The Devil wears PRADA - movie

1. Put the following film sequences in the correct order.

Nigel helps Andy get a makeover and in the end she

makes a quite impressive revelation at the magazine.

She breaks up with her boyfriend before she goes to Paris.

There is a run-through at Runway and Andy upsets

Miranda with her comments on the blue belts.

Andy doesn’t like Miranda’s opportunist mischievous

attitude towards Nigel and quits her job.

Andrea changes her attitude and behaviour, affecting the

relationship with her friends.

In Paris, she learns that Irvine, Runway’s director, was

trying to put Jacqueline in Miranda’s place.
2. Match the words with their
synonyms. Despite all her hard work that night, Miranda still thinks
makeover she’s a disappointment and that she’s not trying hard.
to break up
a run-through Andy has dinner with her father but she ends up not giving
mischievous him her full attention because she is always on the phone
disappointment trying to get Miranda’ a flight back home.
to blackmail
unpublished
Miranda manages to get what she wants by blackmailing
:____ renovation Irvine and offering Jacqueline a highly paid Job at James
:____ to fall to pieces Holt new enterprise.
:____ a dress rehearsal
:____ harmful
:____ a frustration She manages to get Miranda’s twin daughters the
:____ to threat unpublished manuscript of the new Harry Potter book.
:____ not yet published

3. Choose the best ending for each statement.~

1. Andrea goes to a job interview at…
a) Vogue, fashion magazine
b) Runway, fashion magazine 4. Everyone criticises her at the magazine…
c) Prada, a fashion store. a) because of her physical
2. She applied for the position: appearance;
a) of assistant to editor-in-chief. b) because of her phone skills;
b) secretary c) because she’s very lazy;
c) journalist 5. Her first day was…
3. Her new boss’ name is: a) calm and frustrating.
a) Emily b) stressful and tiring.
b) Nigel c) different and exciting.
c) Miranda