1. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs. Use past simple or the past continous.
The first Globe Theatre burned to the ground in 1613. Actors ......(perform) the play Henry VIII at the time. They .......(use) a real cannon on the stage when suddenly a fire ....(start) in the roof. The fire ....(move) quickly trough the wooden building and ....... (destroy) it completely. A year later they .....(open) yhe Globe theatre again.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronoun, who, where, or which.
a. Verona is the city in Italy ...... Romeo and Juliet lived.
b. Friar Lawrence is the character ....... helped Romeo and Juliet to marry secretly.
c. We're studying Piotr Skarga, ..... lived at the same time as Shakespeare.
d. A sonnet is a poem ..... has fourteen lines with ten syllables in each line.
e. The 'gallery' in the Globe theatre is the place ..... the rich people sat.
3. Write for or since for the time expressions.
since the 16th ceuntry
a. ... 1995
b. ... ten years
c. ... I read Romeo and Juliet
d. ... ten o'clock this morning
e. ... five hours
f. ... a long time
4. Complete the sentences with the correct from of the verbs in the box. Use the present simple or the past simple.
die , visit, write, love, become, work, move. not live, be
1. He....on the same day, 23rd April, fifty-two years later.
2. Over 500,000 tourists...Stratford every year.
3. Shakespeare... .... in Stratford all his life. He.. to Londoon in 1585.
4 In London, he...as an actor and he ... plays.
5. people...Shakespeare's plays and he...a rich man.
6. Shakespeare's plays...stilll very popular today.
5. Complete the sentences with the correct from of the verbs. Use the present perfect.
1...you...(see) the film of Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio?
2. Shakespeare's plays....(be) popular for centuries.
3. She...(work) in the theatre, but she ....(not appear) in any films.
4.We...(just study) somme of Shakespeare's poetry; it's very difficult to understand beacause English ....(change) a lot since the 16th century.
5. How long ...he...(know) the srama teacher?
Question 1
The first Globe Theatre burned to the ground in 1613. Actors were performing the play Henry VIII at the time. They were using a real cannon on the stage when suddenly a fire started in the roof. The fire was moving quickly trough the wooden building and destroyed it completely. A year later they opened the Globe theatre again.
Question 2
a. Verona is the city in Italy where Romeo and Juliet lived.
b. Friar Lawrence is the character who helped Romeo and Juliet to marry secretly.
c. We're studying Piotr Skarga, who lived at the same time as Shakespeare.
d. A sonnet is a poem which has fourteen lines with ten syllables in each line.
e. The 'gallery' in the Globe theatre is the place where the rich people sat.
Question 3
a. since 1995
b. for ten years
c. since I read Romeo and Juliet
d. since ten o'clock this morning
e. for five hours
f. for a long time
Question 4
1. He died on the same day, 23rd April, fifty-two years later.
2. Over 500,000 tourists visit Stratford every year.
3. Shakespeare didn't live in Stratford all his life. He moved to Londoon in 1585.
4. In London, he worked as an actor and he wrote plays.
5. People loved Shakespeare's plays and he became a rich man.
6. Shakespeare's plays are stilll very popular today.
Question 5
1. Have you seen the film of Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio?
2. Shakespeare's plays have been popular for centuries.
3. She has worked in the theatre, but she hasn't appeared in any films.
4.We have just studied somme of Shakespeare's poetry; it's very difficult to understand beacause English has changed a lot since the 16th century.
5. How long has he known the srama teacher?
zad.1
The first Globe Theatre burned to the ground in 1613. Actors were performimg the play Henry VIII at the time. They were using a real cannon on the stage when suddenly a fire started in the roof. The fire moved quickly trough the wooden building and destroyed it completely. A year later they opened the Globe theatre again.
zad.2
a. Verona is the city in Italy where Romeo and Juliet lived.
b. Friar Lawrence is the character who helped Romeo and Juliet to marry secretly.
c. We're studying Piotr Skarga, who lived at the same time as Shakespeare.
d. A sonnet is a poem which has fourteen lines with ten syllables in each line.
e. The 'gallery' in the Globe theatre is the place which the rich people sat.
zad.3
a. since 1995
b. for ten years
c. since I read Romeo and Juliet
d. since ten o'clock this morning
e. for five hours
f. for a long time
zad.4
1. He died on the same day, 23rd April, fifty-two years later.
2. Over 500,000 tourists visit Stratford every year.
3. Shakespeare doesn't live in Stratford all his life. He moved to Londoon in 1585.
4 In London, he worked as an actor and he wrote plays.
5. People loved Shakespeare's plays and he became a rich man.
6. Shakespeare's plays are stilll very popular today.
zad.5
1. Have you seen the film of Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio?
2. Shakespeare's plays have been popular for centuries.
3. She has worked in the theatre, but she hasn't appeared in any films.
4.We have just studied somme of Shakespeare's poetry; it's very difficult to understand beacause English has changed a lot since the 16th century.
5. How long has he known the srama teacher?