Quazoozle: watch and complete

Watch the sketch (until 0:51), and drag the missing words into the script.Regarde le sketch (jusqu'à 0:51), et fais glisser les mots manquants dans le script.

— I went on that date last night.
— Oh, yeah? How'd you get ?
— Yeah, it was all . To be , she was a bit good-looking.
— Was she?
— Yeah, you know when you're with somebody, you think: this person's way out of my . Nice person, just a bit quazoozle.
— Bit ?
— Quazoozle.
— Quazoozle?
— Yeah, you know, when someone's good-looking they become . Like, if you were out with Liz Hurley, you might : nice person, but you're gonna find a quazoozle.
— Whose is it, by the way?
— Uh, it's .
— Is it, ?
He puts QUAZOOZLE on the board.
— Quazoozle. Triple word .

Next: why is it funny? →

Why is the sketch funny? Drag the words into the explanation.Pourquoi le sketch est-il drôle ? Fais glisser les mots dans l'explication.

The sketch starts like a normal : a man tells his friend about a blind date. Then he uses a strange word, quazoozle, and he it very seriously, with an example: Liz Hurley, a very famous model and actress at the time. His friend him.
Then we discover that they are playing , and quazoozle is the word he wants to play! The whole story was a to make his friend accept a word that doesn't . “By the way” is very funny: he pretends the game is not important… And the word goes on a triple word score, so he gets lots of ! We only understand the joke at the very , at the same time as the friend: that's the .

Next: too, enough, so →

Read the rule, then choose the right form.Lis la règle, puis choisis la bonne forme.

too · enough · so
Listen to the man: she was a bit too good-looking · nice enough person · someone's so good-looking they become intimidating.
too + adjective = trop (more than you want): She was too good-looking (for me). · I'm too tired to play.
adjective + enough = assez (AFTER the adjective!): She was nice enough. · He isn't brave enough to call her.
enough + noun (BEFORE the noun): We haven't got enough letters.
so + adjective (that)… = tellement… que: She was so good-looking (that) she became intimidating.
such a + adjective + noun: It's such a strange word!
Informal: way too = beaucoup trop · way out of my league = bien trop bien pour moi.

She was a bit good-looking for me.
She was a nice person.
She was good-looking that she became intimidating.
This word is long to fit on the board.
He isn't to call her again.
We haven't got to make that word.
Quazoozle! It's strange word!
The game was long that we stopped at midnight.
I'm tired to play another game.
She was good for me.

Next: your turn →

Your turn: make up a word… and play it!À toi : invente un mot… et joue-le !

1. Make up a word! (in pairs) Invent a word that looks good in Scrabble (with a Q, a Z, an X or a K…), and its definition. Start with “You know when…”, like in the sketch: “Zoggle: you know when you're so tired that you can't remember your own name?”

2. Final task (in pairs): act out a new version of the sketch and film it in one shot.

Two friends are playing a board game. One of them tells a story (a party, a holiday, a new teacher…) and uses the invented word naturally, then explains it very seriously. At the end: “Whose go is it, by the way?”… and the word goes on the board!
Use too, enough and so at least once each, and keep the trick secret until the very end.

How you will be marked (/20):

Criteria	Points
The scene works: a natural story, the invented word, the trick at the very end.	/5
Language: too, enough and so used correctly, and a clear definition of the word.	/5
Fluency: you play your character without reading, in one shot.	/5
Pronunciation and acting: we understand you, and we laugh!	/5

Class game (Call my bluff): each pair presents a real but rare English word and an invented one. The class must guess which one is real!

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