Hamlet, do this activities while you are reading the book.

  Hamlet c Pearson Education Limited 2008
  Activity worksheets LEVEL 3 PENGUIN READERS


While reading

1 Look at the pictures in the book. On which pages can you see.

a a sword? ……………………………………..

b a ghost? ……………………………………..

c a curtain? ……………………………………

d a servant? ……………………………………

e a lord? ……………………………………….

f poison? ………………………………………

2 Read the Introduction on pages v–viii and choose the right answer.

a Hamlet wants to find / forget / punish his uncle.

b Hamlet is a story about love / mystery /revenge.

c Hamlet was written 200 / 300 / 400 years/ago.

d In the 1996 film, Hamlet is played by Robin Williams / Gerard Depardieu /Kenneth Branagh.

e Shakespeare was unknown / unpopular /successful in his lifetime.

Act I

3 Put these people in the order that Hamlet talks to them.

a Horatio 

b Claudius 

c Marcellus 

d the Ghost 

e Gertrude 

4 Who says these things? What do the underlined words refer to?

a ‘It is a crime against God.’

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b ‘That was the worst day of my life.’

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c ‘My Lord, I think I saw him last night.’

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d ‘I order you to stay away from him.’

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e ‘He’s listening too much to his imagination.’

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f ‘He won the heart of my queen.’

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5 Why …

a … does the ghost appear before Hamlet?

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b … is Hamlet furious?

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c … is Hamlet’s mother a weak woman?

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d … can’t Hamlet rest?

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6 Choose the right answer.

a Horatio and Marcellus have to promise they

have not seen the ghost …..

1) on Hamlet’s sword.

2) on Hamlet’s father’s grave.

b Hamlet tells Horatio and Marcellus that he

will look and sound crazy but it will be …..

1) reality.

2) an act.

c Hamlet says that the unhappiest time of all was …..

1) the day he was born.

2) the day he saw the ghost.

Act II

7 Choose the right answer.

a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have come to help …..

1) Hamlet.

2) Claudius.

3) Ophelia.

b Polonius feels ….. Hamlet.

1) amused by

2) angry with

3) sorry for

c Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern that he …..

1) is bored with life.

2) loves Ophelia.

3) does not like plays.

8 Which of these words describe Hamlet, and why?

angry brave nervous pleased rude strange unsure wise

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