Write the name of the characters that perform the following activities:
Bob (father) Helen (mother) Jack Jack (baby)
Dash (boy) Violet (girl)
1) Kiss Helen ( )
2) Listen to music ( )
3) Play with racing cars ( )
4) Do the laundry ( )
5) Feed Jack Jack ( )
6) Play football ( )
7) Exercise on the train tracks ( )
8) Read fitness magazines. ( )
9) Vacuum the carpet ( )
I. Write down sentences saying what the Parrs do everyday.
Ex: 1 - Bob kisses Helen every morning.
2 - ___________________________
3 - ___________________________
II . Write down 3 things The Parrs don’t do in the morning.
Ex: 1 – Jack Jack doesn’t play soccer.
2 – ___________________________
3 - ___________________________
D. In Pairs, write down what the Parrs do every weekend. Use the actions in exercise A or use other ones from your imagination. Write 10 sentences.
E. choose five students. each one will be either Jack, Helen, Bob, Violet or Dash.
F. read your sentences out loud (Ex: Violet Kisses Jack, Bob exercises in the track, Violet plays tennis…) and the characters perform the activities they hear. They change their activities when the reader assigns the character a new activity.
How to Prepare your own video activity:
• Select a scene in which the characters’ routines are evident
• Identify the characters in the segment
• List some of the activities the characters perform in the segment
• Students write the name of the characters who perform such activities
• Students write complete sentences, using the simple present tense
Watch the movie segment here:
