MOVIE: “A Merry Little Ex-Mas”
– B2-C1 (intermediate to advanced) –
Practice Your Listening Comprehension
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Every year hundreds of holiday movies and TV specials come out between November and December in celebration of a new Christmas season. Over the last couple years, Netflix has started to participate in this tradition, creating feel-good films like “Our Little Secret”. This year, a whole slew of new movies have come from the streaming platform, including the hilarious “A Merry Little Ex-Mas”. This clean romantic comedy tells the story of a divorcing couple who, in hopes to keep the family dynamic unchanged, tries to celebrate Christmas together with their kids. Of course, such a wish in such a circumstance is not always easy to maintain, especially when new feelings, new relationships, and new traditions start to arise…
WHAT TO LEARN
While watching “A Merry Little Ex-Mas”, there are many English language elements that you can practice and learn, including:
American English
American and British accents
past simple
future tense
conditional
modal verbs
several uses of the verb, “to get”
adverbs
question structures
interjections
“I” statements
word play
vocabulary related to:
family
divorce
dating
Christmas
traditions
environmentalism
Harry Potter
and much more…!
Are you a fan of Christmas movies? What is your favourite one and why? Practice your English by letting me know in the comments below.
