Mr. W
Language level: Intermediate (B1)
Learner type: Young learners; Teens; Adults;
Time: 50 minutes
Activity: Practice using phrasal verbs / creating phrasal verbs
Language: Adverbs
I would like you to meet a mystery man, Mr. W.
1. Below is the text from the video.
Please use the following adverbs in the script below.
just, always, too, finally, finally, just, too, really, really, completely
I think I was ___________ misunderstood.
People _________ didn’t seem to like me.
I think I annoyed them, I got on their nerves.
I don’t know why. That’s _________ the way it was.
Maybe I was _____ intense.
Maybe I came on ______ strong. I don’t know, I _______ can’t say.
Yeah, it was lonely, _________ lonely, but you get used to it after a while.
And then one day, everything changed – somebody _________ accepted me for what I am.
Since I’ve got this job, life is ___________ different.
I __________ feel useful – good at something.
2. Play the clip (audio only). What are you impressions?
3. Play the clip again, this time concentrate on the background noises.
What’s happening? What noises can you identify?
4. Can you answer the following questions?
What do you think Mr W. looks like?
Who is he and where is he from?
Why do you think people didn’t like him?
What did he do to get on their nerves?
Who do you think finally accepted him for what he is?
What is his new job?
5. Please watch the video clip from the start and pause it at 1:45
(just after Mr. W says, “I finally feel useful – good at something.”)
Can you explain the advert?
There is a clue in the picture (the windmill).
6. Discussion / Exercise.
Watch the video again and discuss the actions of Mr.W
Use phrasal verbs to describe the actions , first as Mr.W and then as the wind.
Example:
Mr.W threw sand in the girls face, he lifted up the woman’s skirt.
The wind blew sand in the girls face, the wind blew up the woman’s skirt.
5. Please watch the video clip from the start and pause it at 1:45
(just after Mr. W says, “I finally feel useful – good at something.”)
Can you explain the advert?
There is a clue in the picture (the windmill).
6. Discussion / Exercise.
Watch the video again and discuss the actions of Mr.W
Use phrasal verbs to describe the actions , first as Mr.W and then as the wind.
Example:
Mr.W threw sand in the girls face, he lifted up the woman’s skirt.
The wind blew sand in the girls face, the wind blew up the woman’s skirt.
