Slumdog Millionaire WORKSHEET A



Slumdog Millionaire Worksheet A

The film Slumdog Millionaire, which came out at the beginning of this year, has had big audiences in cinemas in many different countries. On 22nd February it won eight Oscars including ‘Best Film’, and for its English director Danny Boyle, ‘Best Director’.

The film tells the story of two brothers growing up in a very large slum in the biggest city in India, Mumbai. They are very poor and have no one to look after them after their mother is killed. The film starts quite close to the end of the story, where we see Jamal, the younger of the two brothers, in a Mumbai police station. He is about eighteen years old. We learn that the police have arrested him because he is taking part in the popular TV quiz show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’, and some people think he is cheating. He has already given the right answers to lots of questions and now has the chance to win a huge amount of money. But where has someone from a slum (some of the characters in the film unkindly call him a ‘slumdog’), who has not had much of an education got such knowledge from? The film then goes back in time and shows that Jamal knows the answers because of things that happened to him, his brother Salim and a girl called Latika in the past.

Bad things happen in the story and there is quite a lot of violence, but there is also humour and most people would probably say it is a feel-good film. The ending is very exciting, but this isn’t the place to say what happens – you’ll have to go and see the film yourself!

One of the things that helps Slumdog Millionaire seem realistic is the fact that a few of the young actors are themselves from Mumbai slums. Television news programmes showed how happy the young actors were to be at the Oscars in Los Angeles, and how excited some people in Mumbai were when they arrived back home after the film did so well.

Slumdog Millionaire Worksheet B

Exercise 1

Complete the crossword below. If all the words are correct, the two languages that the characters in Slumdog Millionaire speak during the film will read from top to bottom.

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1. Jamal did not ___________ in the quiz show.

2. Some parts of Slumdog Millionaire are ___________ .

3. Mumbai is in ___________ .

4. Danny Boyle was the ___________ of the film.

5. Jamal is in a police ___________ at the start of the film.

6. Jamal is about ___________ when we see him at the start of the film.

7. Jamal is ___________ than Salim.

8. Jamal and Salim ___________ up in a slum.

9. The film will probably make most people ___________ good.

10. Many people in Mumbai were ___________ when the young actors arrived back home after the Oscars.

11. The film won eight ___________ .

12. Jamal, Salim and Latika are important ___________ in the film.

Slumdog Millionaire Worksheet C

Exercise 2

Fill in the gaps to complete the text.

The film Slumdog Millionaire, which (1) _ _ _ e out at the beginning of this year, has had big (2) au _ _ ences in cinemas in many different countries. On 22nd February it (3) w _ _ eight Oscars including ‘Best Film’, and for its English director Danny Boyle, ‘Best Director’.

The film (4) te _ _ _ the (5) _ _ _ ry of two brothers growing up in a very large slum in the biggest city in India, Mumbai. They are very (6) _ _ or and have no one to look (7) _ _ _ er them after their mother is killed. The film starts quite close to the end of the story, where we see Jamal, the younger of the two brothers, in a Mumbai police station. He is about eighteen years old. We learn that the police have (8) _ rr _ st _ _ him because he is (9) ta _ _ _ g p _ _ t in the popular TV quiz show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’, and some people think he is cheating. He has already given the right answers to lots of questions and now has the (10) ch _ _ ce to win a

(11) _ uge amount of money. But where has someone from a slum (some of the characters in the film (12) u _ k _ nd _ y call him a ‘slumdog’), who has not had much of an (13) e _ u _ _ _ ion got such knowledge from? The film then goes back in time and shows that Jamal knows the answers because of things that happened to him, his brother Salim and a girl called Latika in the past.

Bad things happen in the story and there is quite a lot of (14) _ _ _ lence, but there is also (15) hum _ _ r and most people would probably say it is a feel-good film. The (16) e _ d _ n _ is very exciting, but this isn’t the place to say what happens – you’ll have to go and see the film yourself!

One of the things that helps Slumdog Millionaire seem (17) r _ _ _ ist _ c is the fact that a few of the young actors are themselves from Mumbai slums. Television

(18) n _ w _ programmes (19) sh _ _ ed how happy the young actors were to be at the Oscars in Los Angeles, and how excited some people in Mumbai were when they arrived back (20) h _ _ e after the film did so well.

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