a) Read the dialogue about a film.

What’s the title of this film? Dumbo.

What kind of film is it? It’s a fantasy film.
Who’s in it? Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, and Eva Green.
What is it about? It’s about a baby elephant called Dumbo, that can fly by flapping his ears.
What’s it like? It’s really sad, but some scenes are very exciting.
b) A fantasy film is a kind of film. Read and listen to other kinds of films:
Action film Animated film Comedy Documentary Fantasy Historical film Horror film Martial arts film
________Musical Science fiction film War film Western
c) Look at these film titles. What kind of films are they? Can you give more examples from each genre?
1. Johnny English 3 is a comedy. It makes you laugh.
2. Lancaster skies is It’s about a battle and it has lots of combat scenes.
3. Little women is It shows past events.
4. Hostiles is It’s about life in the west of the USA, in the past.
5. The curse of la Llorona is It’s scary, full of blood and violence.
6. Aladdin is It shows you supernatural events, like magic.
7. Frozen 2 is It has lots of songs.
8. Alita: Battle Angel is It’s exciting, with lots of car chases and violence.
9. Star Wars: Episode IX is It shows life in space, aliens and robots.
10. Penguins is It gives information about something that happens in real life.
11. Way of the Dragon is It shows lots of fights.
12. How to train your dragon 3 It shows drawings that appear to be moving.
d) Do you know any other kinds of films? Can you give me a definition?Can you give me any examples?
I know biopics. Biopics are about the life of a real person. Bohemian Rhapsody is a biopic.
e) What kind of films do you like? What kind of films do you hate?
f) Sad and exciting are adjectives. Listen to the adjectives. Label the emojis with these adjectives .

annoying * boring * brilliant * exciting * expensive * funny *romantic* rubbish * sad * scary * tasty * weird
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g) Can you describe films you know? Fill in the blanks.

1. _______________________is an annoying film. It makes me angry.
2. is a boring film. It makes me feel sleepy.
3. is a brilliant film. It’s very good.
4. is an exciting film. It’s full of surprises.
5. is an expensive film. It cost a lot of money to make it.
6. is a funny film. It has a lot of humorous scenes.
7. is a romantic film. It’s about a love story.
8. is rubbish. It’s terrible!
9. is a sad film. It makes me cry!
10. is a scary film. I need to cover my eyes in some scenes!
11. is a weird film. It’s difficult to understand.
h) Get in pairs and talk about a film.