Tomorrow Father's Day is celebrated in Spain. This video from IgniterMedia is a good reminder of the role fathers play in the upbringing of a child and can also help us with our English.
Self-study activity:
Watch he video and complete the blanks in the transcript with the missing words.
The activity is intended for Básico 2 and Intermedio 1 students.
There are lots of things that regular people can do but dads can't.
Dads can't pitch a baseball very hard or hit one (1) ... ... .
When dads play hide-and-seek they always get (2) ... , but they have a hard time finding you.
They aren't very good wrestlers.
Dads lose at checkers and (3) ... and almost every other game.
Dads like to (4) ... ... but they don't like to go alone.
And they need extra practice baiting the hook.
Dads don't seem to be able to drive very fast.
Dads seem to have trouble (5) ... on to their money.
Dads can't see you hiding your lima beans at dinnertime or (6) ... them to the cat.
Dads like to give baths but they can't help getting all (7) ... .
Dads can't read a book (8) ... ... .
And dads really need to be (9) ... good night at bedtime.
There are so many things dads can't do, it's a wonder they make it (10) ... life at all!
But dads can't (11) ... ... .
No matter how (12) ... a dad gets or how hard life gets, a dad never quits.
Thanks, Dad!
Happy Father's Day!
Key:
1 very far 2 found 3 cards 4 go fishing 5 holding 6 feeding 7 wet 8 by themselves 9 kissed 10 through 11 give up 12 tired
