Kung Fu Panda 2 & Madagascar 3: Simple Past

Madagascar 3 is much better than the first ones. Well, animated movies are my guilty pleasure, so I usually like them all. However, this one is really worth-watching. Kung Fu Panda 2 is just wonderful. What a cute Panda Po is! I prepared simple past activities with the segments that can be used in the same class.

KUNG FU PANDA 2 :

I. Put the following questions in the correct order:

1.  you/ why / didn’t/ anything / say

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2. here / how / I / did / get

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3. come / where / from / do / from

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 II. Now complete the story about Kung Fu Panda’s adoption. Choose one verb from the box, and write the correct past tense form in the paragraph.

BE –  GO – MAKE – TRY – GIVE – FEED – BRING – WAIT

It _______________ just another day at the restaurant.  I ______________out to the back. There ___________ cabbages, turnips, radishes. There _____________ no radishes, just a very hungry baby panda. There ____________ no note. I _____________ for someone to come looking for you, but no one did. I _______________ you inside, _________________ you, _________________you a bath, and _______________ to put some pants on you. And then I _______________ a decision that changed my life forever.

III. Watch the segment – KUNG FU PANDA 2 – and check your answers.

IV. Write a short paragraph about something that happened to you, using the simple past. Think about something unusual that you did or that happened to you, and write everything that happened then.

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 Key:

Kung Fu Panda 2:

I
1. Why didn’t you say anything?
2. How did I get here?
3. Where do I come from?

II.
It was just another day at the restaurant.  I went out to the back. There were cabbages, turnips, radishes, There were no radishes, just a very hungry baby panda. there was no note. I waited for someone to come looking for you, but no one did. I brought you inside, fed you, gave you a bath, and tried to put some pants on you. And then I made a decision that changed my life forever.

 Madagascar 2: