spanish Inquisition
4. Covid-19

Shakespeare wrote...

1. 10 tragedies
2. 10 historic plays
3. 18 comedies
4. 154 sonnets

Romeo and Juliet is

1. a tragedy
2. a historic play
3. a comedy
4. a sonnet

When did Shakespeare die?

1. On his 42nd birthday
2. On his 52nd birthday
3. On his 62nd birthday
4. On his 72nd birthday

Which English words were first used by Shakespeare?

1. Fair play
2. A heart of gold
3. Love is blind
4. Gossip

Now, go to SB p40

Answer questions 1-2-3 in your notebooks

Then, read the text - just so you know what it is about!

Finished? See if you can fill in the missing verb forms 

Homework for Monday 22-11

1. SB p40 ex 5
2. WB p25 ex. 3-4-5 & WB p27
3. Study word list p14

Morning!

Today's class is about...

• ...Fortunately..., unfortunately,...
• ...talking about the past with Shakespeare
• ...past perfect tense

What do you remember
from Shakespeare?

Let's have a look at the past tenses from the SB text

Which tense?

Decide for each sentence which tense was used.

Write it down & be prepared to explain why you think so.

Past simple

Past continuous

Past perfect

I worked yesterday.

I was working all day.

I had been working for six hours straight.

Past perfect

Use: to describe an action in the past that happened before another action in the past.

My sister had eaten breakfast before she left the house.

Past simple:

Past perfect:

had warned

phoned

had seen

had broken in 

had watched 

watched

Past perfect: which sentence has the correct form of past perfect?

1. I watched my brother leave the store.
2. I was watching tv when he left the store.
3. Can I watch the game at your place?
4. Friends was the longest series I'd ever watched.

Past perfect is formed with...

1. have + past participle
2. 2nd column of irregular verbs & -ED for regular verbs
3. had + past participle
4. -ed

The Past Perfect

1. something happened before something else
2. something started in the past and is still going on
3. something ended in the past

Which is the correct form of Past Perfect?

1. have eaten
2. has eaten
3. had eaten
4. ate

What's the past perfect form of 'give'?

1. gave
2. have given
3. had given
4. was giving

Fill in the past perfect OR past simple forms of the verbs.

1. When I ___ (arrive) at the station, the train ___ (already, leave).

2. We ___ (thank) the couple for everything they ___ (do) to help save our daughter.

3. As soon as I ___ (hear) the voice, I ___(realise) I ___ (meet) the person before.

4. I ___ (go) to the shop to buy the shirt I ___ (see) the day before.

5. I ___ (return) the book when I ___ (finish) reading it. 

Practice time!