Engaging Video Clips
Level: B1+
Age: Teens and Adults
Theme: Question formation, Questions with and without auxiliary verbs, Comedy
Monty Python are one of the most famous (if not the most famous!) English comedy collectives ever and rank among my top comedians. I try and use comedy clips whenever I can as British humour is an extremely important part of British national identity.
I have used the following video clip with teenage classes and many
students found it amusing. The surrealist nature of Monty Python jokes
can be tricky and sometimes requires a bit of explaining which may
reduce the comedy value. I used this clip when reviewing question forms and specifically in lessons where I've wanted the students to prepare their own quiz questions.
If students are willing they can act out their own Monty Python Bridge of Death scene with questions of their own choice.
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
How many different questions does the bridge keeper ask all of the knights?
What happens to the knights when the answer the questions incorrectly?
Can you remember any of the questions?
There are 5 (not 3!:) questions:
What is your name?
What is your quest?
What is your favourite colour?
What is the capital of Syria?
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Here's the video clip with subtitles
Some vocabulary that can be pre-taught or looked at afterwards:
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