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Unit 29: Annoying advice
Verb patterns

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  24. 24From rags to riches
  25. 25Against the odds
  26. 26Our future on Mars?
  27. 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
  28. 28Dodgy dating
  29. 29Annoying advice
  30. 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks

Session 1

How much of William Shakespeare's writing can you quote? Probably more than you think! Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.

ክፍለ-ስራሓት ናይዚ ምዕራፍ

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    Activity 3
  1. Activity 1
  2. Activity 2
  3. Activity 3

Activity 3

Wherefore art thou?

Romeo, Juliet and... Hamlet!

We've practised using the idioms from 6 Minute Vocabulary. But they really are just the tip of the iceberg. Shakespeare gave us many, many more words, phrases and idioms. We're going to learn a few more now, as we do the Romeo and Juliet vs Hamlet challenge!

ነቲ ጽሑፍ ብምንባብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's best-loved tragedies. It tells the story of the young prince Hamlet as he seeks revenge for his father's death.

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's tragic tale of love between two young people from warring families.

To do

Both of these plays gave us many famous scenes, lines and idioms. But which came from which? Move the line into the correct column.

Battle of the plays

9 Questions

These are all famous quotes from Shakespeare's plays. They're widely used today. But do they come from Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet?

ኣገናዕ፡ ፈተናኹም ዛዚምኩም
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
x / y

Battle of the plays

9 Questions

These are all famous quotes from Shakespeare's plays. They're widely used today. But do they come from Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet?

ኣገናዕ፡ ፈተናኹም ዛዚምኩም
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
x / y

End of Session 1

And that's it! All's well that ends well, as Shakespeare said. Join us in again Session 2 where we practise a useful aspect of English grammar: verb patterns.

ናይ ስዋስው ክፍሊ

ምሉእ መወከስ ስዋስው ተመልከት

Session Vocabulary

  • Idioms

    the tip of the iceberg
    only the beginning

    in my mind's eye
    in my imagination

    to be cruel to be kind
    to do hurtful things in order to achieve a good thing

    a wild-goose chase
    a situation where you waste time chasing something you can’t get

    a fool's paradise
    a state of being happy for stupid reasons

    sick at heart
    sad, depressed 

    Popular quotes

    parting is such sweet sorrow
    means that saying goodbye to someone you love is full of mixed emotion

    to be or not to be: that is the question
    'to be or not to be' means 'to commit suicide or not to commit suicide'

    a plague on both your houses
    said to show frustration or anger at both sides of a fight or argument

    O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
    means 'Why are you Romeo?'

ምሉእ መወከስ ማህደረ-ቃላት ተመልከት

መራገፊ ማእከል

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