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Romeo and Juliet Act I
DARTs activities – answers
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English
10–12, 12–14
Romeo and Juliet
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Source | This resource was originally developed by EAL Nexus. Images taken from Self-Made Hero’s
Manga Shakespeare series.
Act One: Prologue
What do we find out at the beginning of the play?
True or False?
Put a tick () by the true statements and a cross (×) by the false
ones:
 or ×
The Capulets are a powerful family.
The Montagues are a rich family.
The Capulets live in Venice.
The Montagues live in Verona.
The Montagues and the Capulets are friends.
The Capulets hate the Montagues.


×

×

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Act One: Scene 1
Which character?
Fill the gaps, using the name of the character or characters below.
You may need to use some names more than once.
1. The Capulet servants and the Montague servants fight in the
street.
2. Prince Escalus says there must be no more fighting and anyone
who fights will be executed.
3. Lord Montague and his wife Lady Montague are worried about
their son Romeo.
4. They ask their nephew Benvolio to find out what is wrong with
Romeo.
5. Benvolio finds out that Romeo is sad because he is in love with
Rosaline but she does not love him.
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Act One: Scene 2
Invitation to a party
Match the two halves of the sentences:
Paris wants
list of people to invite.
Lord Capulet says she is
a party.
Lord Capulet is having
to marry Juliet.
He sends a servant out with a
read the list.
The servant needs help to
Rosaline is on the list.
Benvolio and Romeo see that
a bit young.
Benvolio and Romeo decide
to go to the party.
Act One: Scenes 3 and 4
Getting ready for the party
Fill in the correct pronoun to complete the sentences:
her
his
he
she
1. Lady Capulet comes into Juliet’s room. He tells her that Paris wants
to marry her.
2. Juliet tells her mother that she will follow her parents’ advice.
3. Juliet is calm but her Nurse is very excited.
4. Romeo is on his way to the party. He and his friends are laughing
and joking.
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Act One: Scene 5
Lord Capulet’s party
Put these sentences in the right order to describe
what happens in this scene:
 Tybalt recognises Romeo as a Montague.
 Lord Capulet stops him.
 Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love.
 Tybalt decides to fight Romeo next time they meet instead.
 Romeo finds out that Juliet is a Capulet and she finds out that he
is a Montague.
 Lord Capulet welcomes everyone to the party.
 He wants to throw him out of the house.
 They are both very shocked to find out they have fallen in love
with their enemy.
 Romeo and his friends arrive.
 They kiss each other.
1. Lord Capulet welcomes everyone to the party.
2. Romeo and his friends arrive.
3. Tybalt recognises Romeo as a Montague.
4. He wants to throw him out of the house.
5. Lord Capulet stops him.
6. Tybalt decides to fight Romeo next time they meet instead.
7. Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love.
8. They kiss each other.
9. Romeo finds out that Juliet is a Capulet and she finds out that he
is a Montague.
10. They are both very shocked to find out they have fallen in love
with their enemy.
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Predicting what will happen in the play
Fill in the table putting things that you think will happen in the Very
likely column and things that you think won’t happen in the Not very
likely column.
Very likely
Not very likely
(There are no right or wrong answers to this activity
– you are being asked your opinion.)
What do you think?
Write three sentences about what you think will happen in the play:
1. I think …
2. I also think that …
3. At the end of the play I think …
(There are no right or wrong answers to this activity
– you are being asked your opinion.)
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