ENGLISH REVIEWER

ROMEO AND JULIET

CHARACTERS:
❖ Romeo
➢ Romeo is the only son of Lord and Lady Montague. He falls in love with
Juliet.
❖ Juliet
➢ Julie is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. She falls in love with
Romeo.
❖ Friar Laurence
➢ Friar Laurence is a Franciscan monk. He is a trusted friend of Romeo.
❖ The Nurse
➢ She works for the Capulet family. She has looked after Juliet since she
was a baby.
❖ Lord Capulet
➢ He is the head of the Capulet house and Juliet’s father.
❖ Lady Capulet
➢ She is Lord Capulet’s wife and Juliet’s mother. She married very young.
❖ Mercutio
➢ He is a friend of Romeo and relative of Prince Escalus.
❖ Benvolio
➢ He is Lord Montague’s nephew and friend to Romeo and Mercutio.
❖ Tybalt
➢ He is Lady Capulet’s nephew. He dislikes the Montagues.
❖ Paris
➢ He is a nobleman and wants to marry Juliet.
❖ Lord and Lady Montague
➢ They are the head of the Montague house and Romeo’s parents.

WORD BANK
➔ Adversary
◆ Opponent; enemy
➔ Ambiguity
◆ Statement or event in which meaning is unclear
➔ Banishment
◆ Exile
➔ Boisterous
◆ Stormy; violent; rowdy
 ➔ Dexterity
◆ Skill; cleverness
➔ Idolatry
◆ Extreme devotion to a person or thing.
➔ Lament
◆ To grieve for
➔ Nuptial
◆ Wedding
➔ Peruse
◆ Look over
➔ Reconcile
◆ To become friendly again
➔ Shroud
◆ A burial cloth

PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS)

- Past Participle - 3rd form of verb.

VERB 1 (Verb) VERB 2 (Past Tense) VERB 3 (Past Participle)

Forget Forgot Forgotten

● PAST PERFECT
○ Basic structure: had + past participle
○ I had eaten my lunch when my mom came home.
● USES
➢ Completed Action before Something in the Past
○ Expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the
past. Shows that something happened before a specific time in the past.
○ I had written short stories before I decided to write poems instead.
➢ Duration before Something in the Past (Non-continuous Verbs)
○ Shows that something started in the past and continued up until another
action in the past.
○ I had had that teddy bear since I was a kid before I gave it to my nephew.
● PERFECT CONTINUOUS
○ Basic structure: had been + verb + ing
○ I had been wanting a pet cat for several weeks already.
● USES
➢ Duration before Something in the Past
○ Shows that something started in the past and continued up until another
time in the past.
○ She had been exercising for 30 minutes before her brother interrupted her.
➢ Cause of Something in the Past
○ A good way to show cause and effect of an event before another action in
the past.
○ Xia passed her tests because she had been studying her reviewers for
days.