MOVIES & FILM VOCABULARY 1 (ESL)

level: Intermediate (B1/B2)

Talking about movies is a great way to practise English and connect with other speakers. This first exercise covers the essential vocabulary for discussing films, genres, and the cinema experience. This is exercise 1 of 2.

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Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences.

Movies & Film Conversation Questions 1. What is your favourite movie of all time? What makes it special?
2. Do you prefer watching films at home or at the cinema? Why?
3. What is your favourite film genre — action, comedy, drama, horror, or something else?
4. Have you ever seen a film in English without subtitles? How was the experience?
5. Do you think movies can teach us important lessons about life? Give an example.
6. What film have you seen recently that you would recommend, and why?

More English vocabulary exercises Talking about movies 1
Talking about movies 2

Did you know? The word cinema comes from the Greek kinema, meaning "movement." The Lumière brothers of France are widely credited with the first public film screening in 1895 in Paris. Early films were called moving pictures or motion pictures — terms still used today in American English.

A blockbuster originally referred to a large aerial bomb during World War II capable of destroying an entire city block. The term was applied to hugely successful films in the 1970s because their popularity was described as "explosive."