Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave

1) Match the vocabulary, 1-8, to the definitions, a-g, below. 1. a sheep rustler (noun phrase) 2. to shave (verb) 3. to knit (verb) 4. wool (noun) 5. porridge (noun) 6. a debt (noun) 8. a lad (noun) a. A type of material we make from a sheeps hair. b. a boy or a young man c. to remove the hair from someone using a razor. d. to join pieces of wool together to make clothes e. a person who steals sheep f. soft food made from boiling oatmeal and milk. e.g Quaker g. money you have to pay back to a person or a bank

2) Match the phrases, 1-4, to their meanings, a-d: 1. to be fishy 2. to be peckish 3. to be spanking 4. to be sheepish 5. to let somebody down a. to be very good quality b. to be a dissapointment c. be suspicious d. be hungry e. to feel embarrassed

3) Watch the first 4 minutes of the animation. Write down 6 countable and Uncountable nouns that you can see in the correct part of the table below. Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

4) Answer the following questions: 1. What colour is Wallaces phone? 2. What is Wallace and Gromits profession? 3. How do Wallace and Gromit arrive at the wool shop? 4. Who is Preston? 5. What did Wendolines father do? 6. What do Wallace and Gromit make from the sheeps wool? 7. Who is Shaun?

5) Now watch the next scene of the animation. The questions 1-7 relate to the events in the scene. They are in the correct order. Complete these sentences using the past simple active or passive forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. Gromit _____________________ (hit) by the soap gun. 2. Wallace ____________________ (enter) the wool shop. 3. Wallace _____________________ (climb) the ladder. 4. Wallaces _____________________ (take) by someone. 5. The sheep _____________________ (save) by Gromit. 6. Preston _______________________ (lock) Gromit in the truck. 7. Gromit _______________________ (arrest) by the police.

6) Watch the last part of the animation and put the following events in the correct order: a. Wallace saves Shaun from Preston = b. Shaun gives Gromit a message = c. Preston is sucked into the machine = d. Gromit shoots porridge at Preston = ______ ______ ______ ______

e. Preston arrives at the secret factory = ______ f. Preston stops the machine = ______

7) Complete the following sentences with the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in brackets.

1. Wallace enjoys _______making______________ (make) inventions. 2. Wallace was hoping ____to start______________ (start) a relationship. 3. Wallace decided _____to wash________________ (wash) Wendolines windows. 4. Gromit finished _____washing_________________ (wash) Wendolines windows 5. Preston seemed _____to be________________ (be) evil. 6. Wallace and Gromit avoided _____being____________ (be) killed.