DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES_S1/Ep7_Anything You Can Do

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PRE-WATCHING TASKS

WHILE WATCHING TASKS

POST-WATCHING TASKS

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES_S1/Ep7_Anything You Can Do

Last updated about 1 month ago

8 questions

PRE-WATCHING TASKS

1. Here is the link to the Quizlet module with words and phrases you will need for doing this part of the tasks.
QUIZLET_SHORT

Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise
She had to ___________a long, boring meeting yesterday.
Can I ________this idea by you and see what you think?
She didn’t want to _____________her plans until everything was ready.
After studying for hours, I _______________and took a break.
She ___________me into going to the concert, even though I was tired.
You could feel the ____________during the final moments of the game.
The detective couldn’t find a ______________explanation for the missing item.
She always refills her car when it’s ________________on gas.
We need to _________________an idea for the school project.
Her kitchen is always _____________ ; you could eat off the floor.
He didn’t think he could _____________the presentation, but he did great.
___________________ , I think the new policy won’t work.
She gave a ___________explanation of the rules to everyone.
Everyone _______________her during the singing competition.
I’ve never played tennis before, but I’ll ___________________ .
Can you slow down? I can’t _________________you!
I ______________them talking about the surprise party.
They __________________to hear the good news about the baby.
He ____________his drink loudly and annoyed everyone at the table.

3. Choose the correct option

He didn’t think he could pull off / disclose the presentation, but he did great.
Can I tell you something off the record / plausible?
The fans kept up with / rooted for their country in the World Cup.
Please don’t slurp / endure your soup; it’s noisy.
I’ll talk / run the new schedule by the team tomorrow.
She was proper / thrilled to win first prize in the contest.
You should give painting a tension / shot; you might enjoy it.
She didn’t mean to overhear / endure their conversation in the coffee shop.
The car was thrilled / spotless after it went through the car wash.
Please wear proper / plausible clothes for the meeting.
Can you talk / pull your brother into joining us for dinner?
Let’s brainstorm and try to come by / up with an idea together.
There was a lot of slurp / tension in the room before the exam.
It's hard to keep up / come up with the latest fashion trends.
How can you endure / root for this cold weather without a jacket?
I was writing my essay, but I ran low / hit a wall and couldn’t think of anything else.
He refused to overhear / disclose any information about the meeting.
We’re running low / hitting a wall on milk; can you buy some?
His excuse was proper / plausible, so the teacher believed him.

4. Write 7 disadvantages of talking someone into something. In each disadvantage, use at least one of the words or phrases from the list:
keep up with
slurp
endure
spotless
come up with an idea
run something by someone
pull off
give it a shot
disclose
off the record
run low
hit a wall
proper
plausible
overhear
talk someone into something
root for someone
tension be
thrilled

WHILE WATCHING TASKS

1. Here is the link to the FULL Quizlet module in case if you struggle with any vocabulary.
QUIZLET_FULL
WORDLIST
2. Here is the link to the movie. You may download it to your computer.
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, SEASON 1, EPISODE 7
Or you may watch the video below.

3. Complete each gap with one word.
[00:00:44 - 00:10:28]
1. Competition. It means different things to different people. In suburbia, it means keeping _______  with the Joneses. On Wisteria Lane, that means keeping _______  with Bree Van De Kamp.
2. - Hello, Victor. How are you today? Out _______  again?
- I can't... _______  my breath.
- Would you like a _______  from my _______ ?
3. When I was alive, my friends and I came together once a month for a meeting of the Wisteria Lane Book Club. We found the problems of literary characters so _______ . The way they _______  with adversity, conducted _______  affairs, _______  domestic dramas, and planned romantic _______ . But since my death, my friends had lost their interest in _______ .
4. - OK, so Lynette said that you found Zach.
- He's at a rehabilitation center. And Julie _______  in and actually talked to him.
5. I had this _______  once, checking on this PTA mom who was hell-bent on landing her daughter a spot on the parade float. She _______  antifreeze to half the homecoming committee.
6. - Wow, honey! This place looks _______ .
- Thanks.
- Hey, so listen. I have come _______  with this killer idea for the Spotless Scrub campaign.
- Great. Want to _______  it by me?
- No. I'm good. But thanks.
7. - You think? How am I supposed to _______  off a formal dinner with no warning?
- I don't know, Bree Van De Kamp does this kind of thing all the time.
8. - Well, I have a problem with you seeing other girls.
- Well, I have a problem with you having a husband. I guess, we'll both have to learn to _______ .
9. Don't even try to make it _______  to me by talking dirty.
10. So, your son decided to entertain some of his friends yesterday by _______  a freshman's head into a locker.
11. - Because of our no tolerance policy, your son may face _______ .
- You're gonna ruin his whole future over a little _______ ?
12. Mrs. Stark, what Andrew did was clearly wrong. But, in his defence, his mother and I are going through _______  marital problems.
13. Bree, I've gone to an _______ . You're gonna be _______  with divorce papers later today.
14. Perhaps _______  is the way to go.

4. Write a short summary of the scene
[00:10:29 - 00:20:20]
Use the given words and phrases:
get dressed up
fur
FYI
make up to
disclose
get the willies
get over the hump
run low
hit the wall
waste of time
inheritance
embroidery
foot the bill

5. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise
[00:20:21 - 00:30:05]
1. - It's her dream. And don't you want her to be happy?
- No. And in the future I would appreciate you keeping your _______________  ideas to yourself.
2. - You're so jealous of Danielle you tried to _________  her off to New York?
- I'm not jealous. I just don't like to __________ .
3. I don't want us to end on a bad note. Carlos has this ______________  thing tonight, I could slip out..
4. What we had was so special. I think it deserves a ___________  goodbye.
5. - Thank you for suggesting it. Your boys are the only ones I know who could _____________  Timmy.
- Yep, he's a ___________  one.
6. - The pills have been a ____________ .
- I bet.
7. As Lynette swallowed the ___________  medication of an eight-year-old child, she __________  she'd never again _________  to such depths. Any time soon.
8. - Before my wife _________  herself, we lived a life that I was proud of. We loved each other. We had ___________ . We went to church. We gave to ____________ . We were good people, Mr. Shaw.
- Oh, I believe you.
- That's why it's so _____________________to me that Edie Britt would try to destroy us. 
- Well, you've suffered a great _________ . For your pain to _________ , that's gonna take some time.
9. - Oh, I'm _____________  you out. I've separated all your things into two sides. This side is yours, Danielle, and the other one is Andrew's.
- OK, ________________ it.
10. An open house in the suburbs? This is __________________ .
11. - I just wanted to say goodbye to Mary Alice's house before somebody else moved in.
- Aw. That sounds almost ______________.
- I ____________________ ?
12. Oh, come on, you're not gonna _________ a girl like that by _________________  early.
13. Suit yourself. But ___________________ ... I was ________________  you to land him.
14. Yeah, she said, "The ________  is up," and then she went to ride the bull. And she said you two came together.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES_S1/Ep7_Anything You Can Do

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES_S1/Ep7_Anything You Can Do

1. Here is the link to the Quizlet module with words and phrases you will need for doing this part of the tasks.

QUIZLET_SHORT

2. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

3. Choose the correct option

3. Choose the correct option

4. Write 7 disadvantages of talking someone into something. In each disadvantage, use at least one of the words or phrases from the list:

1. Here is the link to the FULL Quizlet module in case if you struggle with any vocabulary.

QUIZLET_FULL

WORDLIST

2. Here is the link to the movie. You may download it to your computer.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, SEASON 1, EPISODE 7

3. Complete each gap with one word.

[00:00:44 - 00:10:28]

4. Write a short summary of the scene[00:10:29 - 00:20:20]Use the given words and phrases:get dressed upfurFYImake up todiscloseget the williesget over the humprun lowhit the wallwaste of timeinheritanceembroideryfoot the bill

4. Write a short summary of the scene

[00:10:29 - 00:20:20]

5. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

[00:20:21 - 00:30:05]

6. Complete the gaps with the missing parts of the lines

[00:30:06 - 00:41:12]

1. Here is the link to the Quizlet module with words and phrases you will need for doing this part of the tasks.

QUIZLET_SHORT

2. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

3. Choose the correct option

3. Choose the correct option

4. Write 7 disadvantages of talking someone into something. In each disadvantage, use at least one of the words or phrases from the list:

1. Here is the link to the FULL Quizlet module in case if you struggle with any vocabulary.

QUIZLET_FULL

WORDLIST

2. Here is the link to the movie. You may download it to your computer.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, SEASON 1, EPISODE 7

3. Complete each gap with one word.

[00:00:44 - 00:10:28]

4. Write a short summary of the scene[00:10:29 - 00:20:20]Use the given words and phrases:get dressed upfurFYImake up todiscloseget the williesget over the humprun lowhit the wallwaste of timeinheritanceembroideryfoot the bill

4. Write a short summary of the scene

[00:10:29 - 00:20:20]

5. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

[00:20:21 - 00:30:05]

6. Complete the gaps with the missing parts of the lines

[00:30:06 - 00:41:12]

4. Write a short summary of the scene
[00:10:29 - 00:20:20]
Use the given words and phrases:
get dressed up
fur
FYI
make up to
disclose
get the willies
get over the hump
run low
hit the wall
waste of time
inheritance
embroidery
foot the bill

4. Write a short summary of the scene
[00:10:29 - 00:20:20]
Use the given words and phrases:
get dressed up
fur
FYI
make up to
disclose
get the willies
get over the hump
run low
hit the wall
waste of time
inheritance
embroidery
foot the bill