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8 reading • Film trivia blog 8 LaNgUage fOCUs • Present and past passive: affirmative and negative
I can identify the opinion of the author of a text.
I can talk about films using the passive in the present and past.
ANSWerS
1 More films are made in India than in
THINK! Have you heard of the Guinness World Records? Do you know any film records? 1 Complete the sentences with the 4 Complete the review with the correct passive
correct form of be or not be. Check form of the verbs in the box. any other country each year. (true)
your answers in the film records text. 2 In 1923, a sign was put up in
home posts blog contact me 1 What about the film trivia we direct remind release award play the Hollywood hills which said
Film records 2 It told about? ‘Hollywoodland’. (true)
designed by the
film’s director S. S. Rajamouli. Reviews 3 The Academy Awards weren’t called
The record books One truly unbelievable film record was set 3 It made in the
va va
Mùa
are full of great by a man called Ashish Sharma in Mathura, usual way. Mùa ‘Oscars’ until 1939. (true)
film trivia, but only gossip about stars is usually India, in 2008. He sat in a cinema and 4 Gossip about stars 4 Mùa len trâu was set in northern Việt
len
heard. I like the gossip, but what about the film watched films for an incredible 120 hours usually heard. len Nam. (false) Mùa len trâu was set in
trivia we aren't told about? Some film records and twenty-three minutes – that’s
trâu
are much more interesting. For example, did forty-eight films in total. 2 Study the sentences in exercise 1. Complete trâu southern Việt Nam.
you know that Robert Downey Jr. was paid Another film-related record from India rules a–c with the words in the box. Then 5 Mr. Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh was
more than any other actor for his role as Iron is about the world’s largest film poster. find more passive sentences in the blog on Monday given Best Director Award at Chicago
Man in the Avengers films (the huge sum of It was made to advertise India’s biggest page 80. 7.30 p.m.
eighty million US dollars)? And I bet you can’t action film of 2015, B ˉahubali. The size of Film Festival in 2006. (false)
guess which film has the record for the most it is extraordinary! At nearly 5,000 square am (not) are (not) / is (not) Mùa len trâu – Buffalo Boy is a successful Mr. Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh was
1
in 2004.
tickets sold. I was amazed! Well, apparently metres, it’s more than half the size of a by was (not) / were (not) Vietnamese film which by Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh.
2
The film
more cinema tickets were sold for Gone with professional football pitch! It wasn’t It was set in the Mekong River Delta during the given Best Director Award at Chicago
the Wind, a 1930s romance, than for any made in the usual way. It was 1940s. The land there for half the year is deep Film Festival in 2004.
other film. I haven’t even seen it but it sounds designed by the film’s director rULes underwater. The main character, a 15-year-old farmer, 6 Films aren’t seen by their directors
terrible! The classic science fiction film Star Wars S. S. Rajamouli and it was made by a We use the passive when we are more Kìm 3 by Lê Thế Lữ. Kìm volunteers
comes a close second, and I’m sure that it’s a team of thirty people who worked interested in the action, rather than the person to take his family’s buffaloes inland in search of until the premiere. (false) Films aren’t
much better movie. doing the action. food. On his journey, he witnesses firsthand the seen by the public until the premiere.
around the clock for three days.
a In the present, we form the passive with cruelty of man. We also 4 of the
the subject + + the past constant hardship the Vietnamese had to face at
participle.
1 Quickly read the blog and find the author’s b In the past, we form the passive with the that time. Background
In 2004, the film won a Special Award at Film
opinion on the following names? subject + + the past Festival in Locarno in Switzerland, the Grand Prix Over 1,000 films per year are made in
1 Robert Downey Jr. participle. at Amiens Film Festival, and the Special Award at Bollywood, compared to only around
2 Gone with the Wind c We use to talk about the Amazonas Film Festival in Brazil. Mr. Nguyễn Võ
3 Ashish Sharma person / thing that does an action in the Nghiêm Minh 5 Best Director Award 500 per year in Hollywood.
4 Bãhubali at Chicago Film Festival in the same year. The original ‘Hollywoodland’ sign was
sTUdy sTraTegy passive.
2 2.30 Read and listen to the blog again. Reading out loud 3 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. first put up to advertise a new housing
Choose the correct answers. Reading out loud will improve your Then decide if they are true or false. Discuss 5 Use IT! Work in pairs. Use the information development.
1 The writer believes that gossip about film pronunciation and speaking. your answers with a partner. in the box to tell each other about the film you The first Academy Awards ceremony
stars … have seen recently. Use passive forms where
a is usually only about awards that stars win. 1 More films are make in India than in any possible. Which film would you enjoy most? took place in 1929, but the name
b is less interesting than some other film 3 Read the Study Strategy. Practise reading the other country each year. ‘Oscars’ wasn’t coined until 1939.
facts. blog out loud. 2 In 1923, a sign is put up in the Hollywood actor / character / director
c isn’t interesting. hills which said ‘Hollywoodland’. film title genre plot The director sees the film during the
2 Gone with the Wind … 4 VOCaBULary pLUs Use a dictionary to 3 The Academy Awards wasn’t called editing process, but the film company
a is not a modern film. check the meaning of the words in blue in ‘Oscars’ until 1939. It’s a … and it was made in … may have the final say over the content
b holds many film records. the text. 4 Mùa len trâu is set in northern Việt Nam. It’s about …
c made eighty million dollars. Mr. Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh was gave The main characters are … , of the film, so they may make changes
3 Ashish Sharma … 5 Best Director Award at Chicago Film who’s played by … , and … after the director’s involvement
a plans to watch the film that will be 120 5 Use IT! Work in pairs. Which record did Festival in 2006. has stopped.
hours long. you find the most interesting? Why? Films aren’t seen their directors until the It’s an entertaining / funny /
b has watched forty-eight films in his lifetime. 6 premiere. exciting / original film.
c has had a film record for several years.
exercise 4
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Students read the review and complete
it with the correct verb forms. Allow
Language focus • 1 aren’t 2 was 3 wasn’t 4 is students time to compare their answers in
ANSWerS
pairs, then check answers with the class.
Present and past ANSWerS
passive: affirmative exercise 2 1 was released 2 is directed
Students work in pairs to complete the rules
and negative with the correct words. Check answers. 3 is played 4 are also reminded
5 was awarded
ANSWerS
Aim a am (not), are (not) / is (not) exercise 5 USe IT!
Talk about films using the passive in the b was (not) / were (not) c by Tell the class about a film you have seen
present and past. recently, using the ideas in the speech
Language note bubbles. Allow students time to prepare
Warm-up A lot of common verbs have irregular their ideas individually, then put them
into pairs to share their ideas. Ask some
Ask: How much was Robert Downey Jr. past participles. These are sometimes students to tell the class about a film they
paid for his role in the Avengers films? ($80 the same as the past tense, e.g. make / have seen recently.
million) When was Gone with the Wind made / made, but sometimes different,
made? (the 1930s). Write on the board: He e.g. see / saw / seen. Remind students More practice
was paid $80 million. The film was made in that they need to learn all the forms of Workbook page 51
the 1930s. Underline the verbs and ask: Are irregular verbs. Assessment
they in the present or past? (past) Are they in Five-minute test, Teacher’s Resource Disk
the active or passive? (passive) exercise 3
exercise 1 Students find the errors and correct them,
then decide if the sentences are true or
Students complete the sentences and false. Allow students time to compare their
check their answers in the film records text answers in pairs, then check answers with
on page 80. Check answers with the class. the class.
Unit 8 T87