Why are the following important?

   1- Great Bible; It provided a range of 8.000 words to add to the vocabulary of the ordinary people.

   2- English Renaissance; With the reign of Elizabeth and James I,English was seen as a nationalistic important element.

   3- Book of Common Prayer; Shows the rites of the English Church from the beginning and the end of person´s life.

   4- Royal Shakespeare Company; By playing Shakespeare´s plays, the Royal Shakespeare Company hopes that his lan-

       guage prevails in the new generations.

    Matching exercises; places

   1- Stratford-on-Avon                                                             D-Birthplace of Shakespeare

   2- Cambridge University                                                      E- Translation of Authorized Version

   3- Warwickshire                                                                    A- Country of vocabulary ( Shakespeare origins)

   4- London                                                                              C- Where Shakespeare wrote his plays

   5- Australia                                                                            B- Penny Downey

   Matching exercise; people

   1- John Bois                                                                           B- The King´s James Version of the Bible

   2- Sir John Guilgud                                                                D- Shakespearean acting

   3- John Barton                                                                        E- Shakespearean director

   4- Sir Thomas More                                                               F- Latin borrowings

   5- Sir Frances Bacon                                                             A- Greek borrowings

   6- Henry VIII                                                                             C- The Great Bible

    Matching exercise; dates

    1- 1558-1603                                                                         F- Reign of Elizabeth

    2- 1603-1625                                                                         C- Reign of James I

    3-      1564                                                                               D- Shakespeare born

    4-      1611                                                                               E- King James Bible published

    5-      1616                                                                               A- Shakespeare dies

    6-      1623                                                                               B- First Folio published

    Fill in the following verse; The Creation

    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

    And the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

    And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

    And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

    And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.

    QUESTIONS

    1- Mac Neil asserts that the First Folio of Shakespeare has influenced everyone who speaks English today. What does

        he mean?

        Shakespeare knew approximately 34.000 words and invented many words which where later incorporated in everybo-

        dy´s language.

    2- Shakespeare´s range of language is remarkable. List 3 types of language he uses in his plays as they are discussed

         in this program. What is the dictionary definition of them?

         -Pidgin ( Caloban) noun

         -Philosophical (Hamlet) adjective

         -Heroic ( Henry the fifth) adjective

         -Pastoral ( Titania) noun

         -Lyrical, adjective

     3- Shakespeare´s plays and the King James Bible are masterpieces, but there is one fundamental lingüistic difference

          between them. What is?

         Shakespeare used 34.000 words, the Bible only 8.000

     4- Which version of the Bible does this quote belong to? “Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity”.

         The quote belongs to King James version of the Bible which was clearer and more poetic then the quote of Henry VIII´s

         Great Bible.