WELCOME The big screen Work in pairs. For each type of film, think of an example that you have both seen. action | animated | comedy | drama | horror | romantic comedy | science fiction | thriller 2. Read the article. What types of films does it mention? 3 Read the article again and mark the sentences T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn't say). 1. Chris Columbus' films are popular with 13-18-year-olds. ci 2 Columbus started making films when he was 30, 3 His films arer't popular with older people, oO 4 Lots of people in Hollywood want Columbus to make films, ia 5. He's never won an Oscar. fi 4 Work in pairs. Think of your 4 favourite film director and discuss these 4 questions. : 1 What films has this director made? ‘A-12-year-old who gets let behind when his family o on noiday, f= 2 What do you like about his/her films? ‘a teenage magician fighting to save his world and the troubled : ‘son of a Greek god living in modern-day America: these are Present perfect tenses "just three of the characters brought to life on the big screen by director Chris Columbus, With fims such as Home Alone, Hary Petter and the Chamber of Secrets and Perey Jackson and the ‘Sea of Monsters, Columbus has certainly shown that he knows how to get teenagers into the cinema, Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect simple or continuous form of the verbs and Circle) the correct words, 1 They________ (play) for since ‘Columbus has been making fis for more than 30 years and 87 minutes and neither side hasscored yet. fhas become one of the most successful fim directors of all time. 2 Iyet/still_____.___ (not watch) the final, Since he directed his first fim, Adventures in Babysitng, in 1987, s0 please don't tell me which singer wor. Columbus has been involved in some ofthe biggest films as both 3 __you___(see) last night's show a ditector and a producer. still yet? Brad Pitt and Lady Gaga were guests. But Columbus doesnt only make action fms forthe teenage 4. Thechildren it in front of the ‘market. He's also made a number of successful ims for ads. TV watching SpongeBob for / since they got up. Comedies such as Mrs Doubt, dramas such as The Help and 5 It’sthe funniest programme on TV.1 science fiction fis such as Bicentennial Man have al helped fut mis) an eplsode'sl/ yet make Columbus one of Hollywood's most popular flm-meakers. & ThePrime Minister. ___Gay) the same thing for [since weeks now. No one believes him. TV programmes 1 Work in pairs. Look at the sentences in the previous exercise. Match them with the types of TV programme. talent show | sitcom | cartoon | sports programme | the news | chat show Choose a type of TV programme from the list below. Write a sentence about it using the present perfect, simple and/or continuous. Don’t include the type of programme in your sentence! drama series | game show | reality show | soap (opera) Wee been watching it for weeks, but no one has won the million-dollar prize yet. 3 ERIM Read out your sentence. Can the rest of the class guess the type of TV programme?B TIME TO ACT Our endangered planet 1 ‘Werk in pairs. Describe the photos. What problems do they show? a. rubbish 7 itter b global warming pollution Question tags 1 Complete these sentences from the recording with the question tags. are they? | aren'tthey? | does t? did they? | isit? | isn'tit? weren't they? | doesn't it? 1 2 | guess they're just lazy, But it only takes a ew people to spoil everything, Yes, it’ all those fumes from the factory, They didn't ask us if we wanted it here, Even if they do, it doesn't make our lives any better, E Hundreds of homes were damaged ‘And the politicians aren't really doing anything to help, Itisnit the sort of thing youdd expect to see here, 2. Complete the sentences with question tags. 1 You haven't told Ron, You're going to do something about it, Itsounds quite dangerous, __? Itdidn't work, 2 Itwon't be easy, __? She wrote to her local politician, ? www frenglish.ru FT] e fumes 8 flooding oO “| fF smog So do! Neither doi 1 Look at the questions and complete the answers with 50 or neither. 1 A Idon't really believe 2A Ithink we should in all that. do something anf L B dol. 2 EUENGNA Complete the sentences so that they are true for you and read them out. Agree (or disagree!) with your partner's sentences. 1 [really ike 2 Idon'tlike __ 3 Ibelieve __ 4 I dor't believe Accepting and refusing invitations 1 EBERLE Put the sentences in order to makea conversation. Then listen and check. [7] SUE Marco and! want to do something to help the flood victims. SUE Yes~20km! Want to join us? SUE That's shame. But you will sponsor us, wont you? SUE We're going to doa sponsored walk next Sunday. DEREK Of course | wil | DEREK Are you going to walk a long way? DEREK What are you going to do? | DEREK [id love to, but can't. 'm busy. 2 Work in pairs. Write a conversation using the underlined phrases from Exercise 1. You and your friend are tired of all the rubbish in the street and have decided to do something about it, What are you going to do? Invite another friend to join you.| 4 GRAMMAR Present tenses (review) Match sentences 1-5 with the tenses a-d and then complete the rule with the names of the tenses. {'m still sitting here writing this article. |e also been trying to get fitter forfour weeks now. I've started going to the gym. I'm not feeling any fitter, just a litte unhappier. The brain sees the ‘future you' as adifferent person to your ‘present you" present perfect continuous present simple present continuous (<2) present perfect RULE: 1 Weuse the give opinions. 2 Weuse the to talk about what's happening at or around the time of speaking. 3 Weusethe ___ to talk about past actions without saying when they happened. 4 Weusethe ___ to talk about actions that started in the past and are still happening. to talk about facts and VOCABULARY Making changes 1 Match the phrases with the definitions. make a resolution give something up [ do well 1 struggle wth something take something up break a bad habit form a good habit change your ways stop doing something find something difficult start a new hobby or interest stop doing something that isn't good for you 3 € start doing something that is good for you £ decide to make a positive change dothings differently (usually for the better) h be successful 2 Complete the text with the Last year |" www frenglish.ru LOOM! We canuse the present continuous with always to complain about behaviour that we don't ike and find annoying. My dad's always telling me what to do. 2 Complete the text with the correct present tet forms of the verbs. Sometimes more than one tense is possible. W's 2am andi "__ (ie) in bed. 1. (ty) to get to sleep, but cant. 1°__— have) ‘rouble steeping for about a month now.14 (ty) diferent things to help me sleep, but nating 5___(work). My mind §_ {not want) tostop. Alot” ____(nappen) in my if right now. it's exam time, so|®_(study) a lat. There's also the question of next year. 1° (think) about itfor ages. Mum and Dad (want) ime to goto university, but'm just not sue what to do. 3 ‘Work in pairs. Think about a probe you've been having and tell your partner. ee been fighting a lot with my little brother recently. Veto ignore hin, but it’s impossibl, loads of resolutions and decided to my ways, I ried to?_ the habit of getting up late at weekends. For two months I got up at 8 am, But by 2 pm felt sleepy, sol afternoon. | aso > parents bought me a laptop and that was the end of that. Then | stopped eating meat, |was®_ roast beef. | just had to eat | tied to” habits a wel: for example, | started piano lessons, But up sleaping in the ___up wasting time online, but my well unt! Mum made good with finding time to practise, s0| stopped. This year I've only made one resolution: not to make any resolutions, eo iit Oe le ‘Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. 1. What subjects are you doing well in at school? 2 What subjects do you struggle with? 3 What was the last thing you gave up doing? Why?