Notting Hill is a romantic comedy film about William Thacker, the owner of a small London bookshop, and Anna Scott, the most famous actress in the world. One day, Anna enters William's bookshop. Later, William runs into Anna on the street and spills orange juice on her. He offers to let her clean up at his nearby messy apartment. They begin a tempestuous relationship despite living in different worlds. In the end, Anna and William get married and live happily ever after.

1. MOVIE WORKSHEET
NOTTING HILL
A –Order the sentences below according to the sequence of the events in the story.
Will takes Anna to his sister‟s birthday party.……………………2º
Hundreds of paparazzi are waiting outside………………………..5º
William‟s house………………………………………………………..3º
Anna and William meet for the first time in a bookshop.………...1º
Anna and William sleep together…………………………………….4º
William decides to end his relation with Anna because they live in different
worlds.…………………………………………………………………..6º
g) Will decides to go after Anna and asks the receptionist of the hotel where
Anna is…………………………………………………………………..7º
h) Anna and William get married………………………………………...8º
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
B – The following sentences test your comprehension of a passage from the film
Notting Hill, some days after Anna and William‟s first meeting. Say whether the
sentences are Trueor False according to what you have seen. Correct the false
statements.
1. William works in a hotel. / False, he works in a bookshop.
2. Anna loves William. / True, they even marry.
3. William has two sisters and one is paraplegic. / False, he only has a sister.
4. William‟s apartment is very tidy./ False, the apartment is very messy.
5. William goes to the hotel where Anna is and says he is a member of her
familyFalse, she was in a movie, and that was not as important.

2. C – Complete the sentences below with one word, according to what you are told in
the story.
1. Max, William‟s brother-in-law, has problems with the
_cookery___________________.
2. William‟s youngest sister‟s name is _hana___________________.
3. Anna is a _vegetarian___________________ (eating habits).
4. Bella and Max can‟t have a _son___________________.
5. Will‟s youngest sister is in love with _Spick___________________.
6. When Will goes to Anna‟s hotel room, he feels disappointed because he
meets Anna‟s _boyfriend___________________.
D – The following text is an extract from the dialogue between William and Anna.
Read it.
W – Oh Jesus. Here, let me help.
He grabs some paper napkins and starts to clean it off – getting far too near her
breasts in the panic of it…
A – What are you doing?!
He jumps back.
W – Nothing, nothing… Look, I live just over the street. You could get cleaned
up.
A – No thank you. I need to get my car back.
W – I also have a phone. I‟m confident that in five minutes we can have you spick
and span and back on the street again… in the non-prostitute sense obviously.
A – Okay. So what does „just over the Street‟ mean give it to me in yards.
W – Eighteen yards. That‟s my house there.
Anna accepts his offer. They enter. She carries a few stylish bags.
W – Come on in. I‟ll just… it‟s a mess. He kicks some old shoes under the stairs,
bins an unfinished pizza and hides a place of breakfast in a cupboard.
She enters the kitchen.
W –It‟s not that tidy, I fear. The bathroom is right at the top of the stairs and
there‟s a phone on the desk up there.

3. Answer the questions.
1. Where are William and Anna when they meet for the second time?
On the street
2. What does William spill over Anna?
Orange juice
3. Is William‟s house tidy or a mess?
very messy
4. What does he offer Anna to drink before she leaves? Does she accept it?
Tea, but she does not accept
E – Choose the correct option.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Anna / Bella / Maxcannot have a baby because of a paraplegia.
William / Bella / Spike works in a bookshop.
William / Honey / Anna is an actress.
Anna gives William a present: a travel book / a painting.
Spike was surprised to find Anna, the Hollywood star, in his bathroom /
bedroom.
F – Match and form sentences about the film.
1 - “Some people…
4. … for some ice cold still water.
2 – William cannot find…
5. … on a bus.
3 – William goes to the…
1. … spend their whole lives together.”
4 – Jeff, Anna‟s boyfriend, asks William…
6. … a big picture of Anna at the back
of the bus.
5 – William sits alone …
3. …cinema with his scuba-diving
goggles.
6 – We can see...
2. … his glasses.
G – Complete the sentences using the right word from the box below.
Hugh Grant plays William Thacker, the I __owner_____of a small bookstore in
London‟s Notting Hill (described as “a small village in the middle of a city”). He‟s
an average Joe – when he‟s not working, he spends time with his friends and his
wacky Welsh 2 _flatmate_____, but has no romantic life to speak of. One day,
however, the bedrock of his existence shifts when Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), the

4. most famous 3 __actress_____ in the world, walks through the door to his little 4
____shop____. Anna is in London to publicize a new film. Later, William literally
runs into her in the street, 5-__spilling______ orange juice all over her. 6
___offer____, he invites her to his place to clean up. Much to his surprise, she
accepts his 7 ___embarrassed____,and, after changing outfits, she gives him a
lingering 8 ___kiss______ on the lips. William is immediately smitten and so,
apparently, is Anna. Thus begins a 9 ___tempestuous_____ relationship that
asks whether a star can live happily ever after with someone who has never had
his face in the 10 __papers__________.
Kiss
actress
flatmate
papers
tempestuous
shop
embarrassed
ofter owner
spilling
H – Choose one of the options below and write a text of about 100 words.
1. Sum up the story of the film.
2. Choose one character and write about him/her (you can choose more than
one).
Willian Thacker is a men apart is live in London in the England. He is owner of
a bookstore called “THE TRAVEL BOOK”,
Your routine begins to change when he meets a famous actress call Anna
Scott. Willian who did not believe in love, now going to change his mind, hi is
completely surrounded by Anna Scott.
This is a romantic story which contains a lot of humor.
Summarizing, they marry and live happily ever after.
3.