Theatre

Part 1. Do you remember all these words? If not, look them up in the dictionary, learn their meanings and choose the right word in the test

dull,  entertaining, funny,  gripping,  moving,   predictable,   scary,  serious, slow,   spectacular,  violent

If a film is _______________, you can't stop watching it because it's so exciting.

A   ______ film has got lots of special effects that look amazing.

А___film makes you frightened.

A___film makes you feel strong emotions.

A___film is not at all interesting.

A___film contains a lot of fighting and blood.

Part 2 Do you remember the words on the topic Theatre?

Check yourself.

Hero, heroine, row, villain, audience, spectator, perform, seat, clap, scenery, comedy, cast, stage, performance, tragedy, programme, audience, curtain.

If yes, complete the sentences.

In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet Romeo, the ___, dies and Juliet, the ___, dies too.

The ___ is the bad person in a play.

The actors ___the play in an open-air theatre.

The ___ applaud after the play

In the theatre we saw a very beautiful red ___with golden flowers. When the music started to play it rose.

Our seats were in the second ___ so we could see the stage very well. 

Part 3. Do you know enough about William Shakespeare and his theatre Globe? Check yourself.

The Globe Theatre opened in London in ... but it isn’t a modern theatre.

It is a ________ open-air theatre. 

It is a copy of the original Globe Theatre. Shakespeare wrote and performed his plays in the original Globe Theatre but it ______ over 400 years ago. 

In Shakespeare’s time the audience in the theatre was like a crowd at a football match. Most of them were not ______ during the plays. They were standing in the open air in front of the stage to watch the plays.

They threw _______fruit at the bad actors and they always cheered and clapped the heroes and booed the villains.

There weren’t any _______ in the plays. Men played the women’s roles.