Unit 5 - Film

Descriptors

Review film vocabulary.

Read posts from an online film forum.

Study film vocabulary, positive and negative adjectives, and prepositions.

Practise expressions with make, using far, even and still for emphasis, ways of contrasting, linking ideas, expressing an opinion, and relative clauses.

Listen to three people talking about the last film they saw.

Practise what you have studied so far in this unit.

Practise emphasising, linking ideas and expressing your opinion.

Practise language used to discuss and give opinions about films.

Practise expressing reservation.

Post a message about going to the cinema.

Write an online film review, or write about the film industry where you live.

Practise phrasing and talking about films.

Talk to your tutor about the unit and the topic you wrote about in Tutorial 2.

Review the work in the unit.

Test what you have studied in this unit.

Send us your feedback on this unit.

Wordlist

childhood

childhood (n)

the time when you are a child

convincing

convincing (adj)

easy to believe, satisfying

creepy

creepy (adj)

frightening, scary

critically

critically-acclaimed (adj)

with very good reviews from different critics

filmbuff

film buff (n)

someone who is very interested in films and knows a lot about them

flatter

flatter (adj)

comparative of flat; on the one level, without ups and downs

give_up

give up (exp)

to leave, to put an end to

key

key (adj)

important

memorable

memorable (adj)

interesting, not easy to forget

pitch

pitch (n)

the note on a musical scale

remake

remake (n)

a modern version of an old film that has the same or a similar title and story

stressed

stressed (adj)

accented, said with more emphasis

throughout

throughout (adv)

from the beginning to the end

gargoyle

gargoyle (n)

an ugly creature or head made of stone and attached to the roof of an old church or other building