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HOME ALONE
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HOME ALONE
LESSON 1
Movie time - 00:00 - 21:31

EXERCISE 1: READ THE TEXT AND MARK THE SENTENCES TRUE OR

FALSE:

It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in

Paris, France. But the youngest in the family named Kevin got into a scuffle
with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room which is on the third
floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the family was
in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forgot about
Kevin who now has the house all to himself. Being home alone was fun for
Kevin, having a pizza all to himself, jumping on his parents' bed, and
making a mess. Then, Kevin discovers about two burglars, Harry and Marv,
about to rob his house on Christmas Eve. Kevin acts quickly by wiring his
own house with makeshift booby traps to stop the burglars and to bring
them to justice.

1. Kevin was sent to the third floor because he had had a fight with his older
brother.__
2. The family didn’t want to take Kevin to France.__
3. Kevin didn’t get sad when he turned to be left home alone.__
4. Kevin was trying to protect his house from the burglars. __

EXERCISE 2: MATCH THE UNDERLINED PHRASES FROM THE TEXT WITH

THEIR RUSSIAN EQUIVALENTS:

1. to get into a scuffle a) обнаружить

2. to be in a rush b) ограбить
3. to make it to the airport c) привлечь к ответственности
4. to discover d) добраться до аэропорта
5. burglar e) поругаться
6. to rob f) торопиться
7. makeshift booby traps g) грабитель
8. to bring to justice h) самодельные ловушки
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EXERCISE 3: WATCH THE FIRST PART OF THE MOVIE (1:58-4:44) AND PUT
THE PHRASES IN THE ORDER YOU HEAR THEM IN THE MOVIE:

___ How am I supposed to shave in France?

___ You’re completely helpless!
___ Hang up the phone and make me, why don’t you?
___ The dope was whining about a suitcase.
___ When I grow up and get married, I’m leaving alone.
_1_ Uncle Frank won’t let me watch the movie
___ Did I burn down the joint? I don’t think so.

EXERCISE 4: WATCH THE PART OF THE MOVIE (5:30-6:40) AND

COMPLETE THE GAPS:

- Who is he?
- You ever heard of the South Bend Shovel Slayer?
- No.
- That’s him. Back in 58 he 1) ______________ his whole family and half the
people on his block with a snow shovel. Been hiding out in this 2)
______________ ever since.
- Well, if he’s the Shovel Slayer, how come the cops don’t 3) _____________
him?
- Not enough evidence to 4) ____________. They never found the bodies. But
everyone around here knows he did it. Now it’ll just be a matter of time
before he does it again.
- What’s he doing now?
- He walks up and down the streets every night, salting the 5)
______________.
- Maybe he’s just trying to be nice.
- Now way. See that garbage can full of salt? That’s where he keeps his 6)
____________. The salt turns the bodies into mummies.
- Mummies.
- Look out!

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EXERCISE 5: WRITE THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS WHO SAY THESE

PHRASES (7:55-11:05):

Harry (“the policeman”) Peter (Dad)

Kate (Mom) Kevin Jeff (brother) Pizza Boy

1. Oh good, cause somebody owes me $122.50. _____________

2. I’d like a word with you, sir. _____________
3. Am I under arrest or something? _____________
4. So we're just checking the neighborhood to see if everyone's taking the
proper precautions; that's all. _____________
5. Well we have automatic timers for our lights, locks for our doors.
_____________
6. He started! He ate my pizza on purpose. He knows I hate sausage and
olives and onions. _______________
7. You’re such a disease. _____________
8. Why do I always get treated like scum? _____________
9. There are 15 people in this house and you’re the only one that has to make
trouble. ____________

EXERCISE 6: WATCH THE PART AND PUT KEVIN AND HIS MUM’S PHRASES
IN THE CORRECT ORDER (11:30-12:05):

___ Then say it again. Maybe it will happen.

___ No, I wouldn’t.
___ I hope I’ll never see any of you jerks again.
___ Then maybe you should ask Santa for a new family?
___ I hope you don’t mean that. You’d feel pretty sad if you woke up tomorrow
morning and you didn’t have a family.
___ I don’t wanna see you again for the rest of my whole life. And I don’t wanna
see anybody else either.
___ Everyone in this family hates me.
___ I don’t want a new family. I don’t want any family. Families suck.
___ Just stay up there. I don’t wanna see you again for the rest of the night.

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EXERCISE 7: WATCH THE PART AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS (12:05-

18:30)

1. Who is Mitch Murphy? _______________________________________

2. How much time is left before the flight when they leave home to the
airport?_______________________________________
3. What is not fixed in the house?_______________________________________
4. Who flies first class?_______________________________________

EXERCISE 8: COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS FROM THE

BOX:

orphanage precautions voltage adaptor victims

disappear evidence get rid of shovel

1. Kate, did you by any chance pick up that __________________ thing?

2. All kids, no parents. Probably a ____________________.
3. Back in '58, he murdered his whole family and half the people on his
block... with a snow __________________.
4. Not enough _______________ to convict. They never found the bodies.
5. You see that garbage can full of salt? That's where he keeps his
________________. The salt turns the bodies into mummies.
6. So we're just checking the neighborhood to see if everyone's taking the
proper ___________________.
7. I hope you're all drinking milk. I want to ________________ it.
8. I wish they would all just ____________________.

EXERCISE 9: LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES OF PAST SIMPLE FROM THE MOVIE:

__
Did you by any chance _____
pick up that voltage adaptor thing?
_____
No, I didn't have time to do that.
____ ___
Aunt Leslie stepped on one of them and almost broke her neck.
_____
Back in '58, he murdered his whole family and half the people on his block.
__
He ate my pizza on purpose.
_____
My husband's brother transferred to Paris last summer.

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The structure of PAST SIMPLE:

Affirmative: Subject + V2/V-ed

Negative: Subject + did + not + infinitive
Question: Did + subject + infinitive?

Complete the sentences with the verbs in the Past Simple:

1. Kevin _____________ (want) his family to disappear.
2. Nobody ________________ (help) Kevin to pack his suitcase.
3. They _________________ (not order) a plain cheese pizza.
4. Kate ________________ (get) angry with Kevin and _____________ (send) him
upstairs.
5. Kevin ________________ (not want) to see anybody for the rest of his whole
life.
6. ____________ they ____________ (pay) for their pizza?

Look at the example of the Second Conditional from the movie:

_____
You'd _____
feel pretty sad if you woke up tomorrow morning and you didn't
_____ have a
family.

The structure of the Second Conditional:

Subject + would + infinitive, IF + subject + Past Simple.

This is an example of an imaginary situation. It is unreal. (“что было бы, если

бы...”)

EXERCISE 10: WHAT WOULD YOU DO, IF YOU WOKE UP AS A CHILD AND
YOU DIDN’T FIND YOUR FAMILY? WRITE YOUR ANSWER HERE:

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 11: TALK ABOUT HOW YOU CELEBRATED THE NEW YEAR
WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD.WHAT DID YOU DO? DID YOU TRAVEL
SOMEWHERE OR STAYED AT HOME? WHO DID YOU CELEBRATE WITH?
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HOME ALONE
LESSON 2
Movie time - 21:31 - 41:04

EXERCISE 1: WATCH THE PART OF THE MOVIE (21:31 - 41:04) AND

NUMBER THESE EVENTS IN THE ORDER THEY HAPPEN IN THE PART:

___ Kevin bumps into the old man (the Shovel Slayer) in front of his house.
___ The burglars are trying to get into the McCallisters’ house through the
basement.
___ The policeman comes to the McCallisters’ house to check on Kevin and
finds out that there’s nobody at home.
___ Kevin is about to be hit by Harry and Marv’s van as he walks home with
a toothbrush that he didn’t pay for.
___ Kate stays at the airport to wait for a seat on a plane to open up.
___ Marv and Harry rob the Murphy house.
___ Kevin breaks the shelves in Buzz’s room and takes Buzz’s life savings.
___ Kate and Pete find out that they had forgotten Kevin at home.
___ Kevin bumps into the Old Man in the store and rushes out of the place.
___ Marv and Harry are discussing the houses they’re going to rob.
___ The McCallisters arrive at the airport in France.
___ Kate calls the police.
___ Kevin enjoys being home alone doing anything he wants - going
through his brother’s private stuff, watching rubbish and eating junk.

EXERCISE 2: WHO SAID THESE PHRASES:

1. I'm eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop
me! __________
2. I have a terrible feeling. __________
3. We didn't forget him, we just miscounted. __________
4. If it makes you feel any better, I forgot my reading glasses. __________
5. Miss, we have to use the phone, please. I'm sorry, it's an emergency.
We really have to make a call. __________
6. Only a wimp would be hiding under a bed. __________

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EXERCISE 3: WATCH THE PART OF THE MOVIE (33:02-) AND COMPLETE

THE GAPS:

- I can't believe you can't 1) _____________ somebody or ask somebody...

- I'm sorry, but there's no way I can do that.
- Well, isn't there a way like if you ask somebody? I mean, if you brought
somebody up here and 2) _____________ to them that this is an 3)
________________...
- I wish I could, but I cannot ask someone..
- They're sending a policeman over to the house to 4) _________________ Kevin.
- That's a 5) _____________. Everything here is booked.
- There's nothing to Chicago?
- There's nothing to Chicago, New York, Nashville, 6) ________________.
Everything's gone.
- What about a 7) _______________ plane?
- No, I'm sorry. We don't do that.
- The only thing they have is a 8) _______________ for all of us on Friday morning.
- Friday morning. That's two days away.
- Look, honey. The kids are 9) ________________. You are exhausted. There's
absolutely nothing more that we can do at this airport. Now I say we go over to
Rob's, and that way we can call the police again. And they can get back to us.
- Peter, Kevin is there all by himself. I'm not leaving here unless it's on an
airplane.
- Madame, we are doing everything we can. Now, if you want to stay at the
airport, maybe we can get you on 10) _______________. It is a possibility that a
seat will open up.

EXERCISE 4: MATCH THE WORDS WITH THEIR TRANSLATION:

1. bump somebody a) измотан, очень уставший

2. explain b) облегчение
3. emergency c) и так далее
4. check on d) бронирование
5. relief e) режим ожидания
6. you name it f) непредвиденный случай
7. private g) объяснить
8. booking h) передвинуть кого-то
9. exhausted i) проведать/проверить
10. standby j) частный
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EXERCISE 5: COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS FROM

EXERCISE 4:

1. I didn’t understand the rule and asked the teacher to _________________ it

to me again.
2. They didn’t have any available rooms and I got on _________________.
3. I’m usually _______________ in the evening and the only thing I can do is
to go to bed.
4. That was such a _______________ that he didn’t ask me about that test.
5. You are supposed to take care of everything: your job, your appearance,
your family, your house, ______________.
6. When I was a small kid my parents looked into my room to
_______________ me.
7. I used to go to a ______________ school and had to pay for it.
8. In case of an _______________, take your belongings and leave the place.
9. There weren’t any places for the two of us but the flight attendant
_________________ one guy who was travelling alone and we managed to
sit next to each other.

EXERCISE 6: WRITE YOUR ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS: HAVE YOU

EVER FORGOTTEN SOMETHING IMPORTANT AT HOME? WHAT WAS IT?
WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? HOW DID YOU SORT IT OUT?

____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 7: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT

THIS PART OF THE MOVIE? DO YOU APPROVE OF THE CHARACTERS
BEHAVIOUR? WHY? WOULD YOU DO THE SAME, IF YOU WERE IN SUCH A
SITUATION? CHOOSE AT LEAST 3 CHARACTERS TO TALK ABOUT.

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HOME ALONE
LESSON 3
Movie time - 41:04 - 1:00:22

EXERCISE 1: WATCH THE PART OF THE MOVIE. READ THE SENTENCE

ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AND WRITE THEIR NAMES.

1. _____________ is worried about the way Kevin looked at him.

2. _____________ found some shrimps in the kitchen.
3. _____________ thinks that Kevin deserved being left home alone.
4. _____________ is suspicious about Kevin going shopping alone.
5. _____________ are confused about the fact that some people are in the
house.
6. _____________ is lucky to meet a group of musicians at the airport in
Scranton.
7. _____________ is making up different things to protect his house.

EXERCISE 2: WATCH THE PART (55:20-56:30) AND COMPLETE THE GAPS:

- Everything's full.
- Everything's full?
- I'm very sorry, but it is Christmas Eve.
- What about another ____________?
- Nothing available. May I help you get a _____________ room in the city?
Tomorrow afternoon, we can get you a flight to Chicago.
- I can't wait that long.
- I'm ____________ sorry, ma'am, but we're doing absolutely everything we
can.
- Go ahead. Wait, I'm sorry. Excuse me. You've got places to go, people
to see. You've got a ticket there. That's good. Excuse me. Look, I have
been ______________ for almost 60 hours.I'm tired and I'm ______________. I
have been from Chicago to Paris, to Dallas, to... Where the hell am I?
- Scranton.
- I am trying to get home to my 8-year-old son. And now that I'm this
close, you're telling me it's ______________?
- I'm sorry.
- No. No, no, no, no way. This is Christmas! The season of ______________
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- Ma'am if...
- And I don't care if I have to get on your runway and hitchhike. If it costs me
everything I own, if I have to sell my soul to the Devil himself, I am going to
get home to my son.
- Ma'am, if there was anything at all I could do...
- Do it. Do anything.
- I can get you a hotel room...
- What?!

EXERCISE 3: WHO SAID THESE PHRASES?

1. The little trout can use a couple of days in the real world.
___________________
2. I'm desperate. I'm begging you. From a mother to a mother. Please!
_____________
3. Hold on, I got a coupon for that. It was in the paper this morning.
_____________
4. Somebody beat us to the job, they're in there. 2 of them. There was
arguing. One of them blew the other one away. ________________
5. Look, that house is the only reason why we started working this block
in the first place. ______________

EXERCISE 4: MATCH THE WORDS WITH THEIR OPPOSITES:

1. pointless a) hopeful
2. dangerous b) booked
3. desperate c) temporary
4. available d) safe
5. hopeless e) meaningful
6. perpetual f) cheerful

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EXERCISE 5: MATCH THE PHRASES WITH THEIR RUSSIAN EQUIVALENTS:

1. to catch it in the butt a) обмануть, обхитрить

2. I didn’t mean it b) получить по заслугам
3. a pain in the butt c) застрелить
4. to give something a whirl d) опередить кого-то
5. to blow away e) попробовать что-то, дать шанс
6. to beat somebody to it f) нести всякую чушь
7. to ramble on g) заноза в заднице
8. to scam h) я не хотел этого на самом деле

EXERCISE 6: HERE ARE THE EXAMPLES OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS FROM

THE THIRD PART OF THE MOVIE:

1. I am looking for my son! Do you know where he is?! No, I can't find
anybody. They're all shopping.
2. We're here rotting in this apartment.
3. I'm begging you.
4. I'm rambling on here.
5. I think we're getting scammed by a kindergartner.

Write the numbers of the sentences that are happening

- right now, at the moment of speaking: ____________

- around the period of time: ______________

The structure of the Present Continuous:

Subject + am/is/are +V-ing

Complete the sentences with the verbs in Present Continuous:

1. Winters ____________________ (get) warmer and warmer nowadays.

2. She _____________________ (stay) at the hotel for the holidays.

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3. Everybody ______________________ (buy) presents for their relatives and

friends now.
4. These days most people ________________________ (text) instead of calling.
5. I _____________________ (do) my homework now.

EXERCISE 7: WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AT

THIS TIME OF THE YEAR BEFORE THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS IN THE PLACE
WHERE YOU LIVE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE THE MEMBERS OF
YOUR FAMILY DOING? WHAT ARE YOUR COLLEAGUES DOING? WHAT
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT STORES AND THE TRAFFIC?

EXERCISE 8: WHAT MOMENT IN THE PART THAT YOU HAVE WATCHED IN

THIS LESSON DO YOU FIND:
- THE MOST MOVING
- THE FUNNIEST
- THE MOST INTERESTING
- THE MOST SILLY
WHY?

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HOME ALONE
LESSON 4
Movie time - 1:00:22 - 1:20:44

EXERCISE 1: WATCH THE PART OF THE MOVIE AND NUMBER THE

PHRASES IN THE ORDER THEY APPEAR IN THIS PART:

___ I'm going to rip his head off! You're dead, kid.
___ I'm up here, you morons. Come and get me. You guys give up, or are you
thirsty for more?
___ This is my house. I have to defend it.
___ You can say hello when you see me. You don't have to be afraid. There's
a lot of things going around about me, but none of it's true.
___ Years back, before you and your family moved on the block, I had an
argument with my son.
___ Make it quick. Santa's got a little get-together he's late for.
___ Just give it a shot, for your granddaughter anyway. I'm sure she misses
you, and the presents.
___ Merry Christmas, little fella. We know that you're in there, and that
you're all alone.
___ I made myself go down to do some laundry, and I found out it's not so
bad. All this time I've been worried about it, but if you turn on the lights,
it's no big deal.
___ I've been kind of a pain lately. I said some things I shouldn't have. I
really haven't been too good this year.
___ But I also know that you work for him. I'd like you to give him a
message.
EXERCISE 2: MARK THE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE:

1. Kevin doesn’t want any presents for Christmas this year. He just wants his
family back. ___
2. Kevin feels feel bad about his behavior this year. ___
3. The Old Man isn’t going to hear his granddaughter sing tonight because he
has plans. ___
4. The Old Man had an argument with his sin many years ago and he doesn’t
want to talk to him any more. ___
5. Kevin doesn’t like the presents he usually gets from his grandparents. ___
6. Kevin had enough time to eat his nutritious dinner. ___
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EXERCISE 3: MATCH THE WORDS WITH THEIR SYNONYMS:

1. get-together a) to protect
2. to have an argument b) nourishing
3. to lose one’s temper c) meeting
4. basement d) to freak out
5. give it a shot e) to want more
6. rumor f) gossip
7. to defend g) to quarrel
8. nutritious h) to give it a try
9. to be thirsty for more i) cellar

EXERCISE 4: COMPLETE THE SENTENCES FROM THE PART WITH THE

WORDS FROM EXERCISE 3:

1. We lost our ________________, and I said I didn't care to see him anymore.
He said the same, and we haven't spoken to each other since.
2. You guys give up, or are you _______________ for more?
3. Just give it a _______________, for your granddaughter anyway. I'm sure
she misses you, and the presents.
4. Make it quick. Santa's got a little _________________ he's late for.
5. Bless this highly _______________, microwaveable macaroni and cheese
dinner, and the people who sold it on sale. Amen.
6. Years back, before you and your family moved on the block, I had an
________________ with my son.
7. I've always been afraid of our ___________________. It's dark, there's weird
stuff down there, and it smells...; that sort of thing. It's bothered me for
years.
8. I have a friend who got nailed because there was a ______________ he
wore dinosaur pajamas.
9. This is my house. I have to ______________ it.

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EXERCISE 5: LOOK AT THESE SENTENCES FROM THIS PART OF THE MOVIE:

1. You've been a good boy this year?

2. I've been kind of a pain lately.
3. I really haven't been too good this year.
4. He said the same, and we haven't spoken to each other since.
5. I've always been afraid of our basement.
6. All this time I've been worried about it, but if you turn on the lights, it's
no big deal.

They are used in the Present Perfect tense.

The structure of Present Perfect: Subject + HAVE / HAS + V3

We use the Present Perfect Tense for something that started in the past and
continues in the present.

Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect tense:

1. Mike ___________________ (visit) 5 countries this year.

2. We ___________________ (know) each other since our childhood.
3. They ___________________ (not speak) to each other since their last
argument.
4. Jane __________ always ___________ (want) to be a teacher.
5. I __________ never _________ (like) this song.
6. His brother _____________________ (work) in 3 different countries since he
graduated.

EXERCISE 6: WRITE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE THIS YEAR? HAVE YOU BEEN GOOD? WHAT ARE YOU PROUD OF?

EXERCISE 7: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS PART OF THE MOVIE? WHAT

DID YOU FEEL WHILE YOU WERE WATCHING THE SCENE IN THE
CHURCH? HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS SCENE IN THE MOVIE? DOES THIS
SCENE MAKE YOU REFLECT DEEPLY ON YOUR LIFE?

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HOME ALONE
LESSON 5
Movie time - 1:20:45 - 1:35:00

EXERCISE 1: WATCH THE PART OF THE MOVIE AND WRITE THE NAMES
OF THE CHARACTERS WHO SAID THESE PHRASES:

1. Wait, wait. Just what he wants us to do: is to go back downstairs

through his fun house so we get all tore up.______________
2. Come on. Let's get you home.______________
3. Nice move: always leaving the water running? Now we know each and
every house that you've hit.______________
4. You're beating yourself up there, you know. This happens. These things
happen, you know.______________
5. The wife and I, we left the little tyke there in the funeral parlor all day.
All day. You know, we went back at night, when we came to our senses,
there he was.______________
6. Hey, Kev. It's pretty cool that you didn't burn the place
down.______________
7. Oh, we took the morning flight, remember? The one you didn't want to
wait for.______________
8. I got some milk, eggs, and fabric softener.______________

EXERCISE 2: LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES OF PHRASAL VERBS FROM THE

PART AND MATCH THEM WITH THEIR MEANINGS:

1. There he is! You're letting him get away.

2. We outsmarted you this time. Get over here!
3. You're beating yourself up there, you know.
4. They get over it. Kids are resilient like that.
5. You brought it up. I was just trying to cheer you up.
6. - What else did you do while we were away? - Just hung around.

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1. get away a) torture yourself

2. get over here b) overcome
3. beat yourself up c) make feel better
4. get over d) raise a topic
5. bring it up e) loiter
6. cheer up f) escape
7. hang around g) come here

EXERCISE 3: READ THE MOVIE REVIEW (*SEE THE VOCABULARY FOR

THIS REVIEW AT THE END OF THIS LESSON) AND MARK THE
SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE:

Home Alone is a brilliant film directed by John Hughes, which explains

the hilarious story of a house robbery attempt through the eyes of eight
year old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin). The director starts the story in
Kevin’s house where his family is getting ready to leave for France the next
day. While they are preparing their last dinner at their house before they
leave for France, Kevin gets into a fight with his brother and is forced to
sleep on the third floor. His parents forget to bring him on the family trip
due to being rushed from a power outage overnight and being isolated
since he is on the third floor. This leaves Kevin alone with no power in his
house for days. During his time alone he realizes that a pair of thieves are
planning to rob his house, but he creates the ultimate plan to take them
down and send them to jail.
As the film progresses, the audience sees Kevin start off as selfish
stubborn kid, like in the beginning when he claims that when he is older
his is going to “live alone.” His unwillingness to accept his family soon gets
changed later in the film when he realizes that he needs their love and
protection when he is confronted with the fearful situation of his house
getting robbed. During the time his family is gone he claims that he will
never be “a pain in the butt again” if his parents came back for him.
Because of his maturity and change of character, Kevin portrays a dynamic
character which is clearly evident to the audience because even though the
movie is shot from a third person view, the audience sees through Kevin’s
eyes and feels his emotions.

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Not only was the plot entertaining, the film was also very well put
together. Everything in the story was well explained, which makes it
enjoyable for anyone to watch. An example of this would be that the
reason why Kevin couldn't call his parents to tell them that he was okay
while they were gone was because the power lines were destroyed which
also explain why his family was almost late to their flight which caused
them to leave Kevin home. Because the whole plot was thoroughly thought
out, the movie performs seamlessly. The movie also used camera angles to
quietly set a tone in the movie. When the camera was looking towards
Kevin, the camera was pointed downwards so the audience would view
Kevin as just a child, but when the camera was pointed to adults, the
camera was pointed upwards to make Kevin seem smaller. Not only was
the movie edited well, the actors were superb. Each character seemed
believable to the audience, for example, Buzz McCallister (Devin Ratray),
Kevin’s older brother, plays the stereotypic mean older brother. During the
time Kevin and Buzz talk to each other, it is clear that there is tension, and
because the actors performed at a high level it was very believable and
truly brought life to the film.
During this movie, Kevin McCallister goes through a series of fearful
external events including being left home alone for days and having to
confront two thieves. These fears actually push Kevin forward as he turns
from a small helpless boy who has “never packed a suitcase before” to a
mature eight year old who takes care of his house when he is home alone.
This makes the audience smile in the end after going through the stress
because of the series of fears Kevin must go through to get stronger.
Because of its interesting plot, believable characters, and a hilarious script,
I would definitely recommend this family friendly film to anyone searching
for a comedic film.

1. The author of the review finds the movie very funny. ___
2. According to the author we see Kevin as a mature year old from the
very beginning of the film. ___
3. As the author states, mostly kids enjoy this film. ___
4. Each character performed perfectly which made the movie very
realistic. ___
5. Kevin overcame many fears to get stronger at the end of the film. ___

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EXERCISE 4: WRITE YOUR OWN SHORT MOVIE REVIEW. YOU CAN CHOOSE
ANY FILM ABOUT CHRISTMAS OR TAKE “HOME ALONE”. WRITE ABOUT
THE PLOT AND THE CHARACTERS AND FIND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
THE FILM (WHEN WAS IT MADE? DID IT GET ANY AWARDS? WHO WAS THE
DIRECTOR?). WHY DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE?

EXERCISE 5: TALK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS:WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT THE END OF THE MOVIE? DO YOU THINK KEVIN AND HIS FAMILY
WILL EVER HAVE ANY ARGUMENTS IN THE FUTURE? DOES THIS MOVIE
MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT SOMETHING? WHY DO YOU
LOVE THIS FILM?

Vocabulary for the review:

hilarious - очень смешной

robbery attempt - попытка ограбления
power outage - отключение электричества
ultimate plan - конечная цель
to take down - уничтожить
jail - тюрьма
selfish - эгоистичный
stubborn - упрямый
unwillingness - нежелание
confront with - противостоять
maturity - зрелость
to portray - изображать
evident - очевидный, явный
entertaining - развлекательный
enjoyable - приятный
thoroughly thought out - тщательно продуман
seamlessly - безупречно
superb - превосходный
believable - правдоподобный
mean - подлый, гнусный
to bring life to the film - вдохнуть жизнь в фильм, сделать его
реалистичным
mature - зрелый

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