NEE | MÓDULO 5

● Famous people
1 Look at the pictures and find the person’s job in each word grid.

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OJPEBBWABTEARQO S P S F O M
ASLGOVZILFRMVKEN I L A M N J
MLKIR N E C Y B W
T D T Q E E
O G O R A S
R I A F O R

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A S P R E S L P I K G E
F G Y O R I O F M N Y R
I Q H W L D V T I U G A
E U J I E E L S T O X J
Q O Z N B N E W Y Z Q B
Z C T Y I T K O A I M R

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A P O T P O Y P N T I P
L F H I K Z J Q M W E A
X R T Y D G K R B T I V
E V Q W S Y L Y C N U X
U Y H K M I O I T Z O L
N V T S I C R E P J A K

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● Types of films/books/music
1 Choose the odd word out.

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1

folk western
western disturbing
disturbing
folk

hip classical exciting

exciting
hip hop
hop classical

thriller science
science fiction
fiction interesting
interesting
thriller

jazz social
social drama
drama amazing
amazing
jazz

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direct
direct romance
romance cast
cast

release
release R
R && BB special
special effects
effects

shoot
shoot fantasy
fantasy battle
battle

hunt
hunt biography
biography line-up
line-up

● Idioms: food
1 a) Match the parts of the phrases to form idioms.

1 in a A cake

2 go B crop

3 piece of C nuts

4 like two peas in a D nutshell

5 cream of the E pod

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 b) Use the idioms in the correct from Ex. 1a to complete the exchanges.

1 A: There go the Thompson twins. Can you tell them apart?

B: No way! They’re ................................................................................................................................... .
2 A: How was the film?
B: It had excellent acting, amazing direction, fantastic special effects; …………………………., it’s a must-see.
3 A: Did your sister like the book you gave her?
B: Like it? She …………………………..!
4 A: I can’t figure out how to download the songs I bought online.
B: Really? It’s ………………………………… . Let me show you.
5 A: I heard the new comedy has top actors in it.
B: Oh yes. The comedians that star in it are ………………………………….. .

● Relatives
1 Fill in: who, that, which, whose.

1 Minionese, …………………. is the language the minions speak in the Despicable Me films, is
really a combination of Spanish, Italian and French, with a lot of the words being actual names of
foods.

2 Many of the actors …………………. starred in The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies took the
props …………………. they used in the film – swords, shields, outfits – home with them.

3 Daniel Radcliffe, …………………. starring role in the Harry Potter films made him famous across
the world, started his professional acting career at the age of nine.

4 The synthetic voice …………………. we hear in the Theory of Everything, a film about the
legendary physicist Stephen Hawking, is actually Stephen Hawking’s voice.

5 Brad Pitt, …………………. is raising six children with Angelina Jolie, gets up at 6:00 am every
morning to make breakfast for their children.

6 Theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, …………………. works on astrophysics inspired the film
Interstellar, had an offer to play himself in a small role in the film.

7 The 2014 film Boyhood, …………………. follows the life of a boy from childhood to college, took
12 years to shoot.

8 Steven Spielberg is a director …………………. work counts about 130 films. His own dogs and
other pets have made an appearance in most of these films.

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