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B2.1 Listening: Matilda scene – Bruce and the Chocolate Cake as a reported speech activity

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I just can’t get over this Matilda scene. Not only do I find it hilarious, but also sort of empowering. I love to use a short extract from films in my classes and I use this one as a reported speech activity.

For this scene, I usually give my students a sheet of paper with the sentences they should be able to transcribe, but as this is a blog post, I’m going to ask them to choose the correct option from three possible answers.

Who said grammar couldn’t be fun!!!!

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B2 Listening Matilda Chocolate Cake Scene

You are going to watch a clip from the film Matilda.

Read the text before you play the video. After listen carefully and from the options choose how the spoken sample should be changed into reported speech.

Activity by Serena

Trunchbull: 'You are a disgusting criminal, aren't you?'

Bruce when Trunchbull accuses him of eating her cake.

Bruce: 'Well it's hard for me to remember a specific cake.'

Bruce when Trunchbull accuses him of eating her cake.

Bruce: 'My mom's is better.'

Trunchbull offers Bruce a large slice of cake.

Bruce: 'I don't want any.'

Trunchbull when Bruce has finished the large slice of cake.

Trunchbull: 'You look like you have enjoyed that Brucie.'

Trunchbull when Cook brings the enormous chocolate cake.

Trunchbull: 'She made this cake just for you to have on your very own.'

The little girl while Bruce is eating up the enormous cake.

Little girl: 'He's going to puke.'

Matilda encouraging Bruce not to give up.

Matilda: 'You can do it Brucie!'

Miss Trunchbull punishes the children.

Trunchbull: 'You will stay five hours after school and copy from the dictionary.'

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