Read the following passage and answer the questions:
William Shakespeare was born on April 23rd 1564 and died on
April 23rd 1616. William finished school when he was fourteen
and he married Anne Hathaway when he was only eighteen.
At twenty- one he left his home town of Stratford and went to
London. He soon became a well- known actor and writer. He
wrote 37 plays and a lot of poems. He returned to Stratford
at the age of forty- nine.Stratford today is a busy tourist attraction.
You can visit some of the places connected with Shakespeare´s
life: his birthplace, his school and Anne Hathaway´s cottage.
Vocabulary:
well-known= famoso
plays= obras de teatro
birthplace=lugar de nacimiento
cottage=cabaña
Questions:
What did William Shakespeare do when he was:
fourteen? _____________________________
eighteen?_____________________________
twenty-one?___________________________
forty-nine?____________________________
Answers:
ResponderEliminar1-He finished school.
2-He married Anne Hathaway.
3-He went to London.
4-he returned to Stratford.