1-look for information about Shakespeare:

a-When and Where did he live?

b-Which are his most popular Works (types and examples)

c-Why is he the most important writer in the English literature?

d-Choose any of his plays and write a summary (5 lines)

2-Put the verbs in brackets into their correct form:

William Shakespeare _______1________ (to be) an English poet and playwright. He ______2_________ (to be) often called England’s national poet. His surviving works ______3_________ (to consist) of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and several other poems. His plays _______4________ (to be ) translated into every major living language and _______5________ (to be ) performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare _______6________ (to be) born in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he _______7________ (to marry) Anne Hathaway, with whom he _______8________ (to have) three children:Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he _______9_______ (to begin) a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company. He ______10_________ (to retire) to Stratford around 1613, where he ______11_________ ( to die) three years later.

Shakespeare _______12________ ( to produce) most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays _______13________ (to be) mainly comedies and histories. He then ______14_________ (to write) mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest Works in the English Language. In his last phase, he ______15_________ (to write) tragicomedies and ______16_________ ( to collaborate) with other playwrights.

His plays _____17__________ (to remain) highly popular today and _______18________ ( to be) constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.

3- After reading the passage above, answer the questions:

1-When did William Shakespeare die?

2-What was his profession?

3-What do people think about him?

4-Which plays are the most popular of his?

5-What kind of work did he do in his last phase?

6-How was his family composed by?

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