Books and films: features
1 Match
1–6 with a–g to make book and film words or phrases.
begin
a buster
1 block
b ene
2 special
c acter
3 novel
d ning
4 sc
e seller
5 best
f effects
6 char
g ist
Books and films: genres
2 Complete
the sentences with types of film.
1 Actors
sing and dance in a ______________.
2 A
______________
film isn’t realistic.
3 A
______________
is very exciting and sometimes frightening.
4 You
see cowboys on horses in a _____________.
5 In
a _____________,
the actors make you laugh.
6 In
a _____________,
we find out how something strange happened.
7 A
_____________
is a serious film.
8 People
fall in love in a _____________.
3 Complete
the sentences with the words in the box and film or story.
|
adventure detective horror
science
fiction spy war
|
1 I’m reading a about British
soldiers in France.
2 My
favourite ______________
_______________ is
Star
Wars.
I’ve got it on DVD!
3 I
can’t watch this ______________
______________.
It’s too scary.
4 I’m
reading a ______________
______________ about
a German woman who pretended to be English. Nobody discovered her
real identity.
5 This
book is a ______________
______________ about
a young police officer who solved a crime.
5 I’m
going to the cinema this evening to see an ______________
______________.
It’s about a man who finds some treasure and is chased
by
pirates
Books and films: features
4 Complete
the sentences with the words. Don’t
use one of the words.
(beginning
/ best-seller / novelist / plot)
The
novelist
wrote a best-seller
with a fantastic plot.
1 (characters / scene / theme)
In
the first ______________
we
meet all the ______________.
2 (film director / setting / theme)
The
film had a historical ______________
and its ______________
was
Buckingham Palace.
3 (blockbuster / special effects /
novelist)
The
______________
were
so good the film was a ______________.
4 (beginning / ending / plot /
setting)
At
the ______________
of
the film the ______________
seemed
very complicated but the ______________
explained
everything.
5 (character / film director /
beginning)
The
______________
helped
the actor to play his ______________
well.
Verbs
+ -ing
/ to
5 Complete
the sentences with the correct form of the verb.
Would
he like to see
(see) a film?
1 I
love _____________
(watch) romances.
2 We
wouldn’t like t_____________
(live) in Hollywood.
3 Tim
prefers _____________
(read) thrillers.
4 They
don’t like _____________
(go) to the theatre.
5 Do
you like _____________
(talk) about books?
6 Lara
likes _____________
(write) spy stories.
7 Would
you like _____________
(be) in a musical?
could,
can, will be able to
6 Complete the sentences with the
correct form affirmative or negative.
She
could
sing
very well when she was young.
1 Soon
they ____________________
go to the new cinema.
2 I
____________________
the screen from here, can I move?
3 We
____________________
read when we were four.
4 I
don't want to see this film. We ____________________
understand it. It’s in Russian.
5 I
____________________
see things in 3D with these glasses!
could,
can, will be able to
7 Complete
the text with the affirmative or negative form of could,
can or
will
be
able to.
Jason
is my English friend. We first met about three years ago, in the
queue for a cinema. I didn’t have my wallet, so I (1)
__________________
buy a ticket. Jason bought one for me. The film was in Spanish but
Jason (2) __________________
understand
all the
words and I thought he was very clever.
We
both love films. When we haven’t got any money and we (3)
__________________
go out, we watch DVDs at home. Sometimes we go to special evenings at
our local cinema where you (4) __________________
watch two films together.
But
we don’t agree on everything. We’re going to the cinema tomorrow.
He wants to watch a 3D film, but I’m not keen. I (5)
__________________
wear the glasses
because they’ll make me feel sick. But it’s his birthday,
so I mustn’t complain. And it’s OK because I (6)
__________________
choose
the
film next time!
Second conditional
8 Fill in
the blanks with the correct verbal tense.
1 If Jessica ________________
(write) a book, it ________________ (have) a historical theme.
2 Leo ________________(not tell)
his friends if he _______________(be) a superhero.
3 I _________________ (prefer) the
film if it _________________(be) in 3D.
4 What ___________________(we/ do)
if we __________________ (not have) cinemas?
5 If you
______________________(meet) your favourite actor, what
___________________ (you /do)?
Exercise online
Answers
Exercise 1
1 a (blockbuster) 4 b (scene)
2 f
(special effects) 5 e (best-seller)
3 g (novelist) 6 c (character)
Exercise 2
1 musical 4 western 7 drama
2 fantasy 5 comedy 8 romance
3 thriller 6 mystery
Exercise 3
1 war story 4 spy
story
2 science fiction film 5 detective story
3 horror
film 6 adventure film
Exercise 4
1 scene, characters
2 theme,
setting
3 special effects, blockbuster
4 beginning, plot,
ending
5 film director, character
Exercise 5
1 watching 5 talking
2 live 6 writing
3 read 7 to be
4 going
Exercise 6
1 will
be able to 4 won’t be able to
2 can’t see 5 can
see
3 couldn’t read
Exercise 7
1 couldn’t 4 can
2 could
5 won’t be able to
3 can’t 6 ’ll be
able to
Exercise 8
Wrote- would have
wouldn't tell- was
would prefer- was
would we do- didn't have
met-
would you do
