Past Progressive Tense

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

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• humor
• appreciate
• guilty
• nostalgic

• flashy
• puppets
• grow up
• character

• stick with
• script

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There’s nothing flashy about the Muppets. They’re just good, old-fashioned, fuzzy animal puppets. But kids love them. And adults who grew up watching them love them, too.

In the new movie, The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and the rest of the Muppets are back. Along with Jason Segel and Amy Adams, they have to try to save their old theater from being destroyed. Hear Marni and Amy talk about the movie, and about their favorite characters from when they were kids.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Marni

Amy

Marni:  I am so excited about the new Muppets movie. Have you seen it?

Amy:  I have, and it was really great.

Marni:  It’s really great, right? And I love the Muppets from childhood, grew up with the Muppets, have seen every Muppet movie. And when I heard Jason Segel, who I also really am a fan of, wrote the new Muppets script as well as starring in it, I was very, very excited about it.

Amy:  I know. It definitely has enough adult humor, or humor that adults can appreciate, but is still really fun for little kids. I kind of felt guilty about going to see it without a small child or felt a little bit weird about it, but I just went anyway, and I really loved it.

Marni:  Yeah. No guilt needed. It’s definitely for people of all ages, and I was watching it and I just got really nostalgic for when I was younger and I would watch The Muppets or Sesame Street. Just those characters.

Amy:  Definitely. I grew up with…especially Sesame Street. I mean, the Muppets in general, too, but I learned how to read watching Sesame Street. Those characters from your childhood that you just loved when you were a kid really stick with you.

Marni:  Absolutely.

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