Film fans
The news
Telling a story
Grammar fans
100

One of my favourite a____ films of all time is The Terminator. 

action

100

Choose the correct option to complete the headlines.

Postal destroy/strike causes huge delays.  

strike

100

Add a word to each speakers part to correct the conversations.


A: I was having a shower when all a sudden a saw a huge spider. 

B: Oh no. What you do?

all OF a sudden 

What DID you do?

100

Put the verbs in the correct tense to complete the story.


Sasha (wake) up late because she (forget) to set her alarm clock.  

woke 

had forgotten

200

Jamie Foxx stars in Ray, a great b____ of Ray Charles.

biopic

200

Police attacked during student demonstration/ crash. 

demostration

200

A: Anyway, before,  someone called the police. 

B: Really? What next?

before LONG

What HAPPENED next?

200

She (have) breakfast when the telephone (ring).

was having, rang

300

Pretty Woman, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is my favourite r___ c____.

romantic comedy

300


Fugitives/Hostages released after negotiation with rebel leader. 

Hostages

300

A: The next I knew, the man was running towards me and shouting. 

B: don't believe it!

next THING I knew

I don't 


300

It was her boss. He wanted to know why she (not finish) the report that he (ask) her to do. 

hadn't finished

had asked

400

I'm not a great fan of p____ d____ , but I thought this production of Jane Eyre was brilliant. 

I loved the p____ t____, "The Silence of Lambs" but I found it very scary. 

period dramas

psychological thriller


400

Hundreds homeless after earthquake/violent hits. 

Fugitive/ Flood found hiding in forest.

earthquake

Fugitive

400

A:   , anyway I was going up the ski-lift and I fell off. 

B:   embarrassing!

SO/WELL

HOW

400

She quickly (leave) the house to go to work. She (stand) on the train when she noticed that lots of people (look) at her feet. 

left

was standing

were looking

500


I still enjoy Agatha Christie's "Murder On the Orient Express". It's one of the best ever d____ films. 

I can't watch s___ f____ films, like "Star Wars" and "Alien". I can't stand them. 

I think d____, films like Nixon, are a great way to learn about what really happened during important events. 

detective

science fiction 

docudramas

500

Train strike/ crash kills sixty people. 

House attacked/ crashed with petrol bomb. 

crash 

attacked

500

A: So, in end, I had to pay all the money back. 

B: dear. 

in THE end

OH dear

500

Then, she (realise) that she (forget) to put her shoes on. She (wear) her slippers. 

realised

had forgotten

was wearing 

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