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Matchthe compound nounsin exercise 1 withthe definitions. Useyourdictionary to helpyouwritethe words correctly. 1 A blocrburrtar is a verysuccessfuI film. 2 ln a themaincharacters undertake a journey. is a full-length 3 filmwitha story. 4 A filmmadeon a hashadvervlittle funding. 5 A is an experton cinema. 6 Thefirstsceneis knownasthe 7 In a thereis a mentalor emotional conflict between the maincharacters. A is a famousactorwhoa lot of womenfind attractive.
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Readthe Learnthis!boxandunderline the non-gradable adjectives in the sentences. 1 Didyoufindthe ptota bit far-fetched? 2 ThespeciaI effectsin Transformers areutterlyspectacular. portrayal 3 SusanSarandon's of a cancer victimwas intensely moving. performance Bardem's 4 Javier in NoCountry for OldMen powerfu[. wasextremely 5 Thephotography of thedesertlandscapes wassimply superb. 6 Didn'tyoufindthecharacter development rather weak? 7 Thefitmtakesa slightty light-hearted lookat theguns policyin theUSA. 8 KeiraKnighttey waspractica[[y unknownbeforeshestarred in Bendit likeBeckham. 9 Thefitmwasn'tparticularly faithfutto theoriginal story. 10 Theleadwasplayedbya newcomer, whowasperfectly awful.
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Complete the sentences withthe setphrases fromexercise 1. 1 Aftersuchan eventful day,the children weresoonsoLrnd as\eop. Whenthe lightswent out, it was - we coul dn' tseea thi ngl It w as l astS aturday, so we spentt he whole day at the poo[. A ftermonthsw i thoutany rai n,the groundin m y gar denis
It startedto rainwhenwewerewalkingbackto the car,so we got Theyteftthebackdoor , sothethiefwalked straight intothekitchen andtookherbag. Mydadhasalways boughtsecond-hand cars,buthislatest caris Mysister'sboyfriend - he neverdoesany is work. Afterdrinkingso muchcoffee,I wassti[[ at 3 a.m. 10 Mygrandmother's afterherheartoperation - it wasa complete success.