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~ De~cribing films)
Read sentences 1-8. Match the words in bold to
pictures a)-h).

Match adjectives
1 hilarious
2 predictable
3 difficult
4 brilliant

1-4 to their opposites a)-d).

a) terrible
b)

easy

c) depressing
d)

unpredictable

Match phrases 1-4 to phrases a)-d).

1 It's set in
a) Renee Zellweger.
2 It's based on
b) London.
3 It stars
c) a woman looking for the
4 It's about
perfect man.
d) a book of the same name.
Read parts of four film reviews. Fill in the gaps
with words from 1, 2 and 3.

It's 1_____________________________ in Thailand and it

Leonardo di Caprio.
It's 3_____________________________ on a book of the
same name and it's 4____________________________ _
a young man travelling around the
country.

2_________ __________ __________

It had a great soundtrack! I'm going to buy the

CD so I can listen to all the songs again.

D
C

It had a really predictable ending. I knew what

was going to happen.

[II

The film was hilarious. I couldn't stop

laughing!

B
The acti ng was 5_____________________________ ,
the plot was really 6_________ ___________________ _
to follow and the music was great.
Go out and buy the 7_________________ ________ ___ _
and sing the songs at home.

It was so depressing. I cried at the end of the

film.

5 The film was brilliant. It's the best film I've seen

all year.
6

I read the English subtitles and listened to the

film in Spanish.

The plot was too 11_______ _____ ___ ____ _________ _

to follow, and I couldn't read the
12_____________________________ so I didn't
understand everything!

It was a terrible film - the worst film I've ever

seen.

The story was difficult to follow. I couldn't

understand what was happening.

I laughed a lot because it was

but I thought the
ending was too 9_________ __ ____________ ______ - I
knew what was going to happen.
A good fi 1m but a 10____________________________ _
ending!
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