https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=9iFWyihDvCE Or ‘ THE PRESENT’

Watch the clip and answer the questions:
1. What colour are the boy’s eyes?
2. Which room is he in?
Look at the stills below, taken from the video
clip. The sentences describe the pictures. Put the
verb in brackets into the present continuous
tense.

3. What is he doing?

4. Who comes into the room?

5. Is she home early or late?

5. What does she give her son?

6. She says ‘I want you to ____ playing and ______

the present I got you.’ The boy ___________ (hold) the dog. He
____________ (look) at the dog. He
6. Does she then go outside, or go upstairs? ___________ (not smile) because he
doesn’t like something about the dog.
6. What is inside the box?

7. At first, is the boy angry or happy? What does he

say?

8. What is the problem with the dog?

9. Does the boy stroke the dog, or does he kick it?

What does he say to the dog?

10. The dog sees a ball. Where is that ball?
11. What colour are the boy’s trainers?
12. What colour is the bin?
He ___________ (look) down at the dog.
The dog __________ (hope) that the boy
will throw the ball for him. In the clip, he
___________ (wag) his tail.

13. What model animal is there beside the door?

14. What do we find out about the boy?

15. He shouts to his Mum, ‘Mum, we’ll ___ ________’

Do you find the clip heart warming? Maybe you go, ‘Ah, how
sweet!’ Or do you find it too sentimental? Did you predict the
ending? Complete the sentence with your opinion.
I find the clip _______________ because ________________
The boy ___________ (play) with his
console. He ___________ (not look) at
the dog. They ___________ (not get) on
well together.
 The clip is 4 mins 18
.1.What colour are the boy’s eyes? Brown secs.
2. Which room is he in? The living room

3. What is he doing? He is playing on his console/computer games….

4. Who comes into the room? His mum

5. Is she home early or late? She is late

5. What does she give her son? A box/A present/A gift

6. She says ‘I want you to STOP playing and OPEN the present I got you.’

6. Does she then go outside, or go upstairs? She goes upstairs.

6. What is inside the box? A puppy

7. At first, is the boy angry or happy? What does he say? He’s happy/OK with it. He
says, ‘Oh cool!’

8. What is the problem with the dog? One of its front paws/legs is missing./It only has
three legs…

9. Does the boy stroke the dog, or does he kick it? What does he say to the dog? He
kicks it and he says ‘get lost!’

10. The dog sees a ball. Where is that ball? Under a white sideboard/cupboard

11. What colour are the boy’s trainers? Black, with white laces

12. What colour is the bin? Yellow

13. What model animal is there beside the door? A giraffe

14. What do we find out about the boy? He is disabled, too. /His left leg has been
amputed. /He only has one leg./ He needs crutches…

15. He shouts to his Mum, ‘Mum, we’ll be outside.’

I find the clip heartwarming because it’s a lovely/beautiful story. I didn’t predict the
ending! I think it’s a very sweet story.

I find the clip a bit too sentimental because the ending was predictable. I think the
story is a bit corny/yucky.