For beginner EFL students. Watch the film and dothe activities

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Flat Life is a short animation movie by Jonas
Geirnaert about the life of 4 people in a
building. It can be used to teach:
• Present Continuous
• There is / are
• Asking questions
• Household nouns
1) Discuss
• Have you got a house or a flat?
• How many rooms are there?
• What's your favourite room?
• What colour is it?
• What furniture is there?
2) Look at the picture below
A) Answer
• What can you see?
• How many rooms are there?
• How many people are there?
• What furniture can you see?
• What are the people doing?
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B) Look at the picture again. True or false?
1. There is a vase
2. There are three TVs
3. There are three doors
4. There are four paintings
5. The washing machine is in the green room
6. The cupboard is in the yellow room
7. They are all sitting
8. Three people are watching TV
9. The woman is watching TV
C) Correct the false sentences
eg 2) There aren't three TVs. There are two TVs
D) Answer these questions
Is there a TV in room 1?
Is the man painting a tree?
E) Ask some more questions
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3) Watch Flat Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HjjaJ4csfS4
A) Look at these activities.
Hanging a picture on the wall, Cleaning, Painting, Playing cards, Watching
TV, Drinking, Running, Washing, Repairing, Hanging up the washing
Watch the clip and put them in the correct room in the picture. The first
one is done for you.
B) When you watch put a tick √ if you see these things
Door √ Vase Television Table Chairs
Picture Cupboard Armchair Washing sofa
machine
DVD player Pegs Remote Bottle Hammer
control
Nail Broom Clothes Playing Computer
line cards
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4) Look at the pictures below
Match these questions with the pictures
"Can I have my broom back, please?"
"Can you do me a favour?"
"Can I borrow your broom, please?" = A
"Can I borrow your broom, please?"
"Shall I wash your jacket?"
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Flat Life Answers
Ex 2B Answers = 1) T, 2) F, 3) F, 4) T, 5) F, 6) T 7) T 8) F 9) F
Ex 3 A Answers
Room 1 Room 2
Hanging a picture on the Playing cards
wall
Watching TV
Cleaning
Painting
Room 3 Room 4
Watching TV Washing
Drinking Repairing
Running Hanging up the washing
Ex 3 B Answers = There isn't a computer, sofa or DVD player
Ex 4 Answers
A) "Can I borrow your broom, please?"
B) "Can I have my broom back, please?"
C)) "Can you do me a favour?"
D) "Can I borrow your broom, please?"
E) "Shall I wash your jacket?"
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