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7 March 2008: Types of Films

It is nearly Easter and the spring flowers are out so Chester is looking very beautiful but there are EXAMS so a lot of students are working extremely hard and trying to remember the meaning of phrasal verbs and the spelling of difficult words like kitchen and necessary. Good luck to them all and to everyone who is doing exams this month.

There has been a lot in the news recently about film awards, and so I though we should clarify the different types of films which exist so that you have the right words when you are talking about the kind of films you like and don't like.

Exercise 1
Try to match the types of film with their contents.
Drag-and-drop your chosen answer into one of the spaces below. Only use each answer once.
Thriller
Documentary
Cartoon
Horror
Drama
Costume drama
Sci-fi
Animated film
Comedy
Romantic comedy
Film ContentsFilm Type
1:A short humorous film in which the characters are drawn
2:A film that is set in the future and there are some imaginary scientific developments
3:A type of film which combines comedy with a love story
4:A film with a very exciting story that often involves a crime
5:A film that tries to make the audience laugh
6:A film that tells a true story, often shown on television
7:A film in which the characters are drawn, made by computer or made from models
8:An historical film, often made famous by the clothes the actors wear
9:A film which tries to make the audience very frightened
10:A serious film
Drag-and-drop your chosen answer into one of the spaces below. Only use each answer once.
Thriller
Documentary
Cartoon
Horror
Drama
Costume drama
Sci-fi
Animated film
Comedy
Romantic comedy
Exercise 2
Here are some more words connected to the film industry. Match the word with the meaning.
The music that goes with a film:   
A series of short sections of a film that are shown to advertise it:   
An informal word for the cinema:   
The person who is responsible for the artistic part of a film:   
A cinema with many different screens so it can show many films at the same time:   
A famous film actor:   
The person who is responsible for the business side of the film:   
The place where you go to see a film:   
Unusual sounds or images in films created artifically and using new technology:   
A list of people involved in making a film, usually shown at the end of it:   

The word this week is prefabricated which is an adjective used to describe a building which is built in different parts and can be put together quickly.

"They are staying in a prefabricated house while their new bungalow is being built."

Have a good weekend.
Love from everyone at English in Chester!


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