Make a list of the things you usually do while you are talking over the cell phone:
1. _______________________
2. _______________________
3. _______________________
Watch the movie segment. Pay attention to the activities the main characters performed while they were talking to each other over the phone. Write ( D ) if Drew was the one who performed the following tasks and ( C ) if it was Claire. Write ( B ) if both of them did it.
1 .( ) Open the gate
2. ( ) Make dinner
3. ( ) Change clothes
4. ( ) Go to the bathroom
5. ( ) Polish one's nails
6. ( ) Do the laundry
7. ( ) Look at pictures
8. ( ) Listen to music
9. ( ) Dance
10.( ) Drink beer
11.( ) Turn off the lights
12.( ) Drive a car
13.( ) Put on some lipstick
14.( ) See the sunrise
Now write sentences about Claire and Drew, using the simple past tense.
Ex:
While they were talking on the phone,
1. Claire opened the gate________________________________
2. ________________________________________________
Now write a list of the things they didn't do while they were talking to each other on the phone:
Ex: Drew didn't watch TV.
Claires didn't play tennis.
How to prepare your own video activity:
• Select a segment in which the characters perform several different activities while they are talking over the phone (or any other activity)
• Prepare an exercise in which the students are supposed to identify who perform them
• Ask the students to write down sentences about the characters, using the simple past tense
Watch the movie segment here:
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