An afternoon at the bus station

Hannah had been waiting for a colleague of (11) ………………..  father’s to collect her from the bus station for more than an hour, and she was tired (12) ……………….. waiting. There was nobody else there, and it had (13) ……………….. raining. A friend of hers had lent her an umbrella to take on her trip, but she (14) ………………..  to be getting wet. Perhaps her father was angry with her, she thought, or had simply (15) ………………..  to collect her. Her mobile phone wasn’t working and there wasn’t (16) ……………….. a phone box in the bus station. Why did (17) ………………..  always go wrong when she travelled by bus?                       (18) ……………….. the bus was crowded and she felt very uncomfortable, or it                             (19) ……………….. stopping and the journey lasted for hours. Suddenly she saw a car stopping outside. (20) ………………..  was waving at her. It was her father!

 

Test in Literature

You have 30 minutes to do this task.

 

Complete the crossword. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

											1		a
		2											n
													3t
												4	o
											5		n
					6								y
					7
													8a
									9				n
									10				d
	11
	12												c
												13	l
									14				e
	15												o
											16		p
												17	a
					18								t
					19								r
												20	a

 

 

1. The surname of the main character of Oscar Wilde’s only novel.

2. In which country is ‘Macbeth’ set?

3. How many pigs did Big Bad Wolf try to eat?

4. “The Jungle …” is written by Rudyard Kipling.

5. This is the country where the play ‘Hamlet’ takes place.

6. The princess from one famous fairy tale is known as “Sleeping …”

7. The name of the boy who never grows up.

8. The name of the most popular character from old English knight legends.

9. The surname of Scotland’s national and the most famous poet.

 

10. The surname of the famous hero, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.

11. This comedy, written by Shakespeare, contains a number in its title.

12. The famous novel written by Jane Austen is “Pride and …”

13. What theatre was founded by Shakespeare?

14. What Shakespeare’s play do these lines belong to?

         “Tush! never tell me; I take it much unkindly         

         That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse

         As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this.”

15. What Bernard Shaw’s play was the background for the musical “My Fair Lady”?

16. One of Oscar Wilde’s fairytales is “The … Prince”

17. This fairy tale hero had three magic beans and was called “the Giant Killer”.

18. “To be or not to be – That is the question!” is a very famous Shakespearean quote. In which play would you come across this famous quote?

19. The first name of a boy, the main character of Charles Dickens’ novel.

20. This magic land is created by Clive Staples Lewis.