This document provides information about writing a film quiz and discussing films. It includes activities where students match film posters to reviews, identify jobs in the film industry from pictures, unscramble film-related words, and compare key differences between Hollywood and Bollywood film industries. The activities help students practice and expand their film vocabulary as well as reading and writing skills related to discussing and analyzing films.

1. Film fan
5.1 Can you write a film quiz?
Unit5
1 Complete this chart with did or didn’t. 4 Unscramble these questions.
I a did / What time / get up / he / yesterday / ?
You ______________________________________
What time did he get up yesterday?
(a) ________ go out.
He/She/It b have / What / did / for / you / breakfast /
We/You/They this morning / ?
______________________________________
I c last week / they / Who / did / meet / ?
you ______________________________________
(b) ________ go out?
he/she/it d did / What / read about / she / ?
we/you/they ______________________________________
e What / do / last night / did / your sister / ?
______________________________________
2 Mark’s grandmother asked him all f go / Where / the train / did / ?
these questions. Write his answers. ______________________________________
Mark, did you go to the
cinema with your friends?
a ___________
Yes, I did. 5 Match the answers to the questions
in Activity 4.
Did your mum wash b ___________ 1 It went to Brighton. _____
f
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her car on Sunday? 2 I had a bowl of cereal and some fruit for
breakfast. _____
Did your dad cook c ___________ 3 They met some friends from school. _____
lasagne on Saturday? 4 My sister went to the disco. _____
5 She read about famous dancers. _____
Did Sarah go to the d ___________ 6 I don’t know, but it was really early. _____
disco on Friday night?
Did you and Sarah ✗ e ___________
6 Continue this conversation using the
eat my biscuits? prompts.
a What / film / you / see / ?
______________________________________
What film did you see?
I saw Moulin Rouge.
b What / be / it / about / ?
______________________________________
It was about an impossible love.
3 Complete these sentences with the
c Who / be / in / film / ?
______________________________________
verb in the negative. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman.
a I got up early on Friday, but I didn't get
__________ d Where / you / see / it / ?
________ on Saturday.
up early ______________________________________
b Sheila went to the doctor, but she I saw it at the ABC Cinema.
__________________ to the dentist. e you / like / it / ?
c My grandfather spoke French, but he ______________________________________
__________________ English. Yes, I did.
d Jake hated Art, but he _______________ f Why / you / like / it / ?
Biology. ______________________________________
e They had breakfast at the hotel, but Because I liked the songs.
they ___________________ lunch.
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2. Film fan
5.2 Vocabulary
Unit5
1 Find seven types of films. 3 Find the jobs in the pictures.
1 with monsters and horrible things
2 with aliens and flying saucers
3 a love story
4 with jokes and funny situations
5 with crimes, police, and mystery
6 with car chases and lots of adventure
7 moving pictures, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse
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2 Match the words with the correct
definitions.
4 Complete these words from Activity 3
Oscar director villain star episode release with these consonants.
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p n st
b a__o_
c _i _ _ e _
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a date a film first appears in the cinemas
_____________
b one part of a TV series 5 Unscramble the following words.
_____________
a ramry ____________________
marry
c the golden statue stars want to win
b rapestea ____________________
_____________
c teg dengage ____________________
d the bad character in a film
d thi ____________________
_____________
e ropyte ____________________
e the person who makes the film
f mulba ____________________
_____________
g nibgor ____________________
f the main actor
h getxinic ____________________
_____________
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3. Film fan
5.3 Can you talk about an actor or actress?
Unit5
1 This is David’s list of ‘things-to-do’. 3 Read the stories and put the pictures
Match the phrases to the pictures. into the correct order.
1 4
a b
2 5
c d 1
3 6
a make my bed 1
b go to school
c play the sax
d lay the table
e feed my fish
f do Maths homework
e
2 Look at Activity 1 and write Rossie wanted to be a fashion designer. She
had lots of ideas, but she didn’t have
questions and answers about
a job. Nobody was interested in her designs.
David’s day. She wanted to go to London and meet
a _____________________________ his bed?
Did he make famous fashion designers, but that, of
_____________________________________
Yes, he did./No, he didn't. course, was only a dream …
b _________________________ go to school?
… until the day she spent her last pounds
_____________________________________
on a Chinese takeaway. She tried a fortune
c _____________________________________
cookie and read the message inside.
_____________________________________
The message said ‘Buy a ticket to London’.
d _____________________________________
She paid the bill, ran to the bus station and
_____________________________________
bought the ticket.
e _____________________________________
_____________________________________ On the bus, she met a top model who hated
f _____________________________________ planes and trains and they became friends.
_____________________________________ She took Rossie to her model agency.
Rossie showed her designs to the director
and got a job.
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4. Film fan
5.4 Reading and writing
Unit5
1 Match the film posters to the reviews.
a ____________ Action in the air and on the waves — this film has it all. The acting isn’t great, and
Point Break
perhaps it’s all a little unrealistic, but it’s non-stop action from start to finish. It’s also good to see
these two actors together — what a team! If you like surfing, sky-diving and other wild sports
— and you like a good detective story too — this is a film you must see! ✩✩✩✩
b ____________ is like Die Hard but filmed on a mountain … All the familiar characteristics are there
— the one-liners, the international baddies, big shoot-outs, etc. The tension never reaches the
levels of Die Hard, but it’s still enjoyable, if you like this sort of thing. And if you get bored by the
same old stuff, you can always look at the magnificent scenery! ✩✩✩
c ____________ Action, culture and romance in one film — a legendary warrior retires, but comes
back into action to fight against his old enemy. Based on oriental martial arts, the incredible fight
sequences are a brilliant mix of dances with swords and video games … Amazing! ✩✩✩✩✩
d ____________ If you like your action films to be about sports, this movie might be one for you!
All-American heroes do battle on the football field (that’s American football, so no Beckhams
here!) while the bosses try to make as much money as possible. I think you need to know
something about the sport to enjoy this film, but it’s quite entertaining anyway. ✩✩✩
2 Match these short descriptions to the films.
a Climbing and criminals _____________
Cliffhanger
b Big business and beating the other team _____________
c Chinese history and modern technology _____________
d Wind, water and police pursuit _____________
3 Write true (T) or false (F).
a David Beckham is in a film about American football. ____F
b The acting in the film about surfing is good. ____
c The film about climbing has lots of beautiful scenery. ____
d The oriental film has dancers in it. ____
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5. Film fan
5.5 Culture
Unit5
Hollywood and Bollywood
Hollywood Most Hollywood films
The first film studio was - can be classified into: action,
established in Hollywood, north romance, comedy, science
of Los Angeles, in 1911. fiction, horror, adventure or
Hollywood studios are all animation.
privately-owned, and the world’s - are less than two hours
film capital now produces about without an intermission.
two hundred and fifty films a - use famous music and songs,
year. Over ten million tourists but we don’t see the singers or
visit Hollywood every year. musicians and there is little
A Hollywood film can cost $150 singing or dancing.
million or even more. Top - use top stars, except for a few
Hollywood stars’ salaries are independent films.
incredible — about $25 - include different types of
million — and they usually stories with lots of kissing.
only make one film at a time. - have a lot of action and blood.
Bollywood Most Indian films
Bollywood is the name for the Indian film - follow a similar format called ‘masala’,
industry located in the city of Mumbai (called the Indian word for a collection of spices.
Bombay until 1995). Bollywood started in 1911 (This means that lots of different things
with the first Indian silent film. The industry — adventure, romance, comedy, etc. —
boomed, and today there are over two hundred all happen in one film.)
and fifty cinemas in Mumbai alone. Bollywood’s - are three to four hours long and include
films are produced in a government-owned an intermission.
studio facility called Film City in the north of - include dozens of songs and dances
Mumbai. Bollywood makes over eight hundred featuring a hundred or so choreographed
films each year. dancers.
Bollywood stars are very popular and well-paid. - use top stars.
Top stars often receive 40% of the US $2 million - have the story of ‘boy meets girl’, but no
it usually costs to make a Bollywood film. kissing.
Demand for these stars is so high that they’re - have lots of action but no blood.
often working on ten films at the same time. - always have a happy ending.
1 Work in pairs.
Student A reads about Hollywood and completes the left columns of the chart.
Student B reads about Bollywood and completes the right columns of the chart.
Hollywood Bollywood Hollywood Bollywood
a Started in __________ __________ h Duration __________ __________
b Studio owners __________
Private __________
Government i Music __________ __________
c Films a year __________ __________ j Singers __________ __________
d Films cost US $______ US $______ k Dancers __________ __________
e Stars’ salaries US $______ US $______ l Top stars __________ __________
f Stars work on ______ film ______ films mKissing __________ __________
at a time at a time n Action __________ __________
g Film types __________ __________ o Blood __________ __________
2 Tell each other what you remember from your charts.
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