Module 5: Entertainment
Summary: Let’s Watch a Film!
Key points
- Types of films: comedy, action, horror, science fiction, cartoon, romance.
- Film words: hero, creature, shark, fish tank, to come across, to be taken away, to run away.
- We express regret about something that happened or that we did.
- Answer an apology with Never mind / Don’t worry / It doesn’t matter.
- A biography tells the life of a person in the past simple, with dates.
Rules to remember
I’m so / very sorry (that)
+ clause: I’m so sorry that I broke your glasses.
I regret + noun
I regret my decision.
I regret + verb-ing
For a past action: I regret shouting at him. Negative: I regret not listening.
How to do it
- Find the past action you are sorry about.
- Use I’m sorry that + past simple, or I regret + verb-ing.
- If you didn’t do it, use I regret not + verb-ing.
Example
Tiny didn’t listen to her grandmother. Now she says: “I regret not listening to Grandma.”
Common mistakes
- I regret to miss the film yesterday. ✗ — I regret missing the film. ✓
- I regret don’t listening. ✗ — I regret not listening. ✓
Key words
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