Born to directUnit 7b pages78,79

Aim: Talking about events in people´s lives.

Complete the chart

verb Past Past participlebe Was/were beeneat fly hear lose read see Win work write

• Complete the conversation uisng present perfect or simple past

A:________you ______(ever/hear)the group The Darkness?B:No, I__________.What kind of music do they play?A:Rock music. I __________(see) them in concert last night.B:___________(be) it good concert?A:Yes, I really ________(like) it.

Alfred Hitchcock Quentin Tarantino

He was born in London in 1899 He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1963

He went to school at St. Ignatius College, in London, and later studied art at the University of London

He was a very intelligent child, but he had difficulties with reading and writing.

He was married and his daughter Patricia appeared in several of his movies

He quit school when he was 15 and went to work in a movie theater, where he checked tickets at the entrance.

He was famous for no liking actors. He once said” All actors are like children…..

He began his career as an actor.

He never won an Oscar for best directors He says he hates drugs and violence, but they appear a lot in his movies

He appeared in small roles in almost all of his movies

He has been nominated for an Oscar for best director, but he hasn´t won´t one yet.

He died in 1980.

LISTENING

• You are going to listen to part of TV program about Sofia Coppola.

• New York 1971• The Godfather• The Godfather Part III• California Institute of Art• 1999- The Virgin Suicides• Spike Jonze• Lost in Translation

PRACTICE

• Write sentences in the present perfect• 1. You /ever fly / in a helicopter?• Have you ever flown in a helicopter?• 2.She/ never eat/ octopus• 3.we/never see/ a Tarantino movie• 4 She/ write/more than ten mystery novels• 5 I/not read/ The Lord of the rings

• Write sentences in the past tense• I /go to the beach last summer• I /not go Miami last December .• I / have a delicious dinner last night.• You/ see/ a movie last weekend?• I / win/ three gold medal a year ago.• I / not hear any noise two days ago