Film UK: Class clown – exercises
Everyone thinks Chloe’s life is easy just because she gets
good marks at school. Life is very different for her neighbour
Craig. At school the other students laugh at him and at home
his dad is always telling him off, but one day Chloe discovers
Craig’s special talent …
Do the preparation task first. Then watch the short film and do
the exercises to check your understanding.
Preparation: matching
Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–g next to the numbers 1–7.
1…….. class clown
a.
something that is easy
2…….. to fit in
b.
doing or managing several things at once
3…….. to juggle
c.
a student who makes other students in the class laugh
4…….. life’s a beach
d.
to belong
5…….. a piece of cake
e.
to keep two or more objects in the air by throwing and catching
them
6…….. a juggling act
f.
to think nice thoughts to yourself while you are awake
7…….. to daydream
g.
life is great
1. Check your understanding: grouping
Do the sentences refer to Chloe or Craig? Write a–h into the correct group.
a. doesn’t think he/she fits in at school
b. gets good marks at school
c. spills juice on his/her clothes
d. knocks things off the teacher’s desk
e. can juggle
f. daydreams in class
g. is always late for class
h. wants to help his/her friend
Chloe:
Craig:
Film UK: Class clown – exercises
2. Check your understanding: multiple choice
Circle the best answer to these questions.
1.
Chloe thinks her life …
a. is easy.
2.
b. his results are better than
hers.
c. it’s not OK for his dad to
shout at him.
b. Craig
c. Craig’s dad
b. juggling.
c. arguing with his dad.
When Craig knocks the teacher’s apple off her desk …
a. the class learns that he
can juggle.
8.
c. the students in her class
are clowns.
Chloe sees Craig from her bedroom window. He is …
a. eating an apple.
7.
b. Craig is a clown.
Chloe thinks _______________ is a puppet.
a. Chloe
6.
c. is an Emo.
Chloe tells Craig that …
a. she got better results
than him.
5.
b. is a girlie girl.
Chloe thinks …
a. the students in her class
are very funny.
4.
c. is better than Craig’s life.
At school Chloe thinks she …
a. doesn’t belong to a
particular group.
3.
b. is fun.
b. the teacher tells him off.
c. Craig tells the other
students not to laugh at him.
At the end of the film, Craig …
a. teaches Chloe how to
juggle.
Discussion
Can you juggle?
What could you teach someone else to do?
What would you like to learn how to do?
b. tells his dad to be nicer to c. says his life is a juggling
him.
act.