Generiek Engels P2 Speakout Intermediate Lesson 1.4

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Period drama

noun

a television or film production set in a particular historical period and characterized by the use of costumes, sets, and props that are typical or evocative of the era.

Common mistakes made in the test:

I love watching period drama. I'm very interested in history and I love old-fashioned costumes.

Who can tell me why this is wrong?

Make a sentence with:
period drama

Common mistakes made in the test:

Lee says his favorite films are psyhologicol thriller because they focus on the mental and emotional states of the characters so you never know what is going to happen.

Who can tell us why this is wrong?

Psychological thriller

Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. 

Make a sentence with:
psychological thriller.

Verbs

Use the past to talk about

1.  a specific event in the past (we know when the event happend.)
2.  an action which started and finished at a specific time in the past.
   

He ..... meet his grandad till he was thirty years old. (not meet)

1. not
2. hasn't
3. didn't meet
4. not did

Use the past perfect to talk about actions which happend before the past time event we are talking about/ a very long time ago.

While I .... the joke, I suddenly realised I ...... the ending! (tell/forget)

1. was telling/ had forgotten
2. told, forgot
3. was telling/ forgot
4. told, forgotten

Use the present to talk about

1. Experiences or things that happend before now. The time is not specified or important.
2. recent events, or an action which started in the past and continues now.

Some of the best films in recent years ..... based on real event. (have/ was)

1. were
2. have was
3. Have/ been
4. had/ been

Realy is something you need to learn by heart.

Practise and study 

I was ... a bit of a hurry.

1. at
2. on
3. by
4. in

... the end, we arranged to have dinner together.

1. At
2. On
3. By
4. In