English Exercises: INVICTUS

Downloadable worksheets:

Invictus Nelson Mandela
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 371

Mandela and Invictus
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 233

Invictus (A tribute to Nelson MANDELA)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 241

a tribute to Nelson Mandela through the Invictus official trailer
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-14
Downloads: 145

INVICTUS - SOUTH AFRICA - THE RUGBY EXPERIMENT
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 135

INVICTUS Quiz/Trivia WITH ANSWERS
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 153

The theme song from Invictus

Out of that covers me
I'm unafraid I believe
Beyond place of wrath and tears
the hours that turn to
whatever
whatever Gods may be days were set aside
9000 days of , 9000 days to thank Gods wherever they may be
It matters not the circumstance
to rise above a chance
I thank whatever whatever Gods
9000 days were set aside 9000 days of destiny
9000 days to thank Gods wherever they may be
Oh broken that turn to stone can break the land but mine is
9000 days were set aside 9000 days of destiny
9000 days to thank Gods wherever they may be I thank whatever whatever Gods may be

WATCH THE VIDEO AGAIN AND ANSWER:

1 Who is the protagonist of this film?

2 Who is the film director?

3 What sport is central in the film?

4 What is it based on?

5 Who plays the role of the team captain?

NOW READ THE POEM on which the song is based

and complete it with the help of the song

INVICTUS

Out of the night that ,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatevermay be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my .

William Ernest Henley