GUIDE 2: READING COMPRENHENSION: REGULAR

IRREGULAR VERBS

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)

Many years ago in Verona, Italy, there were two families.
-‘We were the Capulets.’
-‘We were the Montagues.’
These families were always fighting. The Montagues had a son, Romeo.
The Capulets had a daughter, Juliet.
One night the Capulets had a party and Romeo went. He met Juliet and they felt in
love.
Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, saw Romeo and was very angry.
‘He’s a Montague! Get him!’
‘Oh Romeo, why are you a Montague?’
Romeo and Juliet talked and decided to get married.
They know that their families will be very angry so they went to Friar Lawrence and are
married in secret.
The next day, Tybalt saw Romeo. He was still angry with Romeo and wanted to fight him.
Romeo didn’t want to fight but his best friend, Mercutio, did.
‘If you won’t fight him, I will!’
Mercutio fought Tybalt. Tybalt killed Mercutio! Romeo was so upset he fought Tybalt and
killed him too!
The Prince of Verona was very angry and sent Romeo away. Juliet went to Friar
Lawrence for help.
‘Here is a special drink. You will sleep for two days. Your family will think you are dead
but you will wake up. Then you and Romeo can be free together.’
Friar Lawrence sends Romeo a letter to tell him the plan. But Romeo didn’t get the
message. He heard that Juliet was dead!
Romeo was so upset he bought some poison and went to see Juliet.
‘Now I will stay with you forever.’
Too late, Juliet woke up! She saw what happened.
‘Oh no! You didn’t leave any poison for me but here is your knife.’
Romeo and Juliet was both dead. Friar Lawrence told the Capulets and Montagues
what happened. They were so sad they agreed not to fight any more.
2. Identify with two different colors regular and irregular verbs in Romeo and
Juliet story, then complete the table:

3. Read the text again and circle True or False for these sentences:

A.The
4. Make a drawing that illustrates Romeo and Juliet’s story.