Analyzing Movie Trailers
ESL Lesson PlansAnalyzing Movie Trailers

Analyzing Movie Trailers

Can you guess a movie’s story just from its trailer? In this engaging B1 ESL lesson for adults, students analyze movie trailers to make predictions and express opinions. Learners practise using will for predictions and might, may, and could for possibility. Through discussion, sentence-building, and video analysis, students develop speaking, critical thinking, and real-world communication skills using authentic film trailers.

Skills

  • Can watch or listen to a short narrative and predict what will happen next.
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Based on CEFR
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1

Discuss these questions with your group.

1
How often do you watch movie trailers before seeing a film?
2
How important are movie trailers in helping people decide what to watch?
3
Can you remember a specific trailer that really impressed you? What was it about?
4
Do you think trailers give away too much of the story, or just enough?
5
What elements do you think should be included in a good movie trailer?
2

Watch the trailer. What do you think the film is about? Does the trailer make you want to watch it? Why or why not?

3

Put the words in the right order to make sentences.

4

Sort the phrases into the correct groups.

5

Watch another trailer. Write sentences predicting the film. Compare with your group.