THE

KINGS SPEECH
BEFORE WATCHING ACTIVITIES. 1. Before watching the video, lets see how much you know about the movie. Do this quiz. 1. What is the story about? a. Its about a king of England who wants to get married. b. Its about a king of England who the English people dont like. c. Its about a king of England who has disability problems. 2. Whats the movie setting? a. World War I (WWI) b. World War II (WWII) c. Hundred Years War. 3. What a. b. c. 4. What a. b. c. is the Kings name and nickname? Robert / Bert Albert / Bertie George / Greg was the Kings problem? He was deaf He was a cripple He had a stammer. 5. Who a. b. c. 6. Who a. b. c. 7. Who a. b. c. was the Kings father? George VI Edward VIII George V was the Kings brother? Edward VII Edward VIII George VI helped the King with his problem? A psychologist. A speech therapist. A friend of him. the King overcome his problem? Yes. No. Yes, but with difficulties.

8. Could a. b. c.

2. Read the plot and check your answers.

After the death of his father King George V and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII, Bertie, who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth, the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue. After a rough start, the two go deep into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family, his government and Winston Churchill, the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle.

WHILE WATCHING ACTIVITIES. 3. Watch the trailer of the movie and answer the following questions. 1. Whats the weather like at the beginning of the video?

a. Rainy

b. foggy

c. snowy.

2. Where is Berties wife sitting during the session? a. On a chair b. on a table c. On Bertie. 3. Bertie gets mad because Lionel is sitting somewhere prohibited. Where is he sitting? a. On the Kings chair. b. On the Coronation Throne. c. on the Kings desk. 4. Who is there on the cinema screen when Bertie and his daughter are watching a movie? a. Hitler b. Einstein c. Chaplin 5. At the beginning of the video, Elizabeth says something about his husband. What does she say? a. My husband is a little shy to speak in public. b. My husband is required to speak publicly. c. My husband is required to speak in public. 6. During the Kings first session with his therapist, both of them sitting on chairs, Lionel asks the King a question. What is it? a. What was your earliest memory? b. What is your best memory? c. What was your favourite memory? 7. What a. b. c. is Berties answer? Im here to discuss personal matters. Im not here to discuss personal matters. Im not here to discuss your matters.

8. When Lionel asks Bertie if he knows any jokes, Bertie replies: Timing is not my strong suit. What does he mean? a. That he doesnt have time for jokes. b. That he doesnt know any jokes. c. That he doesnt want to tell any jokes. 9. Whose chair is the Coronation Chair? a. Saint Edwards. b. Saint Georges. c. Saint Peters.

4. After having seen the trailer, lets now watch the Kings last speech. Listen to it carefully, and complete the script. In this grave _________, perhaps the most fateful in our ___________, I send to every household of my peoples, both at home and overseas this _____________ spoken with the same depth of feeling for each one of you as if I were able to cross your threshold and speak to you _____________. _______ ______ ________ _______ in the lives of most of us, we are at war. _____ ____ _____ _______ we have tried to find a peaceful way out of the ______________ between ourselves and those who are now our ____________. But it has been in vain. We have been forced into a ____________. For we are called, to meet the challenge of a principle which, if it were to prevail, would be fatal to any civilized order in the ___________. Such a principle, stripped of all disguise, is surely the mere primitive doctrine that might is right. For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, it is _______________ that we should refuse to meet the ______________. It is to this high purpose that I now call my____________ at home and my peoples across the seas, who will make our cause their own. I ask them to stand ______ and _______, and ________in this time of trial. The task will be hard. There may be dark _____________ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield. But we can only do the ____________ as we see the right and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with Gods help, we __________ prevail. 5. Match these words from the text to their definition. 1. Fateful: 2. Threshold: 3. In vain: 4. Trial: a) a place where a battle is being fought or has been fought b) having far-reaching and often disastrous consequences or implications. c) without success d) transfer for safe keeping or permanent preservation.

5. Battlefield: e) if a person, idea, or principle prevails in a fight, argument etc., they are successful in the end 6. Commit: annoying 7. Prevail. g) a point of entry or beginning f) something that is difficult to deal with, and that is worrying or