AIMS: Film vocabulary • Describing fractions, percentages and quantities • Words and phrases for approximate quantities • Analysing and describing a pie chart for Task 1

1. Complete the types of film to match definitions 1- 6.

1. A film that makes people laugh.

2. This type of film has a hero as the main character.

3. A factual programme about an event or a person.

4. A crime or mystery film which is exciting.

5. A film which makes people afraid.

6. A film based on space and the future.

2. Write the correct option.

In Hollywood famous actors often play the main (1) character/personality in a film. The films usually have music or a (2) CD / soundtrack to increase the atmosphere. Hollywood films often have a simple (3) history / story and use special (4) effects /factors such as explosions to make the film exciting. Hollywood films can be divided into different (5) genres / topics such as thrillers or romantic films. If films are very successful, they are called (6) movies / blockbusters.

3. Now complete the film descriptions below using words from Exercises 1 and 2.

1. This film is a which tells the true of a woman who lived in Russia in the twentieth century and became a famous film director.

2. Blackout is a film set in the twenty-second century. It follows a group of explorers as they visit other planets and try to stay alive. There are lots of such as giant spaceships and explosions.

3. The of film which is most popular with teenage girls is romantic comedy. They also like film music and buy more CDs of film than boys. However, in general girls fin d films too frightening.

4. Percentages (%) and fractions (1⁄4 , 1⁄3, 1⁄2, etc.) can both be used to describe proportions of a whole amount.

Match the percentages to the fractions.

5. Use these patterns to write about percentages and fractions:

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. of adults / science fiction / watch / a third / films / do not

2. Bollywood / of worldwide film sales / ten per cent / come from

3. three quarters of / films / on television / people over 65 / watch

4. cartoons / children / on a regular basis / ninety per cent of / watch

6. f you do not know precise numbers or quantities, you can use words and phrases that express approximate amounts. Look at the bold words in these examples.

Now match the percentages on the left with the phrases on the right.