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What is your all-time favorite movie?

Which film(s)?

• had three parts?
• were based on a book?
• was set at the beginning of the 20th century?
• is about a natural disaster?
• was filmed in a wildlife park?
• didn't win an Oscar?
• was a romantic film?
• was directed by a man born in the country where the film was made?

Read the text and fill in the gaps

The Beach The film is set in the 1990s on a small tropical island. It is based on a best-selling book by a young author Alex Garland and it was directed by the British director, Danny Boyle. It's about a young traveller (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) who ____ (to find) a group of young people living on a beautiful, uninhabited island. But paradise soon ____ (to turn) into a nightmare... "Where was it filmed?" The film was shot on the beautiful island of Phi Phi Leh in Thailand, which is now visited by more than a million tourists every year. Most of the hotels were destroyed in 2004 by the tsunami but they have now been rebuilt. "How do I get there?" ____ (to fly) to Phuket International airport and _____ (to travel) to the island by boat or small plane.

Sometimes actions are more important than people

Sometimes actions are more important than people

Complete the chart with the passive verbs

Active 1. Films inspire people to travel. 2.Sydney Pollack directed Out of Africa. 3.They're making the film on location. 4. They will release the film next year.

Passive 1. People ____ to travel by films. 2. Out of Africa ____ by Sydney Pollack. 3. The film ____ on location. 4.The film _____ next year.

Learn the vocabulary

scenery |ˈsiːn(ə)rɪ| unforgettable breathtaking magnificent actors trilogy holiday destination be based on a novel director |dɪˈrektə|

move on location screen soundtrack the cast film crew natural disaster character shoot a film

Correct the mistakes in the phrases

1. Lada cars are made (made) in Russia.
2. A new motorway (is being build) at the moment.
3. The film (based on) a famous novel.
4. This programme (were watched) by millions of people in the 90s.
5. My bag (was stole) when I was in Florida.
6. The Harry Potter books (were written for) J. K. Rowling.
7. I couldn't send you an email because my computer (was repairing).
8. You (will taken) to your hotel by taxi.
9. Oh no! Our flight (has being cancelled).
10. English (is spoke) in this restaurant.
11. Seat belts (must wear) at all times.

Work in pairs Did you know?

1. The country with the smallest film industry is Iceland, where only three films (make) every year. 2. More than 26,000 costumes (use) in the 1963 film Cleopatra. 3. In the near future more films (see) on computers than at the movie theaters. 4.The most filmed character is Sherlock Holmes. Until now, more than 200 different films (make) about him. 6. Spielberg's film The Color Purple (nominate) for 11 Oscars in 1985, but didn't win any. 7. Macaulay Culkin (pay) $4.5 million for his role in Home Alone in 1990. This was a record for a child at that time. 8.The director Stanley Kubrick died while his film Artificial Intelligence (make). Spielberg (ask) to finish the film. 9. At this very moment, thousands of films (make) all over the world.

Discuss the questions

1. Where were you born? 2. When was your favourite film realised? 3, Has your English ability been tested lately? How was it tested? 4. You leave something that you plan on eating in your fridge, but later you find that it is gone. Who was it probably eaten by? 5, Are teenagers given too much freedom these days? Do they need to be controlled? 6.Why does your hair look like that? What was done to it? 7. Have your teeth been checked by a dentist recently? 8. What things were made by you recently?

THANKS!