CBE 1.02 | That film was scary! - Talking about films in the past tense

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Apr 27, 2021

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ANECDOTE

Kate's Film Experiences

Kate shares her experience of watching different types of films including fantasy, biopics and romantic comedies.
She found a romantic comedy to be terrible and a horror film very scary in the cinema.

INSIGHT

Film vs Movie Vocabulary

British English uses the word 'film' while American English prefers 'movie'.
Both terms are widely understandable and can be used interchangeably.

ADVICE

Using Past Tense of Be

Remember to use 'was' for singular and 'were' for plural when talking about the verb 'to be' in past tense.
This helps correctly describe events and characters in films or stories.

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This week Kate tells us about which films she likes, and doesn’t like! We learn lots of vocabulary related to films, and we practice using the past simple tense of the verb ‘be’.

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