Stage 2

YOUNG ADULT ELI READERS A2

William Shakespeare
Hamlet
Prince of Denmark

Pages 8-9
1 1 A 2 C 3 B 4 C 5 A 6 B 7 A 8 A 9 C 10 B
2 1 B 2 C 3B 4C 5B 6C

Pages 20-21
1 a 6 b 10 c 4 d 8 e 1 f 2
2 1 T 2 C 3 T 4 T 5 T 6 T
3 1 to 2 away 3 back 4 off
4 1 F 2 T 3 F 4 F 5T 6 T
g9 h7 i3 j5
7 C 8 C 9 T 10 T 11 C 12 C 13 C 14 T 15 T
5 about 6 for 7 at 8 like
7F

Pages 28-29
1 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 T 6 F 7 T
2 1 said 2 knew 3 understood 4 was reading 5 liked 6 was telling 7 was talking
3-4 personal answers
5 1 yes 2 garden 3no 4yes 5 no 6 no 7 yes
Pages 40-41
1 (possible answers)
1 Because they wanted Hamlet to be happy again.
2 They wanted to see if Hamlet was still in love with Ophelia.
3 Because he still thought Hamlet was mad because he was in love with Ophelia.
4 He wrote a new part where a king is killed by his brother, who then takes his wife.
5 He thought Hamlet was dangerous.
6 He didn’t know it was Polonius behind the curtain. He thought it was the King.
7 To tell Hamlet not to forget what he had to do.
2 1 best 2 kind 3 simple 4 upset 5 dirty 6 bad 7 horrible
3 1 A 2 C 3 B 4 B 5 C 6 A 7 C 8 B 9 A
Pages 50-51
1 1 B 2 C 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 C 7 A 8 C 9 B 10 B
2 1 storm 2 murder 3 castle 4 month 5 ship 6 noise 7 flowers
3 1 hasn’t explained 2 has been 3 asked 4 arrived 5 hasn’t done 6 died 7 didn’t know
4 1 clown 2 woman 3 boy 4 stories 5 words 6 speaking 7 sure 8 alright

Pages 56-57
1 1 whose, d 2 What kind of, g 3 What, f 4 Where, e 5 Why, h 6 How, c 7 Who, b
2 Open answers
3 1 know 2 take 3 tell 4 write 5 fall 6 forgive 7 say
4 1 took 2 said 3 knew 4 fell 5 told 6 forgave 7 wrote
5 Free answer

Page 61
Hamlet, a film student 2 Manhattan 3 kills his brother, Hamlet’s father to become head of Denmark
Corporation 4 Simba, a lion 5 Africa 6 kills his brother, Simba’s father to become king.

Page 62
1 A 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 B 6 C 7 A 8 C 9 C 10 B