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Before you watch:
Talk to a partner about the questions below:
Talk to a partner about the questions below:
1) How different would your life be if you could live in a palace with lots of maids around to help you?
2) Would you like to live in a historical period in which you would have to wear very uncomfortable, fancy clothes and wigs?
3) What's you opinion of pre-arranged marriages? Can they work out? Why (not)?
Watch the segment and pay attention to the people and the palace. Then choose the correct form of the adjectives.
Ex:
1) Marie Antoinette is a charming/charmed (charm) princess.
2) Her fiancé was embarassing/embarassed by the awkward introduction to his future wife.
3) They rode on carriages through the fascinating/fascinated gardens of the palace.
4) Marie Antoinette was amazing/amazed with the reception provided by the French.
5) The little girls handed her some flowers in a moving/moved attitude.
6) The guests were interesting/interested in observing every move she made.
7) The palace's overwhelming/overwhelmed beauty is magnificent.
8) The chandelier is stunning/stunned.
9) The garden is a relaxing/relaxed view from the palace.
10) She is totally touching/touched by the wealth of the palace.
11) Her wedding is full of monitoring/monitored guests observing every single detail of the ceremony.
12) The straining/strained groom was sweating during the wedding.
How to prepare your own video segment:
- Select a scene in which a lot of objects and situations can be observed
- Prepare descriptive sentences of the scene, adding adjective derived from verbs, for the students to choose the correct form of the adjectives provided.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4LAMaLH1o&feature=youtu.be
2 comments:
I'd really like to use this video with one of my students. Is it available for download?
It has been added. Thanks for warning me.
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