Be into and Get into
1) Before the video
The Shakespeare Quiz.
1) When was
Shakespeare born?
a) 1564
b) 1789
c) unknown
2) William
Shakespeare wasn’t:
a) a playwright
b) a novelist
c) a poet
3) Shakespeare’s only
son was called:
a) Hamnet
b) Hamlet
c) Homlet
4) Shakespeare’s plays were
originally performed in a
theatre called:
a) the Royal Opera House
b) the Playhouse
c) the Globe
5) Which of these names isn’t
a nickname for William?
a) Bill
b) Will
c) Wilfred
6) In Shakespeare’s time,
a) male actors played female roles.
b) female actors played male roles.
c) there were both male and female
actors who played all roles.
During the video
2) Answer these questions about the video:
a) What does Jaromir do to make a good impression on Juliet?
b) What does Bruce suggest?
c) What’s Juliet into? Does Jaromir get into this hobby too in the end?
After the video
3) Match the phrasal verbs with their explanations. There’s one extra explanation.
BE INTO
♥ to become interested in something
(expresses the progress)
♥ to be interested in something in an active way, to
be very enthusiastic about something
GET INTO
♥ to like something in a neutral way
4) Which of these things are usually used with the phrase “be into”, explain why?
rock music
milk
Television
Photography
American TV series
5) Fill in the correct forms (negative, past or present) of “be into” and “get into”.
Jaromir is a handsome man who’s been madly in love since he first saw Juliet. To win her heart, he
tried to find out what she ………………….. . She definitely ……….………… heavy metal and Jaromir’s
singing. She ………….. also never …………..………….. didgeridoo. On Bruce’s advice they even tried to
……......……… cricket, a sport neither of them knew. This experiment didn’t work at all. They couldn’t
……….…………. it and wondered if they were right for each other. The last thing they tried was sword
fighting because Juliet …………………………. it. However, Jaromir couldn’t…………………. fighting with Juliet.