Spring - English Practice With Short Films

Test your understanding

1. Near the start of the movie, the girl looks at the forest with a determined face. Why does she do this?

A. She has some problems with her health. B. She doesn't want to do anything. C. She has an important or difficult task ahead of her. D. She is confused about what to do.

2. How did the girl wake up the first creature?

A. She hit its hoof with her staff. B. She hit a rock with her staff. C. She played some music. D. She threw the staff into the sky.

3. What made the creatures restless?

A. The dog touched one of them. B. They didn't like the tune that the girl played. C. The musical note fell off a cliff. D. The musical note fell out of the staff.

4. In the end, why did the creatures leave the forest?

A. They didn't like the cold weather. B. The girl led them out of the forest with her staff. C. They were following the music. D. They were scared of the dog.

5. At the end of the movie, we see many long chains of notes. What message is this designed to give us?

A. The circle of life continues. B. Life is often difficult. C. Spring is warmer and more comfortable than winter. D. In life, there are more important things than music.

Find the Mistakes

The story below has five mistakes. Can you find them all?

This is the story of a young shepherd and her dog performing a seasonal ritual. They start in a beautiful place on top of a mountain, but soon journey down into a dark and icy beach. The dog leads the girl to a rock, which she hits hard with her staff. This awakens a mysterious creature with long, tree-like legs. The creature taps her staff with parts of its antennae to create a short tune. The girl taps different parts of the antennae to finish the tune. Each part plays a different musical note. The creature gives one of the parts (notes) to her. She puts it in her staff and it lights up and starts glowing orange. She hits the ground with her staff and then creatures all around the forest start to fall down. A falling tree branch knocks the note out of the staff, which makes the forest creatures restless and scares the girl. They all start to frantically chase the note as it bounces down a path. This creates a dangerous situation, as the girl and dog are in danger of being trampled by the creatures' giant wings. The dog barely manages to prevent the note from falling off a cliff. Moments away from being crushed, the girl grabs the note and puts it back into the staff. This upsets the creatures. Using the staff, she manages to lead the creatures out of the forest. This brings spring to the forest. In a sad ending, the girl hangs the note on a chain of other notes. The camera pans to show a huge cliff full of notes, showing that this has all happened many times before.

Vocabulary

Drag and drop the correct word into each gap.

Speaking Activities

Are you interested in some group speaking activities? Contact us to find out more about how you can talk about this film with a class and a teacher!