Romeo and Juliet – ANSWERS
1. Match them up!
Draw a line to match the character and their name.
Romeo
Juliet
Tybalt
Mercutio
Friar Lawrence
Prince of Verona
Mr Capulet
Mrs Montague
2. What’s the word?
Write the word under the pictures.
family
fight
angry
love
get married
drink
letter
sleep
wake up
dead
fight
get married
family
sleep
drink
wake up
love
dead
angry
letter
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3. What’s the order?
Watch the video and put the pictures in order.
2
7
1
10
4
5
9
3
8
6
4. True or false?
Circle True or False for these sentences.
a.
The Capulet family and the Montague family don’t like each other.
true
false
b.
Romeo meets Juliet at a Montague Capulet party.
true
false
c.
Romeo and Juliet get married in secret.
true
false
d.
Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, kills Mercutio, Romeo’s friend.
true
false
e.
Romeo kills the Prince of Verona Tybalt and is sent away.
true
false
f.
Friar Lawrence gives Juliet some food a drink to make her sleep.
true
false
g.
Romeo doesn’t get the letter from Friar Lawrence.
true
false
h.
Romeo thinks Juliet is sleeping dead.
true
false
i.
Romeo kills himself.
true
false
j.
Juliet sees Romeo is dead and goes home kills herself.
true
false
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5. Complete the sentences!
Children complete the sentences to retell the story in their own words. If this is
difficult for them, they can play the matching game under the video first to help.
The suggested answers below are just a guide – the exact wording will depend
on the child.
a. The Capulet family and the Montague family
are always fighting.
b. Romeo and Juliet fall in love and they get married in secret.
c.
Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, kills Mercutio, Romeo’s friend.
d. Romeo kills Tybalt so the Prince of Verona sends him away.
e. Friar Lawrence sends Romeo a letter to tell him the plan.
f.
Romeo doesn’t get the letter and he thinks Juliet is dead.
g. Romeo kills himself, then Juliet kills herself.
h. The families are so sad that they agree not to fight any more.
6. Write and draw!
Children imagine and write the conversation between Mrs Montague and Mr
Capulet saying sorry to each other, and draw a picture.
7. Think about it!
Children think about the question and decide if they think it is important to try to
forgive people when they do something bad to you, instead of fighting with them.
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