How many words did Shakespeare give to English?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Have you ever seen a play in a theatre?
2. Do you know any story by Shakespeare?
3. What is your favourite film based on a book?
4. Do you enjoy reading old books?
5. Which famous person from history would you like to meet?
6. Is learning old literature useful? Why?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about a play or a story.

Choose the word that fits.

1. A is a person who writes plays.
2. Many everyday come from his plays.
3. The loved the show and clapped for a long time.
4. Actors on stage in front of people.
5. Hamlet is a with a sad ending.
6. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a famous .
7. The is the main series of events in a story.
8. A is a poem of fourteen lines.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a playwright is a person who
   sells ticketspaints pictureswrites plays
2. an audience = people who
   watch a showmake costumessell books
3. a tragedy is a play with a
   short endingfunny endingsad ending
4. a plot = the main
   actors of a playseats of a theatreevents of a story
5. a sonnet = a poem with
   fourteen linesa hundred linestwo lines
6. to adapt = to
   change for a new usedestroy completelyforget quickly

Use these phrases to recommend a play and to talk about the past.

• Had I known,...Якби я знав,...If I had known, I would have gone to see it.
• If he hadn't written them,...Якби він їх не написав,...If he hadn't written them, we wouldn't use these phrases.
• By the time..., it had...Коли..., це вже...By the time we arrived, the play had begun.
• I wish I had seen...Шкода, що я не бачив...I wish I had seen it at the Globe.
• It's said to have...Кажуть, що це...He is said to have invented many words.
• Estimates suggest...За оцінками,...Estimates suggest that he introduced about 1,700 words.
• It had been performed...Це вже ставили...It had been performed many times before.
• I'd recommend...Я б порадив...I'd recommend Romeo and Juliet.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. Shakespeare was born in 1564.
   TrueFalse
2. The number 1,700 is a precise, proven fact.
   TrueFalse
3. Some words may have existed before they appeared in his works.
   TrueFalse
4. His plays have been translated into many languages.
   TrueFalse
5. The text says Shakespeare wrote only comedies.
   TrueFalse

1. Why do old plays still attract an audience?
2. Which modern writer will people read in 400 years?
3. Is it good to adapt classic stories for modern audiences?
4. How much of what we know about the past is only an estimate?

Common mistakes: had + past participle for the earlier event, if + had in the third conditional, and wish + Past Perfect for regrets. ✗ When I arrived, the play started already → had already started. ✗ I wish I would see it → I wish I had seen it.

1. By the time we arrived, the play
   had begunbegan
   .
2. It
   was performedhad been performed
   many times before.
3. If I
   had knownknew
   , I would have gone to see it.
4. If he hadn't written them, we
   wouldn't usewouldn't have used
   these phrases now.
5. I wish I
   sawhad seen
   it at the Globe.
6. She
   should haveshould
   bought tickets earlier.
7. If only I
   readhad read
   the book before the film.
8. I wish people
   would readwill read
   more plays.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. When I arrived, the play started already. →
2. If I knew about the play, I would have gone. →
3. I wish I would see it last year. →
4. It had performed many times before. →
5. If he didn't write it, we wouldn't have these phrases. →
6. You should bought tickets. →

Answer in detail. Use the Past Perfect, the third conditional and wish.

1. Which Shakespeare play have you seen or read?
2. What would the English language be like without him?
3. If you had lived in his time, would you have gone to the theatre?
4. What do you wish you had read or seen?
5. Which phrase from literature do you use often?
6. How do you decide whether a historical claim is reliable?

Three people talk about Shakespeare. Compare their views. Who is the most careful with the facts? Who enjoys the plays most? What would you have done in their place?

This is the final speaking task of Block 6. Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: tell a short story from the past, with two events in order (Past Perfect and passive).
3. Part 2: say what would have happened if one thing had been different (third conditional).
4. Part 3: say what you wish you had done, and which tradition or work of culture you want to keep.

1. What was the last play or film you saw?
2. Which story from history do you like most?
3. What had you done before you started this lesson?
4. What would you have done differently last year?
5. What do you wish you had read?
6. What is your favourite phrase in English?
7. Do you enjoy learning old stories?
8. What tradition do you want to keep alive?

1. Who in your family likes the theatre?
2. Who had you met before you started English?
3. Who would you have liked to meet from history?
4. Who do you wish you had asked more questions?
5. Who tells the best stories?
6. Who gave you your favourite book?

1. Should schools teach classic literature?
2. Are old stories still useful today?
3. Would history have been different without some key people?
4. Is it better to read a book or to watch the film?
5. Should we protect old languages and traditions?