unit 13 Films and cinemas - reading

Unit 13
(P1- reading)
Kinds of
films
Before you read
Horror
Thriller
Science
fiction
Romantic
Martial art
Cartoon
War film
Action
film
Detective
film
Answer the questions.
1. Where do you watch films?
2. Can you name some of the films you
have seen?
3. What kind of films do you like to see?
Why?
Before you read
 I watch films on TV at home every night.
There are the series of Harry Potter and
some of Korean films that I have seen.
Fantasy movies and cartoons are my
favorites because they are usually exciting.
While you read

Task 1: Complete the sentences with the
words / phrases from the passage:
1. The history of _________ started in the
early 19
th
century.
2. The cinema developed _________ in the
first two ________ ___of its existence.
3. A ___________ of pictures could give the
feeling of movement when they were
set in motion
4. Films used changes of _________ to tell
a story.
5. Actors play _____________ parts in a
film.
cinema
rapidly
decades
sequence
scenes
character
Group work
Task 3: Match the words in column
A with their definitions in B
A
•
1. decade
•
2. rapidly
•

3. cinema
•
4. sequence
•
5. character
•
6. scene
B
•
film-making
industry
•
series of related
events or actions
•
a period of ten
years
•
quickly and in a
short time
•
part of a film
•
a person in a film
While you read
Task 2: Complete the sentences
with the words / phrases from
the passage:
scenes sequence decades cinema
rapidly completely actors character

1. ________ has been a big business. It is a
billion-dollar industry.
2. In the past few _________, The World’s cinema
industry has developed ___________
3. Pierce Brosnan has played as the _________
of 007.
4. Star Wars III has many exciting ________with
thousands of star fighters.
5. All three movies “Lord of the Rings” in the
_________ were really wonderful.
sequence
scenes
Cinema
decades
character
rapidly
Task 4: Answer these questions:
1. When did the history of cinema begin?
1. When did the history of cinema begin?
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
3. How were the films in the early days?
3. How were the films in the early days?
4.
4.
When were audiences able to see long films?
When were audiences able to see long films?
5. When was sound introduced?
5. When was sound introduced?
6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films

6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films
were being replaced by spoken ones?
were being replaced by spoken ones?
While you read