2(6) клас. 1 семестр. Reading.

Read the text. Then say if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, a small town in England, in 1564. He went to school there, but he didn’t go to university. 

Shakespeare got married when he was only eighteen. About ten years later, he went to live in London. He wanted to be an actor. His wife and children stayed in Stratford, but he sometimes visited them. The journey took two days.

Shakespeare soon became interested in writing. When he was about thirty, he wrote Romeo and Juliet. Everybody loved it! His plays were very popular, and he made a lot of money.

When he was about fifty, Shakespeare came back to Stratford to live with his family. He died there a few years later.

1 Shakespeare was born in England. 

2         He went to school.

3 He went to university. 

4 He got married when he was fifty. 

5 He went to London when he was eighteen. 

6         He wanted to be an actor.

7 His wife went to London with him. 

8 He wrote Romeo and Juliet. 

9 A lot of people liked his plays. 

10 He died in London.