Fill In Sentences:
Shakespeare
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
lease
soliloquy
sanitation
invincible
discretion
overcome
revival
abbreviation
folio
replica
depose
comedy
multiple
coincide
equivalent
1. George was nervous about his for the school play because he would have to recite it on stage all by himself.
2. It is best to use when shopping and not just buy everything you want.
3. Ted's father took away his driving privileges because he had gotten speeding tickets in the past year.
4. The people were so unhappy with their ruler that they set about trying to him and find another.
5. The stated that the farmer could grow crops on his neighbor’s land for five years.
6. The actress playing the mother in the play’s had played the daughter during an earlier production.
7. "Mr." is an for Mister.
8. Renee handled the old of plays so as not to disturb the folded pages.
9. The city officials carefully planned a new system that took care of things like collecting garbage.
10. Four quarters is the monetary to a dollar bill.
11. Jenna had to her fear of heights by being comfortable in high places that were safe.
12. Twelfth Night, a famous by playwright William Shakespeare, still makes audiences laugh out loud.
13. The artist created a miniature of the Statue of Liberty out of clay.
14. Betty’s friends wil bring a cake to the picnic because it will with her birthday.
15. Although he had won every game so far, the player was not --he lost the next match.
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Definition Matching:
Shakespeare
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
multiple
1. a dramatic monologue that seems to be a character speaking to his or her self
depose
2. ability to make responsible decisions
coincide
3. more than one
invincible
4. to remove from a throne or other high position
folio
5. a contract that allows someone to borrow something for a period of time
lease
6. a new presentation or publication of something old
revival
7. a short way of writing a word
soliloquy
8. a book made up of folded sheets of paper
discretion
9. systems for cleaning the water supply and disposing of sewage
comedy
10. a person or thing that is the same as or equal to another
sanitation
11. to defeat or deal with something such as a feeling or a problem
abbreviation
12. a funny play or film
replica
13. an exact copy of something
overcome
14. to happen at same time
equivalent
15. incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued
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Crossword:
Shakespeare
Words
COMEDY
SOLILOQUY
INVINCIBLE
LEASE
FOLIO
ABBREVIATION
MULTIPLE
COINCIDE
REPLICA
SANITATION
OVERCOME
EQUIVALENT
DEPOSE
DISCRETION
REVIVAL
9
14
12
11
10
8
4
6
5
2
1
7
3
15
13
Across
2. a person or thing that is the same as or equal to another
3. ability to make responsible decisions
5. systems for cleaning the water supply and disposing of sewage
6. a dramatic monologue that seems to be a character speaking to his or her self
8. more than one
11. a new presentation or publication of something old
12. to remove from a throne or other high position
13. a funny play or film
Down
1. a short way of writing a word
4. incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued
7. to happen at same time
9. to defeat or deal with something such as a feeling or a problem
10. an exact copy of something
14. a book made up of folded sheets of paper
15. a contract that allows someone to borrow something for a period of time
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William Shakespeare has been called the greatest writer in the English language. From about 1590 to 1613, he wrote 36 plays, including tragedies (Hamlet), comedies (A Midsummer Night's Dream), and histories (Henry V). Today, his plays are performed all over the world and in dozens of different languages.
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Shakespeare’s Legacy
Shakespeare seems to be everywhere.
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