The princess switch

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The Princess Switch
Intermediate level

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Warm-up
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What do you like doing at Christmas and New Year?
Do you enjoy watching films on winter holidays? What
films?
What Christmas and New Year films did you watch last
year? Which one did you like most?
Do you know what Christmas and New Year films are
coming out this year? Are you going to watch them?
Is there any special film that you watch every year on
holidays? If yes, what film is it? What is special about
that film?
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Task 1
Match the pictures with the movies.
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d)
c)
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b)
Jingle all the way
Home alone
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
12 dates of Christmas
Princess Switch
e)
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Task 2
Watch the trailer of the film. Who says the phrases?
1. I think we were destined to run into each other.
Stacy/Margaret.
2. I want to switch places with you. Stacy/Margaret.
3. I am terribly sorry, it wasn’t very dignified.
Stacy/Margaret
4.I guess I am a bit nervous with big contest coming up.
Stacy/Margaret
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Task 3
Answer the questions
1) When did you watch “The Princess
Switch”? Did you go to the cinema or
watch it at home?
2) What do you think the main idea of the
film is?
3) Who is your favourite character in the
film? Why?
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Task 4
Do the quiz.
1) When was “Princess Switch” released?
4) Which actor didn’t take part in the film?
a) 2008
b) 2011
c) 2018
a) Cameron Diaz
b) Vanessa Hudgens
c) Sam Palladio
2) Who was the film directed by?
5) On which book is the concept of two people who
look identical and switch places based on?
a) David Lynch
b) Mike Rohl
c) Errol Morris
a) The Prince and the Pauper
b) Stranger with my face
c) Twins
3) Where was the majority of the film shot?
a) The USA
b) Romania
c) Canada
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Task 5
Answer the questions.
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What made Stacy change her mind and take part in the
contest?
Why did Margaret want to switch places?
How did Olivia find out the truth about Stacy and Margaret?
What did Stacy (Margaret) and Prince do at the Charity Party?
How did Stacy (Margaret) and Prince help the children from the
orphanage?
What present did Kevin give to Margaret (Stacy)?
How did the film finish?
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Task 6
Discuss the questions.
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Do you believe in Christmas miracles? Have you ever
experienced something incredible at Christmas?
Would you like to switch places with a famous person?
Who with?
What would you do if you got up in the morning and found
yourself in a castle of the king?
How would you spend your time if you became a prince or
a princess for one day?
What makes ordinary people a prince or a princess? Is it
only about huge castles and lots of money?
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Task 7
Read the quotations about princesses. Do you
agree with them? Why yes/why not?
1.
You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world,
but you cannot be more than a lady. Jennie Jerome
Churchill
2.
You are a princess, destined to become a queen. Your
own wondrous story has already begun. Your 'once upon
a time' is now. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
3.
Young girls think they are princesses. Hermione also
teaches that we have to also be warriors. Emma Watson
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