Movie Industry Quick Facts
Which industry produces the most films annually?
Nollywood (4-5 per day)
When did Hollywood have WWII propaganda?
1940s
Define adept
having knowledge or skill
What is a homophone?
A word that sounds the same as another word, but is spelled differently.
What is a modifier?
A word or phrase that describes or modifies another word or phrase.
Bollywood cares more about this than the plot of a movie.
Actors/actresses
When did Bollywood begin?
1930s
Define confide
to share something secretive with someone
What is the difference between a homograph and a homonym?
Homographs are any words that are spelled the same. Homonyms are words that are spelled the same AND have the same pronunciation.
In the following sentence, what is the modifier?
She arrived home and fell onto the sofa covered in sweat.
Covered in sweat
Rank the industries in order of viewers.
1. Hollywood (or Bollywood)
2. Bollywood (or Hollywood)
3. Nollywood
When did Nollywood begin?
1960s
doubtful, questionable
What is this an example of?
Bass/bass
Homograph
In the following sentence, what word is being modified:
She arrived home and fell onto the sofa covered in sweat.
sofa
Bollywood is more __________________ than Nollywood.
Famous, established, wealthy, advanced
When did the mythological movie become popular in Bollywood?
1975
Define exacerbate
to make worse or increase the severity of
What is this an example of?
Heard/herd
Homophone
What is the meaning of the following sentence:
She arrived home and fell onto the sofa covered in sweat.
The sofa that she fell on was covered in sweat.
Name the first film completed in Hollywood.
The Count of Monte Cristo
When did Nollywood have a "slump"? (decline)
1980s
What word fits in this sentence:
Normal light bulbs _____ more red then blue light.
emit
What is the following an example of?
Saw/saw
Homonym
Correct this sentence so that it makes more sense:
She arrived home and fell onto the sofa covered in sweat.
Covered in sweat, she arrived home and fell onto the sofa.