Inter American University

San German Campus

Grammar Activities using

My Fair Lady: A musical based on

George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

Cristina O’Farrill

Olga Sanchez

Dramatic Literature

Dr. Carol Moe

Activity #1: Contractions
Instructions: In the following passage, find and underline the contractions. In the lines
below the passage, write the two words that formed each contraction. The first contraction
was found for you.
Exercise 1
Liza: You’re a great bully, you are. I won’t stay here if I don’t like. I won’t let nobody wallop
me. I never asked to go to Bucknam Palace, I didn’t. I was never in trouble with the police, not
me. I’m a nice girl.
1. ___You are______________________________
2. _______________________________________
3. _______________________________________
4. _______________________________________
5. _______________________________________
6. _______________________________________

Instructions: In the following passage, find and underline the two words that make up the
contractions. In the lines below the passage, put the words together to make the
contractions. The first two words that make a contraction was found for you.
Exercise 2
Liza: Well, what I say is right. I will not go near the king, not if I am going to have my head cut
off. If I knew what I was letting myself in for, I would not have come here. I always been a good
girl; and I never offered to say a word to him; and I do not owe him anything; and I do not care;
and I will not be put upon; and I have my feelings the same as anyone else-

1. ___won’t______________________________
2. _______________________________________
3. _______________________________________
4. _______________________________________
5. _______________________________________
6. _______________________________________

Instructions: Find two affirmative contractions and two negative contractions from the
passages above (exercise 1 and 2). Write them where they belong.
Exercise 3
Negative Contractions Affirmative Contractions
1. 1.
2. 2.
Activity #2: Prepositions
Instructions: Write the correct preposition for each of the following passages. Choose the
words from the box. Some prepositions are repeated. The first one is written for you.
Exercise 1

in as to up down around of

Higgins: Listen Eliza, I think you said you came __in_ a taxi.

Liza: Well, what if I did? I’ve _____ good a right _______ take a taxi ______ anyone
else.

Higgins: You have, Eliza; and ________ future you shall have ________ many taxis
________ you want. You shall go ________ and _________ and __________the town
_________ a taxi every day. Think __________ that, Eliza.

Instructions: Write the prepositions from exercise 1 in the correct place. The preposition in
was already written for you.
Exercise 2
Direction Position Other
in
Activity #3: Verb Tense

Instructions: Circle the verb or verbs in each passage that tells whether the passage is
written in present, past or future tense. Explain your answer. The first verb in exercise 1
was found for you.
Exercise 1
1. LIZA: I wouldn’t have ate it, only I’m too ladylike to take it out of my mouth.
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2. MRS. PEARCE: Don’t answer back, girl. You don’t understand the gentleman. Come
with me.
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3. HIGGINS: …If you’re naughty and idle you will sleep in the back kitchen among the
black beetles, and be walloped by Mrs. Pearce with a broomstick…
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Instructions: Complete each sentence below with the correct tense form of the word in
parenthesis. The first one is done for you.
Exercise 2

1. LIZA. I never _______asked____ to go to Bucknam Palace, I didn’t. (ask)

2. LIZA. Listen, Eliza. I think you ____________________ in a taxi. (come)

3. MRS. PEARCE. Higgins: you’re ___________________ the girl. It’s not right. She
should think of the future. (tempt)

4. LIZA. How do I know what might be in them? I’ve _______________ of girls being
drugged by the like of you. (hear)
Description: This paper includes three worksheets using passages from Bernard Shaw’s play My

Fair Lady. Through these exercises, students will be able to refine the following grammatical

skills: contractions, prepositions and verb tense. The worksheets provided, can be used in

conjunction with the online videos.

The present paper is aiming to achieve the following objectives:

 Identify contractions in print

 Demonstrate understanding of making contractions

 Identify prepositions in a text

 Identify the place of the preposition

 Students will understand that verbs change form depending on their relationship to time.

 Students will be motivated to use their own intuition and their mental abilities to analyze

and comprehend the given lessons and doing the exercises

 Students will exposed to using an effective learning strategy through utilizing an

advanced computing technologies in learning

 Students will be able to recognize the past, present, and future tenses of regular and

irregular verbs

Audience: The audience will be 8th -10th grade ESL students

Verb Tenses
Becoming a Power Grammar

https://barakata.wordpress.com/objectives-2/

objectives for each worksheet are the following:

Contraction Worksheet

Objective:

These worksheets can be used in conjunction with the videos and quizzes

Answer
In
As
to
as
in
as
as
up
down
around
in
of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFiNljxsN5o