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TALKING ABOUT MOVIES IN ENGLISH

Movies can be divided into several different genres. There are exciting action movies with gun fights and car chases, and horror movies that make us jump in our seats. There are comedies that make us laugh, and dramas that make us cry. Sci-fi movies show us what the future might be like, historical films tell us stories from the past, and documentaries show us real people and events.

After watching a movie, you might want to ask questions like:

• "Which character did you like the best?"
• "What did you think of the plot?"
• "Did you like the cast?"
• "What was your favourite scene?"

The list below includes some basic vocabulary for talking and reading about your favourite movies, directors and movie stars.

action movie (noun): a movie with many exciting and violent scenes - Our teenage boys love watching action movies.

cast (noun): all the actors and actresses in a movie or TV show - It had a good cast, but the story wasn't very interesting.

character (noun): one of the people in a story - Harry likes movies with lots of interesting and unusual characters.

cinema (noun): a place where movies are shown on a big screen - Let's meet in front of the cinema just before the movie starts.

comedy (noun): a film with lots of funny scenes - Let's see a comedy and have a good laugh.

director (noun): the person in charge of making a movie - The director gets really angry when actors forget their lines.

documentary (noun): a film that's about real people, events or issues - How can you eat junk food after seeing that documentary Super Size Me?

drama (noun): a movie about realistic characters in dramatic situations - Maria loves legal dramas with lots of courtroom scenes.

entertainment (noun): enjoyment from movies, concerts, TV shows, etc. - Airlines offer plenty of entertainment on their flights these days.

family movie (noun): a movie that both children and adults can enjoy - Which entertainment company made the family movies Cinderella and 101 Dalmatians?

film (noun): another word for "movie" (also "motion picture") - This year's Academy Award for Best Picture was won by a British film.

genre (noun): a kind or style of music, movie, TV show, painting, etc. - For film class we had to compare movies from two different genres, such as comedy and horror.

horror movie (noun): a movie that frightens and shocks people - If you love horror movies, you've got to see Fright Night.

movie star (noun): a very popular movie actor or actress - Movie stars earn millions of dollars every time they play a role.

plot (noun): the series of events that form the main story - It was a good film, but the plot was difficult to follow at times.

scene (noun): a small part of a film - The opening scene showed a young man leaving prison and walking to a bus stop.

sci-fi (or "science fiction") (noun): a genre with stories set in the future or in outer space - Have you seen that sci-fi film Interstellar yet?
screen (noun): the flat surface that a movie is projected onto - Do you like sitting at the back, or close to the screen?

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TEEN SLANG WORDS IN ENGLISH

According to Oxford and Cambridge, Slang is a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.

Slang is vocabulary that is used between people who belong to the same social group and who know each other well. Slang is very informal language. It can offend people if it is used about other people or outside a group of people who know each other well. We usually use slang in speaking rather than writing. Slang normally refers to particular words and meanings but can include longer expressions and idioms.

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REPORTED SPEECH IN ENGLISH; TENSE CHANGES, REPORTING VERBS AND EXPRESIONS OF TIME AND PLACE

Reported speech is how we represent the speech of other people or what we ourselves say.

Direct speech repeats the exact words the person used, or how we remember their words:

Ex: Barbara said, “I didn’t realise it was midnight.”

In indirect speech, the original speaker’s words are changed.

Ex: Barbara said she hadn’t realised it was midnight.

If you have a sentence in Direct Speech, try to follow our 5 steps to put the sentence into Reported Speech:

1.     Define the type of the sentence (statement, questions, command)

2.     What tense is used in the introductory sentence?

3.     Do you have to change the person (pronoun)?

4.     Do you have to backshift the tenses?

5.     Do you have to change expressions of time and place?

Tense changes when using reported speech:

Reporting verbs:

We can use say and tell to report statements in direct speech. 

Other reporting verbs:

add, admit, advise, agree, announce, answer, ask, claim, comment, complain, confess, confirm, continue, cry (=shout), demand, enquire, explain, hint, inform, insist, interrupt, maintain, note, observe, offer, order, point out, promise, protest, repeat, reply, shout, state, suggest, threaten, warn, wonder.

Conversion of expressions of time and place:

If there is an expression of time/place in the sentence, it may be changed, depending on the situation.

• Direct Speech → Peter: “I worked in the garden yesterday.”
• Reported Speech → Peter said (that) he had worked in the garden the day before.

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