SECOND EDITION
Workbook
Christina Latham-Koenig
Clive Oxenden
Paul Seligson
OXFORD
Films should have a beginning, a middle, and an end
- but not necessarily in that order.
1 GRAMMAR present perfect B No, but my brother 6 (see) it. He
loves John le Carré.
a Write the senre nces wirh conrracrio ns.
A 7 (he/read) Tinker, Taitor, Sotdier, Spy?
I have nor read Tite Pillars of tite Eartlt. B Ves, and he a (see) the movie.
J haven', read Ibe Pillars oftbe Eartb.
2 James has nor seen rhis mov ie before.
2 VOCABULARV irregular past participles
3 They have gane to rhe movie thearer tonight.
a Wrire rhe simple past forms and past parriciples of
rbese irregu lar verbs in the charro
4 She has cr ied ar a lor of mov ies.
Infinitive Simple past Past participle
5 I have boughr all rhe Harry Potter movies.
1 be was I were been
6 They have nor raken any photos. 2 break
3 do
7 He has inrerviewed a famous actor. 4 eal
5 fall
8 \Ve have nor appeared in a movie.
6 forget
7 go
b Wrire senrences wirb the presenr perfecr.
,he I read I Tire Help B leave
She's read Tite Hel12 9 sing
2 we / nm see I this show 10 speak
We haven'tseen litis show
11 take
3 my parenrs / fall asleep
12 wear
4 Adam / appear / in a movie
b Use past participles from the chan in a ro complere
rhe senrences.
5 1/ nor speak to an actor
1 Have you ever S!l1/-{j karaoke?
6 you / break / rhe camera 2 We've never rhe movie rhearer
before rhe end of a movie.
3 My sister has never _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ocropus befo re.
7 Dawn / nor cry / at a movie
4 Has your brother ever your
birthday?
8 we / nor forget I rhe rickers
5 Have you ever _ _ _ _ _ _ _ glasses?
6 l've neve r my lego
e Co mpl ete rhe dialogue. 7 M Yfriend hasn'r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ rhe homework.
A ' Have,vou heard (you / hear) of John le Carré?
B Ves, 12 (read) some of his books.
A Really? Which books 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you / read)
B 14 (read) The Constant Gardener
recently. It was great!
A ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you / see) the movie?
3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress bRead rhe anide again and choo se a, b, or c.
1 Jodi Picoulris ...
a Listen and underline che srressed words.
a a lawyer.
A Have you read The Millennium Trilogy? b a writer.
B No, I haven't. c a doctor.
A Have you seen the movies? 2 Anna's parents had Anna because ...
B Ves, I have. I've seen aH of them.
a they \Va nred anorher child.
b they wanred to save their daughter.
b Listen again and repear the sentences.
Copy the ffi;'thm. e rhey \Va nted anorher girl.
3 ... dies ar rh e end ofrhe book.
a The healrhy sister
4 READING b The sisrer who was sick
a Read che anide abour a movie adaptarion of a book. c The brorher
Did fans prefer rh eending in [he boo k or che movie? 4 ... dies at rhe end ofrhe movie.
a The healrhy sister
b The sisrer who was sick
My Sister's e The brother
5 ... of rhe people \Vho vored didn'r rhink rhe ending \Vas imporranr.
Keeper a 77%
b 13%
Fans of American author Jodi e 10%
Picoult who have read her novel
My Sister's Keeper get a big surprise
when they see the movie. This is 5 LlSTENING
beca use the movie has a completely
different ending from the book. a Listen ro a radio programo Who \Vrore the
r\Vo books? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
The novel tells the story of 13-year-old
Anna Fitzgerald who was born to save
___.,.-.:_:'1 the life of her older sister, Kate, who
b S!!oIllm Listen aga in. Write T (tru e) or F (false).
is very sick. Kate has cancer and Anna goes to hospital 1 Great Expectatiolls was made in 1956. E.
many times to give her sister blood and other things to 2 The mov ie cr itic is goin g ro talk about t\Vo movies.
keep Kate alive. However, when Anna is 13, she finds out
3 G reat Expectatiolls is a black and \Vhite movie.
that Kate needs one of her kidneys, and she decides that
she doesn't want to give it to her. Anna goes to find a 4 The main characrer in Great Expectations is a girl.
lawyer to help her fight her case in court. 5 The movie is more fri ghtening than rhe book.
At the end of the book, Anna wins her case so that in 6 The hosr ha s read rhe book The EUBlish Patient.
the future she can make her own decisions about her 7 The aurhar ofThe EnBlish Patient isn't American.
body. Unfortunately, the same day as she wins the
8 The main characrer in Tite EUBlish Patient had a car crash.
case, she is in her lawyer's car when they have a serious
accidento Anna is brain -dead after the crash, and the 9 The critic says rhar rhe best thing about th e movie is the
lawye r gives the doctors permission to use Anna's love srory.
kidney. So in the end, Anna dies and Kate lives. 10 Borh rhe book and rhe movie have \Von imporrant pri zes.
At the end of the movie, befor e th ey know the result
of the court case, Kate and Anna's brother, Jesse,
tells the family that Kate doesn't want to hav e any
more operations. Kate dies and th en Anna's lawyer
USEFUL WORDS ANO PHRASES
visit s the house to tell Anna she ha s won the case. Learn these words and phrases.
So, in the movie Kat e dies and Anna lives.
blood Ib lAdl
A website asked th e people who
appear !;)'Plrl
have read the book and seen the movie
to vote on the two different endings. ar leasr !;)t 'Iist!
77% said that they hated the new fall .slee p Ifol a'slipl
ending while 13% said they preferr ed Howabour ... ? !' hao ;)baot!
it to th e ending in the book. Ten percent
said that they enjoyed both th e book
order pi zza /'::lfd;)f 'pits;)!
and the movie and that th e ending
made no difference to th em.