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LANGUAGE NOTES: Books and reading
GRAMMAR CORNER: Defining, non-defining and reduced relative clauses
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- Why is literature important in our lives?
- What kinds of literature do you enjoy?
- What makes a 'classic' book?
- How many books do you read per year?
- Do you like historical stories?
- What is your favorite book?
- Who is your favorite writer?
- Have you ever read a book and then seen a film of that book?
- Has seeing a film or series ever made you read the book it was based on?
LANGUAGE NOTES: Books and reading
- a novelist: a person who writes novels.
- a literary genre: literature which has the same style or subject, e.g. horror, romance, science fiction
- chick lit: a genre of fiction which focuses on young women and their emotional lives (chick flick = a film in that genre)
- a plot: the story of a book, film, play, etc.
- blurb: a grief description of the book's contents found on the back cover
- browse (-d): to walk around a shop looking at things, but without planning to purchase anything
- a paperback: a book that has a cover made of thin card (opposite: hardback/hardcover)
- e-book: an electronic book that you download onto an iPad, Kindle, etc.
- flick through (-ed): to look quickly at the pages of a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.
- contents page: the list of items in a book or magazine showing the page number they begin on
GRAMMAR CORNER: Defining, non-defining and reduced relative clauses
- Relative clauses: defining and non defining
- Relative pronouns: necessary or not?
- Combine the sentences using relative clauses
- Test on relative clauses
- Quiz on relative clauses
- Reduced relative clauses
- Clause reduction 1, explanation and practice
Grammar revision with key:
2012 Oscar winner animated short movie The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
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