Jan 21, 2011

The Rebound: Present Perfect

This romantic comedy is much better than I had expected it to be. It is a story about prejudice and dealing with adversities. I really enjoyed it. It is perfect to practice the present perfect tense.

I. Watch the movie segment and write down HE if the activity was performed by the male character. Write SHE if she did it. The main characters used to be lovers but they have spent the past 5 years apart, doing different things.






( ) 1 Visit Paris

( ) 2 Interview several people

( ) 3 See the kids play baseball

( ) 4 Travel to third world countries

( ) 5 Broadcast the news as a TV anchor

( ) 6 Travel to New York

( ) 7 Drive across the desert

( ) 8 Go on a safari

( ) 9 Go to fancy parties

( ) 10 Teach needy children in Africa






II. Now write down what both of the them have done while they have been away from each other.

Ex: She has interviewed several people



III. Work in pairs and discuss the following questions:



1. How different have their lives been?

2. Who had a happier life? Why?

3. What kind of life would you rather have? His or hers? Why?

4. Do you think that such different couple can be happy together? Explain it.

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MOVIE SEGMENT DOWNLOAD - THE REBOUND


Answer key:


HE - 1 - 4 - 7 - 8 - 10
SHE - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 9



1 he has visited paris
2 she has interviewed several people
3 she has seen the kids play baseball
4 he has traveled to third world countries
5 she has broadcasted the news as a tv anchor
6 she has traveled to new york
7 he has driven across the desert
8 he has gone on a safari
9 she has gone to fancy parties
10 he has taught needy children in Africa

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

exercício 7 está errado do filme "The Rebound"

Claudio Azevedo said...

Obrigado. Foi um "typo". Já está corrigido.

Unknown said...

Hi, Thanks very much for these lesson ideas, I used this one in class today when consolidating their knowledge of the present perfect. It worked well!! Keep it up.

Claudio Azevedo said...

I'm glad it worked. See you.

Florence said...

hi! how can I download this segment? because the place I work doesn't have acces to internet, so I need to save this segment in my computer! thenks!

Claudio Azevedo said...

heck this post out, please. See you. http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/2008/11/downloading-movie-segments.html

mel said...

hi, can anyone tell me how I can search for this clip on youtube/the URL - I would like to give my students a way of watching it direct from youtube - but when I search "The Rebound" soooo many clips show up. Thanks!

Claudio Azevedo said...

If the video is on youtube, it was not uploaded by me. I have it only here in the blog. See you.

Adri said...

Hi, thank you so much for the activity. I've been looking for some ideas for video activities and this one is just perfect!