Lesson 6

Vocabulary

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

1. If one of your friends helps your enemies, you can call this person ........... .

a. cruel

b. a servant

c. mad

d. a traitor

2. One of my friends was very ill, but this medicine helped to ........... him.

a. get rid of

b. rest

c. cure

d. stand

3. If you ........... rid of someone, you kill this person.

a. get

b. make

c. take

d. give

4. When the police found the stolen phone at the man’s home, it ........... that he was the thief.

a. discovered

b. arrested

c. deceived

d. proved

5. The head of the police asked the government for the ........... to change the law.

a. authority

b. punishment

c. powerful

d. revenge

6. If someone doesn’t like you and wants to hurt you, this person is your ........... .

a. spy

b. duke

c. enemy

d. relative

7. Instead of ........... someone while they’re talking, you should stay quiet.

a. kneeling

b. interrupting

c. punishing

d. deceiving

8. Your behaviour is totally unacceptable and I won’t ........... for it!

a. stand

b. do

c. kneel

d. wait

9. They tried to ........... us by saying they had lots of money when they didn’t.

a. spy on

b. deceive

c. punish

d. take revenge for

10. An old-fashioned vehicle which is usually pulled by horses is called a ........... .

a. carriage

b. palace

c. servant

d. sword

Reading

2. Match the characters with the events.

a. Edmund 2. This character’s new title is used for the first time.
b. Gloucester 5. This character is injured and can’t see anything.
c. Cornwall 1. This character is injured after attacking someone.
d. The King 3. This character is travelling towards Dover in a carriage.
e. Regan 4. This character has killed a servant to protect someone.

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

1. Edmund decides to help Cornwall find the King so that Cornwall will think his father is even more guilty. T
2. Gloucester tells Kent to drive the King to Gloucester’s castle because the King’s life is in danger. F. Golucester tells kent to drive the king to Dover because the king's life is a danger.
3. Cornwall and Edmund try to find and punish Gloucester for being a traitor. F. Cornwall and Regan try to find and punish Golucester for being a traitor.
4. Gloucester tells Cornwall that he arranged for the King to be taken somewhere. T
5. The servant tries to stop Cornwall attacking Gloucester, but Regan kills the servant. T
6. Gloucester feels stupid and says he should have trusted Cornwall instead of Edmund. F. Golucester feels stupid and says he should have trusted Edgar instead of Edmund.
7. Cornwall orders Gloucester to be thrown out of the palace. F. Regan orders Golucester to be thrown out of the palace.

Writing

4. Write sentences for each character to explain how they're feeling at the end of this part of the play and why.

a. Gloucester: I've been stupid because I was deceived by my son Edmund. I should have trusted Edgar and not Edmund.

b. Edmund: I feel proud that my plan worked. Now everyone thinks that my father is a traitor so I can become the new Duke of Golucester.

c. Cornwall: I feel happy that I punished the traitor Golucester. Someone needed to take revenge on him because he is a traitor.