Macbeth worksheets

Macbeth
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Worksheet 1
Plot summary exercise
Fill in the gaps in the passage below using the words given.
Macbeth and his friend ___________ have just won a battle for King
___________. On their way home, they come across three ___________. The
witches tell Macbeth that he will become Thane of ___________ and King of
___________. They tell Banquo that his ___________ will be kings of Scotland
in the future. Immediately, their first ___________ is fulfilled when Macbeth is
rewarded for his bravery in battle with a title.
When he returns home, his wife ___________ Macbeth convinces him that he
must murder King ___________. Macbeth ___________ Duncan to death.
Next, he hires some men to kill ___________, so that his sons cannot become
kings. Banquo’s ___________ comes back from the dead to haunt him. He goes
to visit the ___________ again, and they warn him against ___________, who
is the Thane of Fife.
They also tell him that he can only be killed by someone not of ___________
born, and when ___________ forest comes to Dunsinane. When Macbeth finds
out that Macduff has gone to England, he murders his _________________.
Lady Macbeth goes ___________ and believes her hands are covered in
___________. Malcolm and Macduff come to attack his castle, camouflaged by
___________ from the forest. Macduff tells Macbeth that he was cut from his
mother, and he kills him. ___________ is crowned king.
Cawdor
blood
Banquo
Birnam
Macduff
witches
woman
sleep
branches
Duncan
children
Macduff
Malcolm
ghost
Banquo
Scotland
witches
mad
prophecy
Duncan
stabs
Lady
family
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Macbeth
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Worksheet 2
Themes wordsearch
A G Z S S E N D A M Y I G S
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L L H N A F H T U K N V
A M S N O I
K A L
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B M A E F G
R B U N M I
P E P L
G G F W M K R P X B J H M L
W E R M C D E K L
I O J
F A
J R E D V E N J G D E R T Y
J Y D B L
C G R S
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T C G D K P O A
I M L O M G O V B R
N Y U E V Q W D C K G O N T
R S M A E R D C B N K T L E
Q C H N K I
Y R D A A G H B
List ten themes in Macbeth that you can see in the wordsearch above.
1. _________________________________ 6. __________________________________
2. _________________________________ 7. __________________________________
3. _________________________________ 8. __________________________________
4. _________________________________ 9. __________________________________
5. _________________________________ 10. _________________________________
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