Music Cinema & TV (AQA GCSE Polish): Revision Note
Exam code: 8688
Music cinema and TV
To give and understand information about entertainment, you need to be able to:
use ulubiony- to talk about your favourite things
use key verbs to say what you read, watch and listen to
use different tenses to say what you have done or will do
use opinion phrases to discuss TV, books, films and music

Music cinema and TV: vocabulary
Some useful words for the topic of entertainment are:
Category | Polish | Part of speech | English |
|---|---|---|---|
Film | dokumentalny | adj | documentary |
dramat | n (m) | drama | |
film | n (m) | film | |
film akcji | NP | action film | |
horror | n(m) | horror | |
komedia | n(f) | comedy | |
kreskówka | n(f) | cartoon | |
serial | n(m) | TV series | |
Music | bilet | n(m) | ticket |
członek | n(m) | member | |
fortepian | n (m) | piano | |
gitara | n (f) | guitar | |
instrument | n (m) | instrument | |
koncert | n (m) | concert | |
muzyka | n (f) | music | |
piosenka | n (f) | song | |
piosenkarz | n (m) | singer | |
skrzypce | n (pl) | violin | |
zespół | n(m) | band | |
Reading | artykuł | n (m) | article |
autor/ka | n (m/f) | author | |
czasopismo | n (nt) | magazine | |
gazeta | n (f) | newspaper | |
książka | n (f) | book | |
literatura | n (f) | literature | |
powieść | n (f) | novel | |
TV | aktor/ka | n (m/f) | actor/actress |
kanał | n(m) | channel | |
oglądać telewizję | VP | to watch TV | |
program telewizyjny | NP | TV programme | |
telewizja | n (f) | television | |
wiadomości | n (pl) | news | |
Other | gra komputerowa | NP | computer game |
grać w gry | VP | to play games | |
kamera | n (f) | camera | |
sukces | n (m) | success | |
sztuka | n (f) | art | |
teatr | n(m) | theatre |
Higher tier
Category | Polish | Part of speech | English | Example | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Film | wcielać się, odgrywać | v | to portray | Aktor odgrywa rolę detektywa. | The actor portrays a detective. |
recenzja | n (f) | review | Film otrzymał bardzo dobre recenzje. | The film received very good reviews. | |
Reading | fabuła, treść | n (f) | plot, content | Fabuła powieści była wciągająca. | The plot of the novel was gripping. |
czytelnik | n (m) | reader | Książka jest popularna wśród młodych czytelników | The book is popular with young readers. | |
Theatre / Live | występować | v | to perform, appear | Zespół będzie występował w przyszłym tygodniu. | The band is performing next week. |
scena | n (f) | stage | Piosenkarz jest na scenie | The singer is on stage. | |
wydarzenie, występ | n (nt) n(m) | event, performance | Jutro idziemy na wydarzenie. | We are going to an event tomorrow. | |
TV | odcinek | n (f) | episode | Ostatni odcinek wydał mi się nudny. | I found the last episode boring. |
oglądać | n (m) | to watch, look | My oglądamy telewizję każdego wieczoru. | We watch TV every evening. | |
serial | n (m) | series | Serial jest bardzo popularny wśród młodych ludzi. | The series is very popular with young people. |
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