OCABULARY MORE PRACTICE UNIT 3-5.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 I don’t want

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(be) in this play. It’s awful.

2 The film was 90 minutes long, but it was really boring and seemed

...................................................

(go)

on for much longer.

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(get) this role was the opportunity of a lifetime.

4 The cinema was packed, but we managed

...................................................

(find) two seats in the front

row.

5 I wonder if Daniel Radcliffe ever regrets

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(take) the role of Harry Potter.

Loving Vincent

was made by

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(film) real actors and then painting each

frame of the film in the style of Van Gogh.

7 Ellen is planning on

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(visit) the Hollywood sign when she goes to Los

Angeles.

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Choose the correct word for each sentence.

1 Some people don’t know how to

take

raise

make

responsibility for their actions.

2 Can I

take

raise

make

a suggestion? Why not change the ending to make it happier?

3 Terry Gilliam’s films are always interesting but not always successful because he

takes

raises

makes

more risks than other directors.

4 The most difficult thing about making a film is trying to

take

raise

make

the money you

need before you start.

5
Selma

is a great film which helps to

take

raise

make

awareness of the civil rights

movement in the USA.

6 When you

take

raise

make

an appointment to see a busy film producer with an idea,

don’t be late!

Find and correct the word in each sentence which is written in the wrong form.

1 I enjoyed the film even though the ending was very predict.

...................................................

2 Only a small minor of films at our local cinema are non-American.

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3 I hate endings which are left to the viewers’ imagine. I want to know exactly what happens

to all the characters!

...................................................

4 It’s a thriller about a future government using isolate from society as a punishment.

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5 In one of the most memory scenes in Hollywood history, Gene Kelly sings and dances in

the rain.

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Complete the sentences with a suitable word.

1 Do you prefer watching films in their original language with subtitles or

...................................................

into your own language?

2 It is said that Tom Cruise does a lot of his own

...................................................

, even dangerous ones like

hanging onto the outside of a plane while it’s in the air.

3 Since starting drama school, Marlene’s confidence has grown by leaps and

...................................................

4 Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the

...................................................

when a film is being

made?

5 Hollywood should do more to address the problem of

...................................................

inequality. They

need more female directors and producers.

6 Old people

...................................................

teenagers, but despite their greater numbers, there aren’t many

films made for this age group.

Complete the text with the words below.

filmgoers

awesome

■
office

paced

worth

plot

role

characters

script

cast

When films are made, there are always some scenes which are cut. Often these

cuts are forced on the director by the film studio in an attempt to make the film a

box-

...................................................

hit. These cuts might change the

...................................................

, for

example, by giving the film a happy ending. They might reduce the film’s length

to prevent

...................................................

from getting bored. Often, minor

...................................................
are left out, which must be very upsetting for the actors who were playing those

parts. However, a smaller

...................................................

can help the audience as there are

fewer people to remember.

Unfortunately, the decisions about which parts to cut are often made without

asking the director. Important parts of the

...................................................

are left unsaid,

making the film difficult to follow.

Since DVDs became popular, though, directors have had a chance to show the

world their own version of their film. One of the most famous examples of this is

Blade Runner

, a science-fiction film from 1982 with Harrison Ford playing the

leading

...................................................

. It was an exciting, fast-

...................................................

film,

although it wasn’t a huge commercial success. In 2007,

a special five-disc DVD was released with five different versions on it. If you

haven’t seen the film, you should. All the different versions are

...................................................

seeing, but the director’s final cut is

10

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, and so

is the recent sequel,

Blade Runner 2049