Each type.
Action film western thriller science fiction film horror film comedy
Musical love story
Ex.: action film: “Robocop”
Exercise 36. Look at the adjectives. Which ones can you use to describe something
You like? Which ones can you use to describe something you dislike?
amazing appalling simple remarkable delightful charming impressive awkward far-fetched clumsy sensitive gripping horrible funny powerful terrible emotional fantastic slow extraordinary spectacular
GIVING OPINIONS
You can use the following common phrases to give opinions:
I thought it was really good.
I found it uninteresting.
I’ve never seen such a good film.
It’s well worth / not worth seeing.
As far as I’m concerned, it’s the best film I’ve ever seen.
In my opinion …
If you ask me …
Personally I think …
I guess …
I believe …
I reckon …
WORD-BUILDING
AND VOCABULARY
EMPHASISING
You can also use the following adverbs of degree before an adjective to emphasise something:
absolutely amazingly extremely especially extraordinarily particularly really
Ex.: It’s a really exciting film.
Exercise 37. Make adverbs from these adjectives.
simple brilliant remarkable delightful charming impressive powerful happy spectacular
Exercise 38. Choose the correct adjective or adverb.
I.1 He thought it was a spectacular / spectacularly film.
2 It was extreme / extremely exciting.
3 The characters acted rather clumsy / clumsily.
4 The plot was particular / particularly far-fetched.
5 It’s got a fantastic / fantastically ending.
6 It’s one of the most remarkable / remarkably films I’ve ever seen.
II. 1 It was an incredible / incredibly thrilling film.
2 He was amazing / amazingly rich.
3 The special effects were spectacular / spectacularly.
4 The action was rather slow / slowly.
5 The acting was really funny / funnily.
6 It was terrible / terribly depressing.
SPEAKING
Exercise 39. a) Say the sentences aloud. Use stress to emphasise your opinions.
1 It’s really amazing!
2 It’s an absolutely terrible film!
3 The ending is especially exciting!
4 The plot is particularly well-written.
5 The acting is simply appalling.
6 The music is extremely good.
b) Think of an example of a film for each phrase.
READING AND
COMMUNICATION
Exercise 40. Joe is talking to Linda about a film classic, “Casablanca”.
a) Which adjectives from the exercises above does he use to talk
About the following:
the film, the plot, the acting, the ending ?
b) Enact the actual conversation.
Linda: Oh, I wanted to watch “Casablanca” on the TV last night but I didn’t get in time.
Joe: Oh, you didn’t get to see it, then.
Linda: No, did you see it?
Joe: Oh, yes, it’s a brilliant film, it’s a wonderful film. Yeah, I watched it again, I watch it any time it comes on because it’s a classic film, I never miss it.
Linda: Yes.
Joe: Er …yeah, you should have seen it. I mean the acting is fantastic …
Linda: Is it?
Joe: …you’ve got Humphrey Bogart playing Rick who runs this bar in Casablanca on the north coast of Africa and Morocco. And, er …Ingrid Bergman comes in to the story, Clark Raines, Paul Heinrich they are all wonderful.
Linda: Hmm, and what about the plot? The plot’s supposed to be very exciting, isn’t it?
Joe: Oh, it’s an outstanding plot, really. It’s er … got everything you need, it’s a very emotional love story, Ingrid Bergman’s married to this chap, and they come in, and she sees Humphrey Bogart, who was an old lover, and it starts the whole thing all over again, and, it moves, you know, in the midst of this strange setting, very gripping stuff.
Linda: Yes, and it’s supposed to have a very powerful ending as well, isn’t it?
Joe: It does, it has a very memorable ending, indeed. It’s an ending the image of which has been used in many commercials, it’s that popular.
Linda: Yeah. So what would you say is your favourite scene in the film?
Joe: Oh, I think the ending without question. It is …it’ so moving, and Bogart is, er …and Bergman saying their farewell at this …at the airport, it’s an image you never forget, it’s, er …a love story that is …archetypal, it’s outstanding. No question, it’s something that you should certainly see.
Linda: I really must get to see it, yeah.
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