Past Simple - Jerry and the Goldfish

Anka55

August 24, 2017

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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 watch an episode from Tom and Jerry and practise the past simple tense, especially irregular verbs.

Scene summary:

Students watch an episode from Tom and Jerry and practise the past simple tense, especially irregular verbs.

Video source: Tom and Jerry - Jerry and the Goldfish

Video length: 2 minutes 25 seconds

Video genre: Cartoon / tale for kids (e.g. Tom & Jerry, Simon's cat, Peppa Pig, Mr. Bean)

Lesson type: Asking about the visuals ("What can/could you see?")

Level:

Student types:

Dialect:

Silent film

Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution License

First published: 2017-08-24, 10:48:45 (GMT+1)

About the author

Anka55

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) Complete the sentence using past simple Tom_____ (eat) the Goldfish.

Fill the gap: Tom ________________________ the Goldfish.

2) Jerry and the Goldfish________ (run) away from Tom.

Fill the gap: Jerry and the Goldfish ________________________ away from Tom.

3) Jerry ________ (hit) Tom.

Fill the gap: Jerry ________________________ Tom.

4) Tom ___________ (shoot) the Goldfish.

Fill the gap: Tom ________________________ the Goldfish.

5) Jerry ______ (save) the Goldfish.

Fill the gap: Jerry ________________________ the Goldfish.

6) Tom _______ (catch) the Goldfish.

Fill the gap: Tom ________________________ the Goldfish.

7) Tom ______ (chop) the potato.

Fill the gap: Tom ________________________ the potato.

8) Jerry _______ (put) Tom's tail under his paw.

Fill the gap: Jerry ________________________ Tom's tail under his paw.

9) The pot ________ (blow) up.

Fill the gap: The pot ________________________ up.

About the author

Anka55

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

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Haiha1988

2017-08-25 05:28:01

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2017-08-25 05:36:09

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2017-08-25 10:15:06

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2017-08-25 11:38:33

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2017-08-25 11:52:45

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2017-08-25 12:10:19

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2017-08-25 17:16:09

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2017-08-26 01:32:47

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2017-08-26 01:33:09

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bella0915

2017-08-26 02:40:07

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carvacho

2017-08-27 20:29:02

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armando.villa

2017-08-28 00:38:28

excellent

Anka55

2017-08-28 18:19:01

You’re welcome, my dear colleagues!

tantana

2017-09-06 09:36:33

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2017-09-06 11:03:18

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2017-09-16 09:11:59

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Jlen

2017-09-18 08:06:20

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mch1978

2017-10-19 18:14:26

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Chaney433

2018-01-30 01:57:22

Thank you!

GalinaSiqueira

2018-03-06 13:44:33

Thank you so much for your work!

ggnsr

2018-03-15 18:22:48

wonderful

ritamoretti

2018-03-28 07:37:22

Thanks for sharing!

Lananhmy1705

2018-04-16 14:57:07

thanks a lot :)

leakozlek

2018-04-17 15:46:40

Awesome! First video that I'm using.

missvale123

2018-06-09 18:42:42

THANKS

Jansaya12

2018-08-09 13:51:42

thanks, but how can i download it

emynoaman

2018-09-19 18:04:36

wonderful thanks for this nice video

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2018-09-19 18:04:42

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emynoaman

2018-09-19 18:05:48

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Rupert Braun

2018-10-10 08:26:37

Thanks very helpful.

Rupert Braun

2018-10-10 08:26:41

Thanks very helpful.

Virgoletta

2018-12-10 10:07:19

What a lovely activity! Thanks a lot!

ivanka21

2019-01-27 11:04:17

Thank you very much! The kids loved it.

Robinor

2019-02-17 21:49:44

my students enjoyed it a lot. Thank you

elt1607

2019-02-26 18:32:48

I m from Turkiye and I thank you so much

rspremium

2019-03-16 15:45:45

so nice

ivanka21

2019-04-09 22:14:09

My kids loved it. Thanks!

phoenixphire

2019-08-30 11:33:59

perfect ! thanks

clrusinque8

2019-10-24 00:19:48

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jona10

2019-11-16 11:52:30

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mocharellita73

2019-12-04 06:47:24

I love this wonderful video because it is from my time when I was a kid. It is really interesting. I really appreciate this video. Thanks a lot for sharing dear author!

mocharellita73

2019-12-04 06:52:51

Thanks a lot! Good contribution and cooperation for the teachers.

GODzillata

2019-12-12 16:22:43

Thank you!

elena.s.c_12

2020-03-12 17:12:07

thanks

Gillfera

2020-03-25 02:28:42

Very helpful for beginner level students. Thanks for the video

krzysiekbitner1995

2020-03-30 13:44:31

thanks

david1310

2020-04-19 13:26:11

GREAT! THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.

graziella100

2020-04-21 10:07:50

Great! Thank you :)

tamshiatsu

2020-04-22 10:53:07

Hi, Im a teacher in Israel, seeking some material, I tried your video, since I grew up on TomJerry. I will try it with some of my classes. Now that we are on home learning. Tamar .

Nevsy

2020-04-22 16:38:52

A very funny way of learning past tenses.

katd53

2020-05-04 11:59:07

Thank you!

Silfreitas

2020-05-12 19:38:53

Thanks . I liked this activity

laurasarralde

2020-05-14 10:06:58

gracias

lallamina7

2020-06-05 20:50:01

thank you

Dimonweb

2020-06-17 20:46:54

Thank you so much!

hasmik74

2020-06-25 08:59:05

It's awesome, thanks

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2020-06-29 13:12:43

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albacarolina

2020-07-06 20:45:03

Thanks for this amazing activity! My students will love it!

ositodepeluche

2020-07-24 15:09:34

wonderful! I love it!

abel.garcia.iglesias

2020-08-04 22:10:17

thanks! is very interesting and funny

MISSISNANCY

2020-08-11 00:19:34

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. THIS IS A GREAT ACTIVITY