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Worksheets on

JOHNNY ENGLISH

REBORN

I – Pre-Viewing Activities

A) Before even viewing the movie, fill in this grid about JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN:

Directed by …

Starring …

Genre

Distributed by …

Release date in Portugal

Running time

Language

B) Do some research work on the character Johnny English and write it down.

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II – After Viewing Activities

A) Let’s IDENTIFY these characters from the film:

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B) What can you say about each of them??? MATCH the photos / names with the description:

a) Beautiful, psychologist, elegant, straight blond hair (picture _____) b) Proud, clumsy, imaginative, short grey hair (picture _____) c) Dedicated, a.k.a. Pegasus, head of MI-7, shoulder-length brown hair (picture _____)

C) PLOT SUMMARY – fill in the gaps using the words given:

Johnny English Reborn is a British action _______________ (1) film parodying the James

Bond secret _______________ (2) genre. The film is the _______________ (3) to Johnny

English (2003) and is starring Rowan Atkinson as the main character.

English attempts to stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world

leader and cause global chaos. After a _______________ (4) mission in Mozambique, he has

been honing his unique skills in a remote region of _______________ (5). But when his

agency superiors learn of an attempt against the _______________ (6) premier’s life, they

must hunt down the highly _______________ (7) agent and now that the world needs him

once again, Johnny English is back in action. To prove he had been framed and to get

redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech _______________ (8) to unravel a web of

conspiracy that runs throughout KGB, CIA and even MI-7.

Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_English_Reborn

gadgets Asia comedy agent

Sequel Chinese disastrous

Rowan Atkinson as

_______________

Rosamund Pike as

_______________

Gillian Anderson as

_______________

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D) Complete these sentences with the CORRECT NAMES.

1. ____________________ is learning martial arts in Tibet as penance for an earlier

failed mission.

2. In Hong Kong ____________________ confronts ____________________, an ex-CIA

agent who ultimately reveals that he is a member of “Vortex”.

3. ____________________ engages in an "off-hours" session with English, prompting him

to recall the previous events of his failed mission in Mozambique.

4. ____________________ (an MI7 agent) and ____________________ have dinner together,

informing him that he knows a mole is present in MI7.

5. ____________________ finds ____________________, head of MI7, and convinces her

that _______________ is the traitor, just before she attempts to drink the beverage

in which a drug is put.

6. ____________________ tries to shoot ____________________ but he pulls out his

supposedly bullet-proof umbrella which actually shoots a rocket at the cable-car,

killing the villain, ____________________.

E) ACRONYMS – Match the following acronyms with its correct meaning:

1 - KGB

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a) British Military Intelligence section 7, now a defunct agency; it has often been used in fiction as the title for an intelligence agency or organisation similar to the actual MI5 or MI6, with the film makers apparently unaware that the organisation actually existed.

2 - CIA

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b) Committee or State Security; It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and its premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time. Its headquarters were in Moscow.

3 - MI-7

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c) The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It was formed in the aftermath of the 2nd World War, has an estimated number of 20,000 employees and its headquarters are in Virginia.

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F) PLACES in London - most of the film takes place in central London. Please

identify the following places:

__________________________

_________________________ ___________________________

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G) London is the capital city of England / Great Britain / United Kingdom. To have a

clearer view about this, fill in the chart that follows:

British Isles

Great Britain Ireland Small Isles

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H) Based on the chart above remember and complete the following data:

Countries Capitals Inhabitants / nationalities

London

Wales

Scottish

Belfast

Republic of Ireland

III – Follow-up

A) Write down a couple of lines expressing your opinion on the film.

I liked “Johnny English Reborn” because _______________________________________________

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I didn’t like the movie because_________________________________________________

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B) Set up a secret agent dossier!

Go to the official website at http://www.johnnyenglishreborn.com/dossier. Once there, click on

“Connect to Facebook” and you’ll generate a personalised dossier with a photo of yours ;)

I’ve already created mine EhEhEh!

Hope you had fun!!!

Your teacher of English, Alexandra Duarte

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CROSSWORDS ( …)

Johnny English Reborn

I H W K K Y B G B N S V K G J I I U D G

E L E M L B L W J T V H A Q T G I L P I

O P P L A L D O R O U O U E K H G B K X

W X V B I D M A E X I J R T O I S A H X

B R B J R C L L F E I Q E T J S U F I C

T C O U E A O D Z V D X C V E C C X R J

C A G T I U F P E Q L X N Q V X K R E R

E I C T I L V I T C M E E M L H M N N U

K U R Q I A C A N E J T G G X D X T E A

H A J J C L R O U X R O I Z L D D O M E

M T U C K E R T W H F P L X T Y X B Y G

Y W M Z G C B N K P Q S L C S V R T M P

P E X P Q I E O E D N E E R P O L L I K

S K D L M H E I Q J R C T E S P U O S J

E S E N I H C S U L H R N E B F X U Z H

W C E S V O V S U Y R E I N A P S A X T

U I L A P J G I R M J T M T L A I N D U

Q U A R T E R M A I N W A L G U J N F W

B W G U P Q F N V S P Q X E L V X J Q S

A U E A W N P H Q Q D E P P H Y R S G J

AMBROSE CAT CHINESE DRUG ENEMY HELICOPTER

INTELLIGENCE KILL MARTIAL ARTS MISSION PEGASUS

QUARTERMAIN SPY TRAITOR TOP SECRET TUCKER VORTEX