completing a quiz what should you do when you take a quiz? what steps do you usually take to make...

completing a quiz

• What should you do when you take a quiz?

• What steps do you usually take to make sure that you answer the questions correctly?

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1. Before you fill in your answer, read the question a second time and be sure you understand what is being asked.

2. Write you're answer in a complete sentence. You do not want he judge to misunderstand your answer because you have left out some words!

3. Read both the question and the answer you have written again. Being sure that you have answered the whole question and that you have spelt everything correctly.

some steps to follow

•A you want to enter a speech competition about the film industry. In order to qualify for the competition, you must first prove your knowledge of the film industry by completing a quiz. Listen to a guest on a radio programme discuss the early days of film, and complete as much of the quiz as you can.

Step 1; complete a quiz

•A Listen to this radio programme and try to find as much information as you can.

Step 1; complete a quiz

• 1 who are the ‘fathers of modern film’?• The Lumiere brothers• 2 what did auguste lumiere say about cinema?

• 3 when we watch a film, what are we actually seeing?

• Moving pictures• 4 which city was the first film made in?• London

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• 5 name three differences between old and modern films?

• The speed, the sound and the colour of the film.• 6 what is the largest amount of money ever mad

e by a silent film?

• 7 what is a studio?

Film quiz

• 8 where did the music audiences heard during silent films come from?

• In the theatre.• 9 what was the title of the first ‘talking film’?• The Jazz Singer• 10 what was the title of the first colour film?• No idea.

Film quiz

• 11 how long does it take to make a film ?

• 12 name two of the stages in film production.

• 13 name four of the top hollywood film studio.

Film quiz

•B Now let’s listen to another radio programme in part B and try to find as much information as you can.

Step 1; complete a quiz

• 1 who are the ‘fathers of modern film’?• The Lumiere brothers• 2 what did auguste lumiere say about cinema?

• 3 when we watch a film, what are we actually seeing?

• Moving pictures• 4 which city was the first film made in?• London

Film quiz

• 5 name three differences between old and modern films?

• The speed, the sound and the colour of the film.• 6 what is the largest amount of money ever mad

e by a silent film?

• 7 what is a studio?• The company with sound stages and the place w

here the company makes its films.

Film quiz

• 8 where did the music audiences heard during silent films come from?

• In the theatre.• 9 what was the title of the first ‘talking film’?• The Jazz Singer• 10 what was the title of the first colour film?• No idea.

Film quiz

• 11 how long does it take to make a film ?• A few years.• 12 name two of the stages in film production.• Pre-production stage and post-production stage.• 13 name four of the top hollywood film studio.

Film quiz

•C Now let’s read the web page in part C and try to complete the Quiz.

Step 1; complete a quiz

• 1 who are the ‘fathers of modern film’?• The Lumiere brothers• 2 what did auguste lumiere say about cinema?• He said, ’Cinema…has no commercial future.’• 3 when we watch a film, what are we actually seei

ng?• Moving pictures• 4 which city was the first film made in?• London

Film quiz

• 5 name three differences between old and modern films?

• The speed, the sound and the colour of the film.• 6 what is the largest amount of money ever mad

e by a silent film?• $ 10,000,000.• 7 what is a studio?• The company with sound stages and the place w

here the company makes its films.

Film quiz

• 8 where did the music audiences heard during silent films come from?

• In the theatre.• 9 what was the title of the first ‘talking film’?• The Jazz Singer• 10 what was the title of the first colour film?• No idea.

Film quiz

• 11 how long does it take to make a film ?• A few years.• 12 name two of the stages in film production.• Pre-production stage and post-production stage.• 13 name four of the top hollywood film studio.• 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Warner Bros

and MGM.

Film quiz

Listening for emphasis

• In the grammar and usage section, we learnt how to emphasize some parts of sentences by adding some words or using certain sentence structures. Are there any other ways that we can emphasize some words or information, especially when we are speaking?

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