The Language of Shakespeare


The language in Shakespeare's time was slightly different than in out own time. Here are some sentences from Shakespeare. Find the modern equivilant of the underlined words by completing the matching exercise.

Matching exercise

Match the items on the left to the items on the right.

That will be ere the set of sun.
Then came missives of the king.
Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?
Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?
Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?

ere
missives
wherefore
art
thou

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Write down any words that were new to you in your notebook together with their modern English equivilant.



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