At The Cinema: Lingua House Lingua House
At The Cinema: Lingua House Lingua House
At The Cinema: Lingua House Lingua House
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At the cinema
Lesson code: MM73-N9JB-8BNA-8
ELEMENTARY
1 Cinema words
Label the pictures with the words below.
a box office
a projector
a screen
1.
2.
4.
5.
a seat
a ticket
popcorn
3.
6.
2 Film genres
How many different kinds of films can you think of? Continue the list below.
action
comedy
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3 People in films
Match the people to the definitions, and then complete the sentences below.
1. an actor/actress
2. a film director
3. a composer
4. a critic
5. a character
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in the film Star Wars.
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4 Describing a film
Match the questions to the answers. Can you guess the film?
1. What kind of film is it?
2. Where is it set?
3. Who's in it?
Title
Setting
Actors
Genre
Release date
Titanic
on a ship
Leonardo Di Caprio
drama
December, 1997
The Godfather
in New York
Marlon Brando
gangster
March, 1972
Gladiator
in Rome
Russel Crowe
action
May, 2000
Star Wars
in space
Harrison Ford
science fiction
May, 1977
Lincoln
historical
November, 2012
Casablanca
in Morocco
Humphrey Bogart
and Ingrid Bergman
drama
January, 1943
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Work in pairs. Student A, choose a film title and ask Student B a question from this exercise. Student
B, answer the question. Change roles and repeat.
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5 Practice
Think about a film. Write a few sentences about it but don't write the title.
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Work in pairs. Student A, read your description to your partner. Student B, try to guess the film. Change
roles and repeat.
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1- Cinema words
1. popcorn
2. a ticket
5. a seat
6. a screen
Ask students questions using the vocabulary, e.g. "Do you usually buy popcorn when you watch a film?", "Can
you buy cheap tickets at your local cinema?", "Do you prefer the seats at the front or at the back?", etc.
2- Film genres
Elicit film genres, e.g. gangster, epic/historical, horror, musical, science fiction, war, western. In a small class,
you can go around the class eliciting one film for each genre. In a larger class, students can complete the exercise
in small groups or pairs.
3- People in films
1. e
2. c
3. d
1. actor
4. b
5. a
4. critics
5. composer
To give students speaking practice in a small group or one-to-one class, you can ask questions like `Who's your
favourite film director?', `Who's your favourite film character?', etc.
4- Describing a film
Students work individually and check in pairs. Read out the mini dialogues with a strong student.
(Film: Spectre)
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. a
The second part of the exercise is a drilling activity. Students follow the worksheet instruction. One student picks a
film title asks a random question, e.g. `Who's in Star Wars?' Students reverse roles and continue until you decide
to end the activity.
5- Practice
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Monitor the activity. Make a note of mistakes and write them on the board. For a more ambitious class, encourage
additional expressions, e.g. `It was directed by ...', `It's about ...', `The main character is a ....'
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