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B1 Intermediate English 6:30 Educational

Mad Lib Theater with Benedict Cumberbatch

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · 37,276,294 views · Added 1 month ago

Learning Stats

B1

CEFR Level

5/10

Difficulty

Subtitles (141 segments)

00:05

This is how it works.

00:06

We're going to ask you for some silly words, nouns,

00:09

verbs, adjectives, et cetera.

00:11

We'll do that, and they're going to be written on two cue cards

00:13

as you're saying them, but also write them on this card.

00:15

Then we're going to act out a dramatic Mad Libs scene.

00:17

Ready for this?

00:18

Give me a male name.

00:20

Uh, Rory.

00:24

Not Rory. Just Rory.

00:25

Yeah, not Rory. Okay.

00:26

Blur Rory, yeah.

00:27

Name of your favorite teacher.

00:29

Uh, Mrs. Tate.

00:31

Exclamation.

00:33

No, you can't answer that. No.

00:36

Can I answer that? Sorry.

00:37

Still can't say that.

00:38

On American television, no, you can't say that.

00:41

Sorry, sorry.

00:42

Okay, flippity gibbet.

00:47

F-L.

00:48

Flippity.

00:49

E-B-I-T-T-Y. Flippity.

00:51

Gibbet.

00:52

Gibbet. G-I-B-B-I-T-T.

00:55

All right, gotcha. Flippity gibbet.

00:57

Number.

00:58

Uh, 4,229.

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