Adjectives for describing movies

Describing films with adjectives and adverbs

adjectives/ arts and media/ adverbs of degree

Did you think the film that you are discussing is/ was/ will be….?

1 = incredibly/ extremely

2 = very/ really

3 = quite/ fairly

4 = not very/ not so/ a little/ slightly

5 = not… at all

Funny                                      1          2          3          4          5

Unintentionally funny    1          2          3          4          5

Entertaining                             1          2          3          4          5

Well-acted                               1          2          3          4          5

Well-directed                           1          2          3          4          5

Moving                        1          2          3          4          5

Memorable                              1          2          3          4          5

Exciting                        1          2          3          4          5

Scary                                      1          2          3          4          5

Dated                                      1          2          3          4          5

Predictable                              1          2          3          4          5

Confusing                                1          2          3          4          5

Over-long                                1          2          3          4          5

Patchy                         1          2          3          4          5

Worth seeing again                  1          2          3          4          5

Share one of your numbers with the class and see if they agree. Then ask about any vocabulary above you aren’t sure about, discussing possible ranking each time.

Without looking above, brainstorm adverbs for each of the five levels. Other adverbs not above are also possible.

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Movie vocabulary page

Adjectives page

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