Презентация "The golden age of English literature" 8-11 класс

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.

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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.

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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.

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

II. Match the parts of the sentences. Task A

Task B Contemporaries

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.

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.

7.	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”
8.	He became unpopular for his High Church , anti-Puritan views, and his belief in divine rights of the king.