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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – ANSWERS

1. Match them up!

Draw a line to match the character and their name.

Lysander Demetrius Helena Hermia

Oberon Titania Puck Bottom

2. What’s the word?

Write the word under the pictures.

dream love forest follow flower

eyes wake up head donkey spell

love flower dream eyes head

donkey forest wake up spell follow

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3. What’s the order?

Watch the video and put the pictures in order.

5 9 1 7 3

2 10 4 6 8

4. True or false?

Circle True or False for these sentences.

a. Demetrius loves Hermia but Hermia loves Lysander. true false

b. Helena loves Demetrius. true false

c. Hermia and Lysander run away together to the mountains forest. true false

d. Oberon wants to play a trick on Puck Titania. true false

e. The juice from the magic flower makes you love the first thing you see. true false

f. Puck puts the juice on Demetrius Lysander. true false

g. Puck changes Bottom’s head into a horse’s donkey’s head. true false

h. Oberon makes Demetrius love Helena. true false

i. Oberon Puck takes the magic spell away from Lysander. true false

j. The next morning, Lysander loves Hermia and Demetrius loves Helena. true false

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5. Complete the sentences!

Children complete the sentences to retell the story in their own words. If this is

difficult for them, they can play the matching game under the video first to help.

The suggested answers below are just a guide – the exact wording will depend

on the child.

a. At first, Demetrius loves Hermia, Hermia loves Lysander, and _Helena loves Demetrius._

b. Hermia and Lysander run away to the forest, and Demetrius and Helena follow them.

c. Oberon puts juice from a magic flower on Titania’s eyes so she’ll fall in love with the first thing she sees.

d. Puck puts the magic juice on Lysander, then Lysander falls in love with Helena.

e. Puck changes Bottom’s head into a donkey’s head, then Titania falls in love with him.

f. Oberon puts the magic juice on Demetrius, so now Lysander and Demetrius love Helena.

g. Puck and Oberon take the magic spells away from Lysander, Bottom and Titania.

h. The next morning, Demetrius and Helena are in love, and Lysander and Hermia are in love.

6. Write and draw!

Children imagine and write about a magical dream, and draw a picture.

7. Think about it!

Children think about the questions and decide if they think it was just a dream or

it really happened.