Lesson 6

Vocabulary

1. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d.

1. If something is ..........., it is either worth a lot of money or it is very important to someone.

a. terrible

b. steep

c. valuable

d. cheap

2. When his mother died the prince was very sad but had to ........... power and run the country.

a. make

b. take

c. have

d. do

3. If you are at the furthest point of something, you are on the ........... .

a. plate

b. jewel

c. sand

d. edge

4. Areas that don’t have any hills are ........... .

a. flat

b. steep

c. high

d. cliffs

5. When a sight or sound frightens you, your blood runs ........... .

a. high

b. up

c. away

d. cold

6. A ........... is a shiny stone that is often used in necklaces or bracelets.

a. cure

b. cliff

c. jewel

d. rule

7. When you are trying to make someone well again when they have an illness, you are trying to find ........... .

a. a purse

b. a cure

c. bleeding

d. a voice

8. When a hill is rising or falling at a sharp angle, it’s ........... .

a. strange

b. edge

c. flat

d. steep

Reading

2. Read this part of the play again. Answer the questions with the name of the correct character.

1. Who wants to find someone because they’re worried that he’s gone mad? Cordelia.
2. Who says that it was a mistake to hurt someone? Regan.
3. Who stops someone from opening a letter which is for someone else? Oswald.
4. Who stops pretending to be someone else by using his own voice? Edgar.
5. Who thinks that he has fallen over the edge of the cliff when he hasn’t? Gloucester.
6. Who is wearing wild flowers in his hair? King Lear.

3. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences.

1. Cordelia finds her father in a field. F. Cordelia instructs people to look for her father in every field.
2. Oswald now knows that he will be rewarded for killing Gloucester. T
3. Gloucester is cured of his madness and can now see again. F. Edgar helps him because he still can't see.
4. Edgar tries to make Gloucester believe that someone tried to kill him. T
5. Gloucester is able to recognise King Lear’s voice. T