A Pact with Death -
WORKING ON THE TEXT
1 Answer the following questions.
a. Why did Lady Capulet find Juliet in tears?
b. What did Lord Capulet threaten to do?
c. What did Friar Laurence suggest Juliet to take?
d. Was Juliet ready to follow the Friar’s advice?
e. What did Friar Laurence do in order to inform Romeo of the plan?
f. Why was Lord Capulet happy when Juliet returned?
g. When was the marriage with Paris going to be celebrated?
h. When did Juliet drink Friar Laurence’s potion?
i. What did Paris promise to do every night?
j. What did Romeo do when he saw Juliet apparently dead?
k. What did Juliet kill herself with?
WORKING ON LANGUAGE
2 Use the correct Passive Voice (past form) of the verbs in brackets.
a. Paris (to kill)…………………………………………. by Romeo.
b. Fortunately Romeo (not to see)………………… by the Capulets in the garden.
c. All the Capulets (to bury)………………………… in an ancient vault in Verona.
d. Lord Capulet (to stop)………………………………… by two Veronese gentlemen.
e. Romeo (not to inform)…………………………… about Friar Laurence’s plan.
f. Juliet (to find)………………………………………… apparently dead.
g. The news of Juliet’s death (to bring)………………… to Romeo by his servant.
h. The order (to issue)…………………………………… in front of the rivals.