Big Momma's House

 

🎬 English Lesson: Big Momma's House

This lesson helps students practice Past Simple irregular verbs while reading a short story based on the movie.

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💬 1. Warm-up (Speaking)

Discuss these questions:

1. Have you ever watched Big Momma's House?

2. Do you enjoy comedy movies?

3. What problems can happen when someone pretends to be another person?

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📚 2. Vocabulary (Past Simple Focus)

Learn these important verbs.

Verb	Past Simple	Past Participle	Meaning
find	found	found	discover something
think	thought	thought	have an idea
tell	told	told	give information
become	became	become	change into something
show	showed	shown	present something
leave	left	left	go away
feel	felt	felt	experience emotions
put	put	put	place something
bring	brought	brought	carry something to a place
begin	began	begun	start something
keep	kept	kept	continue to have something

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📖 3. Reading

The Story

FBI agent Malcolm Turner worked on an important case. One day he found information about a criminal hiding near a family in a small town. Malcolm thought carefully about what to do next.

The criminal’s girlfriend wanted to visit her grandmother, Big Momma. However, the real grandmother suddenly left town. Malcolm decided to dress like her and became Big Momma.

His investigation began when he moved into the grandmother’s house. Soon the family felt comfortable with him and trusted him.

They told “Big Momma” many personal stories. Malcolm even brought food for the family and put it on the kitchen table.

During this time he showed kindness to everyone and tried to keep his secret identity safe. In the end, Malcolm solved the case and caught the criminal.

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🧠 4. Reading Comprehension

Answer the questions:

1. What did Malcolm find?

2. What did he think about his plan?

3. Why did the grandmother leave town?

4. What did Malcolm become?

5. What did the family tell Big Momma?

6. What did Malcolm bring to the family?

7. What did he put on the table?

8. When did the investigation begin?

9. How did the family feel about Big Momma?

10. What secret did Malcolm try to keep?

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✏️ 5. Grammar Practice – Past Simple

Complete the sentences.

1. Malcolm ______ (find) the criminal’s location.

2. He ______ (think) of a clever plan.

3. The grandmother ______ (leave) town.

4. Malcolm ______ (become) Big Momma.

5. The children ______ (tell) him many stories.

6. He ______ (bring) food for the family.

7. He ______ (put) the food on the table.

8. The investigation ______ (begin) that day.

9. The family ______ (feel) safe with Big Momma.

10. Malcolm ______ (keep) his secret.

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🗣️ 6. Speaking Practice

Tell the story again using at least 5 verbs from the list.

Example:

Malcolm found the criminal and thought of a plan. Then he became Big Momma and began the investigation.

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✅ Lesson goals

🎯 practice Past Simple irregular verbs
📖 improve reading comprehension
🗨️ develop storytelling skills