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6 At the movies
Presentation 1 Listen and read.
Megan That was “the funniest movie of the year”? No way!Callum I want my money back! That was the most boring
movie in the world. I fell asleep in the middle.Megan I know – you snored.Callum I did? How embarrassing!Yasmin Oh no! It’s raining.Callum No problem, we have an umbrella.Yasmin Callum, that isn’t yours! It’s mine!Callum But we can share.Yasmin No way! It’s the smallest umbrella in the world.
Hey! Whose key is this?Callum It’s mine. I didn’t want to carry my bag around so I
put it in my locker at school.Yasmin It’s a locker key!Callum Yeah – you’re a genius.Yasmin No, you don’t understand. Look at it. It’s like the
other key.Megan Which other key?Yasmin The key in the box. You know – Mr. Dean’s box. In
the tree!Callum Oh yeah! Sorry, Yaz. You are a genius!
Expressions•No way!•How embarrassing!•No problem.
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Unit 6 Presentation
an action movie Dan animated movie Ka disaster movie Ca historical movie Ea horror movie Ia romantic movie Ga science-fiction movie B a comedy L
a fantasy Ha musical Ja mystery Fa thriller A
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Comprehension 2 Answer the questions.
1 Did they like the movie?2 Did Megan fall asleep?3 Whose umbrella is it?4 Where is Callum’s bag?5 Why is Yasmin interested in the key?
Vocabulary 3 Match the words to the pictures. Listen, check and repeat the words.
In the USA it’s a movie.In Britain it’s a film.
Learning TipConnect new words to your own experience.I saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3. It’s an action movie.
4 In pairs, cover the words and point at the pictures. Ask and answer.
A: What kind of movie is it?B: It’s an action movie./It’s a thriller.
5 In pairs, talk about movies you know.
A: I saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3.B: What kind of movie is it?A: It’s an action movie. It’s also a romantic movie. B: Did you like it?A: Yes, I did./No, I didn’t. It was funny/interesting/exciting/boring.
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Language6
1 Write sentences about Brad’s family. Use superlative adjectives.
1 fast (I) I was the fastest in my family.2 old (Dad)3 young (Gillian)4 tall (Barbara)5 short (Gillian)6 strong (Dad)
Dad was the oldest.
Gillian was the youngest.
Barbara was the tallest.
Gillian was the shortest.
Dad was the strongest.
Superlatives – short adjectives
Short adjectives: the… -estI’m the fastest.
Grammar biteAdjectives ending in -e add st
nice ➞ nicestAdjectives ending in -y add iest
lucky ➞ luckiestDouble letters (vowel + consonant)
big ➞ biggesthot ➞ hottest
Note: irregular adjectivesgood ➞ better ➞ bestbad ➞ worse ➞ worst
2 Write superlative adjectives. Check the spelling.
1 big the biggest 9 easy the easiest2 lucky the luckiest 10 funny the funniest3 good the best 11 rainy the rainiest
4 happy the happiest 12 safe the safest5 cheap the cheapest 13 hard the hardest
6 thin the thinnest 14 strange the strangest7 silly the silliest 15 rude the rudest
8 bad the worst
3 Complete the sentences with superlative adjectives.
1 That wasn’t (funny) the funniest movie in the world!
2 This is (small) the smallest phone in the shop.
3 Is English (easy) the easiest language to learn?
4 Dario! You are (noisy) the noisiest boy in this class.
5 I think that restaurant has (good) the best pizzas in the city.
6 Mr. Dean is (rude) the rudest person in school.
7 You have (cool) the coolest shoes in class.
8 This is (bad) the worst CD in their collection.
9 That is (slow) the slowest computer – don’t use it!
10 She’s (lucky) the luckiest person in our family.
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Unit 6 Language
Long adjectives: the most…He’s the most confident man.
Superlatives – long adjectives
4 Read the newspaper article. Underline the superlative adjectives.
THE MOST INTERESTING MOVIE in the country last week was A Bird in the Hand.
It is Hollywood’s most exciting movie this year.It’s an action movie about smuggling in South America. The smugglers
catch a Lear’s Macaw – the most beautiful parrot in the
world. It’s also the most expensive bird in the world – the cheapest price for a
Lear’s Macaw is $50,000.The movie starts in Brazil’s
biggest city…
MOVIE REVIEWA BIRD IN THE HAND
5 Complete the sentences with superlative adjectives.
1 This is (exciting) the most exciting movie of the year.
2 Who is (intelligent) the most intelligent actor in Hollywood?
3 It’s (beautiful) the most beautiful parrot in the world.
4 Are Lear’s Macaws (expensive) the most expensive birds in the world?
5 I think she is (brilliant) the most brilliant actress in Hollywood.
6 You have (beautiful) the most beautiful eyes.7 This is (comfortable) the most comfortable
chair in the room.
It isn’t yours! It’s mine!
6 Complete the table with the missing pronouns.
mine hers yours theirsyours his its ours
Possessive pronounsSubject pronoun
Possessive adjective
Possessive pronoun
I my mineyou your yours
he his his
she her hers
we our ours
it its its
you your yours
they their theirs
7 Write the correct possessive pronoun.
1 That brown coat’s (Mr. Dean’s). It’s his .2 The umbrella’s (Yasmin’s). It’s hers .3 Whose school is Newport High? (Yasmin,
Callum and Megan’s). It’s theirs .4 I think the guitar is (Callum’s). It’s his . 5 These CDs are (my and my friend’s CDs).
They’re ours .6 Whose sunglasses are these? (your
sunglasses). They’re yours .
Extra
8 In pairs, ask and answer about things in the classroom.
A: Whose bag is this?B: It’s his/mine.
A: Whose books are these?B: They’re ours/yours.
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Language69 In pairs, do the quiz.
How much do you know about the movies?
Are you aMOVIE MANIAC?
What is the world’s most expensive movie?a) Titanic b) Spider-Man 3 c) King Kong1
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How long is the world’s longest movie?a) fifteen hours b) twenty-five hours c) eighty-seven hours
Who is the most popular historical character for movie-makers?a) Napoleon b) Frankenstein c) Alexander
Which is the most popular movie series?a) Alien b) Men in Black c) Star Wars
Which movie made the most money?a) Titanic b) The Incredibles c) Superman
Which is the world’s best-selling video/DVD?a) Terminator b) Mary Poppins c) The Lion King
Which country makes the most movies in a year?a) the USA b) India c) China
Which was the most popular story for a movie (they made ninety-five different films about it)?a) Pinnochio b) Cinderella c) Dracula
Extra
11 In pairs, ask and talk about these questions.
1 Who is the best actor or actress in the world?
2 Which movie is the best in the world?3 Which comedy is the funniest?4 Which horror movie is the scariest?5 Which animated movie is the best?A: I think the best actor is Tom Hanks.B: I agree/I don’t agree I think…
10 Listen and check your answers. You get 1 point for a correct answer.
1–3You know a little about movies. Maybe you’re more interested in sport.
4–6Not bad! You are interested in movies, but you’re not a maniac!
7–8Incredible! You are a movie maniac.
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Unit 6 CommunicateCommunicate6cold Cdry Ffreezing Dhot Awarm Bwet EIt’s raining. GIt’s snowing. IThe sun’s shining. Hcloudy Lfoggy Jstormy Nsunny Mwindy K
Vocabulary 1 Match the words to the pictures. Listen, check and repeat the words.
M
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2 In pairs, ask and answer.
A: What’s the weather like in picture A? B: It’s hot…
Talk about the 3 Talk about the weather in different seasons.
A: What’s the weather like in summer/winter/spring/autumn?B: It’s usually… , but sometimes it…
4 What’s the weather like today? In pairs, ask and answer.
Canada 30°cSouth Africa 16°cNew Zealand 12°c
A: What’s the weather like in Canada?B: It’s very sunny. Which is the coldest country?A: It’s New Zealand. Is South Africa warmer than Canada?
weather
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Skills6
Reading 1 Read the webpage and answer the questions.
1 Where is the text from? Movie News page on the web.
2 What sort of text is it? A film/movie review.
3 What’s it about? A movie called The Perfect Storm.
2 Read the text. Correct the mistakes.
It’s 1 spring fall 1991. Captain 2 Haddock takes his boat, 3 Arthur Grail and his 4 girlfriend into the 5 Indian Ocean. 6 Two storms meet to make the worst 7 movie for 100 years. This is a 8 $1 million movie – the special effects are 9 terrible. It’s a great 10 horror movie but it only gets 11 four stars.
www.topmovies.us
MOVIE REVIEW
SEARCH BY TITLE A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Review date: July 2000Director: Wolfgang PetersenProducers: Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, Paula WeinsteinActors: George Clooney as Captain Billy Tyne, Mark Wahlberg as Bobby ShatfordThe Plot: This is a true story. It’s fall 1991, Captain Billy Tyne – George Clooney in the movie – takes his fish-ing boat Andrea Gail and his crew into the Atlantic Ocean for the last trip of the year. Captain Tyne needs fish and money. But the weather is stormy and when three storms meet, they make the worst storm for 100 years – the Perfect Storm! The Best Parts: The boat is awesome – it’s old and dirty. You can smell the fish! This is a $140 million movie, so the special effects are amazing. The storms are the biggest, noisiest, wettest sea scenes in the world! It’s re-ally scary – the waves are enormous. I dropped my popcorn when the boat rolled over in the water! And I love George Clooney – he’s an excellent actor. The Worst Parts: It’s noisy and the movie’s more than two hours long but after fifteen minutes I started to feel seasick. The story’s exciting, but by the end I wanted to get into my warm bed and close my eyes. My Rating: A great action movie. Some of the acting is awful, the story’s messy, and it’s long, so only three stars. It’s the Perfect Storm, but it isn’t the Perfect Movie.★★★✩✩
The Perfect Storm(2000)7/10
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Unit 6 Skills
Listening
3 Listen to the interviews. What movie is each person talking about?
CheckCheck your draft – have you used strong adjectives? Write the final version.
A
B
4 Listen again and make notes.
Michael Rachel
1 What sort of movie is it? Disaster/Thriller animated
2 Did you like it? Yes Yes
3 What is the best bit in the movie?
The enormous wave
The fight
4 How many stars? 4 3
5 What’s the movie called? The Day after Tomorrow
Ice Age
Speaking
5 In pairs, ask and answer about a movie you know. Use the questions from exercise 4.
Writing
Using strong adjectives
good ↦ perfect/fantastic bad ↦ terrible/horrible
6 Choose a strong adjective to replace the words. Check the grammar.
tiny enormous excellentawful amazing
1 The waves were big. enormous2 The boat is small. tiny3 The special effects are good. excellent4 George Clooney is a good actor. amazing
5 Some of the acting is bad. awful
A web movie reviewResearch Think about a movie you like/ don’t like. Make notes.
DraftWrite a draft.
The plotTell the main idea of the story. It’s about a movie, so write in the present tense.The best partsWrite about a scene, the music, an actor or some special effects that are good.The worst partsWrite about something awful in the movie. My ratingMake comments about the acting/story/music/special effects. Say why you liked/didn’t like it. Give it a star rating.
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Look again6Language
1 Write the correct form of the long or short adjective.
1 William’s the tallest boy in the class. (tall)2 She was the most beautiful actress in the
movie. (beautiful)3 It was the strangest car in the world.
(strange)4 My town is the smallest town in
California. (small)5 Our math test was the most difficult test this
year. (difficult)6 I had the worst grades on the test! (bad)7 He bought the most expensive bike in the
store. (expensive) 8 You’re the luckiest student in the class.
(lucky)
2 Write the correct possessive pronoun.
1 Whose umbrella is this? It’s my umbrella. mine
2 Is this Vicky’s bag? No, it’s Carla’s. hers
3 They aren’t your CDs – they’re Bob and Sally’s. theirs
4 Whose sunglasses are these? They’re Jack’s. his
5 This isn’t my key – it’s your key. yours
Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with a movie type.
1 I loved Titanic – it was the best disaster movie in history.
2 Elizabeth I was fantastic. I like h istorical movies about the past.
3 The Lord of the Rings movies were f antasy movies but they were very real to me.
4 I can’t sleep after a h orror movie – they’re very scary.
5 My favorite movies are m usicals with nice songs, like in The Sound of Music.
6 I took my sister to see Shrek, yesterday. She loves a nimated movies.
7 Mr. Bean movies are great. They’re the best c omedies of all.
4 Complete the weather words.
1 It’s w a r m . 2 It’s st o r m y .3 It’s w i n d y .4 It’s r a i n i n g .5 It’s f r e e z i n g .6 The sun’s sh i n i n g .
Communication
5 Write sentences A–E in the correct place in the conversation.
Pedro 1 It’s a horrible day today. It’s freezing.
You Yes, and it’s windy. What’s the weather like in your country?
Pedro 2 BYou Is it sunny all the time?Pietro 3 EYou Does it rain a lot?Pedro 4 CYou And what’s Porto Alegre like in the
summer?Pedro 5 D
A It’s a horrible day today. It’s freezing.B It depends. For example, Brasilia is hotter
and drier than Curitiba.C Yes, it does – especially in the summer. D It’s a very hot city! The best weather is in
the spring.E No, it isn’t. The winter is sometimes very
cold in my city, Porto Alegre.
Now you can…LKJ
use short/long superlative adjectives (ex 1)possessive pronouns (ex 2)name types of movies (ex 3)name weather words (ex 4)talk about the weather (ex 5)
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Culture spot
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1 Read the text and answer the questions.
1 When do children watch TV or use the Internet?2 How many children have a computer in their rooms?3 What’s ‘multi-tasking’?4 What do children use their computers for?5 What activities can students do after school, according to the text?
2 How about your class?
• Howmanypeoplehavecomputers?• DoyourfriendsprefertowatchTVorgoonline?• WhataretheirfavoriteTVprograms/onlineactivities?
Life after school
Most American homes now have computers and twenty-three percent of children have a computer in their bedrooms. The most popular activity is ‘social networking’. Teenagers also use the Inter-net for their homework.
Of course, kids in the USA aren’t always in front of a screen and they don’t always go straight home – many of them do after-school activities like sports or art and music classes. It’s great that teens do active things, too and don’t spend all their time in front of the TV or computer!
When students in the USA finish school they like to relax in front of a screen – watching TV or going online.
Nearly eighty percent of American children have a TV in their bedroom. Most children can read a magazine, use the Internet and watch TV at the same time – ‘multi-tasking’.
Reasons for using the InternetBoys Girls
Instant messaging 25% 42%Playing games 37% 22%Info for schoolwork 18% 24%Social networking 15% 24%Downloading music 11% 13%