SCHOOL YEAR 2023/24 DATE: _____________________ HANDOUT NO.

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Reading Film review 13 Going on 30
A.Complete the film review with the following words.
funny / friends / comedy / girl / best / rebuilt / successful / Garner /
values / anniversary / up / herself / and
On her thirteenth 1)… the teenager Jenna Rink wishes to be a 2)… single woman of thirty.
Her dream comes true, 3)… on the next day she wakes 4)… older and powerful. However, she
becomes disappointed with 5)…, since she is an awful colleague in her work, she has no 6)… and no
contact with her parents, and her 7)… friend is going to marry another woman, and tries to be thirteen
again and 8)… her life.
Parents need to know that 13 Going on 30 is a sweet romantic 9)… starring Jennifer 10)…
that will appeal to a wide range of viewers. Messages about popularity, compassion, personal 11)…,
and having integrity/being true to yourself are delivered with insight and humor. Because the story
places a 13-year-old 12)… in the body of a 30-year-old, the main character's reaction to sexual
situations is exaggerated and meant to be 13)… .
Listening/viewing Trailer of the film 13 Going on 30
A.While listening/viewing, complete the trailer. https://youtu.be/5UrCaXLBN30?si=TvMa5xKQYSNM4JJM
Jenna Rink couldn’t 1)… fast enough. Smile sweetie. Don’t you 2)…! Are you 3)… a bra? […] on her
13th 4)… […] Check this and 5)… . She only 6)… one wish. I 7)… thirteen. I just want to be grown-up
and she 8)… 17 years later. […] 9)… was a 10)… man on my shower […] Now she’s got a lot of 11)
… to do. Repeat after me: I am Jenna ranked Big Time magazine editor. France Eminem’s 12)… he
wants that decision now please. 13)… . […] anything else you 14)… from me? Actually I need to 15)
… . Matt it is me Jenna! Jenna 16)… you here? 17)… was my 13th birthday and today I woke up and
18)… . There’s something really 19)… . One woman will 20)… […] she’s truly a kid 21)… . It’s 11
22)… and people are 23)… . Maybe here somebody played something other than this […] play 24)…
you want […] and I just home on a 25)… so romantic […]
Film 13 Going on 30
Listening/Viewing comprehension tasks: Setting
Underline the correct option.
1. What is the name of the protagonist? Gina / Jenny / Jenna
2. Jenna´s 13th birthday took place in … 1987 /1988 / 1989
3. She gives a party to celebrate … her birthday / her graduation / Halloween
4. She has a best friend and neighbour? What’s his name? Bratt / Matt / Fred
5. He gives her a gift. What is it? a video game / a Barbie’s collection / Jenna’s dream house
6. What’s the name of Six Chick’s leader? Tom-Tom / Pom-Pom / Bom-Bom
7. During the party she plays a game called Seven Minutes in Heaven. Everything goes wrong and she wishes something.
What does she wish? To be thinner / To be older / To be prettier
8. She is 30 years old and works for … Poise magazine / Poison magazine / Pose magazine
9. When she was 30 she lived in … Washington / New Jersey / New York
10. She has a boyfriend, Alex. What does he do? He plays soccer / He plays tennis / He plays hockey
11. Is she the person she wanted to be? Yes / No
12. What does she decide to do? ● to try to fix everything she did wrong ● to adapt to her new life
● to move to another country
13. She goes to Matt’s wedding and … ● watches the ceremony ● interrupts the ceremony to declare her love for him ● takes
back the house and wishes to be 13 again
14. Does she have a second chance with him? Yes / No
15.What happens at the end? ● She travels abroad. ●They open their own magazine. ●They marry
16. Did you like the film? Yes / No Why Yes? and Why No?
Plot: Is it true or false that …
1. Jenna was a popular girl at high school. 2. Lucy was the leader of the Six Chicks.
3. Jenna invited the cool kids to her 13th birthday party, which was a success.
4. Matt offered her a Barbie dream house. 5. Jenny and Matt were very close friends, their friendship lasted till they were 30.
6. She was locked in the closet for a game of Seven minutes in heaven.
7. In the closet of her bedroom she wished she were all grown up in order to have the life she had always wanted.
8. Her dream came true: she was thirty, flirty and thriving.
9. At first Jenna enjoyed her new life as a gorgeous successful woman but then she became unhappy because she didn’t have
Matt.
10. She went back to her 13th birthday party but didn’t change anything since she would have the life of her dreams.