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7 Vocabulary
Reacting to films
a Read the quiz and fill in the spaces with the words in the box.
exciting funny sad scary
What kind of film goer are you?
Do our film goer’s quiz and find out!
1 Theherogetsuptomakeaweddingspeechhero to a speech
but he trips over and falls face first into the
wedding cake.
a You fall about laughing.
b You chuckle to yourself.
c You can’t understand what’s so
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funny about the scene.
3 The hero
thinks he’s being chased
through a dark house by a monster.
Suddenly the monster appears in
front of him.
a You scream and jump out
of your seat.
b You don’t see it because you’ve
already closed your eyes.
c You can’t understand what’s so
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about the scene.
2 The hero is slowly dying in her bed. In her
arms she’s holding her young son. With
her final words she tells her son how
much she loves him and asks him to look
after the family.
a You cry your eyes out.
b You’re determined not to cry,
so you bite your lip.
c You can’t understand what’s so
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about the scene.
4 The hero is fighting lots of giant spiders
when her gun runs out of bullets.
a You are on the edge of
your seat.
b You want to watch but you
can’t stop yawning because
you’re so tired.
c You can’t understand what’s
so 4 about the film.
b Do the quiz. Then check your scores on page 126.
c Look at the expressions in italics. Which means:
1 something you do when you are tired but trying not to fall
asleep? can’t stop yawning
2 to laugh a lot?
3 to make a loud noise when you are scared or surprised?
4 to cry a lot?
5 to laugh quietly?
6 something you do when you are trying to stop yourself
from crying?
7 something you might do when you are very excited by
a film?
8 something you might do when you are suddenly surprised?
Vocabulary bank Turn to page 117.
d Complete the sentences with
the expressions from the quiz
in Exercise 7a.
1 I was bored out of my brain,
and I couldn’t stop yawning
all the time.
2 I didn’t hear him come in, and
I nearly seat.
3 It was so sad – I cried
out.
4 I didn’t want him to see me
upset so I .
5 It was a great joke and we all
laughing!
6 I was so excited that I was on
seat.
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