Up - Movie Scene - Simple Past Practice - English ESL video lesson

Task description & scene summary

Task description:

Simple past - Learners will answer questions about the video using the simple past form of the verbs. As a follow up activity, students could also write the story - a narrative - of Ellie and Carl based on what they understood from the video. A good way of practicing the past tenses (simple past, past continuous; when/while, etc.) in a meaningful way. The video can also be used as a prompt for oral practice. Students can tell the story they saw.

Scene summary:

Ellie and Carl's relation over time - a sequence of scenes with important moments in their lives - their wedding, their house, their work, their plans for the future, their dream trip, and how their lives progress in time.

Video source: Favorite Pixar's Up scene ever - Ellie and Carl's relationship through time, Sad scene

Video length: 4 minutes 22 seconds

Video genre: Film scene (animated or live-action with human-actors)

Lesson type: Grammar practice

Level:

Beginner (pre-A1)

Student types:

Grammar:

Past simple tense

Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License

First published: 2018-06-04, 20:38:14 (GMT+1)

About the author

deborafmir

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) Was Ellie happy at the wedding?

Yes, she did.
Yes, she is.
Yes, she was.

2) Did Carl's family go to the wedding?

Yes, they went.
Yes, they did.
Yes, they go.

3) They ... the house after they ... married.

repaired/got
repaired/getted
repair/get

4) Carl and Ellie ... together at the zoo.

worked
did not work
do not work

5) During a picnic, they...

started to think about having a baby
starts think about having a baby
started thought about having a baby

6) Ellie and Carl ... sad because they ... a baby

was/not have
were/did not have
is/do not have

7) They ... money for their trip, but they ... it on other things .

try save/have spend
tried to save/had to spend
tried saving/had spending

8) Did they travel to their dream place?

No, they didn't.
No, they don't.
No, they not

9) Ellie and Carl ... their whole lives together.

spend
are spending
spent

About the author

deborafmir

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

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

Comments

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angelago29

2018-06-22 16:43:32

Great activity

Jades307

2018-09-12 20:59:30

It´s really nice!

SchneiderBS

2018-11-24 17:52:05

Good movie and idea but there is an erreur with question 7. They( tried to save) money for their trip, but they (had to spend) it on other things is the correct answer (b). not (c). tried saving and had spending cannot be used in a sentence as had spending makes no sense and isn't used in the english language. You can use tried saving and had spent but not had spending. Thanks ! Its still a great clip!

antonella.fiorito

2020-03-03 08:30:40

thanks a lot

Hanipkedunguwuni

2020-04-01 04:08:37

aplikasi ini sangat berguna karena dengan aplikasi ini kita dapat belajar dimana pun kita berada

MonikaMalin

2020-04-01 12:10:44

thanks , a great help .

DariaFomina1982

2020-04-18 20:28:46

From all my heart I want to say Thank you!!! That is really cool!

AlisonNZL

2020-05-20 11:13:46

It´s great. Thanks. The only problem is 7) The correct answer is B

gladysbaya

2020-06-15 20:35:49

Thanks for sharing this activity on a lovely video clip. Mind you, I'm quite sure the answer to question #7 should be "tried to save", not "saving" (because they found it hard, it's not that they wanted to see if it worked). Anyway, sts at this level are unlikely to know the difference between try +inf and ing, so perhaps it'd be easier to modify the options so that they are between present and past (correct or incorrect forms) as in the rest of the quiz.Once again, thanks! Gladys

neejean

2020-08-26 05:52:09

Thank you very much. I enjoy using it for my class.

FGSAENZ

2020-09-16 03:32:11

Excellent video, thank you!

VictorAndresMunoz

2020-09-23 22:29:30

Thank you very much for doing this exercise, in which we can reinforce English

lauravera

2020-09-27 22:36:22

Thank you! Just what I needed

mindosa69

2020-11-14 09:52:09

Thanks a lot for your video. My students are going to enjoy it.

eyre48

2020-12-03 20:32:05

great job

Mebrahtom

2021-01-28 21:49:01

Thank you very much. I enjoy using it for my class.

ednahscc

2021-01-30 23:40:13

Thank you

Francoutinho

2021-02-19 19:23:21

It was an amazing activity. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

MicheleMaria

2021-03-10 23:59:07

Thank you so much for this beautiful activity.

Anastasiyacherry

2021-03-12 08:39:17

Thank you for the creativity!

centaurtopaz1975

2021-03-18 13:41:51

Thank you. Clever.

Rose8019

2021-04-11 13:44:53

Thanks so much for this activity. I loved it!

Jennifer5Dings

2021-05-06 13:16:50

Thank you for making this sweet video clip with past tense verb practice! My student enjoys this part of class each week!

Moonkamer

2021-05-21 12:39:45

Thank you!

ArielTroyano

2021-06-01 16:05:36

It´s very sad !!!!! :(

eduforall

2021-06-11 14:54:14

I like it so much. I wanna try make another one

ximenacofre

2021-06-17 17:05:19

THANKS SO MUCH FOR A WONDERFUL ACTIVITY

Zaidanizzaty

2021-07-09 23:59:37

1.c, 2.a, 3.b, 4.b, 5.c, 6.a, 7.b, 8.a, 9.b

kbarros

2021-08-16 01:29:26

SIMPLY PERFECT!!

jonnycat1995

2021-09-30 20:46:09

Thank you!

Languagelover2020

2021-10-17 08:47:23

Great work! Highly appreciated :)