Time Contrasts
Here's an activity I used to revise past, present and future forms with A2+ students. Although I found the movie rather disappointing (perhaps due to my high expectations), I decided (in fact it was my wife's idea) to work with "Cloud Atlas". I really liked the concept they try to develop in the film, and in the trailer the interaction among past, present and future is clearly shown. I hope you find it useful.
As a warm up: I showed them some pictures from the movie for them to spot the differences.
Activity 1: Complete a short description using the correct verb form.
As a warm up: I showed them some pictures from the movie for them to spot the differences.
Activity 1: Complete a short description using the correct verb form.
He_________ (be) a doctor.
He ________ (be) dishonest.
He ________ (travel) by ship.
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Now he ______(be) a scientist.
Nowadays he ____ (be) very correct.
Now he _____ (travel) by
car.
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In the future, he _______ (help) people in a different way.
In the future, we don’t know how he _______(be).
In the future, he__________(walk).
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Activity 2: Look at the following pictures and contrast this person's lives as you did in the previous exercise. Use your own ideas.
Activity 3: Watch the trailer and check if the sentences are true or false.
- The song sounds familiar to the woman
- The young man plays music the old man dreamed of
- The man experienced a déjà vu
- In the future, the waitresses have the same face
Activity 4: Fill in the blanks.
Yesterday, my life __________ (be) headed in one direction. Today, it __________ (be) headed in another…Fear, belief, __________, phenomena that determine the course of our lives. These forces begin long before we __________ (be) born and continue __________ we perish.
Our lives __________ (be) not our own. We __________ (be) bound to others, __________ and __________ and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our __________.
I believe there __________ (be) another world waiting for us, a better world, and I __________ (be) waiting for you there.
Closure: How has your life changed? Write a short description using the expressions below.
As a child, I used to….
Five years ago, I…
Nowadays I…
Next year, I’m going to…
In five years, I’ll…
(This activity was designed by Claudio Cajes on september 5, 2014)
Hi teacher!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the activity. I didn't know how to anwer in the blog, so I did the activity in my notebook jeje.
See you on saturday.
Regards!
Jessy...