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Up - Movie Scene - Simple Past Practice

deborafmir June 04, 2018
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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
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Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License
First published: 2018-06-04, 20:38:14 (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) 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

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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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.