3 A Night of Horrors Chapter BEFORE READING 1 The story so far. Complete the text with the appropriate words. wife witches ambition mind generals was spending murder honoured king father plan character bravely Macbeth and Banquo were two Scottish .......................................... in the service of King Duncan. They fought .......................................... against the rebels and the King ...................................... them. One day they met three ....................................... who predicted that Macbeth would be ............................................ and that Banquo would be the ............................................. of kings. So a horrible idea formed in Macbeth s .......................................... : why not murder Duncan when he .......................................... .......................................... the night in his castle? But, after speaking to his .......................................... , he started having doubts and was ready to abandon his .......................................... . Lady Macbeth, who knew her husband s .......................................... and his constitutional weakness of .......................................... , gradually convinced him that it would be easy to commit the .......................................... and to attribute it to other people. 2 Guess why this is going to be A Night of Horrors . Tick ( ) as appropriate. c There will be a terrible storm. c Inverness Castle will burn down and its inhabitants will die. c Irish troops will attack it because they know the King is there. c Macbeth and his wife will kill Duncan. c Banquo will kill Macbeth. c Banquo will kill the heir to the throne, Malcolm. 3 Find the synonyms of the following words. WORD a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. apartment afraid insane present dawn loud nobleman murdered SYNONYM 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 33 sunrise lord terrified noisy flat killed gift mad