was-were - Princess and the Frog

Anka55

April 19, 2018

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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 practise was-were by watching the song "Down in New Orleans" from Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"

Scene summary:

An amazing song "Down in New Orleans" from Disney's "The Princess and the Frog".

Video source: Down in New Orleans - Princess and the Frog

Video length: 2 minutes 49 seconds

Video genre: Music video

Lesson type: Grammar practice

Level:

Student types:

Grammar:

BE: WAS or WERE

Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution License

First published: 2018-04-19, 09:16:51 (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) There ______ a lot of coins.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

2) She ______ tired.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

3) She ______ at the cinema.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

4) Musicians _______ in the street.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

5) She ______ at home.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

6) He ______ handsome.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

7) There _______ a lot of doctors.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

8) They _______ happy.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

9) They ______ friends.

was
were
wasn't
weren't

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

Comments

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ritubawa

2018-04-20 05:50:38

thanks a ton

ritubawa

2018-04-20 05:50:40

thanks a ton

gulseruysal

2018-04-20 08:16:20

thanks for your effort. it is very useful.

rgplaisance

2018-04-20 15:28:30

nicely done :)

Karencohen

2018-04-20 15:31:21

thank you!

Karencohen

2018-04-20 15:31:26

thank you!

Teacherdaisy

2018-04-20 20:54:43

congratulations! That's a wonderful idea!

Teacherdaisy

2018-04-20 20:58:56

Great!

Virgoletta

2018-05-04 07:26:55

Thank you for this; my Beginner students found the vocabulary appropriately easy, which both allowed them to focus on the task at hand, and gave them a bit more self assurance. We want more!

Linalo

2018-05-24 19:35:37

Thanks!

fabianabms

2018-08-17 10:48:38

Great idea! thanks for sharing!

Bobmarleylover

2019-02-24 18:56:54

Thanks

aleksandra345

2019-03-14 09:33:02

Thanks a lot! It's great! <3

tashka77

2019-05-30 04:16:31

Thank you so much! It was very useful!

Alc4861

2020-01-15 09:39:28

thank you

Efeyigiter

2020-02-18 17:15:49

Nice

Elliott88

2020-04-03 17:16:25

awesome work. thanks so much for sharing!

Poliy21

2020-04-21 21:48:44

Well done!! Nowadays with online classes, this fits perfectly my lessons!

3rcicle

2020-05-14 11:25:57

Thank you very much!! It is very useful!!

katiegraycraven

2020-05-19 15:36:49

This looks fun. Can't wait to use it. Thanks, Katie

luminital32

2020-05-29 10:43:38

thank you

hager

2020-06-23 22:11:19

Thank you

asya2379

2020-08-19 09:39:05

Thank you!

Bagavathi

2020-09-06 07:21:27

thanks

MHelenaLima

2020-09-30 20:52:08

great job!

Sanchezmilagros

2020-10-23 04:27:12

Terminado

Jfitzpatrick

2020-12-16 23:38:02

LOVE THIS. EXCELLENT IDEA

Zarina2002

2021-01-09 16:01:59

Thanks

Mellows

2021-01-28 05:02:28

This video is great, I love the questions!

rhsouza

2021-02-20 20:20:45

Than you for this great material. All the best, Raquel

galinamaks

2021-04-09 14:16:25

Thanks!

FUTRIFA

2021-07-17 04:42:13

thank you for helping me to teach my English course with this video. god bless you.

joycebear

2021-07-27 02:15:11

I love the video lesson, thank you for sharing!

jjosborne

2021-10-27 18:37:15

Thank you for creating this! It is very helpful, and a fun clip!

ProfIrenaT

2021-11-05 08:42:35

thank you for all

glshozdmr

2022-03-06 19:15:21

thanks a lot.

mariatrila

2022-03-31 10:11:12

I'm a Primary English teacher from Spain. Thank you for creating such a useful activitty. My pupils loved it very much.