Films & TV
Where do you shoot a movie?
Plot
Film Studio
Script
FILM STUDIO
She ______ (have) rehearsal until 8pm tonight, so let's meet tomorrow.
HAS
True or false: COMICS have a lot of pictures in them
TRUE
I _______ (finish) my final essay last night. Now I can graduate with my friends.
FINISHED
She found some bad reviews online about one of the films.
How do you say REVIEWS in Spanish?
La reseña
Different actors play different ______ in various films & series.
Locations
Special effects
Parts
PARTS
The bus usually _________ (leaves/is leaving) everyday at 9am.
LEAVES
What would you read to relax? You're trying to avoid the news about everything that's happening in the world. (Write the correct letter)
A) An interesting & popular novel that has sold over 200,000 copies
B) The newspaper, like The New York Times
B
I ______(write) in my journal, when I suddenly had a great idea for a new plot of my next movie.
WAS WRITING
The people who make TV shows or movies are called:
Actors
Extras
Producers
PRODUCERS
FALSE
I'm on vacation and I ________ (work) on this script in a cafe in London.
I'M WORKING
(I'm on vacation shows a temporary situation, not a routine.
So the action, (WORKING) is also temporary and happening now)
Which of these is NOT a type of novel?
Mystery - Romance - Diary - Thriller
DIARY
Write the correct answer:
The movie (won/has won) 5 awards so far.
HAS WON
(So far means, "up to now"/it hasn't finished, it could still win more)
Y'all are taking English as a Foreign Language.
How do you say Foreign Language in Spanish?
LENGUA EXTRANJERA
A) Actors always write their scripts
B) Actors have to rehearse their lines
B
Sofia is on vacation, and _______ (not/stay) at home this week
isn't staying at home this week.
(temporary, not a routine, so that's why it's "staying at home".
An online website where people can write about what they like or are interested in.
A) journal
B) Poetry
C) Blog
C) Blog
Lately, I translated/have been translating subtitles for different movies.
Have been translating - LATELY
“We use have/has been + -ing with lately or recently because it describes an activity that started in the past and is still continuing or has just stopped.”
I believe the movies and books about James Bond would be considered thrillers/romance. What does everyone else think?
THRILLERS
Spider-Man, Iron-Man, Wonder Woman, etc... These are typical _____ that kids will wear on Halloween when they go trick or treating.
COSTUMES
___________(you/read) anything exciting at the moment? A new novel? Short stories? Poems?
Are you reading -- "at the moment" refers to actions happening NOW / temporary situations
Past simple = routines, habits, general truths
(I read every night before bed)
Non-fiction is about:
A) Real people & real events (Biographies)
B) Invented/made up people and events (Harry Potter)
A
By the time I opened the film studio, I wrote/had written 5 movie scripts.
HAD WRITTEN - key phrase is "BY THE TIME".
When we have two actions in the past, we use past perfect (HAD WRITTEN) for the one that happened first, and past simple (OPENED) for the one that happened second.
The words by the time, when, and after often signal this structure.
Subtitles mean that people don't miss anything.
Translate that phrase, "don't miss anything"
No se pierda nada