Friends: The One with the Lottery!

Boost ELA skills with a fun Friends TV show comprehension worksheet!

Meet the characters Joey wants to borrow Monica’s car. true false Monica’s car is not a place to eat pizza true false Joey needs the car to go to New Jersey true false Monica and Phoebe want Joey to buy some tickets for them true false Ross thinks they have big chances of winning true false Adolescents 4 Watch the video and do the activities Friends At Monica and Chandler’s apartment. Fill in the gaps Monica: God! Look at all these tickets! It’s so exciting! You know, I haven’t won anything since the sixth grade .Chandler: Pie eating contest?Monica: Oh! You assume because I was heavy that’s the only way I could win something?Chandler: No, I saw a picture of you covered in blueberries.Monica: That was a good day!ROSS ENTERS THE ROOM…Ross: They’re towing your car! They’re towing your car!Monica: I’ve parked in a garage lot on Morton!Ross: They are towing a car; and I am seeing spots!!! PHOEBE ENTERS THE ROOM Match the statements Phoebe saw her psychic and she said she was going to win the lottery tonight. Monica thought they could use some extra luck so she bought a wishbone home from work. “A psychic and a wishbone… give someone else a chance” Just because vegetarians don’t eat the meat… it doesn’t mean they don’t like to play with the carcasses! Joe can’t tell what he is wishing for… or else it won’t come true. 1. What are the chances of winning the lottery, according to Ross? Answer the questions 2. What is Ross going to do with the money if they win? 3. What does Joey want to do with the money if they win? Phone rings…Complete the script with the words below Chandler: Hello? Hello? Oh, hey Charlie! Did anybody else hear?... What Susan got it? How? Oh man, I would have 1.slept with him! Alright, bye!Joey: Dude, I’m 2. sorry. But hey, there’s one spot left, 3.right?Chandler: Well, no! Charlie’s gonna get that!Monica: Hey, don’t say that! You got just as good a 4.chance as anybody else of getting that job! Chandler: He’s the 5.boss’s son! Finish the phrases Monica : “Please, if I win the lottery, you guys are not gonna leave me .Rachel: “All right, believe me. If you win the lottery, it's the last you're gonna hear from us!Monica: “Fine! Don’t be my friends! I’ll buy new friends! Yeah and then I’ll pay for their plastic surgery so they'd look just like you! Phoebe takes the bowl and runs to the balcony. Complete the answering machine message with one to three words per gap "Hello. Th-this is the pigeon from the balcony calling to apologise" "I sh.. I shouldn't have knocked the tickets out of the pretty lady's hand. It-it was all my fault. Not hers. Bye. Coo." Phone rings… Decide if the following statements are true or false It is Charlie. true false Steve thinks Chandler is mature true false Chandler was the strongest person in the programme true false Chandler is offered the position of junior copywriter true false Joey had wished Chandler got the job true false Phoebe won $30! true false At central perk. Complete with the missing words Maybe nobody won the jackpot, but there was this guy in here earlier, and he found the ticket on the street, right outside, and won $10,000