Actor! Author!

Today we will

• talk about your favourite films and books
• learn to use past time expressions

Vocabulary: watching films

Do you like watching films at home or going to the cinema?

How often do you go to the cinema?

What types of films do you like?

Who are your favourite actors / actresses

Listen to the beginning of the television show Actor! Author! What are the rules?

Listen to the show. Can you guess the famous actor or author before Mike or Steph?

Listen again. Choose the correct word

• Actor: (1) He was born in Manhattan in 1952 / J962. He fell off a horse / a house twelve years ago. He died in 2005 / 2004.
• Author: (2) He is Canadian / American. His books are translated into more than 14 / 40 languages. He wrote a famous thriller / love story. It's about symbols in the art of a famous German / Italian painter.

• Author: (3) She's from England / Ireland. She taught Spanish / English in Portugal more than ten years ago. There are more than six / nine books in the series.
• Actress: (4) She was born in 1967 / 1976, She's from Australia / America. She won an Oscar for the film The House / The Hours.

Grammar: past simple irregular verbs; past time expressions

I saw Gladiator on DVD last night

I read that book two years ago.

Yesterday I had an English class

Irregular verbs

Rearrange the words to make sentences.

weekend last a DVD I watched.

last didn't television I watch night.

bought I ago two months a book -

I didn't the Oscars last year watch.

this read newspaper I the morning.

use didn't I the internet email or yesterday.

Work in groups of three. Write down the names of two famous actors and two famous authors. Don't show your names to the others.

Prepare clues for your actors and authors.

He/she was born in ...

He/she won an Oscar.

He/she wrote...

He/she acted in ...

Play Actor! Author!

One person gives clues, the others guess.

Now I can

• Can you talk about your favourite film or book?
• Can you use past time expressions?