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C. Write the meaning of the words in bold.
 System for evaluating how appropriate the movie is for various age.
 Captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or
transcribe the dialogue or narrative.
 Unexpected turns out events
 an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
 A series of 3 movies
 the commercial success of a film, play, or actor in terms of the audience size or takings
that they command
 a published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme
of an earlier one
 a series of extracts from a film or broadcast, used for advance publicity
 A movie that continues the story / theme of a previous film

1. My daughter can watch Disney cartoon series without the subtitles.
Meaning : ________________________________________________________________

2. There was a twist at the end of the movie I didn’t expect it to be that way.
Meaning : ________________________________________________________________

3. The first movie was awesome but the sequel is boring.
Meaning : ________________________________________________________________

4. My sister is die-hard fan of horror. She has a collection of horror series from 2015 until
2020.
Meaning : ________________________________________________________________

5. I have watched the trailer and I think is it a good movie.
Meaning : _______________________________________________________________

6. Is Zombi Kampung Pisang become the box office?
Meaning : _______________________________________________________________

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LISSTPEENAIKNIGNG

1. When was your last animation movie that you watched?
2. What is the name of the movie? Do you enjoy watching it?
While listening

3. Choose and watch any movie that you like then write the following information.

QUESTIONS ANSWER

a. What is the title of the film?

b. What genre is it?
(eg. drama, adventure, etc)

c. Where is the film set?
(eg. in a school, in a classorom)

d. Who plays the main role?

e. Name few characters in the
movies.

g. What is it about?

h. Do you like the movie? If yes, why?. If no,
give your reason too.

i. What is the movie based on? Is it based on
true story, book or imagination of the script
writer?

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Expressing agreement and disagreement READING

You could agree or disagree completely with the opinions or suggestions given by
others in the group. Knowing your stand (whether to agree or disagree)
determines the expression you use.

A. Expressing agreement

EXPRESSING PARTIAL AGREEMENTS DISAGREEMENT
AGREEMENTS

 I agree with  That’s true but… • I totally disagree.
you/him/her. •
 It sounds interesting • I disagree completely
 I am with you. but… I’m completely

 I totally agree with  That seems obvious opposed to that.
but… • That’s totally
you.
 The problem is that… unacceptable.
 I couldn't agree with • That’s absolutely not

you more. 

 I agree with you 100 true

percent.

 I agree absolutely  I don't think so.

 I fully support your  (strong) No way.

idea.  I'm afraid I disagree.
 That’s absurd!
 Definitely!
 That’s certainly very  I beg to differ.

true!  (strong) I'd say the

 That's so true. exact opposite.

 That's for sure.  Not necessarily.

 Tell me about it!  That's not always true.

  That's not always the

case.
 No, I’m not so sure

about that

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Practice1.

Work in groups of four, discuss on the movie that you have watched. Choose one movie, then
present it to the class.

Information Transfer from Graphic to Text

There are different forms of graphic representations, for example, pie charts, bar
charts, tables and line graphs.

 Study and understand the graphic representation
 Look for extreme points of data, for example, the highest, the lowest.
 Look for details along the vertical or horizontal axis.
 You can also obtain information from the title, source, legend and scale.

Practice
1. Study the bar chart below and answer the questions that follow.

1. There are ____ types of online 3. How many total of female
movie platforms preferred by teenagers who prefer tonton,
teenagers. iTunes and HBO Go?
A. two A. five
B. seven B. ten
C. three C. seventeen

2. Which platform that male preferred 4. What are the total number of
female Youtube viewers as
the most as compared to female? compared to male Hypp TV?
A.18, 9
A. Youtube B. 9, 18
C. 20, 19
B. Netflix

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WRITING

Writing a review
Choose a movie you would like to review and answer the questions below.
1. What is the title of the movie?
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Who stars in it?
___________________________________________________________________________
3. It’s …

o a comedy
o an action movie
o a sci-fi movie
o a thriller movie
o an adventure movie
o a horror movie
o a ____________ movie.
4.

o I recommend it.
o I don’t recommend it
This is because ________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Reviewer’s name:____________________________________________
Date:______________________________________________________

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GRAMMAR

Comparative and superlative adjectives

 Comparative compare one thing, person or action with another
 Superlative compare somebody or something with the whole group
 As ….as shows that something is equal
 Not as / so ….as shows that something isn’t the same or equal.
 Than is often used after a comparative adjectives
 The is used before superlative adjectives.

Short adjectives cheap Comparative Superlative
small cheaper cheapest
Adjectives that big smaller smallest
end in –y funny bigger biggest
early funnier funniest
heavy earlier earliest
heavier heaviest

Adjectives with careful more careful most careful
two syllables or boring more boring most boring
more expensive more expensive most expensive
Irregular Far Further Furthest
adjectives Good Better Best
Bad Worse worst

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 PROJECT MANIA : Write the answer. You may find the answer online when necessary.

Adjectives Comparative Superlative

a. Subject
(difficult)

b. Mountain Lion is dangerous. Shark is more Hippopotamus is the
(tall) dangerous than lion. most dangerous
animal.
c. Ocean
(big)

d. Mosque
(antique)

e. House
(expensive)

Example :
Animal
(dangerous)

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