Unit 11- B. Speaking- English 12

Choose the best answer:
1.When you “taste” a book, this means you...
B
A. read carefully
B. read bits here and there
C. read thoroughly
D. read slowly
2. Books with good stories are often descibed as ....
A.
A “ hard-to-put -down” B. “ hard-to-pick-up-again”
C. “ just for tasting”
D. both A & B
3. If you want to “chew and digest” a book, it means the book is.........
A.
A interesting B. boring C. frightening D. harmful
4. When you read a book for the first time, check that ....
A. you know its author
B. It is really useful
C.
D. it relates to your study at school
C it is not too difficult
5. which of the sentence below is not true?
A. TV provides people with information with colour and pictures.
B. TV doesn’t replace books.
C. People sell fewer books today.
C
D. Books are a cheap way to get information.

- an English playwright
- type of books: Tragedy

- main works: Hamlet, Romeo and
Juliet, King Lear...

William Shakespeare
( 1564 - 1616)


- a Denmark writer
- type of books: Fairy tale
- famous stories :The little
match girl, the Emperor’s
new clothes

Hans Christ Andersen
(1805 – 1875)


Margaret Mitchell

- an American Novelist
- The most famous work:
Gone with the wind


Conan Doyle
English writer

Xuan Dieu – Vietnamese poet


Task 1. Work in pairs. Complete the following conversation and practise reading it.
Conversation 1.
types of book do you like to read
A. What .................................................................................................................?
( What are your favourite types of books?)
B. Well, I like reading all sorts of books. Short stories, science fiction, romance,
everything. often read books
do you
A. How..................................................................................................................?
B. Well, I often read through the book quickly first. Then I start reading it again,
and this time very slowlybooks very detail of it.
do you often read to enjoy
A. When................................................................................................................?
( When do you often spend time reading?)
B. I read book whenever I have a little free time. I also read while waiting for the
bus Work in pairs. Ask at school.
Task 2. or during the breakand answer about each other’s reading habits,
using the questions in the conversation.


Task 3. Work in pairs. Complete the following conversation and practice
reading it.
Conversation 2.
are you doing at this moment
A. What .................................................................................................................?

( What are you reading at this moment?)
B. At the moment? Well. I’m reading “The Chamber of Secrets”, one of Harry
Potter books.
is the main character
A. Who...................................................................................................................?
B. The main character? a young boy, Harry Potter, whose parents are dead
and who is trained to be a wizard in a wizard school.
is he like / What do you think about him / What is his personality/
A. What ..................................................................................................................
What makes you like him
?
B. He is brave, witty and very kind to other people.
Task 4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the
book you are reading or you have read. Note down
the answers.
Task 5. Work in groups.
Report the results to the group.


The fairy tale

Detective stories

Science book

Comic

Novel

Craft book

Answer the following questions:
1. Nowadays television and Internet provide much
information. Do you think it is unnecessary to read books?
2. Is it important to get a good choice of books?
Explain why / why not.


Homework
• Write about one of the books that you have
read
• Prepare the listening lesson