Friends - English Exercise
Friends - English Exercise
Before
watching:
What’s
a
pick-‐up
line?
Complete
some
funny
ones
below
by
matching
the
column
of
the
left
to
the
column
of
the
right.
a.
If
beauty
were
time…
(
)
Want
to
use
me
as
a
blanket?
b.
You
look
cold!
(
)
…because
God
blessed
me
with
you.
c.
Excuse
me,
you’ve
dropped
something!
(
)
...you’d
be
McGorgeous!
d.
I
sneezed…
(
)
…you’d
be
eternity.
e.
If
you
were
a
burger
at
McDonald’s…
(
)
My
jaw!
While
watching:
1)
Phoebe
and
Monica
meet
a
handsome
man
at
a
newsstand.
What
does
Monica
do
to
catch
his
attention?
2)
What
happens
next?
With
a
partner,
think
of
three
possible
alternatives
to
what
will
happen
next.
Write
your
ideas
down.
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3)
Watch
what
happens
and
check
if
you
were
right.
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
Fold
here
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
4)
Monica
and
Phoebe
take
care
of
the
man
during
his
hospital
stay.
Check
on
the
list
below
the
things
you
think
they’ll
do
for
him,
then
watch
and
check:
(
)
read
the
news
to
him
(
)
do
his
nails
(
)
bring
him
flowers
(
)
shave
him
(
)
bring
him
a
tree
(
)
make
up
names
for
him
(
)
write
him
a
get-‐well
card
(
)
kiss
him
(
)
cut
his
hair
(
)
fight
over
him
(
)
knit
him
a
sweater
(
)
change
his
pajamas
(
)
sing
to
him
(
)
bring
him
balloons
5)
If
you
were
the
man,
what
would
you
do
when
you
woke
up?
What
do
you
think
the
man
actually
does?
Tell
a
partner
and
watch
to
check
if
you
were
right.
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Created
by
Higor
Cavalcante
–
www.friendsintheclassroom.wordpress.com
–
Season
1,
Episode
11
–
Grammar/Discourse
–
Making
predictions
006
Teacher’s
notes
Will
vs.
Going
to
Futurity
is
certainly
one
of
the
most
controversial
areas
of
the
English
grammar.
In
the
fourth
edition
of
his
Advanced
Grammar
in
Use,
Martin
Hewings
says
we
use
‘will’
rather
than
‘be
going
to’
to
make
a
prediction
based
on
our
opinion
or
experience.
We
use
‘be
going
to’
rather
than
‘will’
when
we
make
a
prediction
based
on
some
present
evidence.
He
also
says,
a
few
lines
down
in
the
same
book,
that
to
predict
the
future
we
often
use
‘will’
with
‘I
bet’
(informal),
‘I
expect’,
‘I
hope’,
‘I
imagine’,
‘I
reckon’
(informal),
‘I
think’,
‘I
wonder’
and
‘I’m
sure’,
and
in
questions
with
‘think’
and
‘reckon’.
OK.
Bafflingly,
however,
he
says
right
below
that
‘be
going
to’
can
also
be
used
with
these
phrases,
particularly
in
informal
contexts.
Got
it?
Neither
did
he,
I
guess.
Or
I.
In
a
great
article
on
onestopenglish.com,
Scott
Thornbury
gives
us
a
few
(great!)
tips
on
how
to
approach
the
difference
between
will
and
going
to
with
our
students.
My
favorite
is:
-‐ ‘Ignore
it
completely,
especially
at
lower
levels’,
after
all
‘the
difference
between
will
and
going
to
(not
to
mention
other
ways
of
expressing
futurity)
is
so
subtle
that
it
cannot
be
easily
conveyed
through
rules
or
isolated
examples’.
(!)
On
the
specific
topic
of
using
will
and
going
to
for
making
predictions,
he
says:
-‐ When
you’re
making
predictions,
you
can
use
will
or
going
to
more
or
less
interchangeably.
Having
read
both
the
grammar
bit
from
Advanced
English
in
Use,
Thornbury’s
article,
and
a
whole
lot
of
other
grammarians’
opinions
on
the
issue,
I
can
tell
you
all
I
just
happily
go
along
with
Thornbury
and
tell
my
students
they
can
use
will
and
going
to
for
predictions,
and
that’s
it.
May the gods of grammar forgive me if I have sinned.
(On
Luiz
Otávio
Barros’s
blog,
there’s
a
great
activity
on
futurity
as
well,
using
The
Big
Bang
Theory.
You
can
check
it
out
here:
http://www.luizotaviobarros.com/2011/01/will-‐and-‐
going-‐to.html)
Created
by
Higor
Cavalcante
–
www.friendsintheclassroom.wordpress.com
–
Season
1,
Episode
11
–
Grammar/Discourse
–
Making
predictions
006
Assumption:
Learners
can
already
make
predictions
using
going
to
and
will.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
them
to
practice
making
predictions.
Suggestion:
Make
sure
you’ve
folded
the
worksheet
where
indicated,
so
as
not
to
give
students
any
spoilers
while
working
on
the
first
part
of
the
lesson.
Before watching:
Discuss
pick-‐up
lines
with
students
and
elicit
a
few
from
them.
Have
them
do
the
first
activity
and
check
it
in
pairs
before
you
correct
it
with
them.
You
might
want
to
discuss
how
effective
they
think
these
lines
would
be
in
real
life
with
the
whole
group.
(key:
b;
d;
e;
a;
c.)
While watching:
Tell
students
Monica
and
Phoebe
meet
a
very
handsome
man
at
a
newsstand,
and
want
to
catch
his
attention.
Elicit
from
them
what
they
think
the
girls
will
do,
and
then
have
them
watch
first
part
of
the
video
and
do
activity
1.
In
pairs,
students
now
try
to
predict
what
will
happen
after
Monica’s
shout.
Have
students
discuss
possibilities
and
write
their
predictions
down
in
the
lines
provided.
Pairs read their sentences to the whole class. Carry out a brief discussion on their ideas.
Students watch the second part of the video and check.
Check
with
students
whether
anyone
guessed
it
right.
Elicit
from
them
what
actually
happened.
(The
man
stopped
in
the
middle
of
the
street,
looked
back
and
was
run
over
by
an
ambulance.)
Students
unfold
worksheet
and
discuss
activity
4.
They
must
check
the
items
they
think
correspond
to
what
the
girls
will
do
for
the
man
while
he’s
in
a
coma.
Students
watch
the
passage
and
check.
(Key:
They
do
everything,
except
for
cutting
his
hair,
doing
his
nails
and
kissing
him).
As
you
discuss
this
activity,
make
sure
you
have
students
use
will
or
going
to,
not
just
read
the
sentence
bits
from
the
exercise.
In
the
last
activity,
ask
students
what
they
would
do
if
they
were
in
the
man’s
shoes.
Then
have
them
discuss
in
pairs
what
they
think
the
man
will
do
when
he
wakes
up,
and
write
three
sentences
about
it
in
the
lines
provided
(similarly
to
activity
2).
Thank
you
for
downloading
this
activity!
J
Please
let
me
know
how
it
worked
for
you
if
you
end
up
using
it!
higor@higorcavalcante.com
(www.higorcavalcante.com)
Created
by
Higor
Cavalcante
–
www.friendsintheclassroom.wordpress.com
–
Season
1,
Episode
11
–
Grammar/Discourse
–
Making
predictions