Can You Guess the Plot from the Trailer?
ESL Lesson PlansCan You Guess the Plot from the Trailer?

Can You Guess the Plot from the Trailer?

Can you guess the plot from the trailer? This engaging B1 ESL lesson plan for teens builds speaking, listening, and prediction skills through film. Students discuss movie habits, watch trailers, and use will, might, and could to make predictions. Activities include group discussion, grammar practice, and a reading task to check ideas. Perfect for developing fluency, critical thinking, and confidence in communicative English classrooms.

Skills

  • Can watch or listen to a short narrative and predict what will happen next.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Discuss these questions with your group.

1
What kind of movies do you usually enjoy watching, and what makes you choose one film over another?
2
How do you decide whether a movie is worth seeing before you actually watch it?
3
How do you think a trailer can influence your decision to go to the cinema?
4
If you saw a preview that looked exciting but a friend told you the film was disappointing, what would you do?
5
How do people find new movies today? (e.g. social media, friends)
2

Watch the movie trailer.

3

Complete the sentences with could(n't), might(n't), will or won't based on your predictions about the film. Compare your predictions with classmates. Are they the same or different?

4

Watch another trailer. Write 8 predictions using will, might, or could.

5

Read the text. Is it a happy or sad story? Then, mark the statements as true or false.

6

Work in groups.