Films. Correct the mistakes

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FILMS
1. What was the last film you saw?
2. What’s your favourite film?
OBJECTIVE
S:
- to listen, read and talk
about types of films
- to learn how to ask
about
and
state
preferences, describe
films and give reasons
3. Who is your favourite film actor / actress?
4. Do you like watching films:
a)
at home / at the cinema?
b)
on TV / on your computer?
c)
on your own / with someone?
d)
only once / more than once?

3.

B
A
C
D
G
F
E
I
J
K
an action film A
a comedy E
a fantasy film H
a science fiction film (sci-fi)D
H
a (historical) dramaC
a westernB
a horror film J
a thriller G
a musical K
a documentary I
an animated film (cartoon) F

4.

How many of the films in the posters
have you seen?
What did you think of them?
What’s your favourite type of film?

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1899
colourful costumes
kidnappers
Hollywood
Britain

8.

Ex.3 p.80
1 for
2 not
3 these
4 as
5 at
6 there
7 to
8 about
9 bit
10 where
11 ago
12 as

9.

Correct the mistakes:
Bollywood is the nickname for the Indian film industry.
1. Hollywood
1899 the first Indian film was made.
2. In 1799
smaller than Bollywood.
3. Hollywood is larger
or 42 hours.
4. The film usually lasts for 13 or
toounpredictable.
predictable
5. The storylines are very
Britain
6. Bollywood’s biggest audience outside India is in Russia.

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Ex.8 p.81
1. action-packed
2. starring
3. plot
4. set
5. acting
6. cast
7. special effects
8. stunts
9. costumes
10. box-office

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Would prefer/ Would rather
I prefer vegetables to meat.
I prefer getting a takeway to eating out at a restaurant
General preference
I would prefer to go to a restaurant (rather) than eat in.
Specific
preference
I would rather/sooner go to the concert than stay at home.

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Expressing Preference
I prefer vegetables to meat.
I prefer getting a takeway to eating out at a restaurant.
I would prefer to go to a restaurant (rather) than eat in.
I would rather/sooner go to the concert than stay at home.
noun to noun
prefer
Ving to Ving
would prefer
to V (rather) than V
would rather/ sooner
V than V

13.

Choose the correct item
• 1. Would you like to play a video game? - Not really.
I’d rather/prefer watch some film than play a video game.
• 2. How about going to the museum? - I’d sooner/prefer go to
the cinema.
• 3. Do you want to read this newspaper after me? - No thanks.
I rarely read newspapers. I prefer/I would sooner reading
news on the Internet.
• 4. Do you want to start learning Spanish with me? - Not really.
I’d prefer to learn Italian to/rather than learn Spanish.

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I prefer vegetables to meat.
I would prefer to go to a restaurant (rather) than eat in.
I would rather/sooner go to the concert than stay at home.
1. going to the theatre or going to the cinema
2. getting a takeaway or eating out at a restaurant
3. watching action films or watching comedies
4. going to the cinema or watching TV all day today

15.

Match the extracts from film reviews with the types of film.
a historical drama
a romantic film
a science fiction film
Henry Roth meets the beautiful Lucy. Henry
thinks he's finally found the girl of his
dreams, until he discovers she has shortterm memory loss and forgets him the very
next day.
a romantic film
an action film/a detective film
an animated film
Nemo Nobody has an ordinary life with his wife, Elise, and their 3
children, until the day when wakes up as an old man in the year 2092.
At 120, Mr. Nobody is both the oldest man in the world and the last
mortal of a new mankind where nobody dies anymore.
The only questions that preoccupy him in the present is whether he
lived the right life for himself, loved the woman whom he was
supposed to love, and had the children whom he was meant to have...
a science fiction film

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Match the extracts from film reviews with the types of film.
a historical drama
a romantic film
a science fiction film
After the death of his father King George V, George (“Bertie”)
who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all
his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. An
eccentric speech therapist named Lionel Logue helps Bertie
to find his voice.
a historical drama
an action film/a detective film
an animated film
John Steed is a British agent. The problems he finds are
always a bit odd, just on the edge of science fiction (Cyborg
killers, a city built under a disused coal mine, and a killer who
drama
usesaahistorical
concentrated
cold virus to kill his victims by having
them sneeze to death).
a romantic film
But despite all the difficulties he meets on his way, Steed is
always
the ultimate
culture and grace as he saves the world
a science
fictioninfilm
each week.
an action film/a detective film
an action film/a detective film
an animated film

17.

Match the extracts from film reviews with the types of film.
a historical drama
a romantic film
a science fiction film
an action film/a detective film
an animated film
Paddington Bear, now happily living with the Brown
Family, gets various odd jobs to buy a unique book
from an antique shop as a birthday present for his Aunt
Lucy but when he was close to saving up the right
amount of money, the book got stolen from the shop.
an animated film

18.

Think of a film you know and complete phrases below.
1.
This is a film about …
2.
The star(s) of the film is/are …
3.
He/She played a/an …
4.
Other actors in the film include …
5.
The director of the film was …
6.
I liked it/didn’t like it because …

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IDIOMS RELATED TO ENTERTAINMENT

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IDIOMS RELATED TO ENTERTAINMENT

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IDIOMS RELATED TO ENTERTAINMENT
to be the leader, who is in control of a group of people doing something:
If you need help, ask Mark - he's running the show.

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IDIOMS RELATED TO ENTERTAINMENT

23.

1
Who famously said: “Hasta la vista, baby.”?
a) Tom Hanks
(Appolo 13)
b) Arnold
Schwarzenegger
(Terminator 2)
c) Peter Quill (The
Guardians of the Galaxy)

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2
Who said: “Why so serious?”?
a) The Joker
(The Dark Knight)
b) IT in the film of the
same name
c) Lord Voldemort
(Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone)

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3
Who said: “I’m the king of the world!”?
a) Russell Crowe
(Gladiator)
b) Leonardo di Caprio
(Titanic)
c) The lemur (Madagascar)

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4
Who said: “I’m having an old friend for dinner”?
a) Anthony Hopkins (The
Silence of the Lambs)
b) Ghostface (Scream 4)
c) Gru (Despicable Me)

27.

5
Who said: “May the Force be with you.”?
a) Joda (Star Wars)
b) Peter Parker
(Spiderman)
c) Mo'at (Avatar)

28.

6
Who said: “Elementary, my dear Watson.”?
a) Sherlock Holmes (The
Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes)
b) Remy, the rat
(Ratatouille)
c) Wolverine (X-Men)

29.

7
Who said: “After all, tomorrow is another day!”?
a) Bella (Twilight Saga)
b) Moana in the animated
film of the same name
c) Scarlett (Gone with the
Wind)

30.

8
Who said: “They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!”?
a) Homer
(The Simpsons)
b) Leonidas (300)
c) William Wallace
(Braveheart)

31.

9
Who said: “Bond. James Bond.”?
a) An agent
(Dr. No)
b) Jack the Sparrow (The
Pirates of the Caribbean
Series)
c) Frodo (The Lord of the
Rings Trilogy)

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Who told a dog: “I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more.”?
a) A bear
(Paddington 2)
b) Roger
(101 Dalmatians)
c) Dorothy
(The Wizard of Oz)