Tuesday, August 19, 2014

English for the beginner elementary course (37)



The lord of the Rings
1. Here are some facts about the film:
*The three lord of the Rings films appeared in
2001, 2002 and 203. They are based on the
Novels of the British writer JRR Tolkien.
*the director Peter Jackson filmed them in New Zealand. They cost more than $300 million to make, and, in all, more than 20,000 actors appeared in the three films!
* After Titanic, They are the three most successful films ever, talking over $3 billion ub total!

*the final film The Return of the king won 11 Oscars. In some countries, fans queued for three weeks to buy tickets.
* in New Zealand they had an enormous party for the first night of The return of the King. They even changed the name of wellington, their capital city to ‘Middle Earth’ for the evening!

2. listen and mark the sentences true (Â) or false (â).
1. Tolkien had  a happy childhood.
2. His parents died when he was quite young.
3. He was very interested in ancient languages.
4. He was a professor at Cambridge University.
5. He invented his own languages.
6. He wrote his first stories to create a fantasy world for his languages.
7.His children didn’t like his stories.
8. The lord of The rings books first appeared in 1974.
9.On children liked  his stories.
10.He saw the films of his books before he died.
11.His family made a lot of money from the films.
12. His great-grandson acted in one of the films.
Common question structure:
Question word(s)
Auxiliary verb
Subject
Main verb
Other
What time
Does
the zoo
open?


Do
your parents
live
in Colombo?

Are
You
---
French?

Did
He
see
her last weekend?
When
Where
You
----
a student?
Where
was
he
born?


Summary: past simple questions
Question form
Did
Did
I/we/you/
they/he/she/it
Walk to work today?
Sleep well?

Short answers
Yes,
No,
I/we/you/
They/he/she/it
Did.
Didn’t.

Remember: We do not use the full verb in short answers.
Did you like Rome? Yes, I did.          NOT: Yes, I liked.
No, I didn’t. NOT: No, I didn’t like.
3. put the interviewer’s questions in the correct order.
1. I/did/a happy childhood/ he?          Did he have a happy childhood?
2. start writing/ did/ at a young age/ he? ------------------------------------
3. a famous writer/ die/ did/ when? ------------------------------------------
4. Tolkien / die/ did/ when ? --------------------------------------------------
5. he/did/ the films of his books/ see? ---------------------------------------
6. make/ did/ a lot of money/ his family? -----------------------------------

4. Put a tick (Â) next to the things you did when you were you were ten years old and a cross
(â ) next to the things you didn’t do.
a) ride a bicycle                                               g) work hard at school
b) eat a lot of sweets                                       h) drink tea and coffee
c) wear glasses                                                i) read a lot
d) play games on the street                             j) watch a lot of TV
e) like sport                                                     k) like rock music
f) play a musical instrument                            l) have a mobile phone
5. work in pairs. Ask your partner about these things.
When you were tea, did you ride a bicycle? No, I didn’t.

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