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The Top Ten Best-selling Fiction Books Of All Time
Part I
See if you can match the book titles.
1. Don
2. The Count of
3. Harry Potter
4. And Then
5. The Lord Of
6. Harry Potter and
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of
8. Harry Potter and the
9. The Catcher
10. The Da Vinci
A.The Rings
B.in the Rye
C.Fire
D.Code
E.Monte Cristo
F. There Were None
G.Half-Blood Prince
H. Quixote
I. the Chamber of Secrets
J.and the Philosophers Stone
Answers
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____ 6_____ 7_____ 8_____ 9_____ 10_____
Part II
Now match the books above (1-10) with their descriptions (A-J).
A: It is the fourth in the series and came out in 2000 when Potter-
mania was really hotting up.
B: This story of the world of Middle Earth and Hobbits has sold over
100 million copies.
C: It is a controversial book.
D: This was the book that kicked off Pottermania, causing millions
of children, both big and small, to get into books again.E: This is a rather complex story of the sailor Edmond Dantes life.
F: It was written in 1951 and is still going strong.
G: This philosophical story inspired people from all sections of the
cultural world, including Pablo Picasso and Strauss.
H: This was the second in the series the one which starts with
Harry and Ron flying a flying car into a tree at Hogwarts.
I: In 2005 a play was written based on the novel and a computer
game has even been made based on it.
J: Children queued up outside bookshops waiting for midnight,
when the doors would be opened, and they could get their
grubby mitts on the new edition of this book.Answers
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____
6_____ 7_____ 8_____ 9_____ 10_____
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Rob Mawson Interview
Answers1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____ 6_____ 7_____ 8_____
For each of the following sentences, taken from the article, select the answer that is most appropriate. Write youranswers below.
1. His first novel, A Ship Called Hope,A: has been published in 1995.B: was publishedC: would be publishedD:published
2. He is also the author of two novels the pseudonym Robert Radcliffe.
A: aboutB: withC: byD: under
3. How did you first get writing?A: involved withB: in love withC: involved toD: involved on
4. I wrote stories at school and through my teen years most of them awful but the was clearly there.A: driverB: drivingC: drive
D: drivel
5. How do you the enormous success of The Lazarus Child in the future?A: topB: stopC: mopD: drop
6. Its to think in terms of topping success.A: no better tryingB: no good tryingC: no good to tryD: too good trying
7. Several offers were made straight away for the film rights but I turned themA: off.B: over.C: on.D: down.
8. Radcliffe writes only of the past, which provides readers with escape from the of today.A: boom and bustB: room and boardC: gloom and doomD: cool and pool
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Writers in Exile
Part I
Match the writers to their books.
1. Dante
2. Lord Byron
3. Victor Hugo
4. Lenin
5. Bertolt Brecht
A: Les Miserables
B: Mother Courage and Her Children
C: Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism
D: Don Juan
E: Divine Comedy
Answers
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____
Part II
Read the article and say whether the following
statements are True or False. Correct the false
ones.
1. Exiled Writers Ink organisation in London is a
place for exiled authors to hang out, write and
discuss anything and everything they like.
2. Some writers adapt to their new surroundings
and even start to publish afresh in the new lan-
guage.
3. Dante was sent into exile because he didnt want
Florence to be independent.
4. Lord Byron was threatened with burning at the
stake.
5. Victor Hugo was exiled to the island of Guernsey
for supporting Napoleon III.
6. Lenin married his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya dur-
ing his first exile in Siberia.
7. Bertolt Brecht criticized National Socialism and
Fascism.
8. Amna Dumpor is a poet from India.
Answers1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____ 6_____
7_____ 8_____
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Part I
Fill in the missing letters and match the words to their meanings.
1. p_g_n
2. s_en_ry
3. tr_nq_ill_ty
4. f_d_e
5. an_o_ing
6. h_ar_s
7. ch_co_ol_c
8. s_bu_b
9. te_tot_l
England & Wales
Answers
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____ 6_____ 7_____ 8_____ 9_____
A: an area on the edge of a large town or city where
people who work in the town or city often live
B: not drinking alcohol
C: causing you to be irritated or angry
D: a person holding religious beliefs other than
those of the main world religionsE: a state of peace and quiet
F: the general appearance of natural surroundings,
especially when these are beautiful
H: a soft sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk
or cream
G: large groups of
I: a person who loves chocolate and eats a lot of it
Part II Role playIn pairs do this role play. Student 1 should use the
article to advise student 2. After two exercises
switch roles.
Student 1 is a travel agent.
Student 2 wants advice where to go on holiday.
Exercise 1:
Student 2: You really enjoy nature and like going
boating or walking in the mountains. Ask the travel
agent where in England you could go and how to
get there.
Exercise 2:
Student 2: You have heard a lot about the famous
English universities, Oxford and Cambridge. Ask
the travel agent for advice if they are worth see-
ing.
Exercise 3:
Student 2: You are keen on sightseeing and would
like to see the old English castles. Ask the travel
agent for advice on where you should go.
Exercise 4:
Student 2: You are interested in sports. Ask the
travel agent for advice what sports events you can
see.
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British Bar Chat
Question GameInstructions:
1. Study the slang expressions from the conver-
sation to remember their meaning.
2. Look at these answer cards below.
3. Think of as many possible questions as you can
so that your partner would definitely give the
answer from the card.
4. Practice asking questions in pairs.
I decided to treat myself to
a new iPod.
It has a noise reduction
button.
I doubt that.
Didnt really think about
that.
Its your round. Ill stick with the good old
wireless.
I dont need all this new-
fangled gadgetry.
I got a pay rise the other
day.
A pint.
Yeah, great. Its tiny. Thats a contradiction in
terms.
Its meant to stop other
people.
Er...dunno. You could lose it or it could
get nicked.
Possible questions to the answer in bold:
Why are you so happy?
What are we celebrating tonight?
How are you going to buy this car?
Why dont you leave your job?
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US Bar Chat
Fill in the gaps with these words and col-
locations from the conversation:
A: cram session
B: falls on its face
C: subscribers
D: netflixed
E: saved me the trouble
F: flick
G: mirror
H: spotted
I: take the easy way out
J: priority
1. A chick ___ is a film about emotions and love.
2. Cool English has thousands of ___ all over Russia.
3. My main ___ is to get through all my exams.
4. Im glad you ___ the mistake before it was too late.
5. I need a final ___ for my chemistry test tomorrow.
6. Blyth ___ of suggesting a game of football by doing it himself.
7. The theory ___ when put into practice.
8. Its not a good idea to ___ of debt by borrowing money.
9. I just___it last week and have a copy of it at home.
10. Screen plays never___the book word for word.
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Crime Idioms Part 2
Part IMatch the idiom (1 to 6) with the definition (A-F).
1. Crime doesnt pay
2. To scream blue murder
3. To steal the limelight
4. To be as sober as a judge
5. To get / have your day in court
6. To throw the book at someone
A: To punish or criticize someone as severely as possible.B: To get an opportunity to give your opinion on something or to explain your actions
after they have been criticized.
C: To not be at all drunk.
D: To receive attention and interest from the public.
E: To shout or to complain very loudly.
F: If you do something illegal, you will probably be caught and punished.
Answers
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____ 6_____
Part IINow put the appropriate idiom (1-6) in the correct form into the spaces below (A-F).
A: Its awful when everyone else around you has been drinking and youre
________________________.
B: Shes afraid this new actor will ________________________ from her.
C: He tried to rob a bank, but hed been caught on CCTV and was sentenced to ten
years. ________________________.
D: If you get caught theyll ________________________!
E: It might get into the papers, and then shed be down here knocking on my door and
________________________.
F: She was fiercely determined to ________________________ and the TV interview
would give her that opportunity.
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Part I
Each of the following sentences contains a slang
expression, which appears in bold type. Read
over the sentences and try to guess the meaning
of each expression. Then, match the bold expres-
sion (1 to 6) with the definition (A-F).
1. Matt was such a nerd in high school.
2. Harrys going to get into trouble if he keeps
skiving off on Friday afternoons.
3. Ill have to pull an all-nighter if Im going to
pass.
4. I was so nervous about the driving test that I
screwed the whole thing up.
5. It was a piece of cake.
6. They got chucked out of school for fighting.
A: study hard for the exam tomorrow
B: easy
C: punished by being asked to leave school
D: an enthusiastic pupil
E: failed an exam
F: missing school
Answers
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____ 6_____
Dictionary Of SlangPart II
Now try to write your own sentences using the
slang expressions above:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Part IMatch the new words (1 to 5) with the definitions
(A-E).
1. Defictionalization
2. Dropout factory
3. Mockbuster
4. Upcycling
5. Exoplanet
A: A school or educational system with a high
dropout rate.
B: A planet outside of Earths solar system.
C: A low-budget movie with a title and plot similar
to a current blockbuster film.
D: When a product or object from a movie, book,
or other fictional source is made in the
real world.
E: A process that takes used or recycled materials
and creates a new product with a
higher quality or value than the original materi-
als.
Answers
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____
New English Words
Part IISpot the missing word: in each sentence below
(1-5) there is one New English Word missing. See
if you can find where and which word is missing.
You may have to put a noun in plural.
1. The company produces these to coincide with
the release of the actual blockbusters.
They release them on DVD just prior to the re-
lease of the big name in the theatre.2. Whenever things claw their way out of books or
movies and into the real world, I like
to call it.
3. Astronomers generally supposed that existed,
but it was not known how common
they were and how similar they were to the plan-
ets of the Solar System.
4.About half of high schools in Florida and South
Carolina classify as.
5. is the practice of converting waste materials
into products of greater value beer
bottles into building materials, for example.
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Putting a Twist on the Tourist Trail _ Part 3
Part IFor each of the following sentences, taken from the article, select the answer that is most appropriate.
1. In Moscow and St. Petersburg you can get
A: by withoutRussian.
B: on well with
C: away with
2. What made you
A:put up with the idea for your Gulag tour?
B: come up with
C: give up
3. The difficult thing was making
A: moneywith the people who now run the Gulag Camp.
B: contract
C: contact
4. What have been the biggest problems in running
A:your businesses?
B: an experiment
C: a mile
5. The biggest problem our company has
A: looked through wasnt caused by governments or clients.
B: lived through
C: lived with
Answers
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____
Part IIAnswer these questions.
1. What is an itinerary?
2. Do foreigners have to know Russian to travel to smaller towns?
3. Why are some foreigners interested in the Gulag tour?
4. What was the biggest problem caused by?
5. Whats the capital of China?
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