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21 a.

Read the story about Romeo and Juliet. Put the verbs into the past simple tense. Then match each picture with the correct paragraph.

1 In the town of Verona, Italy, in the late 1500s, lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues. There was an old quarrel between these two families, and they
(hate)
hated
each other very much.
2 One day, Old Capulet, Juliet’s father,
(give)
gave
a costume party. The Montagues were not invited, of course, but Romeo - a Montague -
(put on)
put on
a mask and
(slip)
slipped
into the party. At this party Romeo
(meet)
met
Juliet, and immediately
(fall)
fell
in love with her. He later
(find out)
found out
that she
(be)
was
a Capulet. But Romeo
(love)
loved
her anyway.
3 That night he
(go)
went
to her house, because he
(want)
wanted
to see her again. He was afraid to go in so he
(wait)
waited
under the balcony until she
(appear)
appeared.
During the “balcony scene” they
(confess)
confessed
their love for each other. They
(spend)
spent
the night together, and the next day Romeo’s friend Friar Lawrence
(marry)
married
them secretly.
4 On the day of the wedding, Romeo
(have)
had
a fight with his wife’s cousin Tybalt and
(kill)
killed
him. For this, Romeo
(have to)
had to
leave Verona. He
(decide)
decided
to travel to Mantua.
5 Juliet’s father
(not know)
didn't know
of his daughter’s marriage, so he
(want)
wanted
to marry her to another young man named Paris. Juliet
(not want)
didn't want
to marry this man. So she
(make)
made
a plan. She
(decide)
decided
to take a sleeping potion and pretend to be dead. After three days, when the potion wore off, she would wake up. She
(plan)
planned
to escape from the family tomb and run away with her husband.
6 Then she
(send)
sent
a message to her husband, and
(take)
took
the potion. But Romeo
(not get)
didn't get
the message on time because the messenger
(cannot)
couldn't
find him.
7 Bad news
(travel)
travelled
fast. When Romeo
(hear)
heard
that his wife was ‘dead’, he
(go)
went
to her tomb. He
(break in)
broke in,
(kiss)
kissed
his Juliet one last time,
(drink)
drank
the poison and
(die)
died.
When Juliet
(wake up)
woke up,
she
(see)
saw
her husband
(be)
was
dead so she
(kill)
killed
herself with Romeo’s dagger. They were not yet fourteen.
8 Finally, because both their children
(be)
were
dead, the two families
(make)
made
peace.
Recording 61, page 88
Exercise 21b Listen and check.

Romeo and Juliet
1
In the town of Verona, Italy, in the late 1500s, lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues.
There was an old quarrel between these two families, and they hated each other very much.

2
One day, Old Capulet, Juliet’s father, gave a costume party.
The Montagues were not invited, of course, but Romeo – a Montague – put on a mask and slipped into the party.
At this party Romeo met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her.
He later found out that she was a Capulet.
But Romeo loved her anyway.
3
That night he went to her house, because he wanted to see her again.
He was afraid to go in so he waited under the balcony until she appeared.
During the “balcony scene” they confessed their love for each other.
They spent the night together, and the next day Romeo’s friend Friar Lawrence married them secretly.

4
On the day of the wedding, Romeo had a fight with his wife’s cousin Tybalt and killed him.
For this, Romeo had to leave Verona.
He decided to travel to Mantua.
5
Juliet’s father didn’t know of his daughter’s marriage, so he wanted to marry her to another young man named Paris.
Juliet did not want to marry this man.
So she made a plan.
She decided to take a sleeping potion and pretend to be dead.
After three days, when the potion wore off, she would wake up.
She planned to escape from the family tomb and run away with her husband.

6
Then she sent a message to her husband, and took the potion.
But Romeo didn’t get the message on time because the messenger couldn’t find him.
7
Bad news travelled fast.
When Romeo heard that his wife was ‘dead’ he went to her tomb.
He broke in, kissed his Juliet one last time, drank the poison and died.
When Juliet woke up, she saw her husband was dead so she killed herself with Romeo’s dagger. They were not yet fourteen.

8
Finally, because both their children were dead, the two families made peace.
 

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