Lesson 12: Unit 156 - Agreeing

About this lesson

In this lesson you will learn how to express agreement in English through a variety of phrases and structures. You will work with an authentic dialogue between Rick and Fiona, who are deciding together which film to watch. You will master the use of "So do I", "Neither do I", "I would too" and "I haven't either" in a real conversational context. You will enrich your vocabulary with film genres and practise expressing your own opinion and agreement in speaking and in writing.

40 minutes

What you'll learn

• Understand and use the structures 'So do I', 'Neither do I' and 'I would too' to express agreement
• Recognise the difference between agreeing with a positive statement and with a negative one
• Use the expressions 'feel like doing', 'fancy', 'I'd rather' in a conversational context
• Name different film genres in English
• Answer questions about film preferences in full sentences

Lesson vocabulary

• to fancy (something/doing something) Do you fancy a movie tonight?
• to feel like doing something I don't feel like going all the way into town.
• locally What's on locally?
• performance There's a performance at 8.
• to starve / starving I'm starving. I haven't eaten since lunchtime.
• to grab something Let's grab something on the way – a hamburger or a piece of pizza.
• advert There'll be adverts and trailers before the film actually starts.
• trailer Garfield won't start till at least 8.30 – there are trailers first.
• I'd rather (do something) I'd rather watch any of the others.
• a short while ago I only saw it a short while ago.
• comedy It was a nice comedy. I'd love to see it again.
• documentary Sometimes I'd rather watch a documentary.
• horror film I dislike watching horror films – too much blood and violence.
• science fiction Science fiction films often have amazing special effects.
• blood and violence No, I don't fancy that. Too much blood and violence.

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