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10 Words in 10 Minutes – Spy

Got 10 minutes? Watch the trailer of the Spy movie with the incredibly funny Melissa McCarthy and learn great words to speak English easily. Have fun learning English!

TIP: Print this page and do the activity. You can file your notes and revise them from time to time to make sure you’ll remember the expressions.

Task 1: Watch & enjoy the trailer.

 

Task 2: Watch it again and complete these notes.

 

……………………………….what I do ……………………………………………in my earpiece

Can you imagine me ………………………………………………………….? With a gun?

These look ………………………………………………………………………!

…………………………………………………a hand-towel.

I’m just the same ………………………………………….I was before.

Give up on ……………………………………, Susan. She even wrote it on my lunchbox.

………………………………………………………..to find the bomb without being detected

Bring …………………………………………………………as a sidekick!

You’ll be given …………………………………………………………

That’s a confidence ………………………………..

You are not to …………………………………………………with any of the targets.

 

WORDS TO KNOW

confidence builder = something that helps you think that you are smart, good-looking and a great person in general

delicious = food that tastes good to eat, yummy

earpiece = the part of a phone that you keep near your ear

give up on something = to stop thinking that something will be a success

identity = name, character, personality

make contact with someone = to get in touch with someone, to contact someone

sidekick = a partner who helps you

target = an object/place/(here: people) that you want to get to

 

ANSWERS

I couldn’t do what I do without you in my earpiece.

Can you imagine me as a spy?

These look delicious!

You are eating a hand-towel.

I’m just the same boring person I was before.

Give up on your dreams, Susan.

We’ll need somebody to find the bomb without being detected.

Bring one of your cats as a sidekick!

You’ll be given a new identity.

That’s  confidence builder.

You are not to make contact with any of the targets!

 

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