F.1 English Film Showing

Home Alone

Name: ______________________________ Class: F.1 _______ ( )

1. Type of film: (you may tick more than one box.)

Action Animation Fantasy

Romance Science fiction Drama

Comedy Musical Others:_____________________

2. Get to know the main characters of the film.Pictures:

A. B. C.

D. E. F.

Characters:

Kevin McCallister Old Man Marley Buzz McCallister

Harry Lyme Marv Merchants Kate McCallister

Fill in the table below with the names of the characters and match their pictures with

an appropriate letter.

Picture Character Description

e.g. Kevin

McCalliste

r

He is 8 years old boy and he is accidentally left home alone

during the Christmas holiday.

He is the more intelligent man of the "Wet Bandits". He has

a gold tooth in his front row of teeth.

He is the member of “Wet Bandits”. He is slim and tall.

e.g.

F

She is Kelvin’s mother. She punished Kelvin to the third floor

and feels very sad when she discovers that Kelvin is home

alone.

He is Kelvin’s elder brother. He always bullies Kelvin.

He is the McCallisters' neighbor. He is a lonely old man

whose family were not willing to talk to him.

3. Fill in the brackets with the right sequence (1 – 11) of the film episodes.1

( ) Kelvin is sent to the third floor of the house.

( ) Eight-year-old Kevin get into a fight with his older brother Buzz

over pizza.

( ) Kelvin discovers that the "Wet Bandits" plan to break into his

house

( ) The McCallisters wake up late and accidentally leave the sleeping

Kevin behind as they go to the airport.

( ) Kate realizes that they have left Kevin behind, and once in Paris,

immediately tries to book a return trip back to Chicago.

( ) The "Wet Bandits" run into different traps prepared by Kelvin.

( ) Kevin wakes up and finds the house empty. He is very happy that

his dream has come true. He enjoys doing activities that his mum

doesn’t allow him to do.

( ) Kevin wakes up the next morning to find his mother has returned.

( ) After seeing Santa Claus and watching a local choir performance,

Kevin runs into Marley, and comes to realize that the man is quite

friendly.

( ) The McCallister family prepares to spend the Christmas holiday in

France. All the family members gather in The McCallisters’ place.

( ) Old Man Marley saves Kelvin.

4. What do you think about the movie? Fill in the form below.

Do you like the film?

Reasons

Recommend it to others?

The character you like most

His /her personality

What he / she did in the film

What you have learnt from this film

5. Write a Film Review and present it in class.

A. Good morning / Good afternoon, _____________ and fellow students.

B. The film I have watched is called _____________________________.

C. The film talks about ________________________________________

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D. I like the film very much because

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E. My favourite character is called _______________________________

I like him / her very much because

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F. After watching the film, I have learnt a lot about

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G. On the whole, it is a ____________________________________ film. So, I would

recommend this film to my friends.

H. That’s all for my presentation. Thank you very much !

Some useful expressions for writing a film review

About the film, story

or plot

1. I like the film very much because__________________

2. The story is very funny / interesting / exciting /

surprising / amusing / special / touching / meaningful /

educational.

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3. The film can make me very happy / excited / relaxed.

4. I felt very touched / excited.

5. The story plot is full of surprises / excitement / happiness.

About the characters 6. The actors and actresses are interesting / beautiful /

handsome / attractive.

7. __________ is very interesting / beautiful / handsome /

attractive.

8. His / Her costumes are very beautiful / special.

About the

effect/music

9. The use of special effect is excellent.

10. The special effects make the film very

________________________.

11. The sound effect makes the film very _______________

About what you have

learnt

12. After watching the film, I have learnt a lot

about_________________. (friendship, family relationship,

love, hate, courage, honesty, life, death, etc.)

13. I understand that _______________________ is very

important to us.

14. I have learnt to

treasure____________________________________.

15. Nothing is more important than

______________________________.

16. I think we should / should not

_______________________________.

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