English Vocabulary for Movie Genres

Learn Movie and Book Genres in English

This is a lesson to help you learn common types of movie genres in English. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including five different games and three different types of flashcard. At the end, there are three example sentences for each word.

Vocabulary Games for

The games and flashcards are currently set to test the following [wait...] words:

Table of Contents

Match-the-Pairs Game
Memory Game
Basic Flash Cards
Spell-the-Word Game
Multi-Choice Test
Learn with Hangman!
"Sentence" Flash Cards
"Missing Word" Flash Cards
Example Sentences

Match-the-Pairs Game

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Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
Click on your first square to start. Good luck!

Ranking (Clicks)

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Memory Game

Pairs: getting ready...

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getting ready...

Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
Click on your first card to start. Good luck!

Ranking (Clicks)

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Hero ()
Captain ()
Sergeant ()
Recruit ()

Basic Flash Cards

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "genres" category. Choose your first letter to start.

Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
If the gallows are completed, you lose.
Good luck!

Create Your Own Version of This Game

Here is the word library for this game:

"Sentence" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the word in a sentence.

"Missing Word" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.

Example Sentences

Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "genres" category:

action, comedy, drama, fantasy, horror, western, romance, science fiction, musical, documentary

action

An action film has lots of excitement and stunts.
He loves watching action movies.
The action film had many explosions.

comedy

A comedy film is meant to make you laugh.
They enjoyed the comedy movie.
She prefers comedy films.

drama

A drama film focuses on emotional stories.
He watched a touching drama.
She likes drama movies.

fantasy

A fantasy film includes magical and imaginary elements.
They enjoyed the fantasy movie about wizards.
He loves fantasy stories.

horror

A horror film is designed to scare you.
She screamed during the horror movie.
He likes watching horror films.

western

A western is a film genre set in the American West, typically featuring cowboys and outlaws.
He loves watching old western movies.
She enjoys the dramatic shootouts in western films.