Total Pageviews

Sunday, 7 May 2017

LEARNING THE SIMPLE PAST: A VIDEO LESSON BASED ON THE FILM "THE HOLIDAY" .




In 2006, Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Jack Black starred in "The Holiday", a romantic Christmas picture about two people who switch houses for a vacation.

What else do you know about the film?

In the following scene, Amanda (Cameron Diaz) goes on a date with Iris's (Kate Winslet) brother (Graham). Watch the scene and try to answer the questions about the characters’ personal past lives.

  1. What did he study at school?
  2. Did he always know it was what he wanted to do? 
  3. What happened to her parents? 
  4. Was she close to them?
  5. How did they call one another? 
  6. How did she react to what her parents told her?
  7. When did she stop crying? 

Now, answer the following questions about your personal past life:

    a) Where were you born?
    b) When were you born?
    c) Where did you study?
    d) Who was your first crush?
    e) Where did you live as a child?
    f) Who did you live with?
    g) Who was your childhood best friend?
    h) What was your country like when you were a child?
    i) What kind of food did you eat when you were a child?
    j) Did you study hard in high school?
    k) What subjects were you good at?
    l) When did you get into university?
    m) Why did you decide to take up __________?
    n) What happened in the past that made you who you are?

Grammar Analysis


  • How do we form the past simple of regular verbs?
  • How do we form the negative and interrogative forms?
  • In question “L”, the auxiliary verb “did” is not used. Why?

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comments system

Disqus Shortname