Work sheet 2 - Year 10 Close Study of Text - Macbeth
Act 1, Scene 3
To these first questions you just need to answer true or false.
1. The second witch has been killing horses.
2. The first witch is angry because a sailor’s wife did not share chestnuts with her and
now she is going to get her own back.
3. The first witch plans to sink the sailor’s ship.
4. Macbeth’s first words echo those of the witches in the first scene.
5. Banquo is not sure whether the witches are male or female.
Look at lines 45-50
What three things do the witches call Macbeth?
Look at lines 63-66.
What do the witches predict about Banquo’s future?
In the grid below there are some things that Banquo says in response to the witches’
prophecies, but the second column has mixed up what these mean. Sort them out!
What Banquo says
If you can look into the seeds of time and say
which grain will grow and which will not
speak to me
I neither beg nor fear your favours nor your
hate
Were such things here? Or have we eaten …
on the insane root that takes reason
prisoner?
Can the devil speak true?
What this means
Were those women real or have we been
hallucinating?
If you can tell the future, let me know what
will happen to me
To trick us, the Devil’s servants sometime do
things to gain our trust
I am not afraid of you and I am not going to
plead with you to help me out
Were those evil creatures telling the truth?
To win us to our harm, the instruments of
darkness tell us truth to betray us
Act 1, Scene 3
Work sheet 2 - Year 10 Close Study of Text - Macbeth
To these first questions you just need to answer true or false.
6. The second witch has been killing horses.
7. The first witch is angry because a sailor’s wife did not share chestnuts with her and
now she is going to get her own back.
8. The first witch plans to sink the sailor’s ship.
9. Macbeth’s first words echo those of the witches in the first scene.
10. Banquo is not sure whether the witches are male or female.
Look at lines 45-50
What three things do the witches call Macbeth?
Look at lines 63-66
What do the witches predict about Banquo’s future?
In the grid below there are some things that Banquo says in response to the witches’
prophecies, but the second column has mixed up what these mean. Sort them out!
What Banquo says
If you can look into the seeds of time and say
which grain will grow and which will not
speak to me
I neither beg nor fear your favours nor your
hate
Were such things here? Or have we eaten …
on the insane root that takes reason
prisoner?
Can the devil speak true?
To win us to our harm, the instruments of
darkness tell us truth to betray us
What this means
Were those women real or have we been
hallucinating?
If you can tell the future, let me know what
will happen to me
To trick us, the Devil’s servants sometime do
things to gain our trust
I am not afraid of you and I am not going to
plead with you to help me out
Were those evil creatures telling the truth?