B2 · C 2 · C1 · Media, arts, literature & entertainment · Vocabulary B2/C1/C2 Adjectives for describing films and books 19 March, 202028 December, 2022 blogdeserena Created by blogdeserena B2-C1-C2 VOCABULARY QUIZ FOR DESCRIBING BOOKS AND FILMS Read & choose the correct word Activity by Serena a potted account of something is ... tightly controlled short and simple if a serial shows you the gritty realism it... gives you an unrealistic account of life shows you the unpleasant reality of something overrated is... very modern not as good as some people tend to think moves or develops quickly pacy lurid a type of entertainment that helps you forget about bad or boring things for a short time gory escapist very upsetting, wrong, or immoral shocking outstanding a page-turner novel is ... very good. So good you can't stop reading so bad you turn the pages over as quickly as you can in order to finish it if you consider that a document was very wordy, you think that ... it is easy to understand it uses too many words a thought-provoking book makes you ... cheerful and and feeling that good things will happen think deeply about something if something is far-fetched it's ... about a time that is very remote difficult to believe related to love romantic dull showing things as they really are realistic real-life defamatory content intends to... criticizes someone or something in a strong and effective way make people have a bad opinion of something or someone in an untrue or unfair way a blue movie is related to... violence sex a high-brow book is typically ... very rude or offensive very serious and difficult to understan making you feel sad depressing dull want to watch it because you find it very interesting entertaining gripping belonging to the present time realistic contemporary having a sharp exciting quality poignant edgy if a book has been abridged it... has become very popular has been made shorter a film or book that contains a lot of violence violent shocking a hard-hitting serial ... criticizes someone or something in a strong and effective way shows lot of blood and violence interesting and enjoyable gripping entertaining excellent and impressive outstanding shocking a gory movie involves ... a lot of blood and violence sex a new wave film is about ... new ideas punk culture relating to art, literature, music etc. cultural romantic actually happening in life, not invented in a book real-life realistic a mediocre book is ... not very good depressing if you consider a film filthy you think it's ... very rude or offensive cheap shocking and violent in a way that is deliberate lurid pacy racy writing is typically ... very serious and difficult to understand exciting and entertaining and often about sex a riveting film is ... very interesting cheap and badly made a faithful account tells you about ... how things happened a religious experience an upbeat film makes you ... cheerful and and feeling that good depressed having a strong effect on your feelings, especially one that makes you feel sad moving lurid not interesting or exciting depressing dull Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte share this Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading… Related share this Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading…
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