C AN D O Dictate the biogrophical information given below. Students should then guess the name of the playwright. ( – ). He was born at Stratford-on-Avon in April .
His father was an important public figure in Stratford. People believe that he received a decent grammar-school education in literature, logic, and Latin (mathematics and natural science did not form part of the curriculum). When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years his senior. He seems to have prospered in the London theatre world.
He probably began his career as an actor in London, and he earned enough as author to acquire landed property. When he was forty-seven, he retired to a large house in Stratford. He died in , leaving behind a body of work that still stands as a pinnacle in world literature. Homophones Can you find the words below that are spelt similarly, and sometimes even pronounced similarly, but have very different meanings?
Check their pronunciation and meaning in a dictionary. • They were too close to the door to close it. • Since there is no time like the present, she thought it was time to present the present.