UNIT 8: FILMS
Lesson 1: Getting started

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Quang Trung secondary school

Unit

8

FILMS
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

Let's go to the cinema tonight!

Uni
t

HOBBIES

WARM-UP

⮚ What did you do last night after finishing
your homework?
⮚ Do you like watching film?

PRESENTATION

fantasy (n)
/ˈfæntəsi /
phim viễn tưởng

PRESENTATION

horror film (n)
/'hɒrə fɪlm/
phim kinh dị

PRESENTATION

documentary (n)
/dɒkjʊˈmentəri/
phim tài liệu

PRESENTATION

comedy (n)
/ˈkɒmədi/
phim hài

PRESENTATION

star (v)
/sta:/
Đóng vai chính

PRESENTATION

exchange(v)
Trao đổi

PRESENTATION

review (n)
/rɪvju:/
Bài phê bình ( về
một bộ phim

PRESENTATION
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

horror film

/'hɒrə fɪlm/

phim kinh dị

documentary
comedy
fantasy

/dɒkjuˈmentri/
/ˈkɒmədi/
/ˈfæntəsi /
/sta: /

phim tài liệu
phim hài
phim viễn tưởng

star
exchange
review

/rɪvju:/

Đóng vai chính
Trao đổi
Bài phê bình ( về một
bộ phim

PRACTICE

1

Listen and read.

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again and choose the correct
answer to each question.

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again and choose the correct
answer to each question.

1. What does Mark suggest doing tonight?
a. Watching a TV show.
b. Watching a film.
c. Staying at home.
Mark: Let's go to the cinema tonight!
Hoa: Good idea! What shall we see?

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again and choose the correct
answer to each question.

2. Why doesn't Mark want to see An Old Pier?
a. He doesn't like that type of film.
b. It's not on at a convenient time.
c. He saw it last week.
Hoa: That's too frightening for me. Look! An Old
Pier is on at the Town Cinema. It's a documentary.
Mark: I don't really like documentaries. They're
often boring. What about Our Holiday?

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again and choose the correct
answer to each question.

3. The word “reviews” in the
conversation mostly means ______.
a. people's opinions about the film
b. interesting scenes in the film
c. what people don't like about the film

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again and choose the correct
answer to each question.

4. What do people think of Our Holiday?
a. Everyone likes it.
b. No one likes it.
c. Most people like it.
Hoa: What are the reviews like?
Mark: Well, although a few people say it's a
bit silly, most say it's funny and interesting.

PRACTICE

3

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of
the following sentences.
comedy
science fiction
film

fantasy
Types of films

documentary

horror film
cartoon

PRACTICE

3

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of
the following sentences.

Game: Who is faster?
Slap the correct types of films.

1. A film that tries to make the

comedy
audience laugh is a ………………

comedy
science
fiction
film

fantasy
Types of
films

documentary

horror
film
cartoon

PRACTICE

3

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of
the following sentences.

Game: Who is faster?
Slap the correct types of films.

comedy
science
fiction
film

fantasy
Types of
films

2. A film that is based only on

documentary

horror
fantasy
imagination, not on real facts, is a ……
film

cartoon

PRACTICE

3

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of
the following sentences.

Game: Who is faster?
Slap the correct types of films.

comedy
fantasy
Types of
films

3. A film that shows real life

documentary
events or stories is a ……………..

science
fiction
film

documentary

horror
film
cartoon

PRACTICE

3

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of
the following sentences.

Game: Who is faster?
Slap the correct types of films.

4. A film that is set in the future,

comedy
science
fiction
film

fantasy
Types of
films

documentary

horror
science
fiction
film
often about science, is a …………..
film
cartoon

PRACTICE

3

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of
the following sentences.

Game: Who is faster?
Slap the correct types of films.

5. A film in which strange and

comedy
science
fiction
film

fantasy
Types of
films

documentary

horror
horror
film
frightening things happen is a ………..
film
cartoon

PRACTICE

4

Complete the following sentences with the words in the box.

funny

boring
moving

frightening
interesting

PRACTICE

4

Complete the following sentences with the words in the box.
funny

interesting

frightening

moving

boring

frightening for a child.
1. Going to the hospital can be _________________
2. The film was so

funny

_______________

that the audience couldn't stop laughing.

3. Many people cried when they saw the
4. The film last night was so

boring

_______________

moving scenes of the film.

_______________

that we fell asleep.

interesting . I got a lot of useful information from it.
5. This book is ________________

PRODUCTION

5

Work in pairs. ask and answer about a type of film. Use some of the
adjectives in Task 4.

Example:
A: Do you like documentaries?
B: No, I don't.
A: Why not?
B: I think they're boring.

CONSOLIDATION

1

Wrap-up

Topic of
the unit

Vocabulary

FILMS

Types of
films

Adjectives
describing
films

CONSOLIDATION

2

Homework

⮚ Think about your favourite film.
⮚ Use at least 3 adjectives to describe it.

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