Practical work Unit 3: Films

1. Match the titles with the type of film.

Sherlock Holmes Thriller
127 Hours Historical drama
The Proposal Novel
My Sister´s Keeper Action adventure
The King´s Speech True story
Let Me In Romantic comedy

2. Vocabulary: Adjectives

NOTE: ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ING ARE USED ONLY TO

DESCRIBE THINGS OR ACTIONS NOT PEOPLE

Interesting – amazing – excellent – brilliant – moving – perfect – wonderful – great – relaxing –

entertaining – funny – factual – emotional – boring

Which adjective is used to describe:

 Special effects
 Screenplay
 Performance/acting
 Film/ drama

3. Choose a film and tell me : type of film, director , actorssetting, plot, whatever you
think is interesting to talk about.

Start like this: the …. Is about….

It takes place in…..
It´s a … film ….
The actors are…. They are…..

4. Write an email to a friend telling her what you did during the week and ask her
what about her week.
 5. Present perfect: affirmative and negative

Complete the sentences.

1 Angelina and Brad (sell) ____________________ one of their mansions.

2 Kate Winslet (make) _______________________ another film with Leonardo DiCaprio.

3 A lot of people (read) _______________________ thelatest Harry Potter book.

4 Jessica Alba (have ) __________________________ a baby.

5 I (not see) _________________________ The Dark Knight.I’m going to watch it tomorrow.

6 We (see) __________________________ the other Batmanfilms.

Present perfect: questions

3 Complete the questions.

1 _________________________ you this week?

Yes, I’ve played sports three times.

2 How many cities ______________________you this

year?

I’ve visited Paris and London.

3 How many concerts _______________________ you to?

I’ve been to three concerts this year.

4 How much homework ______________________ you?

I’ve done a lot of homework.

Past simple

1 Complete with the past simple.

• go • not know • say • take • want • watch

Friday, 8th May 2010

Yesterday I 1 -----------------to the cinema with my friends. We 2----------------- the bus to the centre
of town. We 3----------------------- which film to see so we decided to vote. I 4--------------- to see
Shrek but my friends 5 -----------------they preferred to watch an action film. So we 6------------------
Iron Man in the end.

Past simple vs. past continuous with when and while

5 Complete with the correct form of the verbs.

I 1 (lie)___________________ in bed when I 2 (hear) _____________________a loud noise. I

3 (run)_________________ downstairs to see what it was. I 4 (walk) ______________into the

living room when I 5 (realise)___________________ my mum was already there. The window was
open and the wind was blowing. Me and Mum 6 (look)__________________ at each other and
smiled. It was just the wind!