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The Full Monty! 

Professor David Crystal 

Now that's a catchphrase from a film – a film title this time. I 

mean, people often don't take film titles and make them 

catchphrases. M-o-n-t-y, a name -capital 'M'. Now it had existed 

before as a phrase – but this was a new film, in 1997, a British film 

about a group of unemployed men, who take their clothes off to 

earn some money.  

Now in fact the origin of the word is back in the 1980s, it's rather 

obscure word actually – nobody quite knows where it comes 

from. It might have come from a firm of clothing manufacturers, 

famous men's tailors called 'Montague Burton', a complete suit of 

clothing in the 1970s, 80s, you'd say, we're "wearing the full 

Monty" – and of course, one's talking about the lack of clothing 

since the film came along.  

So in another words, the modern meaning of the phrase is "everything which you 

need" or "…is appropriate". If you're packing a suitcase you might say "I've got the 

full Monty now";  or you're packing a car, "I've got the full Monty"; and when this 

programme is over, you'll have had "the full Monty" too ….at least about this 

expression, anyway! 

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Lesson 2: The Full Monty 

CONTENTS 

1.  Level, topic, language, aims, materials 

2.  Lesson stages 

3.  Answers 

4.  Tapescripts 

5.             Student worksheets 1, 2, 3 

Level:       Intermediate and above 

Topic:       Films and consumer products 

Language:   A phrase from a film title and words from company product names 

Aims:       Listening skills – A short talk 

                Words from product names 

Materials:   Worksheet 1             –  Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,  

listening section 1 

                Worksheet 2             -   Listening section 2 

                Worksheet 3             –  Extra work: Vocabulary and writing 

                Tapescript                –  Available in teacher’s notes 

                Recording of the talk  –  Available online at bbclearningenglish.com 

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LESSON STAGES 

A 

Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a talk by Professor David Crystal 

and that the talk is about the way the English language changes. This particular talk is 

about a phrase used in a film title 

B 

Hand out Student Worksheet 1. Students do Speaking Exercise 1 in small groups or 

pairs.  

C 

Students do the Vocabulary Exercise 2, without dictionaries at first. 

Practise the pronunciation of the vocabulary, as they will hear it in the talk. 

D 

Students read Listening Exercise 3 and then listen to Section 1 of the talk. 

They answer the questions. 

Students listen again and answer Listening Exercise 4 

E 

Hand out Student Worksheet 2 

Students read Listening Exercise 5  

Students listen to section 2 of the talk and check their answer for Listening Exercise 5  

F 

Students try to answer Listening Exercise 6. They listen again to Listening Section 2 to 

check/complete their answers. 

G 

If you wish to do some extra work with the class, hand out Student Worksheet 3 

For the vocabulary exercise, give the students copies of the tapescript and play the 

complete talk as they read. 

The language work looks at some common products whose names have entered the general 

English language. Perhaps find pictures of these things on the internet, if you don’t use the 

products in your own country.

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TAPESCRIPTS 

Listening Section 1 

Now that’s a catchphrase from a film – the film title this time.  I mean, people often don’t 

take film titles and make them catchphrases.  M-o-n-t-y, a name (capital ‘M’).  Now it had 

existed before as a phrase – but this was a new film,  in 1997, a British film about a group 

of unemployed men, who take their clothes off  to earn some money.  In fact the origin of 

the word is back in  the 1980s, a rather obscure word actually – nobody quite knows where 

it comes from. 

Listening Section 2 

It might have come from a firm of clothing manufacturers, famous men’s tailors called 

‘Montague Burton’, a complete suit of clothing in the 1970s, -80s,  and say, we were 

“wearing the full Monty” – and of course, talking about the lack of clothing since the film 

came along.  So in another words, the modern meaning of the phrase is “everything that 

we need” or “…is appropriate”.  If you’re packing a suitcase you might say “I’ve got the 

full Monty” now;  you’re packing a car, “I’ve got the full Monty”; and when this 

programme is over, you’ll have had “the full Monty” ….at least about this expression, too! 

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ANSWER KEY 

VOCABULARY 

2.  

a.  a catchphrase             an expression connected to a famous person or organisation 

b.  unemployed  without a job 

c.  obscure                     not clear, or unusual, not very common 

d.  a tailor  someone who makes clothes, particularly men’s suits 

e.  the lack of something     not having something, being without something 

f.  modern                     up-to-date, new or contemporary 

LISTENING SECTION 1 

3.  

a.  ii. The full Monty 

b.  1997 

4. 

a.  True 

b.  False – it had existed before as a phrase 

c.  False – a group of men 

d.  True 

e.  False – nobody quite knows where it comes from 

LISTENING SECTION 2 

5. 

a.  a complete suit of clothing 

b.  i.  All that is required 

  iv.   Something that is complete, or done completely 

6. 

a.  True – in the 1970s/80s, the film was in 1997 

b.  False 

c.  True 

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EXTRA WORK 

1. 

a.  to earn something 

b.  appropriate 

c.  to be over 

LANGUAGE 

2. 

a.  satphone 

b.  nanobots 

c.  threequel 

d.  spyware 

e.  Singlish 

3. 

a.  Hoover 

b.  Biro 

c.  google 

d.  Polaroid 

e.  Sellotape 

f.  escalator

WORKSHEET 1 

You are going to listen to a short talk given by Professor David Crystal about language 

change and new developments in English. 

SPEAKING 

1.  Discuss these questions with other students 

a.  What was the last film you saw? 

b.  What was it about? Who were the different characters? What happened to them? 

c.  Have you ever seen many British films?  

d.  Can you remember much about them? 

VOCABULARY 

2.  Match these words and phrases to their definitions 

a.  a catchphrase     without a job 

b.  unemployed  up-to-date, new or contemporary 

c.  obscure  an expression connected to a famous person or organisation 

d.   a tailor   not clear, or unusual, not very common 

e.   the lack of something   someone who makes clothes, particularly men’s suits 

f.    modern  not having something, being without something 

LISTENING SECTION 1 

3.  Now, listen to Professor Crystal talking about a phrase  which is connected to 

a British film. Answer these questions. 

a.  What is the phrase? 

i.  The full Manty 

ii.  The full Monty 

iii.  The full Munty 

b.  When was the film made? 

4.  Listen again and decide if the following statements are true or false, according 

to Professor Crystal. 

a.  It is unusual for a film’s name to become a phrase in the language 

b.  The phrase was not in the language before the film was made 

c.  The film is about a group of women who don’t have jobs 

d.  In the film, the characters takes their clothes off for money 

e.  The origin of the phrase is well known 

WORKSHEET 2 

LISTENING SECTION 2 

5.  Professor Crystal now explains where the word might have come from. Listen 

and answer these questions. 

a.  What did the tailors ‘Montague Burton’ use to produce? 

b.  Which words or phrases below describe the meaning of the full Monty (choose 

two)? 

i.  all that is required 

ii.  nothing that is needed 

iii.  something that is not yet finished or is incomplete  

iv.  something that is complete, or done completely 

6.  Listen again to section 2. Are the following sentences true or false? 

a.  The tailor’s produced the clothing about twenty years before the film came out 

b.  In the film, the men wear the ‘Montague Burton’ suits 

c.  Professor Crystal thinks he has told you everything you need to know about ‘the full 

Monty’ 

Listen again to check your answers. 

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WORKSHEET 3 - EXTRA WORK 

VOCABULARY 

1  Look at the tape script and find words or phrases that mean the following. 

a.  to get money by working 

b.  to be suitable 

c.  to be finished 

LANGUAGE 

2.  The full Monty is a phrase that has come from a company product. In English there 

are many words that were originally a specific product name but which have become 

general words, usually representing the same type of product. 

For example, SONY produced a personal cassette player called The Walkman. Soon, 

this name was used to describe any personal cassette player, not only those produced 

by SONY. 

Can you match the product names below with the more general meaning in the 

sentences? 

Hoover       google       Polaroid       Biro         Sellotape     escalator 

a.  The British use a ____ to clean their carpets. It is a vacuum cleaner. 

b.  A _____  is a pen, usually a cheap one. 

c.  If you check someone’s details on the internet, you _____ them. 

d.  A _____ is a photo that develops instantly on special film. 

e.  You use _____ to repair torn paper or to seal an envelope or box 

f.  An _____ is a moving staircase, often found at subway stations