Films & Television

FILMS & TELEVISION
Ex 1 – Reading and Listening – Part 1
1. Hollywood makes 4,000 new films every

year
F
2. The United States makes the most films every
years  F
3. Asia makes more films every year than North
America.  T
4. South America makes more films than Africa.
T
World Average Films Per Year
• Asia: 76%
• North America: 10%
• Europe: 17%
• South America: 3.5%
• Africa: 2.5%
- The biggest film industry is in India - Bollywood
- Some of the most popular non-Hollywood
films:
• Italy: Life is beautiful (1997)
• China: Hero (2002)
• France: Amelie (2001)
• Germany: The Boat (1981)
• Mexico: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
• India: Monsoon Wedding (2001)
•
Handout 1
Answers:
1. False – she says ‘I don’t watch Hollywood films very often.’
2. True – she says ‘I prefer independent films.’
3. True – she says ‘You can see how other people around the
world live and how they see the world.’
4. False – about world cinema she says ‘I love listening to other
languages too.’
5. False – he thinks some independent films are sad.
6. False – Mei says Hollywood films don’t have any new ideas.
7. True – she says ‘The Hollywood version’s boring.’
8. True – he says ‘And they have my favourite actors.’ and this is a
positive
Adverb Frequency
(every day, once a week…)
+ To ask about frequency, use the question
How often + do + subject + verb?
S+V+O “ every + day/ week/ month/ year, etc
once/ twice/ three times/ four times
+ a day/ week/ month/ year, etc.”
* The frequency adverbs normally go at the end of the sentences
E.g. She goes shopping twice a month
* Once = one time , twice = two times
E.g. How often do you watch films?

 I watch films every day.
 I watch films once a week .
Ex 1 – Grammar – Part 1
Answers:
1. Brazil makes seven new films every month.
2. India makes 2.2 new films every films.
3. In the US 1,400 million people go to the cinema
to buy a cinema ticket every year.
4. In China 1,430 million people go to the cinema
every year.
5. The Philippines makes around 8.7 new films
every week.
Ex2 – Grammar – Part 1
Answers:
1. I watch a DVD with the family on Fridays and on Sundays
 twice a week
2. I go to the cinema in January, in February, in March, in
April…
 every month
3. There are lots of small film festivals in Toronto, but there is
one big one every September
 once a years
4. I probably see a foreign film four times a years
 every three months
5. I read the film reviews section of the newspaper every week
 four times a month
Handout 2
Answers:
1. We go to the cinema three times a month.
2. We watch a film on TV every two days.
3. We watch DVDs about twice a month.
4. We download a film every week.
5. I read film reviews four or five times a week
Answers (Handout 4) Answers (Handout 5)
1. on 1. see
2. review 2. read
3. cinema 3. buy
4. cicket 4. go
5. film 5. sit
6. at, back 6. watch
7. in, middle
New Words
1. fall in love: yêu
2. ship (n): con tàu
3. steal (v): ăn trộm
4. run away: chạy trốn
5. manager (n): người quản lý
6. empty (adj): trống rỗng
7. coast (n): bờ biển
8. shark (n): cá mập
9. boat (n): thuyền
10. spaceship: tàu vũ trụ
Handout 6
Answers:
1. Rich
2. Leave
3. Steal
4. Live
5. Eat
6. His
7. It
8. He’s
9. Reach
10. Still
1. horror • 1+c
2. romantic drama • 2+ a
3. Thriller • 3+ e
4. science fiction • 4+ b
5. cartoon • 5+ d
Television Programme
• comedy programme: chương trình

hài kịch
• a documentary: phim tài liệu
• a film: phim truyện
• a sport programme: chương trình
thể thao
• the news: chương trình thời sự
Handout 8
Answers:
1. Documentary
2. sports programme
3. comedy show
4. TV series
5. the news
6. film
Listen to five people answering questions from
Vocabulary and complete the table
Ex 1 – Listening – Part 3
Questions Does she like this type

of programme?
Speaker 1 4 No
Speaker 2 5 Yes
Speaker 3 1 No
Speaker 4 2 Yes
Speaker 5 3 Yes
Ex 2 – Listening – Part 3
Answers:
1. I never watch comedy programme.
2. I watch films in bed because they’re always on
late.
3. I don’t often watch the news.
4. I sometimes watch documentaries about history.
5. I sometimes watch football with people from
work.
Adverb of Frequency (Always, often…)
* To give a more general answer about frequency,

we use always, often, sometimes, not often,
never.
* With most verbs the order is
S + frequency adverb + verb
E.g. I sometimes watch TV on the internet.
* With verb to be the order is
S + to be + frequency adverb
E.g. She is always late.
Handout 9
Answers:
1. I don’t often watch television.
2. There are always sports programmes on, and I hate sport!
3. I sometimes watch films, but only once or twice a week.
4. I am never at home when my favourite programmes are on.
5. I often read about interesting documentaries in the TV guide.
6. But they are often on late at night.
7. I always get up very early.
8. I sometimes stay up late to watch a documentary
Handout 10
Answers:
1. We always watch the news.
2. Tom doesn’t often watch football.
3. We often buy a newspaper.
4. I sometimes cycle to work when the weather is nice.
5. I am often home at five o’clock.
6. There are always good programmes on TV after work.
7. I never watch television. I don’t have a TV
1. up 1. turn up
2. down 2. stand up
3. down 3. sit down
4. off 4. turn off
5. up 5. turn down
Handout 13
1. Can you turn up the radio?
2. Please sit down.
3. Don’t turn off the computer!
4. We stand up when the teacher comes in.
5. Turn down that TV!
6. Sit down and listen to me.
7. Turn off the television. It’s time to go to bed
New Words
• crime (n): tội ác
• effects (n): hiệu quả
• at (adj): béo
• headache (n): đau đầu
• hurt (n): sự tổn thương
• intelligent (adj): thông minh
• lazy (adj): lười biếng
• society (n): xã hội
• violent (adj): bạo lực
Handout 14
Answers:
1. see
2. watch
3. watch
4. see
5. see
6. watch
Ex 1 – Warm up – Function globally
• Electronics shop: batteries, DVD player, DVDs,
fridge, radio, stereo, television.
• Gift shop: CDs, DVDs, flowers, postcards,
souvenir, T-shirt
• Music store: CDs, DVDs.
• Supermarket: drinks, flowers, food, T-shirt
Ex 2 – Listening – Function globally
Answers:
Conversation 1:
• He wants a DVD
• It costs 69 pounds
Conversation 2:
• He wants horror films
• He wants to pay by credit card
Conversation 3:
• He buys four bags of crisps and soft drinks
• They cost 6 pounds and 80p.
•
Ex 1 – Listening – Global voices
Answers:
1. once a month
2. twice a month
3. two or three times a month
4. once a month
5. once every two months
6. once a month
Ex 2 – Listening – Global voices
1. sometimes in winter there are many good films
2. to improve my English I go to the cinema in
Oxford
3. mainly we watch some western movies
4. I sometimes go and see action, sometimes I see
comedies
It depends on sth/ sb
• Use it when you can’t give a definite answer
because different things are possible in
different situations
• E.g
- How much are the ticket?
- It depends on the film
Handout 16
1. Radio
2. soap manufacturers
3. the US / the 1930s
4. the 1930s / the US
5. closed, open
6. telenovelas
Handout 16
1. False – the basic format is the same.

2. True
3. True
4. False – each episode continues a story from
the last episode.
5. False – they are translated into other
languages too.
6. 6. True
Handout 16
Exercise 2 Exercise 3
• 1+e 1. four days a week
• 2+ c 2. Always
• 3+a 3. once a year
• 4+b 4. Sometimes
• 5+d 5. often
Ex 1 – Reading - Writing
Answers:
1. What kind of film is it?
It is musical film.
2. Did she like the film?
 Yes, she did.
3. Does it have a happy ending?
 Yes, it does.
Ex 3 – Reading - Writing
Answers:
1. The film: fantastic, musical, good
2. The story: interesting
3. The songs: great
4. The singing: terrible
5. The actors: excellent
6. The setting: beautiful
Writing skill
Answers:
1. The film fantastic
 The film is fantastic
2. The actors excellent
 The actors are excellent.
3. The songs in the film really great
 The songs in the film are really great.
4. Some of the singing terrible.
 Some of the singing are terrible.
5. The story great fun
 The story is a great fun
6. Donna happy to meet the three men again
 Donna is happy to meet the three men again
Language focus - Writing
Answers:
• It is a musical and the setting is a beautiful Greek island.
• The film is fantastic, and the story is interesting for everyone.
• The actors are excellent and the songs in the film are really
great.
• Some of the singing are terrible but it is not a problem.
• She has got a mother called Donna but she doesn’t know her
father
• She looks in her mother’s diary and invites three men to the
wedding.
• Donna is happy to meet the three men again but she doesn’t
know who is Sophie’s father
• It is a very good story and I really recommend it.
Handout 17
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
1. It’s an old programme. 1. TV channel, time
2. It’s on every night. 2. Place
3. It’s in Alaska. 3. people and situation
4. He wants to be a film 4. name of character
director.
5. Because the characters are
interesting, you learn a lot
about people and life, and
it’s quite funny
Thanks For Your Attention!

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Ex 1 – Reading and Listening – Part 1

1. Hollywood makes 4,000 new films every

E.g. How often do you watch films?

• comedy programme: chương trình

Questions Does she like this type

* To give a more general answer about frequency,

1. False – the basic format is the same.

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