Listening skills practice: My favourite film – exercises
Listen to the speakers talking about their favourite films and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. In order to see the exercises while listening, copy and paste the texts in Word. Upload the filled-in text as a Word file as well.
1. Check your understanding: matching
Do this exercise while you listen. Match the speaker to the genre of film. Write a–e next to the numbers 1– 5.
1…….. Speaker 1 a. A science fiction film
2…….. Speaker 2 b. A modern vampire film
3…….. Speaker 3 c. An action film
4…….. Speaker 4 d. A romance
5…….. Speaker 5 e. A romance based on a book
2. Check your understanding: gap fill
Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with the correct speaker.
A (x2) B C
D (x2) E (x3)
1. Speaker _______________ thinks the film shows you not to judge people too quickly.
2. Speaker _______________ says the film is not too sentimental, thanks to the actor.
3. Speaker _______________ likes a film in which everything we think is real is fiction.
4. Speaker _______________ has seen their favourite film more than once.
5. Speaker _______________ prefers the first version of the film.
6. Speaker _______________ likes a film with murder, violence and blood-drinking.
7. Speaker _______________ likes a film which tells a love story over several years.
8. Speaker _______________ likes a film which shows bullying at school.
9. Speaker _______________ likes the scenes filmed in different countries.
3. Writing
Have you seen any good films recently?
I saw ...
It’s got … (actor’s name) in it.
It’s about …
The thing I liked about it was …