7A Do the crossword.

to rise from bed in the morning	1	to get
to escape	2
to return	3
to become furious	4
to recover, to improve	5
to become a husband and wife	6
to have a meeting or party	7

7B Use the words from the crossword in Ex. 7a in the correct form to fill in the gaps.

1. I’m “a night owl” and I hate early in the morning.

2. I wonder why all the books about love finish when the characters

3. All bookworms when they are bothered while reading their

favourite book.

4. Where were you yesterday? We to discuss the project

and I home late.

5. My English teacher says my English this year.

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8. Fill in the gaps at the beginning of each paragraph with one of these sentences.

1. The time period.

2. The setting — where does the story take place?

3. You have read your book.

4. The main character(s) — who is the story mostly about?

5. The plot — what happens to the main character?

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.Your next step will be to organise what you are going

to say about it in your report. We’ll start with a description of the book. The description should include such elements as:

Is it a real place or an imaginary one? If the author

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does not tell you exactly where the story is set, what can you tell about it from the way it is described?

Is the story set in the present day or in an earlier time

period? Perhaps it is even set in the future! Let your reader know. Give a brief description. Often, one character can be

singled out as the main character, but some books will have more than one.

WARNING! Be careful here. Do not fall into the boring

trap of reporting every single thing that happens in the story. Pick only the most important events.

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