- •Module 2. Movies. Tv.
- •1. Read texts a-l and match each genre with its description. Compare your answers with a partner.
- •2. Listen to people talking about movies. What type of film does each person describe? Listen and circle the correct answer.
- •3. Match the film in the film poster to its genre. Compare your answers with a partner.
- •4. Listen to people calling for information about films. What type of film is it? Listen and write the correct answer.
- •5. Match the words from column a with the words from column b.
- •6. Read the sentences and fill in the gap with a necessary preposition.
- •7. In pairs discuss types of films that you like and dislike. Use the alternative language for liking / disliking from the box. Use the Essential Strategy Language.
- •8. In pairs discuss the following questions. Use the Essential Strategy language.
- •9. Look at the film posters. What do the films have in common? At what age should young people be allowed to see films like these?
- •10. A) Read the sentences below and fill in the gap with a phrase from the box.
- •11. In pairs discuss the following questions. Use the Essential Strategy language.
- •12. How many other jobs do you know related to the film industry? Match the jobs to their definitions.
- •13. A) Read the text and underline all kinds of stunts stuntmen perform in films. Which do you think they least like to do?
- •14. A) Complete these sentences with the correct word from the box.
- •15. A) Listen to the conversation about a film and underline the correct word.
- •16. A) Listen to four people talking about films. Does each person recommend or disapprove of the film? Put down the reason.
- •17. Listen to the interview and match the films with the opinions.
- •18. Listen to people talking in 8 different situations. For questions 1-8, circle the best answer, a, b or c.
- •19. A) Read the text and find three advantages and three disadvantages of being an extra.
- •20. A) Listen to the speaker talking about the famous trilogy Star Wars and fill
- •In the gap. Write no more than four words.
- •22. Read the sentences below. Listen to a tv program about Sofia Coppola and extend the sentences to give the information that has something to do with her.
- •23. Read the text and match paragraphs a-f with the main ideas 1-7.
- •24. Exam link. Work in pairs to speak about your favourite film director.
- •25. Listen to an interview with a Hollywood star. Are these statements about Liza Minnelli, the singer and actor, true (t) or false (f)?
- •26. A) Listen to part 1 of the interview. Correct the false statements in Exercise 25. Answer the questions.
- •27. Read the text. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
- •28. A) In pairs discuss what you know about Orlando Bloom. Why do you think he has become so successful?
- •30. A) Fill in the gaps with a word or a phrase from the box.
- •31. Exam link. Work in pairs to speak about your favourite actor or actress.
- •32. A) Read the short extract from a film review and then replace the underlined expressions with the given words:
- •33. Listen to a conversation about the film Big Night and complete the notes below.
- •34. A) Read the following film review and fill in the gaps with verbs from the box. What tenses do we normally use when we write a film review?
- •35. Read the table below. Listen to the speaker and tick the correct variant.
- •38. A) Think of a film that you have watched recently. Fill in the relevant information in note form.
- •Introduction
- •39. Exam link. Work in pairs to speak about the film you have watched recently.
- •40. The following text contains ten mistakes. Read the text and underline examples of the following:
- •Writing film review
- •41. Using the plan below, write a review of a film you have really enjoyed. Write 200 words.
- •Introduction
- •Imperfections:
- •Tv habits
- •42. A) Choose types of programs from the box to match the definition below.
- •43. Choose a program from the box of Exercise 42 to match it with the extract from a tv listing below.
- •45. Listen to people talking about tv. What kind of program did each person watch? Listen and circle the correct answer.
- •46. A) Listen to the tape and tick tv programs the woman likes and the expressions she uses to talk about the programs she likes and doesn’t like.
- •47. A) Listen to announcers talking about tonight’s television programs. Listen and write the correct number in the tv program guide. Tonight’s Highlights
- •48. A) You will hear part of a radio program giving information about a festival of wildlife films. Before you listen, study the task and answer the questions.
- •The film festival
- •49. A) In pairs discuss which of the following things from the box pets would like to watch on tv? Why/ Why not?
- •Pets get their own tv show
- •50. A) Listen to the radio program about Pet tv and underline the things from the box that you hear.
- •51. A) In pairs discuss the following questions.
- •52. A) In pairs discuss if it is possible to cheat on tv quiz show. How?
- •Reality tv
- •53. A) Look at the photo and read the text. What is the program Frontier House about? f rontier House
- •55. A) In pairs discuss the questions. Use the Essential Strategy language.
- •56. Exam link. Work in pairs to speak about the tv program you like or dislike.
- •57. A) Read the text and decide which would be an accurate title for the text.
- •58. Read the text and answer the questions below.
- •59. A) Write a list of advantages and disadvantages of television. Compare it with other students.
- •60. Write for and against essay “The impact of tv”. Write 200 words.
- •61. In pairs discuss the questions. Use the Essential Strategy language.
- •62. Write an essay suggesting solutions to the problem of the adverse influence of tv on children. Write about 200 words.
Module 2. Movies. Tv.
1. Read texts a-l and match each genre with its description. Compare your answers with a partner.
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A It’s is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience’s primal fears. Films of this genre often feature scenes that startle the viewer, and the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. They often deal with the viewer’s nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within this genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, satanism, demons, torture, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers.
B It’s a film genre that involves suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. Films of this genre heavily stimulate the viewer’s moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. They tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists and cliffhangers are used extensively. Such films keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The protagonist in these films is set against a problem – an escape, a mission, or a mystery.
C It’s a film genre involving the plot which is set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier. Films of this genre commonly feature protagonists as cowboys, gunslingers, and bounty hunters, often depicted as semi-nomadic wanderers who wear Stetson hats, bandannas, spurs, and buckskins, use revolvers or rifles as everyday tools of survival, and ride between dusty towns and cattle ranches on trusty steeds.
D It’s a film genre where one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases. Films of this genre tend to feature a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds, which may involve life-threatening situations, an evil villain, and/or being pursued, with victory achieved at the end after difficult physical efforts and violence. Story and character development are generally secondary to explosions, fist fights, gunplay and car chases.
E It’s a film genre which tells love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Films of this genre make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus. Occasionally, lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints or family that threaten to break their union of love. As in all romantic relationships, tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (or infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into their plots. Films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young with older love, unrequited love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. They serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two people finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience life “happily ever after”, implied by a reunion and final kiss.
F It’s a film genre that uses speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, interstellar space travel or other technologies.
G It’s a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film’s characters, though in some cases they serve merely as elaborate breaks in the storyline.
H It’s a film genre that displays and explores exotic locations in an energetic way. Main plot elements include quests for lost continents, a jungle and/or desert settings, characters going on a treasure hunts and heroic journeys for the unknown. Films of this genre are mostly set in a period background and may include adapted stories of historical or fictional adventure heroes within the historical context. Kings, battles, rebellion or piracy are commonly seen in such films.
K It’s a film genre in which the main emphasis is on humour. These films are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. They are generally light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences. This genre often humorously exaggerates situations, ways of speaking, or the action and characters. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending.
L It’s a film featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one), which is made using drawings. It is for children featuring anthropomorphized animals, superheroes and the adventures of child protagonists.
b) Which type of the film can be
• sad? • exciting? • violent? • funny? • scary? • romantic? • spectacular?• amusing? • shocking? • boring? • humorous? • moving? • thrilling? • terrifying? • depressing?