Talking about movies - VOCABULARY

c.

__ fall in love
__ break up
a. b.
__ facts
__ information
__ nervous
__ crime
__ solve a puzzle d. e.
Scared f.
__ murder
__ afraid h.
True things. For example: the
__ judo sun is hot, March is the third
g. month.
__ karate
Kill someone. i.
__ taekwondo
l. Travelling from one place
j.
__ jiu-jitsu to another.
When this phrase is used to
talk about a movie or story it
__ to be set in tells you when or where the m. Very surprising, maybe
story happens. also a little scary.
__ high tech k.

__ magical
creatures
__ fairies
o. p.
__ explosion n. Find the answer to a problem Modern or future
or question. technology.
__ car chase
q. Things that we know
__ hiker t. A person who you are
about something. Like data
fighting against.
or facts.
__ journey
__ divorce r. End a marriage. Break up u. A person whose job is to
with your husband or wife. kill people.
__ enemy s.

__ assassin
__ shocking

v. w.
 Movie Genres
Match the types of movies to the descriptions.

Many people like to watch these films with their girlfriends or boyfriends.
1. action ____
They are about relationships, falling in love and sometimes breaking up.

These films tell us about real things. The could be stories about a real place, person 
2. thrillers ____
or time in history. They often contain lots of facts and information. 

People often feel nervous when they watch these films. Sometimes they tell the
3. comedy ____ story of a crime, sometime they tell the story of a spy. The characters in these
stories normally have to solve a puzzle or find some answers.

These movies often have lots of monsters, ghosts or scary murders. Many people feel afraid when they 
4. animation ____
watch them. 

These films show the stories of soldiers or normal people during war 
5. horror ____ time. They often have an age limit so that young children can’t watch 
them. 

The actors in these films have to do a lot of fighting using judo, karate, 
6. war drama ____ taekwondo and jiu-jitsu. Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee made a lot of this type of 
film. 

These films always have a lot of songs and dances in

7. sci fi ____ them. The actors often have to learn how to sing or dance
well to act in these movies.

Many of these movies are set in space or in the future. They often show people
8. martial arts ____ living in a more high-tech world with lots of new technology like spaceships and
robots. This genre name is short for science fiction.

These films are not about real people or real places, instead they are about
9. ____ magical creatures in strange places. You might see fairies or witches and
documentary wizards if you watch these.

These movies are funny and have a lot of jokes. Sometimes the actors in them
10. superhero ____
do silly things or have funny accidents.

Movies in this genre often have a lot of fighting, a lot of big explosions and some car 
11. drama ____
chases. People think these films are exciting. 

The main character in these movies is often a comic book hero like Batman or 
12. musical ____
Superman. The story is usually about the main character fighting a bad guy. 

This type of film normally shows real life stories where the characters have to
face some problems. Sometimes the problems are natural disasters (like
13. romantic ____
earthquakes or big storms), and sometimes the problems are human problems
(like family arguments).

These movies are made using computers, they don’t use cameras to film actors. 
14. fantasy ____ Lots of people think these films are just for children but there are some very 
good movies in this genre that adults and children can enjoy together. 
Now look at the movie posters - can you match these famous movies to their genres?
 The Girl on the Train Beyond Beauty: Taiwan Spectre (007)
The Tag-Along
(2016) - USA from Above (2015) - USA
(2015) - Taiwan
Director: Tate Taylor (2013) - Taiwan Director: Sam Mendes
Director: Wei-hao Cheng
Cast: Emily Blunt, Haley Director: Po-lin Chi Cast: Daniel Craig,
Cast: Wei-ning Hsu, River
Bennet, Rebecca Ferguson Cast: Xiang Hong Christoph Waltz
Huang
Genre: ______________ Genre: ______________ Genre: ______________
Genre: ______________

My Geeky Nerdy Buddies Avatar Our Times The Lord of the Rings
(2014) Taiwan (2009) USA (2015) - Taiwan (2001) - New Zealand
Director: Yen-ping Chu Director: James Cameron Director: Frankie Chen Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Jam Hsiao, Shu-ying Cast: Sam Worthington, Cast: Vivian Sung, Darren Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian
Jiang, Chengpeng Dong Zoe Saldana Wang, Joe Chen McKellen
Genre: ______________ Genre: ______________ Genre: ______________ Genre: ______________

Yi Yi Frozen The Assassin Hacksaw Ridge

(2000) - Taiwan (2013) - USA (2015) - Taiwan (2016) - USA
Director: Edward Yang Directors: Chris Buck and Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jennifer Lee Cast: Qi Shu, Chen, Chang, Cast: Andrew Garfield, Sam
Jin, Issey Ogata Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Yun Zhou Worthington
Genre: ______________ Menzel Genre: ______________ Genre: ______________
Genre: ______________
Now try to match the descriptions to the movie names. Which ones have you watched?
……………………….……………………….
……………………….
This film is based on a real story from Taiwan. In  ……………………….
the mountains of Taiwan there is a small girl in a  This is the story of one 
This movie tells the 
red dress, hikers who see her will sometimes  family and all the small 
story of Mia (a 
disappear or have an accident. In the movie, first a  problems they face in their 
young woman who 
grandma goes missing, but then after she comes  day-to-day life in Taipei. 
wants to be an 
back her grandson also disappears. 
actress), and 
Sebastian (a piano 
……………………….
player). They both  ……………………….
………………………. live in Los Angeles  In this film we can see 20 
This movie tells the
and want to be  years of Truly Lin’s life from 
story of a Hobbit
This film tells the story of  famous but life is  her time in highschool to 
(which is a type of very
Rachel Watson’s life after  not easy for them.  now. The film shows how 
short person). The
she got divorced. Every day  The movie uses  her and her friends found 
Hobbit’s name is Frodo
she takes the train and she  songs and music to  love, but maybe not the 
and he has to go on a
can see her old house  tell the story of their  love they really dreamed 
long journey to destroy
where her ex-husband lives  lives.  about. 
a magical ring.
with his new wife and their 
child. One day Rachel sees 
………………………. ……………………….……………………….
something shocking and 
James Bond gets a This very popular movie tells the story of two sisters, 
scary when she’s on the 
message from his past. Anna and Elsa. Elsa is the Queen of Arendelle and 
train. The next day a 
The message tells him to she has the power to make snow and ice. Elsa tries 
woman is missing. Rachel 
go first to Mexico and to hide her powers, but it doesn’t work and she 
tries to find out what 
then to Italy. He has to be accidentally freezes her whole country. Elsa’s little 
happened to the woman. 
very clever if he wants to sister, Anna, goes on a journey to find her big sister 
beat his enemies. and change the weather back to normal. 

……………………….……………………….
This movie is set in China a long, long time ago. A ……………………….
……………………….
little girl is trained in different types of fighting to
be a dangerous assassin. When she grows up, she is This movie was released  This film is a true 
sent by her teacher to kill an important man but the in both 3D and normal  story about a soldier 
person she must kill is the same man that she 2D. It is the story about  called Desmond T. 
wanted to marry. She must decide if she will kill him soldiers going to a  Doss. He was in the 
and make her teacher happy or save his life and different planet called  American army when 
ignore her teacher. Pandora to collect  they were fighting 
special rocks. There are  against Japan in 
people living on the 
………………………. ………………………. Okinawa. He didn’t 
planet, they’re not 
This film looks at Otaku and his  want to kill people 
humans, they’re taller 
Taiwan from the roommate Mr Cheap  because he thought it 
than people and they 
sky. It shows the are the geeky kids at  was wrong and 
have blue skin and tails. 
natural beauty of their university. This  finally he was 
One of the soldiers falls 
Taiwan and it also movie watches Otaku 
in love with one of the  rewarded for being 
shows the changes and Mr Cheap try to 
blue-skinned people and  very brave and for 
made to the earth fall in love with their 
wants to help protect  caring about the other 
by buildings, farms dream girls. Often 
her planet. 
and factories. their plans are funny  soldiers. 
and silly. 
Talking about films
We can use everything we’ve talked about so far to tell other people about movies that we’ve seen.

It’s a ​ (year) ​ ​ ​ (genre) ​ m

​ ovie from ​ (country) ​which is about ​ (description) ​ . It
was directed by ​ (director’s name) ​ and stars ​ (actors names) ​ .

Use this as an example to tell your classmates about two or three movies that you have seen.

Take turns to ask and answer questions with a partner.

Q1. What is ‘Yi Yi’? “It’s a drama from Taiwan, it’s about....​”
Q2. What is ‘Titanic’ about?
Q3. Tell me about ‘Avatar’. “It’s a very famous sci-fi film about…”
Q4. Who directed ‘Our Times’? “I think _______ directed it.” / “I don’t know who directed that film.”
Q5. Who directed ‘Frozen’?
Q6. Who starred in ‘Hacksaw Ridge’? “_______ and _______ starred in Hacksaw Ridge.”
Q7. Who starred in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies?
Q8. What is ‘Toy Story’ about?
Q9. Have you seen ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’? Is it good?
Q10. Have you seen any war movies? Which ones?
Q11. Have you seen ‘The Ring’? Did you like it? Why or why not?
Q12. Do you like movies that are set in space?
Q13. Did you watch ‘The Little Mermaid’ when you were a child? Can you remember what it’s about?
Q14. Do you know who directed ‘The Lord of the Rings’ movies?
Q15. What is the name of the main characters in ‘Titanic’? Do you know the names of the actors?
Q16. What’s ‘The Assassin’ about? Have you watched it? Was it scary?
Conversation - take turns being partner A and B.
A: Have you seen any movies recently?

B: ​Yes I have. I saw _______ last week / last month / last year.

A: What was it about?

B:​ ​It’s about… (talk about the movie for a while).

A:How did you like it? ​OR​ What did you think of it? ​OR​ How was it?

B:​ ​It was great/fantastic/boring/terrible.

A:Why did you think it was so good / bad?

B:​ ​The acting was good and the story was interesting. ​OR​ The acting was bad,
and the story was boring.

A: Where did you see it?

B: ​I saw it at (cinema name).

A: Who did you go with?

B: ​I saw it with my friend / family / girlfriend. ​OR​ I saw it by myself.

A: Who is the director?

B: ​I think _______ directed it. ​OR​ I don’t know who directed it.

A: Who’s in it? ​OR​ What actors are in it?

B: ​(actor’s name) is in it. ​OR​ I don’t know the actors’ names.

A: Do you think I should go to watch it?

B: ​Yes, you should! It’s a great movie. ​OR​ No, it’s not that good, you don’t
need to see it​. 
 
Harry Potter Who’s Who
Look and ask about the characters from the Harry Potter movies?

Who’s the brave one? He’s _________ . / That’s __________ .

Who are the stupid ones? They are _________ and __________ .

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Severus
Snape, Voldemort, Draco Malfoy, Fred and George Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Ginny
Weasley, Cho Chang, Minerva McGonagall, the Dursleys, Crabbe and Goyle, Luna Lovegood,
Sybill Trelawney, Cedric Diggory
Movies -
1. VOC
2. Genre match
a. Action - Spectre (007)
b. Animation - Frozen
c. Comedy - My Geeky Nerdy Buddies
d. Documentary - Beyond Beauty - Taiwan from Above
e. Drama - Yi Yi
f. Fantasy - The Lord of the Rings
g. Horror - The Tag-Along
h. Martial Arts - The Assassin
i. Musical - x
j. Romance - Our Times
k. Sci Fi - Avatar
l. Superhero - x
m. Thriller - The Girl on the Train
n. War drama - Hacksaw Ridge
3. Picture to description match
4. Talking about films
5. Have you seen _______ yet? Swap classmates
6. Harry Potter who's who
7. Discussion questions