Play by Reginald Rose Teaching Activities by Rivka Lewenstein

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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
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Act Two
Vocabulary Practice
(List 2-B)
Fill in the sentences with words from the box below.
1.
EIGHT uses the small … that the woman across the street remembered in order to 
prove that the old man couldn’t have heard the boy shout, “I’m going to kill you.”
2.
EIGHT points out that we often use the … “I’m going to kill you” without actually 
meaning it.
3.
SEVEN wants to know why the boy’s … didn’t bring up all the points that EIGHT 
has raised.
4.
The old man probably heard, rather than saw, someone running down the steps, 
and … that it was the boy.
5.
THREE says that recreating the old man’s walk to the door is a … waste of time.
6.
NINE feels that it takes a lot of … for EIGHT to stand alone against all the other 
jurors.
7.
NINE believes that the old man made up his story to … attention and 
recognition.
8.
After THREE lunges at EIGHT, he … with the two jurors who have caught him 
and screams, “I’ll kill him! I’ll kill him!”
9.
In both Acts One and Two, EIGHT asks the FOREMAN for … that he wants to 
see.
10.
The old man and the woman across the street are the two main … for the 
prosecution.
11.
The old man’s apartment is … below the apartment where the murder took place.
12.
At the beginning of the play, the vote is eleven to one … guilty, but by the middle 
of Act Two, two jurors have changed their vote to not guilty.
assumed – struggles – ridiculous – witnesses – in favor of – dishonesty –
phrase – nonsense – lawyer – directly – gain – courage – details – exhibits