WARM-UP VIDEO FOR LIKE

Instructions. Some speakers use 'like' very frequently. Listen to this story told by Saoirse Ronan and type what you hear. Sometimes you'll hear just the word 'like', and sometimes you'll hear expressions with 'like', e.g. 'he was like'

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

No, that's good. Tell us how you won it. Well, I won it when I was a kid and I had never entered into a competition (1) ………….. before and it was the first day of the summer holidays when I was, (2) ………….., nine or ten or something. And Gerry Ryan, who you know, was this very well-known Irish DJ... He's passed away now, but he was really incredible. ..and his show (3) ………….. the top show in the country. And Shrek 2 had just come out, that's how long ago it was, and he was giving away this holiday to Florida. and tell Gerry why you deserved the holiday. And I hadn't started properly acting yet at that stage or anything, but Dad was an actor, so I was around, (4) ………….. , you know, improvisers and (5) ………….., and Mam (6) ………….., "You should go in for it! Why not? "You've never been on, (7) ………….., a proper holiday." (8) ………….., "Oh, God, OK."So we got a little notepad, (9) ………….., tiny little notepad, and we wrote down, (10) ………….. , a tiny little script of what I was going to say. Just this short, little script, and I got on and I think I was one of the first kids on, Thanks, Gerry! APPLAUSE When you win an Oscar, I want you to react (11) …………... Oh, my Goooood! Oh, my Goooood! I also got a blow-up donkey halfway through the week, so that's... (12) ………….., oh, I'm out of it, then, if they've sent me a blow-up donkey. I had this, (13) ………….. , this donkey that went up to about there and I brought him into school and everything. (14) ………….. , "I haven't won the prize but at least I got this." Yes.

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

No, that's good. Tell us how you won it. Well, I won it when I was a kid and I had never entered into a competition (1) (like that) before and it was the first day of the summer holidays when I was, (2) (like) , nine or ten or something. And Gerry Ryan, who you know, was this very well-known Irish DJ... He's passed away now, but he was really incredible. ..and his show (3) (was like) the top show in the country. And Shrek 2 had just come out, that's how long ago it was, and he was giving away this holiday to Florida. and tell Gerry why you deserved the holiday. And I hadn't started properly acting yet at that stage or anything, but Dad was an actor, so I was around, (4) (like) , you know, improvisers and (5) (things like that) , and Mam (6) (was like) , "You should go in for it! Why not? "You've never been on, (7) (like) , a proper holiday." (8) (I was like) , "Oh, God, OK."So we got a little notepad, (9) (like) , tiny little notepad, and we wrote down, (10) (like) , a tiny little script of what I was going to say. Just this short, little script, and I got on and I think I was one of the first kids on, Thanks, Gerry! APPLAUSE When you win an Oscar, I want you to react (11) (like that) . Oh, my Goooood! Oh, my Goooood! I also got a blow-up donkey halfway through the week, so that's... (12) (I was like) , oh, I'm out of it, then, if they've sent me a blow-up donkey. I had this, (13) (like) , this donkey that went up to about there and I brought him into school and everything. (14) (I was like) , "I haven't won the prize but at least I got this." Yes.

Sources: 

Channel: BBC. Saoirse Ronan’s hilarious prank call won her a holiday! ???? – BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8wgBYnIjek

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