Read the text. Then write the name of the contestant: Lil, Simon or Erika.
Top Song: the final
Last night's highlight was the final of Top Song.
This week the contestants sung a disco song and a
slow ballad.
Lil sang first. She was very nervous and her first
song was very quiet. Then, when she was singing
her second song, she suddenly forgot the words.
But Lil is a determined woman and she started the
song again. The judges loved it and said very
positive things.
Simon was the next contestant. Simon was
teaching when his students told him about Top
Song, and he decided to enter! He was in the
bottom three last week, but lots of viewers voted
for him. Last night the situation was incredibly
stressful and he didn't sing very well.
The final contestant was Erika. Erika complained
last week because she thought the judges were
really strict. She was feeling a bit lonely and
wanted to visit her family, but the judges didn't
allow her to go. Her disco song wasn't particularly
good, but her slow ballad was fantastic.
Who won? Watch it online and find out!
Who...
wanted to go home last week?​

William Shakespeare is the greatest of all playwrights and poets of all times. Not much is known of his life. He was probably the son of a businessman and was born in 1564 in Stradford-upon-Avon. He probably attended the local grammar school and got a classical education. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway and had 3 children. Little is known of his life before 1592, when he appeared as a playwright in London. Soon he became an actor playing supporting roles like the ghost in "Hamlet". In 1599 Shakespeare became a part owner of the Globe Theatre in London.
Shakespeare's work as a playwright is subdivided into 3 periods. Written in the first period, Shakespeare's plays are mostly history plays like "Henry VI", and comedies with strong elements of farce. His masterpiece of this period is "Romeo and Juliet". In the second period Shakespeare wrote a number of comedies where he moved away from farce towards romance. In the third period, after 1600, appeared his major tragedies - "Hamlet", "Othello". They presented a clear opposition of order to chaos, good to evil. Shakespeare was a great poet and would be well known for his poetry alone. His major achievement as a poet is his sonnets, first published in 1609. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines, with a moral at the end. The sonnets are addressed to some "W.H.", and to mysterious "Dark Lady of Sonnets". The sonnets deal with the great themes of love, friendship, death, change and immortality. Shakespeare looks at his own poetry as a means of immortality. Shakespeare's sonnets are excellent. They are full of harmony and music; they praise love, friendship and beauty, though there is no sentimentality in them. Shakespeare's poetry is at the summit of human achievement. Many centuries have passed since his death in 1616, but Shakespeare is still considered to be the greatest of all playwrights and poets. 

1. My head is killing me! If only the children stopped yelling!
2. I wish John had listened to my advice.
3. I wish you had paid more attention to your teacher's instructions yesterday.
4. If only we had attended the performance of Romeo and Juliet yesterday.
5. I wish I knew how to cook.
6. If only you were here, Mum!
7. She wishes she could come, but unfortunately she's very busy at the moment.
8. If only people did not throw their rubbish in the streets.
9. I wish the boss explained exactly what he wants me to do every day.
10. I wish you helped me with the housework more often.
11. I wish they studied more.
12. If only I had not forgotten to post that letter.