noun · informal
film
/fɪlm/FILM
Band 4-5speakingtask2
a story recorded with actors and shown at cinemas or on TV; a motion picture.
Examples
“We went to the cinema to see a new film.”
“The film won several awards at the festival.”
“She prefers foreign films with subtitles.”
Band 8 sentence
“The film's nuanced portrayal of memory and identity elevated it above typical festival fare.”
Collocations
- watch a film
- film festival
- make a film
Word family
film (n) nounfilm (v) verbfilmmaker (n) noun
Common mistakes
I watched movie yesterday.→I watched a movie yesterday. / I watched the movie yesterday.
He make a film last year.→He made a film last year.
Say it for a higher band
5movie→6picture→7+film
Synonyms
movie
Easily confused
movie
“We rented a movie and stayed home for the evening.”
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