1. Identify the extract.

Read the extract. Where do you think it's from?

	horrorfan I watched the remake of Dawn of the Dead on DVD last night. I remember seeing the original film when I was a kid and it made a big impression on me. Maybe because it was the first horror film I'd ever seen. The remake's even better, though. The zombies are amazing. Has anyone else seen any good remakes?

2. Read and order.

Read the replies to horrorfan's comment and put them in a logical order. This exercise is in two parts. Scroll down to see Part 2.

Part 1

	horrorfan I watched the remake of Dawn of the Dead on DVD last night. I remember seeing the original film when I was a kid and it made a big impression on me. Maybe because it was the first horror film I'd ever seen. The remake's even better, though. The zombies are amazing. Has anyone else seen any good remakes?

Now complete Part 2.

Part 2

3. Check you understand.

Who says the following things? You can look back at exercise 2 if you need to check.

4. Meaning in context.

Read the forum comments again, and choose the best definition for the underlined words, in this context.

	horrorfan I watched the remake of Dawn of the Dead on DVD last night. I remember seeing the original film when I was a kid and it made a big impression on me. Maybe because it was the first horror film I'd ever seen. The remake's even better, though. The zombies are amazing. Has anyone else seen any good remakes?

 

	tonycurtis I hate remakes! They just prove that Hollywood has no creativity left. Take Psycho, for example. The original's perfect, so why bother remaking it? The answer can only be that it's an easy way to make a quick buck. Having said that, Dawn of the Dead isn't bad. Though compared to the original it's still disappointing.

 

cinemouth I'm not a big fan of remakes either, but what about Ocean's Eleven? That's what all remakes should be like. They took a mediocre film with a good plot and made it better. Then there are some great Hollywood remakes of films from other countries, too. The Magnificent Seven is based on The Seven Samurai, by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. The original's a better film, but the story works well as a western.

 

	Sandra202 Hey, Hollywood has always made remakes and always will. If a story's good, it's worth telling again. What's more, technology moves on. When the sound era began, Hollywood remade a lot of old silent films. Others were remade when colour came along. After all, who wants to see the 1930s version of King Kong when you can see the Peter Jackson version, with state-of-the-art special effects?

 

	tonycurtis OK, but what did Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong bring to the movie? Just the special effects, that's all. And they're not a novelty anymore. The acting was far better in the 1933 original.

 

5. Can you remember?

Read and memorise the first forum entry, then use the Start button to begin the exercise. Some of the words will disappear. Type and enter each missing word in the box next to the timer. You have 10 minutes to complete the text. Tip: Click on a space to see the first letter of the word.