6 Form 30.04.2020

LESSON 9. MY FAVOURITE WRITER.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

1.   Watch the story about the greatest English writer William Shakespeare and answer the questions:

1. When and where was William Shakespeare born?
2. What was his father?
3. Who did he marry?
4. How many children did he have?
5. Where did he go?
6. What was his job?
7. Why were theatres closed?
8. What did he write?
9. Was he a successful man?
10. When did he die?

2.  Watch the story again and put the sentences in the correct order.

1. He helped build a new theatre called The Globe, which opened in 1599.
2. Three years later he married Anne Hathaway and they had three children.
3. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, in England.
4. He died when he was 52 on 23 April 1616.
5. He worked in London as an actor and then started writing plays.
6. William left school when he was 14 or 15.
7. He wrote at least 38 plays, and was rich and famous.
8. Sometime before 1590 he left Stratford and went to London.

To enjoy one of the most famous monologues of William Shakespeare go to Link 1

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