Developing speaking
Developing writing
Describing a past event 1 speaking
A film review 1 speaking
4 Look at the review again and answer these questions. 1 What tense does the writer use to summarise the plot? 2 Does the writer mix present and past tenses to write the summary of the plot? 3 Is the text only a summary of the plot of the film? 4 Does the writer give reasons and examples for his/her opinions? 5 Choose a good title for each section in the Writing bank. Writing bank Useful words and expressions in film reviews ● action and adventure animated film comedy crime drama fantasy horror musical science fiction superhero thriller ● brilliant emotional fun funny great original spectacular (+ - ing/-ed adjectives – see page 99) ● awful complicated dull scary sentimental stupid violent (+ - ing/-ed adjectives – see page 99) ●
Look at the different types of school trip. Make a list of good points about each one.
Answer the questions. 1 What was the last superhero film you saw? What did you think of it? 2 In general, do you like animated films or superhero films? Why/Why not? 2 Read this review of the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse . What did the writer like about the film? Who would the writer recommend the film to?
Go to a concert
Watch a play
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Visit an art gallery
Go to a science museum
Visit a wildlife/ nature reserve
A superhero work of art!
Visit a historic monument
1 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is an animated film that was made by Marvel and Sony Pictures Animation in 2018. The actors Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson and Hailee Steinfeld did the voices of the main characters. The film won an Oscar for the best animated film of the year. 2 The plot is fast, fun and exciting. It tells the story of a new Spider-Man, a young teenager called Miles Morales who loves street art and hip-hop. He comes across another Spider-Man from a different dimension. This Spider-Man dies fighting against a villain called Kingpin, who has built a special machine to access parallel universes. Miles has to try to stop the machine in case it destroys New York. Luckily, more versions of Spider-Man from different dimensions come to help him fight against the villain. Typically, the film has a happy ending and the superheroes win. 3 What I liked most about this film wasn’t the plot. It was the art and animation. Nowadays most animated films are made with computers. But this film was extremely original because they mixed a lot of different styles, using lots of drawings done by hand. It looked like an old comic book brought to life in the 21 st century. The screenplay was funny, too, showing the relationships between the different versions of Spider-Man. Personally, I loved the soundtrack as well since the hip-hop songs helped to show Miles’s character and his interest in street art. 4
2a speaking Look at this negotiation task. What words or expressions are useful for the task? Make a list with your partner. Your school wants to organise a school trip for your class. Look at the different ideas for school trips in the diagram. Talk about the advantages of each idea and then say which you think would be the best for your class.
62 Listen to a teenager talking about her memorable school trip. Make notes about what the teenager says under the headings in the diagram in 4.
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6 62 Listen again. Which expressions in the Speaking bank do you hear in the dialogue? Speaking bank Useful words and expressions for reporting past events ● At first ● To start with
happy ending main character masterpiece play the role of plot scene screenplay soundtrack special effects (the film) stars villain Practice makes perfect 6a Look at the task. Choose the words that you think are important for the task. Lorem ipsum
2b Check your answers by looking at the expressions in the Speaking bank on page 52
● A few seconds/ minutes/hours/ days later ● After ten minutes/ half an hour/a while ● Finally ● In the end ● At the end of (…)
speaking Do the task in 2a. Remember that you both need to speak for about the same amount of time.
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● First ● Next ● Then ● Later
4 Individually, think about a school trip that was special for you. It can be one of the ideas in 1 or something completely different. Copy the diagram below and use it to help you make notes about the trip.
● Later on ● After that ● Afterwards
SCHOOL FILM CLUB We want you to send us a review of a film that you think other students at school will enjoy or learn something from. It can be a new film or a favourite film from the past. Tell us what the film is about, why you liked it, and who you would recommend it to. Reviews must be between 100 and 150 words!
3 Match the paragraphs to the descriptions of their content. Paragraph 1 a a recommendation to see the film Paragraph 2 b a summary of the plot or story Paragraph 3 c basic information about the film Paragraph 4 d the writer’s opinion of the film To sum up, I think that a lot of today’s superhero films are made for adults. But this animated film is absolutely perfect for teenagers. If you have any interest in superhero stories, comics or comic art, I’d definitely recommend that you see this masterpiece. You won’t be at all surprised that a Spider-Man film won an Oscar!
What can you do to prepare for a speaking exam where you have to talk about a past event? Exam tip
Where we went, when and why
What happened
A MEMORABLE SCHOOL TRIP.
Practice makes perfect 7a speaking
Use your diagram from 4 to talk about your memorable school trip. Use words and expressions from the Speaking bank. Let your partner see your diagram. Answer any of your partner’s questions about the trip.
6b Plan and then write your review. Use the words and expressions in the Writing bank and the paragraph plan in 3 to help you.
Something special about the trip
How I felt and why
Why is it so important to read the instructions very carefully in a writing exam? Exam tip
Change partners and talk about
6c When you finish your review, use the Writing checklist on page 141 to check it.
7b speaking
your trip again.
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