Talking About Movies

In this Describing Movies ESL beginner-level lesson, you will learn grammar, build vocabulary, and phrases to have an English conversation to talk about movies using adjectives and the present simple tense.

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This ESL video lesson for daily English will help ESL students learn vocabulary, grammar, improve listening and be confident English speakers.

Practical English for everyday situations. After you finish this lesson, we recommend checking out the lesson on Introductions. Try introducing yourself again after you have increased your vocabulary to talk about yourself and your Interests. If you want to challenge yourself, check out the lesson on Describing People so that you can better describe the characters in your favorite movie. 

Describing Movies ESL lesson

Warm Up Questions

1

Who is your favorite actor/actress?



2

Do you prefer to go to the movie theater or stay at home? Why?



3

Describe your favorite movie.



4

Do you like to eat snacks and drink something when watching a movie? What?



5

Rank the genres of movies you like to watch from most to least (comedy, action, suspense, etc.).



6

What’s the best and worst movie you’ve ever seen?



Watch, Read or Listen

ESL Video

Watch the following Describing Movies ESL YouTube video.

Listening Questions

Watch the ESL YouTube video and answer the following questions about movies.

Describing Things

1

What is this Friday?



2

How many movies can you watch for the price of one?



3

What kind of movie is “Doctor Weapon”?



4

How many ghosts are in the movie “Ghost Kids”?



5

What are the pirates and ninjas trying to find in “Pirates and Ninjas”?



6

What kind of movie is “Baseball Dreams”?



7

What is “The Curse” about?



8

How many movies are showing?



Speaking Activity

Use the illustrations to talk about the movies from the passage.

Discounted Movies



Movies



Horror Movies



Sports Movies



Treasure Movies



Ghost Movies



Word Bank

Word Bank

baseball | boyfriend | crazy | doctor | dream | find | ghost
half | haunted | high school | join | policeman | price
professional | search | weapon | young | adventure
comedy | horror | romantic

Matching

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

Talk About Movies

1. romantic (adj)

A. to get something that you have been searching for

2. adventure (n)

B. involving love between two people

3. search (v)

C. a job that requires special training, education or knowledge

4. weapon (n)

D. the amount of money that you have to pay for something

5. professional (adj)

E. one of two equal parts

6. dream (n)

F. to carefully look for someone or something

7. price (n)

G. to imagine something you want to happen

8. shy (adj)

H. an unusual, exciting, and possibly dangerous experience

9. half (adj)

I. an object used to hurt someone

10. find (v)

J. nervous or uncomfortable with other people

Sentence Structure

Put the following sentences in the correct order.

Talk About Discount on Movies
  1. two / price / Watch / for / the / movies / one / of / !
  2. brother / An / action / a / joins / man / movie / who / the / policeman / his / in / about / crazy / a / for / doctor / search / .
  3. about / a / friends / high / student / A / comedy / shy / who / make / to / two / school / ghosts / with / try / .
  4. find / An / adventure / a / about / who / of / treasure / and / pirates / group / trying / are / to / lost / movie / ninjas / some / .
  5. who / a / boyfriend / about / her / comedy / become / professional / player / woman / young / romantic / a / A / helps / baseball / .
  6. horror / a / A / haunted / house/ about / movie / .

Missing Words

Watch the video again and complete the sentences.

Ninja

This Friday movies are _______________ 1 at the Grand Theater. Watch two movies for the price of one.
Our latest releases:
“Doctor ____________ 2”: An action movie about a doctor who joins his policeman brother in the ________________ 3 for a crazy man. Starring Jeremy Fox and Robert Hargreaves.
“Ghost Kids”: A comedy about two _______________ 4 who try to make friends with a ____________ 5 high school student. Starring Wilson Courtney.
“Pirates and Ninjas”: An ___________________ 6 movie about a group of pirates and ninjas who are trying to _____________ 7 some lost treasure. Starring Kara O’Brien.
“Baseball Dreams”: A romantic comedy about a young woman who helps her boyfriend become a ___________________ 8 baseball player. Starring Eliza Radbourne.
“The Curse”: A horror movie about a haunted house. Starring Akiko Nomura.

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