Film and Fiction: Verbos + -ing/to, Condicional Segundo y Vocabulario de Cine y Literatura

Film and Fiction

Verbs + -ing/to

I like/love/prefer reading.
We don't like writing.
Do you like going to the cinema?

I'd like/love/prefer to go.
She wouldn't like to see a thriller.
Would he like to be a writer?

Key Phrases

• Would you like to...?
• Do you like...?
• Yes, I would / No, I wouldn't
• I'd love / hate it
• I wouldn't mind
• Yes, I do / No, I don't
• I love / hate it
• I don't mind

Could, Can, Will Be Able To

• Could: pasado de can (podía). Film producers could include songs.
• Can: presente (poder). They can create very realistic special effects.
• Will be able to: futuro (ser capaz). We'll be able to feel the character's emotions.

Vocabulary

• Beginning: comienzo
• Ending: fin
• Special effects: efectos especiales
• Novelist: novelista
• Film director: director de cine
• Theme: tema
• Setting: escenario
• Blockbuster: superventas
• Best-seller: superventas
• Plot: argumento
• Scene: escena
• Character: personaje
• Crime: delito
• Relatives: parientes

Tipos de películas y novelas

• Comedy: comedia
• Adventure: aventura
• Thriller: suspense
• Science fiction: ciencia ficción
• Drama: drama
• Detective: novela negra
• Fantasy: fantasía
• War: guerra
• Mystery: misterio
• Horror: terror
• Musical: musical
• Spy: espías
• Western: oeste
• Romance: romántica

Second Conditional

Rules

We use the second conditional to talk about imaginary situations in the present or future. We form the second conditional with if + past simple (situation) and would + infinitive (result). The negative form of would is wouldn't.

If I was rich, I wouldn't be happy.

Key Phrases

• What about this one? (¿qué tal este?)
• I'd only recommend that if... (solo te recomendaría este si...)
• I don't fancy that (no me apetece eso)
• You might prefer... (puede que prefieras...)
• I'm not a big fan of... (no soy muy fan de...)
• Try this one (prueba este)
• I'd like to recommend... (me gustaría recomendarte...)
• The main characters are... (los personajes principales son...)
• The things I liked most were... (las cosas que más me gustaban eran...)
• All in all (en definitiva, de todas formas)
• I'd / I wouldn't change it (yo no lo cambiaría)

Reading

El primer texto trata sobre el cine, cómo ha ido evolucionando y cómo será en el futuro. El segundo habla de los libros de antes y de los e-books de hoy.