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Infinitive or gerund?

kincsen April 14, 2019
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SILENT HOW TO VIDEOS

 

In this video we talk about why we love doing arts and crafts with young learners, as well as why silent how to videos are so versatile. We've created an interactive video quiz that you can use with your young learners, which you can find here.

Enjoy!

Anna Csíky
iSLCollective Teacher Trainer

Task description & scene summary

Task description:
Students decide if certain verbs are followed by a 'to infinitive' structure or gerund
Scene summary:
In this cartoon Simon is trying to give his cat a bath, but the cat is not enjoying the situation
Video source: BATHTIME - Missing Cat Pt. 1
Video length: 3 minutes 54 seconds
Video genre: Cartoon / tale for kids (e.g. Tom & Jerry, Simon's cat, Peppa Pig, Mr. Bean)
Lesson type: Grammar practice
Level:
Student types:
Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution License
First published: 2019-04-14, 16:15:30 (GMT+1)
About the author

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Video quiz questions (printable)

1) Simon's cat hopes ... some food in his bowl

  • to find
  • finding

2) The cat is trying ... Simon that he is hungry

  • show
  • showing
  • to show

3) Simon carries on ... TV

  • to watch
  • watching

4) Simon decides ... a bath for the cat

  • to prepare
  • preparing

5) The cat wants to avoid ... in the water

  • to get
  • getting

6) Simon wants ... the cat in the water

  • to put
  • put

7) The cat can't stand ... in the water

  • stay
  • staying

8) The cat refuses ....

  • to stay
  • stay

9) Simon wants .... the cat

  • catching
  • to catch

About the author

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

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riedmill
2019-04-15 11:56:46
This is amazing. Thank you for doing this for us.
cusens97
2019-04-15 16:46:33
Love this, thanks!
claire2
2020-03-26 07:22:48
Thanks a lot for sharing such a nice resource
analuz1412
2020-04-15 13:30:30
Thanks
Maryzc
2020-04-15 21:36:12
THANKS GOOD SENTENCES
dnrweiss
2020-04-15 22:44:34
thank you I loved it and I love Simon the cat,it´s fantastic !
natimeri
2020-09-10 19:16:32
Thank you very much!
lean2007
2020-09-18 19:02:02
thanks
cecilaechaniz
2020-10-03 22:14:39
Thank you!
aslihan
2020-10-12 07:04:05
thanks
samehaman106
2022-03-03 11:58:37
thanks for your efforts .. keep it up please