Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1.Write the words under the correct picture

monks / a witch / the round table / a wooden scale / villagers / knights

a) b) c)

d) e) f)

2. Holy Grail, round table, knights ….. any idea of the name of the English king ?
No ?! Here is another clue :

VIDEO
Watch the video, there is NO SOUND so pay attention to the pictures !
3. Who can you see ? Circle the correct answers
- the queen
- monks
- a farmer
- two knights
- a lot of villagers
- a witch

4. What about the situation, write the order of these actions (from 1 to 4)
there is the ceremony of dubbing
the villagers are running and shouting ‘She’s a witch !’
the monks are walking
the villagers are walking behind the witch
the ceremony of dubbing
5. Look at the faces of the villagers, circle the adjective, they ……
angry surprised happy sad

6. Why ?
Maybe they want…………………………..

HUMOUR
7. Describe the witch in the film
Real : the opposite is fake

a fake nose
LISTEN !
8. What do villagers want to do to the witch exactly ?
LOOK AT THE FILM SCRIPT AND LISTEN !
9. The woman looks like a witch but in reality the villagers ……………………… her up like a witch.
( look like= ressembler / like =comme)
ABSURDITY
10. Why do they want to burn witches ?
Your answer :……………………………………………………………………………
Listen to the villager!
11. What floats on water ?
Your answer : …………………………………………………………………………..
Listen to the villagers !
What do you think of King Arthur’s answer ? ………………………………………………………………………………

Extracts from the script

Voc : crowd : la foule / BEDEVERE : name of the knight
9) CROWD: Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!
BEDEVERE: How do you know she is a witch?
VILLAGER #2: She looks like one.
CROWD: Right! Yeah! Yeah!
BEDEVERE: Bring her forward.
WITCH: I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
BEDEVERE: Uh, but you are dressed as one.
WITCH: They dressed me up like this.
CROWD: Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
WITCH: And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
BEDEVERE: Well?
VILLAGER #1: Well, we did do the nose.
BEDEVERE: The nose?
VILLAGER #1: And the hat, but she is a witch!
VILLAGER #2: Yeah!
CROWD: We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!
BEDEVERE: Did you dress her up like this?
VILLAGER #1: No!
VILLAGER #2 and 3: No. No.
VILLAGER #2: No.
VILLAGER #1: No.
VILLAGERS #2 and #3: No.
VILLAGER #1: Yes.
VILLAGER #2: Yes.
VILLAGER #1: Yes. Yeah, a bit.
10) BEDEVERE: So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
VILLAGER #3: B--... 'cause they're _________________ of... _____________?
BEDEVERE: Good! Heh heh.
11) BEDEVERE: What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1: _________________!
VILLAGER #2: A_____________________!
VILLAGER #3: Uh, very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1: Cider!
VILLAGER #2: Uh, gra-- gravy!
VILLAGER #1: _______________________!
VILLAGER #2: Mud!
VILLAGER #3: Churches! Churches!
VILLAGER #2: Lead! Lead!
ARTHUR: A __________________!
CROWD: Oooh.
WITH THE ANSWERS

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1.Write the words under the correct picture
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a) monks b) the round table c) villagers

d) a witch e) knights f) a wooden scale

2. Holy Grail, round table, knights ….. any idea of the name of the English king ?
No ?! Here is another clue : So it is KING ARTHUR

VIDEO
Watch the video, there is NO SOUND so pay attention to the pictures !
3. Who can you see ? Circle the correct answers
- the queen
- monks
- a farmer
- two knights
- a lot of villagers
- a witch

4. What about the situation, write the order of these actions (from 1 to 4)
there is the ceremony of dubbing 4
the villagers are talking to the knight 3
the monks are walking 1
the villagers are walking behind the witch 2

5. Look at the faces of the villagers, circle the adjective, they look
angry
surprised
happy
sad

6. Why ?
Maybe they want to arrest / to kill / to punish the witch………………..
 HUMOUR
7. Describe the witch in the film
Real , the opposite is false

She has got a strange pointed hat, she’s got a false nose. She’s got a carrot. Her
nose is pointed and long and straight not hooked.
She’s got a false hat.

LISTEN !
8. What do villagers want to do to the witch exactly ? They want to burn her.

LOOK AT THE FILM SCRIPT AND LISTEN !

9. The woman looks like a witch but in reality the villagers dressed her up like a witch. ( look like= ressembler / like
=comme)

ABSURDITY

10. Why do people want to burn witches ?

Your answer :…because they have got magic powers. They use black magic………
Listen to the villager!

11. What floats in water ?

Your answer : wood, paper………………
Listen to the villagers !

What do you think of King Arthur’s answer ? it’s surprising

Extracts from the script

Voc : crowd : la foule / BEDEVERE : name of the knight

9) CROWD: Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!

BEDEVERE: How do you know she is a witch?
VILLAGER #2: She looks like one.
CROWD: Right! Yeah! Yeah!
BEDEVERE: Bring her forward.
WITCH: I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
BEDEVERE: Uh, but you are dressed as one.
WITCH: They dressed me up like this.
CROWD: Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
WITCH: And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
BEDEVERE: Well?
VILLAGER #1: Well, we did do the nose.
BEDEVERE: The nose?
VILLAGER #1: And the hat, but she is a witch!
VILLAGER #2: Yeah!
CROWD: We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!
BEDEVERE: Did you dress her up like this?
VILLAGER #1: No!
VILLAGER #2 and 3: No. No.
VILLAGER #2: No.
VILLAGER #1: No.
VILLAGERS #2 and #3: No.
VILLAGER #1: Yes.
VILLAGER #2: Yes.
VILLAGER #1: Yes. Yeah, a bit.
10) BEDEVERE: So, why do witches burn?
 [pause]
VILLAGER #3: B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?
BEDEVERE: Good! Heh heh.

11)
BEDEVERE: What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1: bread !
VILLAGER #2: Apples !
VILLAGER #3: Uh, very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1: Cider!
VILLAGER #2: Uh, gra-- gravy!
VILLAGER #1: cherries !
VILLAGER #2: Mud!
VILLAGER #3: Churches! Churches!
VILLAGER #2: Lead! Lead!
ARTHUR: A duck!
CROWD: Oooh.