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?
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3. a famous writer/ die/ did/ when?
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4. Tolkien / die/ did/ when ?
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5. he/did/ the films of his books/ see?
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6. make/ did/ a lot of money/ his family?
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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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