isten in English

1. REVIEW the vocabulary / background.
2. WATCH the video.
3. ANSWER the questions.
4. CHECK your answers. (Show Answers)

• filth [n] - dirt
• be up against [exp] - competing against
• a spring pig [n] - a pig born in spring
• huge [adj] - very big
• humorous [adj] - funny
• next door [adv] - beside us
• a beast [n] - a large animal
• a shoo-in [n] - a 100% chance of winning
• a tiebreaker [n] - a way to decide the winner in a tie/draw
• harmoniously proportioned [exp] - good body shape
• do your part [exp] - do your fair part of the work
• pushy [adj] - try hard to persuade

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb, [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

Wilbur	Charlotte	Templeton

• Wilbur, Charlotte and Templeton have arrived at the fair.
• Wilbur has to win at the fair, or the farmers will kill him and turn him into bacon.

1. Templeton wants to stay and rest with Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Charlotte visits another pig that Wilbur will compete against.
   True
   False
   
   
3. The big pig's name is Uncle.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Charlotte thinks that Uncle is older than Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Uncle is the same age as Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Uncle is a chicken.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Templeton thinks that Wilbur can beat Uncle.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Charlotte thinks that Uncle is cleaner and more handsome than Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Wilbur is tired.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Charlotte is worried that Wilbur will lose.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Templeton says that he really cares about Wilbur.
    True
    False
    
    

Directions: 1) Read the script and choose the form of adjective that best fits the sentence. 2) Listen again and check your answers.

• Okay. Where’s the filth?
• Have you heard that ---good better best (good) things come to those who wait?
• No. ---Good Better Best (Good) things come to those who find it and shove it in their mouth.
• Oh, my. Is that what we're up against?
• Excuse me. What is your name? When someone wants to get your attention, what is it they call out?
• Uncle.
• Tell me, Uncle, what is the date of your birth? Your birthday? For heaven's sake, all I want to know is if you're a spring pig.
• Of course. What did you think I was – a spring chicken?
• Huge and humorous. Aren't we ---talented more talented the most talented as talanted as (talented) .
• Spring chicken.
• Charlotte, who are you talking to?
• The pig next door.
• Oh. Should I be worried?
• Of course not. What --- good better best as good as (good) would that do?
• Whoa! Have you seen the beast next door? I think his mama was part hippo. If I had to name five of --- fat fatter the fattest as fat as (the fattest) pigs I've ever seen, he'd be three of them. He's a shoo-in.
• Please. That pig is not nearly --- handsome more handsome the most handsome as handsome as (as handsome as) Wilbur, or as harmoniously proportioned, and not nearly --- clean cleaner the cleanest as clean (as clean) .
• There's a real tiebreaker.
• We just have to prove that --- fine finer the finest as fine as (the finest) pig is not necessarily --- fat fatter the fattest as fat as (the fattest) . And you can do your part, Wilbur, by getting some rest.
• I'm not --- tired more tired the most tired as tired as (tired) , Charlotte.
• Okay. Well, could you excuse me for just a minute, please?
• All right, Templeton, you're right. That pig over there is a shoo-in. So, I need words that are even --- good better the best as good as (better) than that pig is fat. Special words, and lots of them.
• How about "pushy" and "demanding"?
• Templeton, please! This is our last chance to save Wilbur's life.
• You do realize I'm just here for the food, right?
• Of course.