Drama? I Like It.
A woman, a very large dog, and a friend who died. Seven kinds of movies, and the seven small words that go after the verb: me, you, him, her, it, us, them.
Warm-up
Short answers. Tap a card when you have answered it.
You already know half of today's words. I becomes me, he becomes him, they becomes them — and the only question is which side of the verb you are on.
Useful language
Kinds of movies
Click a kind of movie, then click its meaning. Correct pairs turn green. The audio button says the word.
Complete the sentences
Click a word in the bank, then click a gap. Click a filled gap to clear it.
It's a serious movie about a family's life, and it isn't funny. It's a
_____.
After a hard week I want a
_____, something to laugh at.
Ghosts, zombies and a lot of blood: this kind of movie is called
_____.
My kids like drawings, not real people, so they only want to see an
_____ with talking animals.
The
_____ is two minutes long and it tells you almost the whole story.
The
_____ in this movie is great: she plays a young doctor.
That movie is very
_____: I closed my eyes and screamed two times.
I watch movies in English with
_____ in English too.
The dog nobody wants
Watch the trailer first. Then read the conversation between Iris and a friend.
The Friend is a drama. Naomi Watts plays Iris, a writer. Her friend Walter dies, and he leaves her something very big: his dog.
In the trailer somebody asks Iris to take the dog. She says no. But Walter wanted it that way, and he called her his best friend.
There are problems. Her building does not accept dogs. Her book is late. The dog takes her bed and gets in the way of her work.
Now read the conversation. Iris says: "I need to talk to you. It's about the dog." Her friend asks: "Walter's dog?" Iris says: "Yes. He says the dog is for me."
The friend says: "Keep the dog. Keep it!" Iris answers: "I don't know. I like it, but it makes my life difficult. It takes my bed. It follows me."
"And I never write with it in the room." The friend says: "But it loves you. You help it. It misses Walter, it misses him! It needs you."
And Iris answers with the best line of the movie: "Maybe I need it too." In the trailer she says the same idea in another way — maybe she is the emotional support, not the dog.
Multiple choice
Questions with a stamp are about the trailer. The others are about the conversation.
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What is the best synopsis of the movie?
She is sad, the dog is difficult, and by the end they need each other.
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What does the first question in the trailer ask? 00:02
And the same question comes back at the very end of the trailer.
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What does the person ask Iris to do? 00:20
And her first answer is no.
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Why does the dog need a new home? 00:28
It is what Walter wanted after he died.
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What did Walter call Iris? 00:31
Which is why the dog goes to her and not to anybody else.
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What is the problem with her building? 00:49
The dog can't stay — and she says she is working on it.
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What is Iris's job? 01:04
Somebody asks her how the book is going.
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Why is the dog difficult, in the trailer? 01:11
Exactly the same two complaints she makes in the conversation.
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What does somebody say about the dog? 01:16
The dog is sad too. That is the sentence that changes the movie.
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What does Iris say at the end of the trailer? 01:56
She turns it around: she is the one helping, and the dog is the one who cannot cope.
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In the conversation, what does Iris say she can never do?
"I never write with it in the room."
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What is Iris's last line in the conversation?
Five words, and the whole story turns on them.
Me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Every pronoun has two shapes. One does the action and stands before the verb. The other receives the action and stands after it. Same person, two words.
- The seven pairs: I → me · you → you · he → him · she → her · it → it · we → us · they → them
- Before the verb, subject: I follow the dog. After the verb, object: The dog follows me.
- After a preposition, always object: Iris talks to him. · The dog is with her. · Watch it with me.
- Two of them never change: you and it are the same on both sides.
- Things and animals take it: I like this movie. Do you like it too? For a group of things, them.
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Naomi Watts is a great actress. I love ___ .
She receives the action of love, so the object shape.
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Iris misses Walter. She thinks about ___ a lot.
After the preposition about it is always the object shape.
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I like dramas. I always watch ___ at night.
More than one thing, and it comes after the verb.
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This exercise is difficult. Please, help ___ .
After the verb, I becomes me. This one is never wrong twice — you hear it in every song.
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We visit our friends, but they never visit ___ .
We → us. Notice that the same sentence has both shapes.
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The dog follows Iris. It follows ___ all the time.
Iris receives the action this time, so her.
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Which sentence is WRONG?
After with, never I. That is the most common mistake in this whole class.
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Which two words are the same on both sides?
Two fewer words to learn. The other five all change.
Which side of the verb?
- Before the verb → subject: She feels happy. · They visit Iris.
- After the verb → object: Iris visits them. · I see you.
- After a preposition → object: with me · to him · about her · for us
- An imperative has no subject, so the pronoun in it is always an object: Watch it! · Talk to him.
- Do not confuse with the possessives from Class 8: her can be both — I love her (object) and her name (possessive).
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My name is Sarah. ___ am a big fan of drama movies.
It comes before the verb am, so it is the subject.
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I like Robert De Niro. ___ is a great actor.
Before the verb is, so the subject shape.
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… Do you like ___ ?
Same man, different side of the verb — so a different word.
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My friend and I like movies. ___ watch them every weekend.
The group does the watching, so it is the subject.
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This is my favorite part! Watch ___ !
An imperative, so the pronoun after the verb is an object. Its is the possessive.
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Where is Tom? ___ isn't here.
Before isn't, so the subject.
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Which sentence uses her as a possessive?
Only the third one answers whose? The other two answer whom?
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The new teachers are here. Do you know ___ ?
They receive the action of know.
Write the object pronoun
One word in each gap: me, you, him, her, it, us, them.
Read the first sentence to find who or what it is. Then write the shape that goes after a verb. Thirteen of them — by number eight it will be automatic.
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aNaomi Watts is a great actress. I love ___ .
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bIris is sad. She misses Walter. She thinks about ___ a lot.
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cI like dramas. I always watch ___ at night.
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dI really like this movie. Do you like ___ too?
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eThis exercise is difficult. Please, help ___ .
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fYou always help Diana, but she never helps ___ .
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gThis dog is so cute. I love ___ !
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hThe dog follows Iris. It follows ___ all the time.
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iWe visit our friends, but they never visit ___ .
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jMatt is not okay. Talk to ___ .
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kI like action movies, but I don't watch ___ very often.
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lI have a new movie app, but I don't like ___ .
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mI know the actor, but I don't like ___ .
Subject or object?
Some lines need two words — write them with a space between, in order.
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aMy name is Sarah. ___ am a big fan of drama movies.
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bI like Robert De Niro. ___ is a great actor. Do you like ___ ? (two words)
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cMy friend and I like movies. ___ watch ___ every weekend. (two words)
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dThat horror movie is scary. ___ don't want to see ___ again. (two words)
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eIris is sad. ___ feels happy with the dog.
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fThe new teachers are here. Do you know ___ ?
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gI love watching movies with you. Do ___ want to watch one with ___ tonight? (two words)
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hThis is my favorite part! Watch ___ !
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iWhere is Tom? ___ isn't here. I need to talk to ___ . (two words)
What do you think of…?
Answer with a pronoun and an adjective: I love her. She's great. · I don't like them. They're boring.
Useful language
My favorites and my opinions
60–100 words. Write about four celebrities, two kinds of movies and two hobbies. For each one say what you think, and use an object pronoun every time: him, her, it or them. Add one sentence with me or us.
My results
Check your score, then copy it and send it to your teacher on WhatsApp.
One job for this week. Listen to any song in English and count the me, you, him, her. Songs are full of them, because a song is almost always about somebody receiving something.