Unit 13. Films and cinema

Unit 13
FILMS AND CINEMA
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Unit 13:FILMS AND CINEMA
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I. Pronunciation
/f/ /v/
Face vase
Fan van
Belief believe
Offer over
Life live
photograph leave
Enough view
Choose the underlined part which is pronounced differently from the others.

1.A. Wife B. knife C. leaves D. leaf
2.A. First B. fan C. laugh D.discover 3.A. Off B. of C. few D. prefer
4. A. Though B. laugh C. life D. film


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II. GRAMMAR:
1.Adjectives of attitude:
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Rules :
* V-ING (adj): active meaning, the influence of something on us.
* V-ED (adj): passive meaning, our feeling.
Ex : This is such an exciting story that many people are excited about it.
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Exercise 1: Write the adjectival forms of the verbs.

Answers :
1.fascinating 2. exciting
3.terrifying 4. irritating
5. horrifying 6. boring
7. surprising 8. amusing
9. embarrassing 10. frustrating
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Exercise 2 :Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives ( V-ing or V-ed )
Answers :
1. a. depressing b. depressed
2. a .interested b. interesting
3. a . boring b. bored
4. a .excited b. exciting
5. a . exhausting b. exhausted
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II. Grammar
2.It was not until.that .:
Ex : -I didn`t study English before 1993.
?It was not until 1993 that I started studying English.
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Examples :
-It was not until 1915 that the cinema became an industry.
-It was not until I was 27 that I got married.
Rule:
It was not until + time in past + that + clause ( past tense ).
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Exercise 3 : Rewrite the sentences.
1. It was not until 1990 that she became a teacher.
2. It was not until he was 30 that he knew how to swim.
3. It was not until 1980 that they began to learn English.
4. It was not until his father came home that the boy did his homework.
5. It was not until the lights were on that the football match started.


II. Grammar and vocabulary
3. Articles : a, an ,the
Examples :
Yesterday I bought a dictionary and an English book.
The dictionary is expensive and the English book is cheaper.

*What are the rules for using articles ?
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Unit 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
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Rules :
*Indefinite articles : a, an
Eg : a big orange, an hour , an orange , a university.

*Definite article : the
Eg : I have a dog and a cat. The dog is black and the cat is white.
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Exercise 4 : Put a, an or the in the blanks.
1. a- the – the
2. An- a –a- the – the – the
3. The – the – the – the
4. An- a –a – the -a
More practice :
1.Choose the best answers
1.We need to do more for…poor.
A. the B. a C. an D. X
2.It is very …….to work more than eights hours a day.
A. tire B. tired C. tiring D. tires
3. Have you already had … lunch ?
A. a B. an C. the D. X
4. I am …. because my exam result is so bad.
A. bore B. bored C. boring D. bores
5. She is … most intelligent person I know.
A. The B. a C. an D. zero
2. Choose the part which needs correcting :
1.I can’t remember if I saw that film on TVor at a cinema. A B C D
2. It was not until 2000 that I work as a teacher.
A B C D
3. I like that film because it is so interested. Whenever
A B
I see it I feel excited.
C D
4. We have got new offices near a centre of the city.
A B C D
Homework
Make sentences with : exciting , excited , fascinating , fascinated.
Make two sentences using "it was not until.that ".
Today we have learnt :
/f/ and /v/.
Adjective ending –ING or-ED form.
It was not until … that…
Articles.