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Alicia’s husband is interested in films that are about things that really happen Eric wants to watch a DVD with his 14-year-old grandson who loves sport and music, Eric likes films which have a positive message and which make you feel better. 5 Sophie and her friends are doing a film-stydies project on films for teenagers They ae ineresed in romantic comedies tbout relationships between people of their own age Leisure and fashion,DVD guide: REVIEWS A The Commitments | them escape trom all the | E The Adventures of | G Iqbal Based on Roddy Doyle's | problems of daily Ie in | Greyfriars Bobby iabal is about having the novel, The Commitments | Post-war aly. The Adventures of | courage to follow your is a hugely stylish movie, Greyfriars Bobby is a| dreams. It follows the expertly directed by the | BeowulFandGrendel | wonderful story about | story of an 18-year-old teat Alan Parker. 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They left during the (NTRELVAi 4 The band gave a great (NECEAFPRMOR) past night ‘There's a music festival on this weekend and (MDASISINOJa_ is freet ‘The play was very sad. A lot of the people in the DEINUXCHa__ were cryingQ write the missing vowels for the names of the TV programmes. stening Part 1 Exam advice “Think of the words to describe each picture before you listen, ‘There are five questions. For each question there are 3 What is Kerry wearing? three pictures and a short recording. Sea Choose the correct picture and put a tick (/) below it. Example: What did the boy use to wear to school? 40 ®O cQ A 1 What has the boy just bought? 2 What does Rachel need to get for the party? SS | aL ao c a Bo cO eisure and fashion (37Grammar Present perfect and past simple @ choose the correct word to fill each space. since for already yet just I've played the piano two years, 2 Emma doesn’t want to watch that film because she’s seen it. She saw it in the cinema when it first came out 3. Its difficult to get tickets for the play at The King’s. Theatre because it’s only 4 [haven't been to the circus six years old. opened, Twas 5 They haven't finished making the new Spider's album 6 You don't need to book the cinema tickets. I've done it. got them last night 7 Ye only had one lesson so far but I really enjoyed it. Have you seen the news ? ‘The band haven't played together a long time, so they're feeling very nervous. 10. That show has been on TV started a dance course. I've 1978! complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verb in brackets, using the past simple or present perfect. et (stay) up all night to finish the exciting book I was reading. 2 Mark (not decide) if he's going to the party on Saturday yet. 3. Annie (ead) that book when she was ten, 4 Sam and Jake (visit) New York twice 5 Last night (watch) a really interesting documentary on TV. 6 My mum and dad other for twenty years. 71 summer. Now it’s too short, 8 Sophie was a journalist before she (become) a teacher. @ ume (know) each (not wear) that dress since last Writing Part 2 ‘Exam advice” When you have written your email, re-read it and tick the points Jn the exam question you have included. You should include all three points, () In Writing Part 2 you often have to make suggestions and offers. Look at these examples of students’ writing. a I suggest us to see Twilight. b_ I suggest seeing Twilight. © [suggest you this film because it’s interesting, d What about seeing Twilight? © Let’s see Twilight? £ Loffer you to book the tickets 8 Shall I book the tickets? hh can get the tickets if you want. Which sentence(s) * are grammatically incorrect? * has a punctuation mistake? © are OK? Can you think of any other phrases for making suggestions and offers? “@ Read the exam task below and two students’ answers. Which one do you think would get a better mark in the PET exam and why? Your friend Mark wants to go to the cinema with you this weekend, Write an email to Mark, In your email you should: ‘suggest which film to see + explain why you think it’s a good film suggest something to do after the film. Write 35-45 words. a4 fT Hi Mark, How are you? Thanks for your email. | ‘This weekend let's see Special Occasion - (1) i's film about aliens in the future. (2) A friend of my brother said it was (3) ceally good. (4) We could see. the fim and then go to (5) the shop that sells video ‘games to buy a new game. | Write soon, | Jorge | PS. Did you watch the football at the weekend? [5 words14 Hi Mark, How are you? | think we should see Special Occasion ~it's a science-fiction fm. My brother's friend said it was fantastic. After the film we could go to the video {game shop to buy a new game. Take care, Esteban __ [a8 words Writing tip Its important to write within the word limit. Notice that including only the necessary information and using more concise ways of saying something can help you to do this. Ta make your writing concise, use: compound nouns; the possessive s (3) one extreme adjective; before/after instead of and then. © Look at the underlined phrases in Jorge’s email. Find the shorter phrases Esteban uses in his email to say the same thing and write them below. 1 a. seieneeaspiadion fille ween Now rewrite Diego's email to Mark so that it is between 35 and 45 words. ms oa Hi Mark, How are you? 1'm not sure about Special Occasion. The sister of my friend thinks it’s really bad and I'd prefer to see a ‘lm that's really frightening lke Killer. I need to go to the shop that sells music when we finish watching the ‘lm to buy a birthday present. ‘Speak to you soon, Diego [58 words Geren i] @Look at words 1-4. Underline the letters that represent the sound /k/. 1 killer Spelling tip Notice that in English the sound /k/ is represented by the single letters c and k, andthe two-letter combinations cc and ‘ck Words don't start with ck or cc in English, 2 occasion 3 music 4 ticket @ complete the words with a /k/ spelling. 1 Dis.¢ Joeéey 4 do......umentary 7 wee......end 2 cri.et 5 publi 8 .....omedy 3. thin 6 a....ident 9 fantasti @ Complete the table with the /k/ words from Exercises § and 6. killer Which do you think is the most difficult spelling of the sound to remember? @Look at this exam task. ‘An English friend of yours called Isabel wants to go to the cinema with you this weekend. Write an email to Isabel. In your email you should: ‘© suggest which film to see © explain why you want to see it © offer to book the tickets. Write 35-45 words, Now write an email to Isabel. O check your work using the checklist. Is your email the right length? Is your email addressed to the right person? Are there appropriate phrases for suggesting? explaining? offering? Are there any spelling or punctuation errors Leisure and fashion @8)