Unit 7 On screen Lesson 3 The greatest movies ever made

Understand purpose and intention

Speak and listen

1. Work in pairs. Describe the pictures.

What do you think they all have in common?

2. Complete the phrases with the words in the box.

           agree believe guess know surprise think

1. Peter: I think you’ll ________ with me when I say.
2. Peter: I might ________ you to know.
3. Peter: You might ________ who I’m referring to.
4. Jenny: As you can probably ________.
5. Mike: When you ________ about it.
6. Mike: ________ me when I say.
7. What do the phrases in Exercise 2 refer to?
8. The greatest movie trilogy is The Lord of the Rings.
9. Someone else was originally going to make The Lord of the Rings.
10. The Beatles were going to make The Lord of the Rings.
11. The movie’s title makes it dear that the movie is based on the story of Don Quixote.
12. It’s amazing that any movies ever get made.
13. The original movie was one of the scariest science fiction films of all time.
14. Work with words

Choose the correct words to from common adjective.

complete              heavy           strong

1. _______ snow, rain, traffic
2. _______ accent, contender, smell
3. _______ disaster, surprise, waste of time

   circumstance           decision      illness

4. final, unanimous, wrong _______
5. mysterious, normal, special _______
6. fatal, serious, long _______
7. Choose the correct collocations to complete the sentences.

mysterious circumstances         serious illness       complete disaster

final decision heavy rain strong contenders

1. There are some _______ for the title of Best Movie Trilogy of all time.
2. Tolkien thought the movie would be a _______ and refused to let them go ahead.
3. On the second day, _______ caused a flood that destroyed the equipment.
4. The director discovered that the French actor playing Don Quixote had a _______ and needed to be flown to France.

the _______, only one is actually made.

5. The production was abandoned very suddenly under _______.
6. Work in pairs: Write six sentences using the words in Exercise 4.