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When was William Shakespeare born? GRAMMAR CHECK
Where was he born? Past Simple: affirmative
What did he do? With regular verbs, we usually add -d or -ed to the infinitive without to.
Where did he work? The new king arrived with Gertrude. The servants opened the door.
How many plays did he write? With regular verbs that end in consonant + -y, we change the y to i and add -ed.
What other things did he write? cry - Ophelia cried when Hamlet shouted at her.
Why is he famous? Sorne verbs are irregular. You must know their past forms.
Write the names of six of Shakespeare's
plays. fight- Horatio and Hamlet fought with swords.
When did he write Hamlet? soy - Hamlet said this to Horatio.
Who was King or Queen of England when
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet? 1 Write the Past Simple of these verbs. Tick (11') the irregular verbs.
a say .. $0.\Q 11.' ... h come o hide
4 Now look at the poster for a new play about Shakespeare and correct five b laugh .1.Q.qgri�� .. give p become ........... .
more mistakes.
c go put q leave
d feel k marry r fall
A newplay e be 1 shout s send
''The Life of William Shakespeare" f can m know
th
on 5 to 7 October g kili n argue
th
at Elsinore Castle, Denmark
2 Use sorne of the verbs from Activity 1 to complete this page from Ophelia's diary.
� eo.r
-> Tells the story from the d-aywe know Shakespeare
was born until the day he died.
Dear Dim ,
y
+ From his life in Denmark as an actor andas the writer
of 32 or more plays. Toda3 I a) ..... f f;!f .. ve ,y sad. 1-/amlet
->- In eludes the story of Ham!et, Shakespeare's play that was b). . ......... .. to m3 room. 1-/e c)
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not famous, which he wrote for the King of England. an !P!:I and he d . . . . at me.
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You can onl see his pla s in England! /e .... . . . .. back his /etters and gifts
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Do come! See Horatio for tickets. to him.
Wet). . .... befare he
s Make your own poster for Hamlet. Use Activities 1 and 2 to help you. g) ..... . ... me alone.

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