Nume, prenume profesor: Dragu Ramona

Unitatea de învățământ: Liceul Teoretic Vasile Alecsandri, Iași

Clasa / Clasele: VI-VII

Domeniul tematic vizat: 8. My hobbies

The Amazing world of Gumball – comic strips

1. Tell the story exercise.

a) Cut up the pictures and reorder the story. Another option is to number the frames to tell
the story correctly. The last picture of the cartoon is missing. Think of an ending and
write it. If you like to draw then you can draw the last frame to give the story an end. If
not, just write your own 2-3 sentences. In the end you can check on page(...) to see
what the last picture of the story is.

A B C

D E F
G H I

b) Write the story. Fill in the gaps and then reorder the paragraphs to get the story
right. Write the correct sentences under the appropriate picture from ex. 1, point
a).

*ALTERNATIVE FOR HIGHER LEVEL STUDENTS:

WRITE 2-3 SENTENCES UNDER EACH COMIC STRIP, TO TELL THE

STORY BEHIND THE PICTURES. USE PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

Kenneth ................ still playing with dad. Richard is disappearing little by little.

The boys appear. It’s Pet Day at school. Gumball and Darwin must look after this gross
dog, Kenneth. They .............. wondering how to do it...

The boys are ................... attention to their dad as Kenneth the dog ......... sniffing
Richard’s hand. Richard is still ................. the boys advice while...

Playfully, Kenneth .............. swallowing Richard’s hand. Worried, Gumball and Darwin
are .....................at Kenneth.

Richard wakes up. He is ................the boys how to discipline the dog. Richard 4)................
comparing the dog to a child

The boys are .............. to panic. What should they do? They .............. thinking about
solutions.

Richard, Gumball’s dad, is tired. He is ....................... . There’s nobody here to disturb

him, until...

Gumball and Darwing are screaming for help. They are wondering what to do. What if
Keneth eats Anais too? They are ................ about a solution. To be continued...

The dog is slurping dad’s arm like a spaghetti strip. Richard is still 10) .............to his sons
without realizing what is .................... on.
 c) Think of speech bubbles for each character in the comic strip.

What would each person say? Don’t forget to

use Present Simple and Present Continuous to
create your dialogue.

You can use the speech bubbles templates to

cut out and recreate your story.

2. A task for higher level students:

a) Exploit characters.

a. What does this character look like?

b. How does he/ she/ it behave?
c. What makes this character special?
d. What can they do? Have they got special powers?
e. What are their strengths and weaknesses?
f. What are their special interests?

Write a short description of one of the characters from the comic starting from the above
questions. Write ten sentences or more if you feel creative.

b) Save Richard! Continue the story with your own comic strips. Write 2-3 sentences
for each picture and mix them up. Send them to one of your classmates to
reorder. Ask them to continue the story…
KEY: ex. 1. a) 1- C; 2 – B; 3 – E; 4 – G; 5 – H; 6 – A; 7 – F; 8 -D; 9 – I

THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE. TO BE PLACED IN THE KEY OF THE EXERCISES

SECTION.

Ex.1. b) 1. Sleeping; 2. Are; 3. Telling; 4. Is; 5. Paying; 6. Is; 7. Giving; 8. Is; 9. Looking;

10. talking; 11. Going; 12. Starting; 13. Are; 14. is; 15. thinking

http://miklosweigert.blogspot.com/2009/11/amazing-world-of-gumball.html?m=1 – images for the

comic strip

https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/comic-strip-speech-bubble-expressions-
template_3819177.htm - used for the speech bubbles templates