Xmas Carol: 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' (Freddie Mercury's Cover)

Lyrics

Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol

Video file

Worksheet 1, 2

‘Don't blow your horn at old people!’ - Narration with Past Tenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3sb5c6mTI

‘Don't blow your horn at old people!’

Narration with Past Tenses         

                   

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1. The matching of this vocabulary to its correct definition will help you understand the narration below.

drive-thru mouth lean horn order cashier embarrass rudeness receipt queue

a) to bend or tilt (the body) from a vertical position. b) person who operates a cash register. c) proof of payment. d) a takeaway restaurant, bank, etc designed so that customers can use it without leaving their cars e) lack of courtesy. f) an instrument for sounding a warning signal. g) line of waiting people, vehicles. h) request food or drink. i) to (cause to) become ashamed, uncomfortable. j) say without noise.

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense verb forms (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Present Perfect). Then watch the video and check.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3sb5c6mTI

I am 83 years old I…………………………. (be) in the McDonald's drive-thru this morning.The young lady behind me …………………………. (lean) on her horn and …………………….. (start) mouthing some ugly things because I …………………………………. (take) too long to place my order. So when I ………………………………. (get) to the first window I ……………………………… (pay) for her order along with my own. The cashier must have …………………………… (tell) her what I …………………………….. (do), because as we …………………………… (move up) she ………………………. (lean) out her window and and ……………………………………. (wave) to me and she ………………………… (begin) mouthing ‘Thank you, thank you!’, probably feeling ………………………………. (embarrass) that I……………………………….. (repay) her rudeness with kindness. When I ……………………………. (get) to the second window I ……………………………………. (show) the server both receipts and I …………………………………. (take) her food too. Now she has to go back to the end of the queue and start all over again. Don't blow your horn at old people. We…………………………. (be) around for a long time. Is that good or what? I love it!

3. Answer the questions with full sentences (S+V):

1. Where was the old man?

2. How did the woman behind him feel? Why?

3. How did she show her anger?

4. Why did the young lady thank the old man later on?

5. What did the old gentleman do in the end? Why?

6. What do you think about the old man’s response?

Wh- questions: Where do you live?

At the restaurant

A Future Tense in "When I'm gone"

The singer in the video clip is certain that something's going to happen in the future. What is it?



Yeap, we use be going to when we're sure that something will happen. Have a look at the sentences below and try to fill in the blanks:


1. It's cloudy. ......................................................... rain.
2. She hasn't studied. ............................................. fail.
3. They're trying over and over again. ......................... make it!



Right now you must be ready to know whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them:

1. She's going on a short trip.
2. She's got two tickets.
3. On the way to her destination, she's just going to have some soft drinks.
4. She'd like to travel on her own.
5. She's leaving the day after.
6. When she leaves, nobody is going to think of her.
7. Her hair, the way she walks or talks are not particularly appealing to anybody.

SPEAKING:

a) Do you think it's a farewell song or a kind of invitation for somebody to go away with her?

b) Maybe the main idea of the song is the fact of MISSING somebody. If you had to leave your hometown, what or who would you miss? Why?

c) Are you going to miss anyone when the school year finishes?

Asking and Giving Directions

1. After watching the video, just listen to the dialogues again, without watching. Then try to draw a map illustrating the directions given in each dialogue.



2. Can you make up a dialogue for this scene? What does the dog ask? What does the elder man tell the dog?

3. Have a look at the map. Make up new dialogues asking and giving directions. Take into account the expressions below:

- Excuse me, can you tell me where the ... is, please?
- Go straight ahead.
- Take the first/second/third... right/left.
- The (cinema) is oppositte/next to (a supermarket).
- Thanks / You're welcome.

Gerunds and Infinitives

Past Simple vs Used To

The clip below is about "I used to", "I'm used to", and "get used to":

Will or Going To?

Past Tenses

English Grammar - Past Tenses Review - Teaching... por teflcourses


The following clip is pretty coarse and tasteless, but the animation helps understand the use of the past simple and the past continuous. You might find it more entertaining.

Here's the answer key to the clip above:

Present Tenses -with future meaning

Watch and take notes.

Present Tenses

English Grammar - Present Tenses - Overview por teflcourses

Listen and take notes about the uses of the different tenses.

An Eccentric Teacher's Daily Routines

1. Watch and write down his routines.
For example: wake up




2. Imagine you’re the teacher. Write about your routines (S + V). Use the phrases in 1. Include connectors: First, Then, Next, After that, Later, Finally.

For example: First, I wake up at 6:30.

3. Interview the teacher about his routines with wh-questions. Then, answer them.

For example:
1. WHAT TIME do you wake up?

2. What / have for breakfast? 
3. Where / work? 
4. What / do / at the school? 
5. What / do / in your free time? 
6. How / watch TV? 
7. What time / go to sleep? 

Draw my life

Watch the videos:

- What are they about?
- Compare their drawings. Which ones are better?
- Would you be able to use the "Draw My Life" technique to tell us about you or a story?

Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol

Merrie Melodies Special - Bugs Bunny's... per tetleymoon

Watch the video. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

1.      Scrooge’s business is an accounting office.

2.      He gives some coal to his clerk, Bob Cratchit, because he’s freezing.

3.      Scrooge loves Xmas.

4.      He hasn’t got any Xmas spirit.

5.      Bugs Bunny wants to teach Scrooge some Xmas spirit.

6.      Bob Cratchit has stolen some coal.

7.      Bob Cratchit is fired on Xmas day.

8.      Bugs Bunny invites Cratchit to dinner.

9.      The Cratchits must leave their house by midnight.

10.  Scrooge has a hot bath.

11.  Bugs Bunny helps Scrooge to sleep.

12.  Bugs Bunny pretends he’s the ghost of Xmas.

13.  The ghost wants to take Scrooge to see Santa Claus.

14.  Scrooge will give money to the poor.

15.  Bob Cratchit thanks Scrooge for making him a partner in the firm.

16.  Scrooge becomes a better fellow, but deep down he doesn’t like Xmas very much.

The Look

- Get the lyrics of the song by clicking here.

- After listening, complete the sentences below. They can be affirmative, negative or interrogative. Guess which verb you should use:

1- She ...................................................... the look.
2- Aroa and Nico..................................... the look.
3- Toñi  ..................................................... the look.
4- I ............................................................ the look.
5- Mariano  ............................................. the look.
6- Of course, you .................................... the look.
7- We  ...................................................... the look.
8- (You / the look?)
.............................................................................. ?
9- (anybody else / the look?)
.............................................................................. ?
10- Adrián and I  ......................................... the look.

- Practise the grammar of HAVE GOT online: 

http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/prs_have.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/prn_have.htm

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Anger Management - On the plane

I. Now try to match the sentences on the left column with the ones on the right.

1) I'm sorry. I think you're in my seat. 2) You're supposed to sit in the seat they assigned you. 3) Excuse me. This seat's available.	A) Nobody cares. Just sit in the seat I'm supposed to sit in. B) Okay. Thank you. C) Come on, pal. I'm already settled in here. Can't you sit somewhere else?
4) You're on my side of the armrest. We're not gonna have problems, are we? 5) Excuse me. Could I get a headset? 6) Miss?	D) I'll be right there, sir. E) Certainly. F) No.
7) Ma'am? 8) Excuse me. Could I maybe get that headset, please? 9) Is there a problem here, sir? 10) Can you come to the back with me so we can have a talk?	G) I don't think so. H) A talk about what? I) Could you give me a second, sir? J) Do not raise your voice to me, sir.

II. Practise the sentences in pairs.

III. Make short dialogues by rephrasing the sentences in activity I. Then roleplay your new dialogues.

Meeting your girlfriend's father

New Year's Resolutions

1) Watch.


2) Match the characters to the resolutions:

Characters: Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Ross (David Schwimmer) and Monica (Courteney Cox)

Resolutions:
a) be happy
b) learn to play the guitar
c) gossip less
d) fly a plane
e) teach someone how to play the guitar

 3) Write down their full resolutions, their plans, their intentions for the New Year.