The golden age of English literature

1.

•The golden age of
English literature

2. Put a tick if the sentence is true and a cross if it is false.

1. William Shakespeare was born in the 16 th
century.
2. Shakespeare became an actor, a writer and
finally part-owner of an acting company
known as The Lord Chamberlain's Men.
3. The buildings in Stratford associated with
Shakespeare and his family are maintained
as a memorial to the poet.

3. Put a tick if the sentence is true and a cross if it is false.

4. In the room where William Shakespeare was
born a lot of people including Walter Scott,
Dickens and Thackeray wrote their names on
the walls.
5. There is a very old hotel in Stratford where
instead of the numbers on the doors you can
find the names of Shakespeare's plays – the
Hamlet room, the Romeo and Juliet room and
so on.

4. Put a tick if the sentence is true and a cross if it is false.

6. Shakespeare wrote his first famous play in
Stratford – on – Avon .
7. W. Shakespeare's father's principal business
was that of a glover, but he also traded as a
wool and cotton merchant and also was
involved in money- lending.

5. Put a tick if the sentence is true and a cross if it is false.

8. It is believed that William studied in the
Grammar School in his native town.
9. William's wife was much younger than he was.
10. William Shakespeare died on Christmas.

6. II.  Match the parts of the sentences. Task A

II. Match the parts of the sentences.
Task A
А. Holy Trinity Church
1. The home of the
poet's mother
2. The Early Home of
the poet's wife
3. Shakespeare's burial
place
4. The home where
Shakespeare died
B. New Place
C. Mary Arden's House
D. Anne Hathaway's
Cottage

7. Task B Contemporaries

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Ben Jonson
Sir Walter Raleigh
Inigo Jones
Sir Francis Bacon
Sir Francis Drake
Elizabeth I
James I
John Donne

8.

1.
An English architect and theatre designer who
was responsible for many important houses
and buildings, esp. in London .
2.
An English writer of plays, poetry and
criticism, known for plays such as Volpone,
The Alchemist and BartholomewFair.
3.
An English navigator who was the first
Englishman to sail around the world and who
led the English navy to victory against the
Spanish Armada.

9.

4.
An English traveller and historian who was a
favourite of Elizabeth I.
5.
An English politician, philosopher and writer.
He is known esp. because of the suggestion
that he may have written some or all
Shakespeare's plays.
6.
An English religious and love poet, the
greatest of the writers of metaphysical poetry,
in which strong feeling and clever reason are
combined.

10.

7.
8.
This person is known for saying, “I
know I have the body of a weak and
feeble woman, but I have the heart and
the stomach of a King”
He became unpopular for his High
Church , anti-Puritan views, and his
belief in divine rights of the king.