Recommendations with Movie Vocabulary
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Words and phrases to describe films speaking and vocabulary brainstorming, also good for the language of recommendations practice.
Lesson Plan Content:
Recommendations with Movie Vocabulary
Ask, give and respond to recommendations on movies like those below small groups.
type/ kind/ genre
adjectives
other vocabulary
situations
action movie
animation
art house movie
biopic
Bollywood movie
comedy
cop movie
costume drama
documentary
domestic drama
fantasy movie
horror
indie movie
kids’ movie
literary adaptation
melodrama
murder mystery/
whodunit
musical
Nollywood movie
romance
rom-com
sci-fi/ science
fiction
spy movie
superhero movie
thriller
(spaghetti) western
YA
acclaimed
amusing
arty
avant-garde
awe-inspiring
beautiful/ stunning
challenging
confusing
dramatic
educational
entertaining/ fun
exciting
exotic
famous
fast-paced – slow
frightening/ scary
funny/ witty
gripping/ thrilling
heart-breaking
heart-wrenching
hilarious
important
impressive
inspiring
interesting
memorable
mind-boggling
moving
original/ unique
petrifying/ terrifying
popular
realistic
recent
relaxing
sad
sentimental
silly/ ridiculous
strange/ odd/ weird
surprising/ shocking
surreal
unforgettable
unpredictable
uplifting
12 certificate
15 certificate
18 certificate
1960s
1970s/
1980s
1990s
2000s
Australian
British
DVD
Hollywood
IMAX
PG certificate
U certificate
award winning
big budget
black and white
blockbuster
car chase
classic
domestic
dubbed
foreign
live action
plot
remake
sequel/ prequel
SFX
short
silent
slapstick
(TV) spinoff
subtitled
surprise ending
babies
bored
(first) date
date night
depressed
different ages
learning English
likes comics
married couple
not much time
old people
on a laptop
on a smartphone
on the plane
pets
pre-school kids
teenager
toddlers
too much time
whole family
Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2019
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Ask about anything in the table above that you couldn’t understand or couldn’t use.
Brainstorming movie vocabulary
Without looking above, write suitable words related to films in the spaces below. Many
things not above are also possible.
type/ kind/ genre
adjectives
other movie vocabulary
Look above, then brainstorm more.
Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2019
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