Once upon a time in Bollywood!

Get ready

1

Read the question: "What makes a good fairy tale?". Repair the verb, the adjective and the noun phrase.

2

Tick the equivalent.

3

Fill in the sentence with the words below to rephrase the question.

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an interesting

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4

Brainstorm from the title of this chapter.

5

Check with this table what you already know.

Observe and listen

1

Label the different parts of the picture.

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Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist, 2011.

Bollywood dancers

Couple

Title

2

Select romantic elements describing the poster in this wordcloud.

orange shirts

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closed eyes

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white flowers

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flying birds

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shining stars

3

Match the sentences to introduce this document.

4

Listen to the audio guide and choose the correct answers.


a) Bollywood is the name for the (Arty Film Industry in Dubai / Hindi Film Industry in Mumbai).
b) Bollywood movies are realistic. (Right / Wrong).
c) Bollywood movies include more  than Hollywood movies. (school clubs / dance / teenagers fights / melodrama / music / violence / comedy).

5

Some English words are of Hindi origins. Spot the odd one out!

Shampoo

Pyjamas

Bungalow

Avatar

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Star

Let’s have fun

1

Read the lyrics. Listen to the song and practice singing in Hindi.

“Dola Re Dola”

Hey dola re dola re dola re dola
Hey, I swayed, I moved, I circled
Haai dola dil dola mann dola re dola
Oh, my heart swayed, my mind circled

2

Repair the verbs. How do you pronounce the sound -ed at the end of these verbs?

/ɪd/

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/d/

/t/

3

Match the icons to the correct word.

4

Find the word which does not rhyme with the others.

a)  (Heart /  Start / Shirt).
b)  (Mind / Rained / Signed).