A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM WORKSHEET
Act 1
1 Circle the right answer.
a Egeus will give Hermia to Demetrius to
be his wife / daughter / husband.
b Hermia and Lysander want to leave
Greece /get married / love Demetrius.
c Demetrius loved Helena until he saw
Athens /Lysander / Hermia.
d Helena is going to talk about Hermia’s
escapeplan to Theseus / Demetrius /
Egeus.
2 Are these sentences true (T) or
false (F)?
a Bottom and his friends want to do a
play for the duke and duchess on their
wedding
night.
b Bottom will play Thisby, Pyramus and
the lion.
c Flute is not going to play Thisby.
d Snug is a slow learner.
e Like Hermia and Lysander, Bottom and
his friends will meet in the wood
tomorrow night.
f Pyramus and Thisby is a love story.
Act 2
3 Complete each sentence with a
word from the box.
about after because before between but
until
a Puck is a bad little fairy ……… he
brings good luck.
b Titania looks after the boy ……… his
mother died.
c Oberon saw Cupid flying ……… the
moon and earth.
d Lysander and Hermia cannot sleep
together ……… they are married.
e If Titania stays, she will fight with
Oberon ……… the little boy.
f Lysander wakes up and sees Helena
………he sees Hermia.
g Hermia wakes up ……… Lysander and
Helena leave.
4 Who says these sentences and
who are they talking to?
a ‘I know all about you and your love for
Hippolyta.’
b ‘Give me that boy, and I’ll dance with
you.’
c ‘I don’t love you, so stop following me.’
d ‘I’m your little dog.’
e ‘Don’t worry, my poor, unhappy lady.’
f ‘I want to lie next to you.’
g ‘It’s wrong before we’re man and wife.’
h ‘Happy with Hermia? I wrongly thought
that I loved her.’
i ‘Why are you making fun of me like
this?’
Act 3
5 Match the first half of the
sentences with the second half.
1 Bottom thinks the ladies …
2 None of the actors …
3 Puck puts a donkey’s head …
4 When Titania woke up, …
5 Puck put love-juice …
6 Oberon puts love-juice …
7 Helena and Hermia were …
8 Puck didn’t know there were …
9 At the end of Act 3 Puck puts juice …
a she fell in love with Bottom with a
donkey’s head.
b will be frightened of the lion in the
play.
c in the wrong man’s eyes.
d on Bottom’s shoulders.
e two Athenian men in the forest.
f in Lysander’s eyes.
g children together at school.
h can remember their words in the play.
i in Demetrius’s eyes.
6 Answer these questions.
a Where do Bottom, Quince and the
others practise their play?
b What do the actors do when they see
Bottom with a donkey’s head?
c Why does Titania fall in love with
Bottom?
d Why can’t Hermia find Lysander?
e What does Helena think when both
Demetrius and Lysander say that they
are in love with her?
f Oberon gives some different flower-
juice to Puck. In whose eyes will Puck put
it to solve the problems in the forest?
g Do Lysander and Demetrius fight?
Why/why not?
h Who is asleep at the end of Act 3?
Act 4
7 Put these sentences in the right
order.
a Titania wakes up and doesn’t love
Bottom any more.
b The actors are waiting for Bottom but
nobody has seen him.
c Titania sleeps with Bottom in her arms.
d Bottom arrives and the group of actors
get ready to do their play.
e Bottom asks the fairies to bring him
food and drink.
f Theseus and Egeus find the lovers
sleeping in the forest.
g The lovers wake up and all their
problems have gone.
h Oberon puts some flower-juice in
Titania’s eyes.
8 Complete these sentences.
a Titania strokes Bottom’s head and
plays him beautiful music because
……………………. .
b Titania offers Bottom some fresh fruit
or cake, but he prefers
………………………………. .
c When Oberon sees Bottom in Titania’s
arms, he feels
………………………………………
d When she wakes up, Titania thinks her
love for Bottom was
………………………………
e When Oberon asks Titania for the
Indian boy, she
…………………………………………. .
f Theseus wants his wife to hear
……………. .
g When Demetrius wakes up, he feels
………………………………………………
h Bottom will call his song ‘Bottom’s
Dream’ because
………………………………………
Act 5
9 Choose the correct name from the
box. You can use the same name
more than once.
Egeus Flute Hermia Hippolyta Philostrate
Pyramus Quince Theseus Thisby
a Who has planned pleasant things for
Theseus’s wedding night?
……………………………. .
b Who has sung a song about a fight
with monsters to his wife?
………………………. .
c Who cried when he saw Bottom and
the other market workers practising their
play?
………………………………………………
d Who chose Bottom’s play for everyone
to watch? ………………………………………
e Who does not enjoy making fun of poor
people? ………………………………………
f Who spoke very quickly at the
beginning of the play?
……………………………………. .
g Who told Snug to roar when he forgot
his lines?
………………………………………. .
h In the play, who thinks Thisby is dead
when he sees her bloody coat?
……………………. .
i In the play, who kills Thisby?
……………….
10 Are these sentences true (T) or
false (F)?
a Theseus does not believe in silly fairy
stories.
b Theseus loves Titania.
c It does not matter to Theseus how
good the play is.
d Theseus thinks the play Pyramus and
Thisby is terrible.
11 Answer these questions and
write about each one using quotes,
techniques and close textual detail.
a Who is the funniest person in the play?
b What is the funniest scene in the play?
c Who is the kindest person in the play?
d Who is the most stupid person in the
play?
e Who is the meanest person in the
play?
12 Your school is doing a play of A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. Which
part do you want to
play? Give reasons for your answer.

Draw this table into your workbook. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a story about love.
Below are some of the main characters from the play.
Who did each person love? Did their feelings change during the story? Why?
Characte Who did they How and why did their feelings change?
r love?
Demetriu
s
Helena
Oberon
Titania
Hermia
Lysander
Choose three key characters and write a paragraph about how Shakespeare represented
this theme in the play. Include techniques and quotes.

Below are eight adjectives that you might use to describe some of the people in the play.
Match the adjective with the definition.
Match the adjectives from the exercise above with the characters pictured below. There
may be more than one adjective for each character. Give reasons for your choice. Then
think of another six adjectives that describes each character. Consider how the
characters change throughout the whole play.

cruel Being stupid and doing things likely to have a bad result
mischievous Being clever and tricky
proud Enjoying causing pain to other people or animals
confused Feeling pleasure about something you own or have done
foolish Feeling angry or bitter about someone who has something you want
selfish Making trouble and doing naughty things without hurting anyone
jealous Only caring about yourself and no-one else
cunning Unable to understand something or think clearly about it