How often do you go to the theatre

Answer the questions. How often do you go to the theatre or anAnswer these questions.I. How often do you go to the theatre or an opera house?

1. I play baseball everyday

2. I played baseball yesterday

3. I will play baseball on the next week

4. I play baseball now.

5. I played baseball yesterday at 7 p.m.

6. I will play baseball tomorrow at 7 p.m.

7. We played baseball

8. I finish play baseball yesterday at 7 p.m.

9. I finsh play baseball tomorrow at 7 p.m.

10. I play baseball five years, from fourth class

11. I played baseball one hour, when you come

12. In next year, will be three years, how I play baseball

13. I usually play baseball on Sundays

14. He is watching, how I am playing baseball

15. I play baseball 2 hours

16. I played five baseball matches in this month

17. In last year, I often played baseball

18. I played, when he come

19. I played very long time, when my friends come

20. I played baseball before my parents arrive

21. I will play baseball tomorrow

22. I will play five baseball matches to the end of the month

23. When she will plant roses, I play baseball

24. When they receives a telegram, I will sunbathe on a beach two hours

The show must go on: discussing theatres in English lesson

Task 1: Warm-up

Ask students to look at the pictures and name them.

different types of art: painting, composing music, sculpture, photography, theatre, cinema, writing, jewelry making, printmaking.

Then discuss the questions:

What is your favorite type of art? Why?

Which of these activities is interesting for you? Would you like to do any of them? Which? Why?

Task 2: Lead-in

Ask students to look at the picture and say what it is. Elicit that it is a theatre performance. Then students try to describe the picture. They can say what century they think it represents, what is happening in this scene, etc.

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Key: The Nutcracker

Task 3: Matching

Key: 1 – h; 2 – d; 3 – c; 4 – a; 5 – b; 6 – f; 7 – g; 8 — e

Task 4: Theatres

If you want to check students’ knowledge about theatres, discuss these questions:

The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia

The Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

The Globe Theatre, London, England

La Scala de Milan, Milan, Italy

Then ask how many types of theatre they know. Open the article about the types of theatre stages and auditoria and ask to read and tell which one they like and why.

To practice the vocabulary from the task above, ask students to take a virtual tour and show you different parts of the theatre. You can say “Show me the stage”.

Task 5: Role-play

Before the lesson choose a few dialogues from famous plays. Before the role-play ask the following questions:

Then give out dialogues from old but famous plays. Ask to change the words and upgrade them in a funny way .

Man: What is the matter, my lord?

Hamlet: To marry, or not to marry: that is the question.

Man: I suggest that you: “Run, Forrest, run!”.

Hamlet: You’re right. I’m too fat. It’s time for sport.

Task 6: The future of the theatre

Discuss the following questions:

Then students read the statements and express whether they agree or disagree with them.

Theatre is too boring! Why do we need it if there are other options like cinemas and a Netflix subscription?

The future of theatre is in the digital world.

Watch the video till 0:57 and ask students if they have ever seen such performances as in the video. Ask the following question:

What will happen to the theatre in 50 years? Why?

Task 7: Theatre at the cinema

Ask to look at the picture and answer what kind of theatre it is. Elicit that it is “a theatre at the cinema” and have students think what it may mean. Ask if they have ever watched a theatre performance online.

Play the trailer of “Hamlet” with Benedict Cumberbatch. Ask the following questions:

The role of theatre is expansive and as with any other visual media of entertainment, it is an excellent and much more direct form of questioning what is felt wrong with society. It shapes the perspective of many people just as with any other medium and is a very good means of entertainment as well.