Reading and writing - 7 - second term - goal 2

VOCABULARY

1 Complete the sentences with some of these words. (Use lowercase)

band character cartoon actor concert director drama rehearsal scene stage studio theater performance

1 A ___________ is a musical performance.

2 A place where you can see a play is a ___________.

3 A place where people make a movie or TV show is a ___________.

4 Actors usually have a __________ before a performance.

5 A ___________ is one small part of a movie or a play.

6 A ___________ tells the actors what to do.

7 Harry Potter is the main ___________ in the books by J.K. Rowling.

8 Actors perform on a ___________ in a theater.

9 A ___________ is a play about people and their problems.

10 A ___________ is a group of musicians.

READING

Read the text and choose True or False.

Some facts about soap operas
 Soap operas started on U.S. radio in the 1920s and then moved onto TV in the 1940s.
 In the U.S. in the 1940s, 90% of daytime TV shows were soap operas.
 The name ”soap opera” comes from the ads that they often broadcast during soaps – ads for laundry products and other things you needed to clean your home. The makers of the shows thought that the people who watched soap operas were women working at home.
 In soap operas, the story never ends at the end of an episode. It always continues in the next episode.
 Most soaps follow a group of characters who live or work in one special place. They follow the day-to-day lives of these characters, who are like us, ordinary people – except that soap opera characters are usually more handsome, beautiful, and rich!
 Most soap operas are about love and relationships.
 The U.S. soap opera The Guiding Light started in 1937 and continued until 2009. There are many long-running soaps in other countries too.
 In recent years, TV soaps made in Latin America, India, Great Britain, Australia, and other countries have become popular all over the world.
 The main difference between today’s and yesterday’s soap operas is the use of more exotic locations and unusual storylines nowadays. The recent popular U.S. soap Passions, for example, included a character with magical powers.
 Soap operas are the most popular genre kind of TV drama in the world today.

1. They first broadcast soaps on TV.

2 Soaps began about 90 years ago.

3 Soaps were not very popular in the U.S. in the 1940s.

4 These shows are called “soaps” because the stories showed soap and other house-cleaning products.

5 The stories in soaps begin in one episode and finish in the next.

6 In most soaps, action usually happens in one town or place.

7 The people in soaps are the same as ordinary people.

8 Storylines today are the same as they were in the past.

WRITING:

You are a writer for the school magazine. You have been asked to give a description of your favorite sitcom or TV series and say what you think will happen next. You should also explain why you like this show. (You are expected to write between 70 - 80 words). It will be taken into account spelling, cohesion, coherence, capitalization, etc.

Zero conditional

Complete the zero conditional sentences with the verb in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

If you press that button, the light________ (come) on.

It's easier to sleep if ____________ (you / not / be) stressed.score

The teacher gets angry if ____________ (we / not / work) hard.score

If __________ (I / go) on a boat, I always feel sick.score

His mother gets annoyed if __________ (he / be) late.score

If _____________ (I / not / know) a word, I look in my dictionary.

They play football if __________ (they / not / have) any homework.score

If you freeze water, _____________ (it / turn) to ice.score