Worksheet 3: While You Watch

2.1: The Hounslow Harriers

Exercise A: Put These events in the correct order.

1- Pinky has her engagement party.
2- Jules sees Jess playing football in the park, and asks her to join the Hounslow Harriers.
3- Jess' mother sees her wearing shorts and playing Football with Tony's friends, and tells her she's not allowed to play football.
4- Jess lies to her parents that she has a prart-time job, so she can go out and play football.
5- Jess and Jules go shopping for football shoes.
6- Pinky's boyfriend' relatives see Jess and Jules laughing and hugging, and think she is kissing a man.

Exercise B: who said what? Match the statement with the person who said it.

1. I was married at your age. Jess' mother
2. If she's more interested in playing football than chasing boys, well quite frankly I'm over the moon about that. Jules' father
3. your mother's right. It's not nice. You must start behaving like a proper woman. Jess father.
4. No boy's going to want to go out with a girl who's got bigger muscles than him. Jules' mother.

Exercise C: Think about the expectations that Jess' and Jules' families have of them. Make lists of the things that their families and society espect girls to do. Make one list for both girls, and another list for Jess.

Both Jess and Jules

-Femenins girls.
-Have a boyfriends.
-Don't have bigger muscles.
-Expected to get married.
-Are not expected to play sports.
-Enjoy shopping: to look nice, to find a boy friend.

Jess

-Is also expected to get married to an Indian man.
-Have to cook well Indian food.

2.2: Will Pinky Get Married? 

 Exercise A: This Section starts with Pinky's wedding being cancelled  because her future in-laws think that Jess was kissing a white man at the bus-stop. Her parents then forbid her from playing  football. Put the following events in order.


1- The Hounslow Harriers go to Germany. 
2- Joe goes tot he Bhamra's house to try to persuade them allow Jess to play football.
3- Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this becomes jealous.
4- The Bhamras find out Jess went to Germany, and try to make her quit the team.
5- Tony tells Jess that he is gay.
6- Jess gets into a fight with another football player.
7- Jess' father sees Joe and Jess hugging.
8- The wedding is back again.

Exercise B: Rewrite these paragraphs so they are true. There are three mistakes in each paragraph.

1.-Pinky blames her parents because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents that Jess has stopped playing football . They are very angry and tell her she can't continue to play.

-Pinky blames Jess because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents that Jess hasn't stopped playing football. They are very angry and tell her she can't continue to play.

2.-Jules doesn't like Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess fight. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Jules visits Jess' house and they have an argument. 

-Jules likes Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess nearly kissed. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Jess' visits Jules house and they have an argument. 

3.-Pinky is very happy that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk to his friends. Teetu's parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess' university exams.

-Pinky is upset that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk his parents. Teetu's parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess' final match.



Exercise C: Joe tries to encourage Jess not to give up. When Jess says that her are you living? What does he mean?

That she is doing what society and her parents wants to her do.

2.3: The Final Match 

Exercise A: Answer the questions.

1-Why does Jess mother pray to the picture of Babaji? Because is her God
2- How does Jess feel at the start of her sister's wedding? Very sad
3-Why does Joe go to Jess house during the wedding? Because she went Jess to the final match
4-Why does Mr Bhamra allow Jesss to go the football match? Because he hates see Jess sad
5-What does the American offer Jules and Jess ? To go to play in America 
6- What job does Joe take in the end?  He continuous train to female team 

Exercise B:What happens to these people at the end of the movie?

1.Jess and Jules
-They went to America to play football.

2.Jules' mother
-She accepts her daughter to play football

3.Jess and Joe
-They start a relationship

4.Pinky an her mother-in-law
-They get well

5.Joe and Mr Bhambra
-Become friends while Jess in EUA.

Exercise C: At the end of the wedding celebration, Jess is sitting in the car with her sister when her sister says "Don't you want all of this?" (a wedding, a husband, etc.). What does Jess mean when she says "I want more than this?"

-The thing that she really wants is to become a football player.