REVIEWS:
A BOOK/ FILM REVIEW
♣ These are the links to our EOI WRITING BANK, with information about the layout of Book/Film Reviews and some sample writings.
| Book & Film Review | examples |
♣ In the WRITING BANK section of Open World, page 238, ex.1 and 2, you will also find an example of a Film Review. There are exercises and examples dealing with other types of reviews on pages 238-9 too (websites, hotels, restaurants, holiday resorts, etc.) that you may also be required to produce in the form of email writing.
♣ SPEAKING about a FILM: Learn some more vocabulary and get ideas on how to review a movie: Film Review practice
♣ This is another film review you may find helpful, and therefore use it as a guide, to speak or write about a film: Skyfall
Here is the same review with some exercises you can do if you wish to practise and consolidate your knowledge:
Skyfall: exercises answer key
♣ A stage play: King Lear. Practise the language of reviews by doing the following use of English exercise:
King Lear
A CONCERT REVIEW
♣ EXAM FOCUS. Writing: Review. If you would like to learn how to review a concert, read the Exam tips and the task suggested at the bottom of page 77, Open World: A concert review. Afterwards, see the model review on page 304, which answers the writing task.
LISTENING PRACTICE on the topic
♣ Books and Films
Books and films: exercises key script audio part 1 audio part 2
♣ Horror movies. Listen several times and complete the chart with the information given:
Horror movies audio
♣ A folk singer. Listen to a conversation about a folk singer and decide if the statements are True or False.
A folk singer key script audio
VIDEO ACTIVITY: ‘The Music Industry’
Listening practice combined with work on relatives and question formation. The link to watch the video is included in the exercise, as well as the answers.
The music industry
READING PRACTICE
The hidden dangers of rock music True/false & vocabulary activity.
