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Funny videos - Past continuous and past simple

ACZ81979 October 08, 2019
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HELPING LEARNERS USE CHUNKS COMMUNICATIVELY

 

In this video we talk about how we can help our students use chunks communicatively - we share 4 ideas that have worked well for us in the classroom. We’re using an interactive video quiz in one of our ideas, which you can find here.

Enjoy!

Anna Csíky

iSLCollective teacher trainer

Task description & scene summary

Task description:
Students have to watch the video and answer the comprehension questions presented.
Scene summary:
This video contains several accidents that happen to people doing sports, driving and doing everyday chores.
Video source: Past Simple and Past Continuous Narrative Tenses - Describing Accidents
Video length: 2 minutes 38 seconds
Video genre: Video compilation (e.g. Vine video compilation)
Lesson type: Grammar practice
Level:
Student types:
Grammar:
Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License
First published: 2019-10-08, 10:29:10 (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) Choose the correct statement

  • He was push his car when it went out of control
  • He was pushing his car and it went out of control.
  • He was pushed the car when it went out of control.

2) What was the man doing?

Put the words in order: car on and fell He of down. top he was his then lying

3) What was the man doing?

Correct the wrong word: He was rode his bike and then he lost control and crashed into the bushes.

4) What happened?

Correct the wrong word: She was telling the news and suddenly a wave hitting her.

5) What happened to the woman?

Fill the gap: She was ________________________ a tray and she tripped and fell.

6) What happened?

Fill the gap: He was skiing downhill when he ________________________ stuck.

7) What happened to the little boy?

Correct the wrong word: He was dancing when suddenly the man kick him on the face.

8) What happened?

Put the words in order: He jumped and when fell. was skating he

9) What happened to the woman?

Correct the wrong word: When she was closed the door, her skirt was stuck and when the cab left it was ripped off.

10) What happened to the bride and groom?

Correct the wrong word: The groom was carried her in his arms and they both fell into the lake.

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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NagwaKamalee
2020-11-06 18:24:40
thanks for your effort
Anamaba
2021-01-06 02:01:47
I love this activity. Thank you for sharing.