Behind the Scenes: How Movies Are Made 🎬

Passive Voice ESL Lesson | A2–B1 | 24 Slides

Take your students behind the scenes of the film industry with this engaging, movie-themed English lesson!

Behind the Scenes: How Movies Are Made is a ready-to-use ESL lesson designed to help students understand and practise the Present Simple Passive and Past Simple Passive through filmmaking vocabulary, real movie facts, grammar challenges and creative activities.

Students explore how movies are produced, discover different jobs on a film set and learn how to describe the filmmaking process using Passive Voice.

What's Included?

• 24 colourful presentation slides with a fun tomato mascot

• Grammar explanations covering Active vs Passive Voice, Present Simple Passive and Past Simple Passive

• Filmmaking vocabulary: director, screenwriter, editor, camera operator, costume designer, stunt performer and more

• Grammar practice: gap-filling, multiple-choice questions, sentence transformations and error correction

• Translation challenges to reinforce sentence structure

• Reading comprehension: How a Movie Is Made

• Real movie facts featuring popular films such as Avatar, Harry Potter and Jurassic Park

• Timed grammar challenges to encourage quick thinking

• Creative speaking task: Create Your Own Movie

• Final grammar test and mission-completion activity

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Understand the difference between Active and Passive Voice.

• Form affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in the Present Simple Passive and Past Simple Passive.

• Use filmmaking vocabulary in meaningful contexts.

• Transform active sentences into passive constructions.

• Describe how movies are made using accurate grammar.

• Apply Passive Voice in speaking and writing activities.

Lesson Details

Level: A2–B1 (Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate)

Age Group: Teens (12+)

Topic: Movies, Filmmaking & Behind the Scenes

Grammar Focus: Present Simple Passive & Past Simple Passive

Skills: Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Speaking & Writing

Format: Digital Presentation

Number of Slides: 24

Perfect for online English lessons, one-to-one tutoring and classroom teaching.

Make Passive Voice practice more exciting with a creative filmmaking challenge!