Actor                       ممثل                                  Actress                    ممثلة                                Artist                       فنان                                                Musician              موسيقار                          Patron                   ممول                                    Perform                  يؤدي                              Performance             أداء                         Theatre                 مسرح                                     Quiz                       لغز                                      Own                   يملك                                    Owner             مالك/ صاحب                       Play                   يلعب                                     Decide                 يقرر                                 Decision              قرار                               Country              دولة                                Try to               يحاول                                  Trial                محاولة                                  Terrible             فظيع                               Mistake              خطأ                                Happen             يحدث                               Love                 يحب                                     Program           برنامج

Famous مشهور                                     Obvious واضح                                      Wander يتجول                                      Wonder يتعجب                                      Beat               يهزم                                             Fight             يقاتل                                            Against            ضد                                          Walk             يمشي                                           Recent           حديث                                        King               ملك                                             Queen            ملكة                                          Prince              أمير                                           Princess          أميرة                                        Daughter         ابنة                                        Son                ابن                                                 Describe         يصف                                      Description      وصف                                  Hear              يسمع                                              Capture           يأسر                                            Prison             سجن                                           Sample             عينة                                          Qualities           صفات

Vocabulary

• Actor (n.) someone who performs in a play or film.
• Actress (n.) a woman who performs in a play or film.
• Artist (n.) someone who produces or performs any kind of art, including painting, drawing, music and dance.
• Musician (n.) someone who plays a musical instrument, especially as a job.
• Patron (n.) someone who supports or gives money to an organization, artist, musical performer.
• Perform (v.) to do something to entertain people, especially in public.
• Performance (n.) when a play or piece of music is performed.
• Theatre (n.) a building with a stage where plays are performed.
• Quiz (n.) a competition in which you have to answer questions.
• Own (v.) to legally have something because you bought it or have been given it.
• Owner (n.) someone who owns something.
• Play (n.)  a story that is written to be performed by actors, especially in a theatre.
• Decide (v.) to make a choice or judgment about something.
• Decision (n.) a choice or judgment that you make.
• Country (n.) an area of land that has its own government, leader, army.
• Try to (v.) to attempt to do something.
• Trial (n.) when you test different methods or answers in order to find out how good, effective they are.
• Terrible (adj.) very bad or unpleasant.
• Mistake (n.) something that is not correct.
• Happen (v.) is an event or situation happens, it exists and continues for a period of time, usually without being planned.
• Love (v.) to like someone in a romantic way and care about them a lot.
• Program (n.) a set of instructions given to a computer to make it to do something. A show on television or radio.
• Famous (adj.) known about by a lot of people.
• Obvious (adj.) easy to notice or understand.
• Wander (v.) to walk somewhere without hurrying and without going in a particular direction or having a fixed purpose.
• Wonder (v.) to think about something and want to know why it is true, what happened.
• Beat (v.) to be more successful than other people in a game or competition.
• Fight (v.) hit or kick each other, to take part in a war.
• Against (prep.) opposed to or disagreeing with an idea, plan, and system.
• Walk (v.) to move forwards by putting one foot in front of the other.
• Recent (adj.) having happened or begun to exist only a short time ago.
• King (n.) a man from a royal family who rules a country.
• Queen (n.) the female ruler of a country or the wife of a king.
• Prince (n.) the son of a king or queen or one of their male relations.
• Princess (n.) the daughter of a king or a queen or one of their female relations.
• Daughter (n.) your female child.
• Son (n.) your male child.
• Describe (v.) to say what someone or something is like by giving details.
• Description (n.) something that you say or write that describes someone or something.
• Hear (v.) if you hear something, a sound comes into your ears.
• Capture (v.) to catch someone in order to keep them as a prisoner.
• Sample (n.) a small part or amount of something that is examined or tried to find out what the rest is like.
• Qualities (n.) whether the standard of something is good or bad. A good or bad part of someone’s character.

                                                          

 

Listening

Listen and choose:

How much do you know about Shakespeare?

1)When was Shakespeare born?

a)1564                                 b)1764                                        c)1964

2)How old was Shakespeare when he left school?

a)10                                     b)12                                             c)14

3)What was the name of Shakespeare’s wife?

a)Anne                                b)Mary                                         c)Jane

4)Which of these is not a play by Shakespeare?

a)Macbeth                         b)Hamlet and Juliet                    c)King Lear

5)What was the name of the theatre in London where people could see Shakespeare’s plays?

a)The Globe                      b) The World                                  c)The Earth

 

Listen and answer:

Listen again. Are these sentences True or False:

a  TrueFals     Shakespeare was the son of a hat maker.

b  TrueFals     Shakespeare left school because his family did not have much money.

c  TrueFals     Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 16 years old.

d  TrueFals     In 1592, Shakespeare went to London to be a writer.

e  TrueFals     He wrote the play King Lear in 1606.

f  TrueFals      Shakespeare was the owner of The Globe theatre.

 

Reading

King Lear

          Lear is the king of Britain. When he is old, he decides to give his country to his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. But before he does this, he asks them to tell him how much they love him. Two of the daughters, Goneril and Regan, say they love him much more than they really do. The third daughter Cordelia does not say very much. She does not know how to describe her love for her father. Lear is angry with Cordelia, and gives all his money and land to Goneril and Regan. Cordelia is sent away and goes to live in France where she marries the king.

          Old Lear soon discovers that he has made a terrible mistake. It is soon obvious to him that Goneril and Regan said that they loved him only so that they could have his money and his country. The truth is that they do not love their father at all. Lear wanders around the country with his last two good friends until they arrive Dover.

          In France, Cordelia hears what has happened to her father. She comes to England with soldiers to try to save him and to take his country back from her two sisters. English soldiers arrive in Dover and beat the French. Cordelia and Lear are captured and taken to prison. Here, Cordelia tells her father how much she really loves him.

 

 

Check your vocabulary:

Choose the correct meaning for these words:

1-Obvious : (easy to understand / difficult to understand)

2-Wander: (walk very quickly / walk with nowhere to go)

3-beat : ( win a fight against someone / lose against someone)

 

Read and answer:

Read “King Lear” and answer the questions:

1-Which two of King Lear’s daughters do not tell their father the truth?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2-Why does Lear not give any of his money and land to Cordelia?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3-Why does Cordelia come back to England with French soldier?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4-How do you think Cordelia feels when she hears what has happened to her father?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5-How do you think Lear feels when Cordelia tries to help him?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6-How do you think Lear feels when he finds out how much Cordelia loves him?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7-Why do you think King Lear believes Goneril and Regan?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8-How do you think king Lear discovered that he made a mistake?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

9-Why do you think that Lear wanders around the country?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

Read and complete:

Read “King Lear” and complete these sentences:

1-Before Lear gives his money and land to his …………….., he wants to know how much they love him.

2-If Cordelia had said she loved her father, he wouldn’t have ……..…………. her away.

3-Lear and his two friends arrive in Dover after they have ………………… around the country.

4- Cordelia and French ………………….come to England to try to save Lear.

5-Lear realizes Cordelia ……………………..

 

 

 

 

Speaking 

 

Prepare to speak

You are going to tell a story about someone who learns from a mistake.

Think of a story you know. It can be:

·       From a novel, a play or a television programme.

·       A story you have heard from someone.

·       A very old or a very modern story.

 

 

Writing

Write a summary of a story you have read recently:

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

 

 

Grammar

If (conditionals)

 

1) If                  present simple                    will+V.inf

Ex) If someone point a gun at me, I will be frightened.

2) If                   past simple                        would+V.inf

Ex) If someone pointed a gun at me, I would be frightened.

3) If                   past perfect                      would+ have+P.P

Ex) If someone had pointed a gun at me, I would have been frightened.

4) If                   present simple                 present simple

Ex) If the water boils, it vaborates.

5) If not = Unless (the same cases)

·       Tom would be very angry if I didn’t visit him.

·       If we didn’t go to their party next week, they would be angry.

·       If I were you, I wouldn’t buy that coat.

·       If he had had enough money, he would have bought the car.

·       I would have gone out if I hadn’t been so tired.

·       If we had played better, we would have won.

·       If you stopped smoking, you would feel healthier.

·       If I find your lighter, I will give it to you.

·       Unless you work harder, you are not going to pass the examination.

·       We will be late unless we hurry.

·       Don’t tell Ann what I said unless she asks you.

·        I’ll come tomorrow unless I have to work.

·       Joe can’t hear unless you shout.

·        Joe can hear only if you shout.

 

 

Exercises

 

1) Correct the verb in brackets:

a- If I was offered the job, I think I                                     (take) it.

b- I’m sure that Tom will lend you some money. I would be very surprised if      (refuse).

c- Many people would be out of work if that factory                               (close) down.

d- If she sold her car, she                                     (not/ get) much money for it.

e- They’re expecting us. They would be disappointed if we                            (not/come).

f- Ann gave me this ring. She                                  (be) terrible upset if I lost it.

g- What would happen if you                                      (not/ go) to work tomorrow?

h- I’m sure she                                   (understand) if you explained the situation to her.

 

2) This time you have to read the situation and write sentences with if:

a- We don’t visit you very often because you live so far away.

But if you

b- People don’t understand him because he doesn’t speak very clearly.

But if he                                           ,people

c- I’m not going to buy that book because it’s too expensive.

But if that book

d- She doesn’t go out very often because she can’t walk without help.

But if

e- We can’t have lunch in the garden because it’s raining.

But

f- I can’t meet you tomorrow evening because I have to work.

 

 

3) Correct the verb in brackets:

a- If I                                  (know) that you wre ill last week, I’d have gone to see you.

b- Tom                                          (not/ enter) for the examination if he had known that it would be so difficult.

c- Jem got to the station in time, If he                                  (miss) the train, he would have been late for his interview.

d- It’s good that Sandera reminded ne about John’s birthday. I 

    (forget) if she hadn’t reminded me.

e- We might not have stayed at this hotel if George

    (not / recommend) it to us.

f- I’d have sent you a postcard while I was on holiday if I

    (have) your address.

 

 

 

 

4) In this exercise you have to read a sentence and then write a new sentence     with the same meaning. Use Unless in your sentences.

a- You must study more or you won’t pass the examination.

      You won’t pass the examination unless you study more.

b- You must listen carefully or you won’t know what to do.

 

c- We must hurry or we will miss the train.

 

d- You must speak very slowly or he won’t be able to understand you.

 

e- My salary must be increased or I’ll look for another job.

 

f- She must apologise to me or I won’t forgive her.

 

 

5) Now you have to read a sentence with only if and then write a new sentence with unless.

a- Joe can hear only if you shout.

      Joe can’t hear unless you shout.

b- I’m going to the party only if you go too.

 

c- You are allowed into the club only if you are a member.

 

d- The dog will attack you only if you move.

 

e- He will speak to you only if you ask him a question.

 

 

6) Now you have to read the situation and write sentences with if:

a- She didn’t eat anything because she wasn’t hungry.

       If she had been hungry , she would have eaten something.

b- The accident happened because the driver in front stopped so suddenly.

 

c- I didn’t wake George because I didn’t know he wanted to get up early.

 

d- I was able to buy the car because Jim lent me the money.

 

e- She wasn’t injured in the crash because she was wearing a seat- belt.

 

f- You are hungry now because you didn’t eat breakfast.

 

g- She didn’t buy the coat because she didn’t have enough money with her.