WARM-UP VIDEO FOR 12 VERBS

Instructions. There are 12 verbs that are extremely important because they cover 45 per cent of all verbs in spoken English. Here they are: say, get, go, know, think, see, make, come, take, want, give and mean. Fill the gaps with these verbs.

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

All the way from Germany, please welcome magician Simon Pierro. I saw something that was on ellentube, I (1) ………….., but I have not seen what you're doing today. I'm going to be surprised. - So you might be surprised about a couple of things that I found out with the iPad. I don't (2) ………….. if it ever happened to you, but if you (3) ………….. through like this, this might happen. [audience exclaims] So if does though, don't worry. This is just more space for your own creativity. - Okay. - So can you (4) ………….. that string? - Yes.- Here? Thanks to the string, I stop it, and send it back all the way to Germany. - Uh-huh.[laughter] - But before I do so, I always (5) ………….. a copy. Otherwise, the data might (6) ………….. lost. I (7) ………….. this app doesn't (8) ………….. any sense, but it's fun, and I (9) ………….. FaceTime is as well. So let me call a friend of mine. I hope he's ready. [slurping] It's excellent. But I can also (10) ………….. something back. He doesn't (11) ………….. about that. Some coconut milk from California. - [speaking indistinctly]- One second, please. And here we (12) ………….. . Milk is coming. [laughter] Okay, as you can (13) ………….. -- it's still a prototype, but it worked. Please (14) ………….. a hand to Christoph.- Wow. [cheers and applause] - Ellen, this iPad is also a very good hiding place, On the third page, I'm hiding, for today, an Ellen pen. So here we (15) ………….., because I'm gonna need that in a second. - Uh... I wanted to create an app just for you, and that's what I did. So what I do now, I (16) ………….. into the audience. I will (17) ………….. back in a second.- Okay. - So let me--what a beautiful audience. [cheers and applause] So... Let's (18) ………….. for-- Hello there. Hi, hi, hi. So what about these two beautiful ladies? Would you join me in a selfie? both: Sure.- So please (19) ………….. a bit closer. We turn the camera around, and we are ready to... And smile. I can show you how your app will work. This is the "Ellen Selfie." I just (20) ………….. one of the last pictures-- one of the few pictures I made. And here it is. - I'll sign it for you. Unbelievable. (21) ………….. to our website to find out more about Simon. If you have an amazing magic act you (22) ………….. me to (23) ………….., please post it on ellentube. We'll be right back. Wow. - Thank you.

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

All the way from Germany, please welcome magician Simon Pierro. I saw something that was on ellentube, I (1) (think) , but I have not seen what you're doing today. I'm going to be surprised. - So you might be surprised about a couple of things that I found out with the iPad. I don't (2) (know) if it ever happened to you, but if you (3) (go) through like this, this might happen. [audience exclaims] So if does though, don't worry. This is just more space for your own creativity. - Okay. - So can you (4) (see) that string? - Yes.- Here? Thanks to the string, I stop it, and send it back all the way to Germany. - Uh-huh.[laughter] - But before I do so, I always (5) (make) a copy. Otherwise, the data might (6) (get) lost. I (7) (know) this app doesn't (8) (make) any sense, but it's fun, and I (9) (think) FaceTime is as well. So let me call a friend of mine. I hope he's ready. [slurping] It's excellent. But I can also (10) (give) something back. He doesn't (11) (know) about that. Some coconut milk from California. - [speaking indistinctly]- One second, please. And here we (12) (go) . Milk is coming. [laughter] Okay, as you can (13) (see) -- it's still a prototype, but it worked. Please (14) (give) a hand to Christoph.- Wow. [cheers and applause] - Ellen, this iPad is also a very good hiding place, On the third page, I'm hiding, for today, an Ellen pen. So here we (15) (go) , because I'm gonna need that in a second. - Uh... I wanted to create an app just for you, and that's what I did. So what I do now, I (16) (go) into the audience. I will (17) (come) back in a second.- Okay. - So let me--what a beautiful audience. [cheers and applause] So... Let's (18) (see) for-- Hello there. Hi, hi, hi. So what about these two beautiful ladies? Would you join me in a selfie? both: Sure.- So please (19) (come) a bit closer. We turn the camera around, and we are ready to... And smile. I can show you how your app will work. This is the "Ellen Selfie." I just (20) (take) one of the last pictures-- one of the few pictures I made. And here it is. - I'll sign it for you. Unbelievable. (21) (Go) to our website to find out more about Simon. If you have an amazing magic act you (22) (want) me to (23) (see) , please post it on ellentube. We'll be right back. Wow. - Thank you.

Sources: 

Channel: TheEllenShow. The Amazing iPad Magician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_xhSQGKxO4

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