Getting down to work

- Now let’s begin/start.

- Let’s start our lesson now, shall we?

- Let’s make a start.

- Let’s get started.

- I think we can start.

- It’s time to start now.

- Is everybody ready to start?

- Are you all ready for your English lesson?

- I’m waiting to start.

- I’m waiting for you to be quiet.

- We won’t start until everyone is quiet.

- Now let’s get down to some work.

- Absences

- Wait a minute. I’ll just mark the register. I haven’t filled in the register.

- Is everybody present now?

- Are you all here?

- Is there anyone missing/absent/away today?

- Who is missing/absent/away today?

- Who isn’t here?

- How many people are absent? Five? That’s rather a lot. I wonder what’s wrong with them.

- And where is ……………. ? Is he coming? Has anybody any idea where he is today?

- Why isn’t he/she at school?

- What’s the matter/trouble?

- What’s wrong with him/her/them?

- What’s up with her?

- Is anyone going to see her today?

- Do you know when she will be back at school?

- Could you take her her homework?

- Somebody hasn’t done their homework

- Let’s begin by going over your homework. Get your homework out, please. Have you all done it?

- Who hasn’t done the homework?

- Is there anyone who hasn’t done their homework?

- Why haven’t you done it?

- What do you mean you forgot?

- What do you mean you didn’t know what to do?

- Why didn’t you write it down like everyone else?

- You were here last time when I set youк homework, weren’t you?

- Why didn’t you ask somebody what you had to do?

- You could’ve found out what your homework was from somebody else.

- Why didn’t you ask me what you had to do?

- That’s a poor excuse./I won’t accept that excuse.

- Do that work and bring it to me first thing tomorrow/next time.

- Going over the homework

- You were to read the passage on page 25, is that right? Let’s take a look at it and make sure

you have understood everything.

- You were supposed to practise the dialogues on page 21 for homework. Perhaps we should

start with the dialogues.

- And you also had to do Exercise 6 in writing. This exercise is easy, so I hope you got correct

answers, Let’s go over/though this exercise together.

- Exercise 6. Will you begin, Vova? And read the instructions first.

- Right. How do you answer the first question?/What have you got for number one?

- Let’s go on to number two. What is your answer, Misha?

- And the next question, please, Mary.

- What about the last one? Read the sentence again, please.

- Do try to pay attention.

- Approval and disapproval

- Good

- Fine

- That’s right.

- Good job.

- Well tried.

- Correct.

- Excellent.

- Exactly.

- Precisely.

- Fantastic. (exaggeration)

- Excellent so far.

- .Very good so far.

- Almost correct.

- Better work.

- That was a good attempt.

- Not your best work

- No really

- Not exactly.

- Careless.

- Disappointing.

- Could be better.

- Marking homework

- We’ll not go over your homework in class today.

- We’ll not correct your homework orally today.

- I want to see your exercise-books.

- I want to mark your homework?

- Please give your exercise books in at the end of the lesson.

- I’m going to take your exercise books in at the end of the lesson.

- I’ll mark them (and grade them) and give them back next time/lesson.

- Asking a student to give out materials

- Give out the books, please./Will you give out the books?/ Give out the books, will you?

- Pass the books to the back, please.

- Pass these to the back.

- Take one book and pass the rest of them on. Take one and pass them on.

- Will you fetch the books from Room 20 and/the staff room and give them out, Misha?

- Sharing the books

- Has everybody got a book?/Have you all got a book?

- Who hasn’t got a book?/Is there anybody without a book?

- Where is your book, Pavel? You’ll have to share with Misha.

- You see how we sate time when you don’t bring your books to the lesson.

- Make sure you bring your books/pictures.printouts/workbooks next time.

- I’m afraid there aren’t enough books/printouts/worksheets for everybody.

- I’m afraid I haven’t enough copies to go round.

- You’ll have to have one book between two./One book between two pupils/One book to every

three pupil(!)

- There is one book for each group.

- Working with the books

- Open your books at/to page 50./I want you to open your books at/to page 50.

- Look at the passage/exercise/text on page 50./have a look at the …. On page 50.

- Let’s read the passage/text/dialogue aloud.

- Listen carefully while I read the first paragraph to you./Listen to me reading this passage/Listen

to the way I read this passage..

- Now I’ll read the passage sentence by sentence , and I want you to repeat each sentence after

me.

- Listen and repeat.

- I’ll read first and then you can read after me.

- Listen again and say it after me.

- Let’s read the next paragraph/sentence/line together.

- All together!

- Turning pages

- Now turn over the page, please./Now I want you to turn to the next page.

- Let’s move on to page 65.

- Now turn back to the previous page.

- Losing and finding the place

- Have you lost the page/

- Show him where we are, please.

- Help Misha find the place, please.

- We are on line 3.

- Vova left off reading in the second line.

- Have you all found the place?

- Taking turns

- Let’s take turns reading/Let’s take it in turn to read.

- Read it in turn, please/One after another, please.

- Will you begin, Misha?

- Will you go on, Masha?

- I’d like you to read round the class.

- Take three sentences each./Three sentences for each of you.

- Whose turn is it?/Whose turn is it next?/Who will be the next one to try?

- Now let’s have someone else try it.

- You are next, Misha.

- Who’s left?/Who hasn’t had a turn? You all have? Good.

- Leaving out a line

- You’ve left out/missed out/omitted/skipped/jumped a line (sentence, a word)

- I think we’ll leave out the next exercise/paragraph/activity, etc.

- Teacher’s comment on reading

- You are reading a bit too softly. Speak up I can’t hear you.

- Speak up, will you?

- A little louder, please.

- Can you read a bit louder?

- You must read loudly enough for everyone to hear you.

- Please read more softly. There’s no need to shout.

- Slow down, please/Take it a little more slowly, please.

- Don’t read so fast/quickly.

- There’s no need to hurry./Take youк time.

- Speed up a bit.

- Don’t pause for breath in the wrong places.

- Don’t run one sentence into the other.

- Do pay attention to full stops.

- Read more clearly/distinctly.

- Read more carefully.

- Keep the sense of the sentence in mind.

- Put some expression into your voice.

- Coming out to the board (to write)

- Come out to the board, please.

- Come and stand by the board , please.

- Will you please go to the board?

- Go up to the board, will you?

- Go and stand over there by the board, please.

- Will you give me the chalk, please?

- I’m afraid we’ve run out of chalk.

- Does anyone know where the chalk is kept?

- Could you fetch me some chalk, please?

- Will you go and fetch some chalk, please?

- Will you go and look for some chalk, please?

- Please go and ask Anna Ivanovna for some chalk.

- Cleaning the board

- Will you clean the board?/Would you mind cleaning the board, please?

- Not with your fingers! Use the duster/sponge.

- Will you go and wet the board rubber/sponge/duster, please?

- Wet the sponge under the tap, please.

- Could you clean the top/bottom right-/left hand corner?

- Just clean this half. This bit, please. Clean it all off. You may go back to your place now.

- Rubbing off and out

- Don’t rub the date off./There’s no need to rub the date off.

- You can leave that …. up.

- Leave this on.

- Leave that bit/section.

- Rub out the wrong word.

- Rub the last word out.

- Wipe out/off the last line.

- Rub it out and write it all again.

- Standing aside

- Will you just step this way?

- Move back a little, we can’t see the board.

- Stand aside, please/Stand to one side.

- Step aside so that the class can see what you have written.

- Come away from the board, please.

- Let the others see what you’ve written on the board.

- Spotting mistakes

- And now let’s check for mistakes. Can anyone spot a mistake?/ Can you see where the

mistakes are?

- Can you see anything wrong with the …. sentence?

- Are the sentences on the board right?

- Is there anything to correct on the board?

- Look carefully at what you’ve written.

- Can you see where you’ve gone wrong?

- Will you come out and put the spelling mistakes right?

- Rub out these words and write them again, with correct spelling this time.

- Looking at the board

- Now I want all of you to look at the board.

- Can you see the board all right?

- Let’s look at the word on the board.

- Now let’s all read the words from the board.

- Commenting on handwriting

- Make sure we can read your handwriting.

- Write clearly so that all the pupils can read. Even those at the back of the class.

- Could you write a bit more distinctly.

- Try and write in straight lines.

- Don’t try to squeeze in another sentence/word/phrase, etc. Clean the board.

- Go to the back of the classroom. See if you can easily read your sentences from

- there.

- Setting homework

- Please write down your homework/Please take down what I want you to do for homework.

- This is your homework for Monday/next time/Now for your homework. For Friday/next time,

please.

- Complete/finish off this exercise at home/ Do the rest at home/I’d rather you finished this

off at home.

- For tomorrow, revise the work we’ve done this week/month/term, etc.

- For homework I want you to go over what we’ve just learned.

- Go through this section again on your own at home.

- Please re-read this chapter for Monday’s lesson.

- For your homework, revise/go over your grammar rules and examples very carefully.

- Would you please look over the grammar rules that we’ve covered this week? For Tuesday,

please.

- Read on page 20.

- Read/Prepare the first 20 lines of the passage on page 24.

- Will you read up to page 25 for homework?

- Read down to/as far as page 37.

- Prepare pages 27 to 30.

- Read the passage on page 25 right to the end.

- Read the passage on [page 25 and then answer the questions below.

- Look at the questions under the reading passage on page 25.

- Make sure you can answer the questions on the passage. They are on page 17.

- Check your answers on page 124./The right answers are on page 124.

- Ask 10 questions on/about the text/try to make up ten questions about/on the passage.

- Write these words in your vocabulary books together with their meaning.

- Learn the new words.

- Make sure you know how to spell these words.

- There will be a test on them in the next lesson./ I shall test you on them next lesson.

- You can prepare/do Ex. 7 orally.

- Make up a dialogue of your own.

- Make up a similar dialogue.

- Look up the rules for forming the plural of nouns.

- There is a list of irregular verbs at the back of the book. Write down the past tenses and the past participles of the following verbs. Make a table of them in your books.

- Remember your homework/ Don’t forget about your homework.

- Have you got/taken/written that down?

- Is everything clear?

- If there is anything you don’t understand, ask now.

- Today I’m not going to set you any homework.

ABOUT BOOKS & READING

- Reading habits

- When did you learn to read?

- Could you read before you went to school?

- Who taught you to read?

- And before that, did people read aloud to you?

- Did somebody read to you at bedtime?

- Can you remember the first book you ever read?

- Do you read closely/thoroughly?

- Can you read aloud well?

- Do you ever read stories aloud to your younger brother or sister?

- Do you enjoy reading aloud to your younger brother?

- Does he enjoy being read to?

- Have you ever been forbidden to read a book?

- Do you like reading in bed?

- Have you got many books at home?

- Where do you keep them?

- Do you know how to treat books properly?

- Do you cover your books when you read them?

- (Do you put a protective covering on your books?)

- Do you ever go to a bookshop?

- Do you buy books for yourself?

- Are you given books as birthday presents?

- Borrowing & lending books

- Do you swap or borrow other children’s books?

- Do you willingly lend out your own books>

- Do you note down/make not of the books you lend to people?

- Has she given you back your book yet?

- Can I borrow this book? (Do you think I could borrow this book?)

- Have you got something/anything I could read? (Can you lend me a

- book/something to read?)

- Likes and dislikes

- Do you like reading?

- So reading is your favourite pastime, isn’t it?

- Do you read much? (Do you spend much time reading?)

- Not counting magazines, how much do you read out of school? One a week?

One a fortnight? One now and again?

- What kind/sort of books do you read?

- What kind of books do you like reading?

- Who is your favourite writer?

- Have you got a favourite writer? If so, give his name and the name of one of

his books.

- Do you prefer classical or contemporary writers?

- What sort of story do you like best? Sad or happy?

- What kind of story do you like best? School, home life, adventure, war,

- space travel, sport, animal stories, sea stories?

- Did you like fairytales when you were little? And how about now? Do you still

- enjoy them?

- What sort of books do you like now that you are older?

- Can you give the names of some books you have enjoyed reading lately?

- If you had to do without books, radio, television, computer, what would you give

up?

- Which book would you take with you if you went to live on a desert island?

- What kind of books do you dislike?

- What sort of books do you rarely/hardly ever read?

- What kind of books do you avoid reading?

- If you aren’t enjoying a book, what do you do?

- Do you stop/give up in the middle or do you struggle to the end?

- Reading in English

- What languages can you read books in?

- Do you like reading in English?

- Are there any English books apart from textbooks in your home?

- Does anybody in your home read to you in English?

- Do you find English books easy to understand?

- Do you have your own English dictionary?

- How often do you make use of an English dictionary?

- Is there an English dictionary in the classroom?

- Genres

- What are your favourite genres – novels, plays, detective stories, adventure stories,

travelogues, biographies, science fiction, horror stories, ghost stories, spy stories,

westerns?

- Give some examples of works belonging to different genres.

- Can you name/give me the titles of some novels, plays, poems, detective novels,

adventure

stories?

- What do you think the difference between a detective story and an adventure story is?

- How would you define the genre of science fiction?

- Do you like sci fi? Why(not)?

- What are history books about?

- Why do many people enjoy detective stories?

- What do you think is the appeal of space fiction/historical fiction?

- What are some of the things that make a story a fantastic one/

- What novels or stories can you think of that were based on real life events?

- Are fairy tales only meant for children?

- What do all fairy tales have in common?

- What genre does this story probably belong to? (What kind or genre of story is this?

How would you classify this type of the story?)

- Is this a children’s story/ a newspaper article/science fiction?

- What is fantastic about this story?

- For what reason could this story be considered fantastic?

- Do you think the story may be biographical?

- What is the moral of this fable?

- What human qualities do the animals have in this fable?

- Do you know any other fables?

- The story of the Golden Fleece is one of the many legends of ancient Greece.

Are there legends in our literature similar to that legend?

- Author’s life

- What do you know about the author of the story?

- Do you know anything about this writer?

- Can you tell me something about him?

- In what century did he live?

- What year was he born in?

- Where was he born?

- What first names did he have besides ….?

- Where did he live?

- Where did he spend his childhood?

- What kind of people were his parents?

- What kind of person was his father?

- What did he do for a living?

- Describe the circumstances in which the family lived when N. was a child.

- What changes took place in the family over the years?

- How old was N. when his …. died?

- When did N.’ family move to London?

- Did his family remain close over the years?

- How did it happen that N. was sent to work in the factory?

- What job did he do for a time?

- Did he leave the job when the family circumstances improved?

- Where did he go to school/college?

- Why did he have few friends?

- Why did he hate going to school?

- Why was he taken away from school?

- Who in your opinion played the most important role in N.’ s upbringing?

- Who was an important influence in his early life?

- What was the first conflict between N. and his father over?

- Where did N. live for the greater part of his life?

- What kind of woman did he marry?

- Did she encourage his literary ambitions?

- Did he describe …. later in one of his books?

- Do you think N’s childhood and youth had a great influence on his personality?

Explain your answer.

- Which event in his youth was most significant/important?

- Summarize the history of N’s life.

- Author’s creative activity

- When did N start writing?

- Which name did he take as his pen name (pseudonym)?

- Is Twain his real name or his pseudonym?

- Did he begin his literary career as a poet/playwright/fiction writer/essayist/journalist/

novelist/short story writer/travel writer/memoirist?

- Did he begin as a writer for children?

- Did he write for children or adults or both?

- Did he write poetry or prose?

- When did write/publish his first book?

- What did his first published book describe?

- Under what pseudonym did his book appear?

- Who is this book dedicated to?

- What is the theme of the novel?

- How was his first work received?

- Did N write any short stories besides novels?

- How many novels did he write?

- What is his most recent novel?

- Has he written any other books?

- What is N attacking in “……………..”.?

- In what novels does he criticize ……..?

- Do we find any descriptions of ….. in N’s novels?

- Which of his stories is autobiographical, do you think?

- Do you know any other writers whose work is autobiographical?

- What is his best-known play?

- Which of his novels became a bestseller?

- How long did he work on it?

- This novel made him an immediate success, didn’t it?

- Did N’s novels win any major awards?

- What did the author receive the Nobel Prize for?

- Was N famous in his lifetime?

- Why were his stories so popular with everybody?

- Why is he famous?

- What is he best known for?

- What is he chiefly remembered for?

- Have you read any other books by the same author?

- Can you name any of the characters of this writer?

- Why do you like this writer?

- What is there about this writer that you like?

- What is there in his novels and plays that you find interesting?

- Do you think he was influenced by ….’ ideas?

- What do you think were N’s faults as a writer?

- Are there any writers in our country’s literature that can be compared to N.”

- Stage and film versions

- Which books by N. were adapted for stage/

- Have any of his novels been made into films or staged/performed as plays?

- What stork was the film based on?

- Does the film stay close to the book?(Is the film true to the book?)

- How does it differ from the book?

- What did you like better, the film or the book?

- Did N write film scripts and television plays?

- What English and American playwrights besides N do you know?

- What plays by English playwrights have been staged in this country?

DISCUSSING BOOKS

- Introductory questions

- Have you read any good books lately?

- What are you reading at the moment? (What do you read nowadays?)

- What is it about?

- What is the book like?

- Is it well written?

- Is it worth reading?

- Where have you got to in the book? (How much of it have you read?)

- What page have you got to in the book?

- Have you got to the end of the book yet? (Have you read it all?)

- So you are only half-way through? (Oh, you’ve only got to the middle.)

- Are you eager to read to the end?

- What is the story about?

- What is the story about? Family life? A famous person? An adventure?

- What is the situation?

- What story does “……..” tell?

- What is it a description of?

- Retell briefly what happens in the story.

- Setting and background

- What have you discovered about the setting?

- What is the setting? (What is the background to the story?)

- Against what background is Mr. N presented?

- Where has the author set his story? (Where is the story set?)

- Where does the action take place? (Where do the events take place?)Where is

the story taking place?

- Can you describe the place where the story takes place?

- In what place does this all happen?

- Did the story happen in Britain or somewhere else?

- Does it seem to be any country in particular?

- Does the author reproduce particular places in his setting for the novel?

- The main action takes places in and around London.

- The scene ranges from London to Oxford.

- Does the story begin in the past or in the present?

- Is the story set in the future?

- When does the story take place, by day or by night?

- What time of the year is it?

- Does the novel present the characters in actual historical situation?

- What historical time is suggested here?

- What historical events and processes are taking places during the characters’

lifetime?

- How do these events affect the narrative?

- Is the setting described by the author before he begins the story?

- Is the setting disclosed gradually while the story is in progress?

- Is the setting of the novel unchanged throughout?

- Speak of the importance of the backgrounds and settings in the novel.

- Characters

- How many characters are involved in the story?

- Who are the main/principal characters?

- Who seem to be the minor characters?

- What can you remember about the characters?

- What are they like?

- What sort of person is each of them?

- What kind of person does N seem to be?

- Which of the characters would you describe as sympathetic and which is

unsympathetic?

- How would you describe N’s character?

- Who is the protagonist/antagonist of the story?

- Who is the villain there?

- How does the author describe the protagonist’s appearance and character?

- Can you describe any of the characters?

- What do you imagine they look like?

- Could you describe how each of the characters might be dressed?

- What do we learn about the inner world of this character?

- What does he enjoy?

- What makes him miserable?

- What does he blame himself for?

- Who is he sorry for?

- Who is he attracted to?

- Could you mention some of his habits?

- What is the relationship between N and his brother?

- What is the difference between the characters of N and his brother? (How do N

and his brother contrast?)

- What is the conflict between N and his brother?

- What do we learn from the story about the principal character?

- What does the story tell you about N’s character? (What are some of the things

we learn about the character of N? Do we learn anything about the character of N

before we actually meet him?)

- What more have you learned of N’s character from this section of the book?

- Writer’s attitude to his characters

- What is the writer’s attitude to his characters? (What do you think is the writer’s

opinion of his characters?)

- Does the author like or dislike the characters described in the passage?

- Do you think the writer likes all the characters?

- How does the author feel about N? (Describe the writer’s feelings for N.)

- Does he feel sorry for N?

- How does the author show his feelings for his main characters in the passage?

- Whose side is the athour on? (Who does the author side with?) How do you know?

- Which character does the author probably want you to dislike?

- Have the characters changed?

- In most novels characters change as the result of what happens to them in the

- story.

- Has the protagonist/main character changed in any way since the beginning of

- the novel?

- How has he changed?

- What is he like at the beginning of the story? At the end of the story?

- Have the characters in the section you’ve read developed in any way? How?

- Give evidence.

- What evidence do you find in these chapters that N has changed in any

- way since the beginning of the story?

- In what way, if at all, does the principal character change in the story?

- Giving your opinion of the character

- What do you think of the characters?

- Did you like the characters?

- Do you think N is a likeable character? Why(not)?

- Would you say he is cruel/honest/reliable?

- Are N’s friends good or bad/evil people?

- Do you find N silly or just innocent? Give reasons

- How else would you describe him?

- Who is your favourite male/female character in the story?

- Which of the characters do you find most sympathetic in the story and why?

- Who do you feel more sympathy with? Why?

- Do you feel sorry for anyone in the story?

- Who do you think is the strongest character in the story?

- Which character stands out most clearly for you?

- Which character attracts most of your attention?

- Have your opinions of the characters altered in any way? If so, why?

- Do you know anyone like the protagonist?

- Who do you like best in the story and least?

- Would you like to meet the main character of the story?

- Would he be an interesting person to know?

- Title

- What is the title/name of the story?

- What is the name of the story you had for homework? What is the story you read

for homework called?

- Do you like the title of the book?

- What do you think the title of the story means?

- What is the significance of the title of the story? (What does the title suggest?)

- Does this extract help us in understanding the title of the story?

- Can you think up/give/suggest another name for the story?

- Do you have any other ideas for the book’s title?

- What title would you give to this fairytale? (What would you call this tale?)

- Beginning

- Who can remember how the story begins?

- What does the story open with?

- What is the opening event of the story?

- What is the opening phrase? Who can remember?

- Where does the story open?

- Is there any difference between the way this fairytale begins the way most fairytales

begin?

- Extract

- On page 24 we have already had an extract from “…..”. Now we have an extrac

from the near the end of the novel.

- What do you think has happened during the extracts?

- Does this extract/passage tell you more about….?

- Where does this extract come from? (Where is the extract from?)

- What kind of book is the extract taken from? A detective story, an adventure novel….,

etc.?

- Do you think it comes from a modern book?

- Do you think it is a complete short story or an extract from a longer book?

- Predicting the development of the plot

- Do you think that you can continue the story?

- How do you think the story continues?

- What sort of story will it be?

- What do you expect to happen in the future? (What do you think is going to happen

next? What will happen then? What do you think will happen?)

- What is the rest of story likely to be?

- How will the novel probably develop?

- What do you think the outcome will be? /Suggest what the outcome will be.

- End

- How does the novel end?

- What happens at the end of the story?

- What brings the play to an end?

- You have now read the final chapter of the novel. What feelings does it leave you with?

- Do you think the ending of the story is good or bad?

- Do you think it was a good ending?

- Does the story end sadly?

- Don’t you think the story has a striking and unexpected ending?

- How do you like the ending?/ What do you think of the ending?

- Would you change the ending of the story? If so, how?

- Looking for answers

- You’ve certainly read the passage carefully, haven’t you?

- Let’s see how well you know the story.

- Can you find all the places in the passage where the author is talking about….?/

Go through the passage picking out all the places where the author is talking about …. .

- Find places which show N’s opinion of…. .

- Can you find some sentences in this passage which show us N’s character, what

he is like?

- See if you can find different kinds of …. mentioned in the story.

- Can you tell me the names of some …. mentioned in the story?

- In which order does the author mention the following?

- To whom are the following remarks addressed?

- Finding evidence

- So you said that N is cruel man. What is the evidence of this?

- What evidence is there in the passage for this view?

- What evidence is there in this passage that N is a liar?

- Find evidence in the story to support your answer.

- Give/produce evidence from the story to prove that … ./Can you find evidence for

saying that… ?

- On what evidence do you think that ….? What other events in the story support this?

- What can you tell from the story about N?

- What does the final paragraph suggest about N?

- Choose examples from the story to support the following statement about N.

- What examples of his ….. are there in the passage?

- Does the author approve of N? Has he said so in the passage?

- Give reasons for your answer.

- Comprehension difficulties

- What did you find most difficult in the passage?

- What did you find easy?

- Is there anything in the story that you either don’t understand or wish to ask

questions about?

- What do you need help in?

- Is there any vocabulary that you found difficult?/Are there any difficult or unusual

words in the text?

- Are there any words you do not feel sure about?

- What items of vocabulary did you have to look up?

- Are you now sure of their meaning and usage?

- Assessment of the story

- You are reading “….”, aren’t you? Are you enjoying it?

- How did you like the story?

- What do/did you think of it?

- What was it like to read, easy, difficult, short, long, boring, interesting?

- How would you describe the story, realistic, amusing, funny, exciting, thrilling,

sad, unusual, true-to-life, fast-moving?

- Did you enjoy the story?

- How did you feel, happy, sad? /Did the story make you feel happy/sad?

- What did you like in the story?

- What did you especially like about it?

- Which part of the book did you like best?

- What do you think is the most extraordinary thing about the story?

- Is the story well-written?

- Is the story convincing?

- What lines are especially amusing to you?

- Is there anything to admire or dislike in the chapter?

- Why didn’t you like the story? Was it boring? Difficult to read?

- What did you like/dislike?

- Is there anything you would disagree with?

- What does the story explain?

- Do you like this kind of story? Why(not)?

- Do you think this book is suitable for children?

- Do you know any other stories that are like this?

- Would this story make a good film?

- What are you going to read next?

- Would you now like to read some other stories by ….?

- If you had the author here, what would you like to ask him about /the book?

- Summaries

- The book is about …

- The book narrates the events of ….

- The book tells of/ relates the adventures of….

- The book describes the life (of) in….

- The book follows the events that …..

- The book discusses the relationship between….

- The book refers to/deals with ….

- The book is largely concerned with ….

- The book gives/offers an account of…

- The author observes the people ….

- The author chronicles/records the events ….

- The author provides information on …

- The story gives a picture of….

- The novel centres on the ….

- The story is told/narrated by one of the characters.

- The story is told in the first person.

- The story is presented in the words of the author.

- The story is told from the point of view of….

- The story is told through the eyes of….

- The first part of the book deals largely with…

- At the start/outset of the novel the main character ….

- In the early chapters the author ….

- In later chapters … is explored more fully.

- The later half (of the book) concerns with ….

- At the end of the book the author centres his attention on…

- At the end of the book the reader’s attention is drawn to…

- The end of the story finds the protagonist ….

- The opening chapter describes how…

- The chapter opens on the day when ….

- The chapter opens with … discussing…

- Shortly afterwards, the main character learns that …

- Soon it is made clear that….

- In addition, he becomes involved in….

- Later on he goes to say…

- Eventually, their relationship fails

- The chapter ends with ….. (ing-form)

- KINDS OF READING

- Skimming

- Skim through the following text in order to get the general idea of …

- I want you to look for the gist of the passage in as short time as possible.

- Read the paragraph quickly/Skim through the paragraph to determine the central idea.

- What is the passage about?

- What does the passage centre on?

- Can you give me the main idea/s of the passage in a nutshell?

- Can you summarize the last paragraph?

- What single word explains the central idea of the paragraph/passage?

- After you skim though the text, turn the page.

- Read these statements. Are they false or true?

- Tick the true statement.

- Put a tick next to the correct statement.

- First skim through the passage. Then try and answer these comprehension questions.

- Don’t look back at the passage.

- You can spend 5 minutes on this.

- After you skim through this passage, turn to Ex. 5.

- Dealing with new words

- In the passage you are going to skim you will probably have a number of new

words/words you don’t know.

- Don’t stop to look up the new words, but try to understand the main points.

- Concentrate on what the writer is going to say, not on the words.

- Even if there are many new words, it is important not to panic.

- You will probably be able to understand them if you look carefully at the context

of each word.

- I think you will be able to understand the new word if you look at the sentence the

word is in

and the sentences that come before and after it.

- The form of the word, its suffix or prefix may also help you.

- Scanning

- Before you read the text look at the questions above.

- All the questions are about the story/on the passage you are going to scan.

- You’ll find all the answers in the passage below/that follows.

- Before you start scanning, look the questions through to yourselves.

- See how many of these questions you can answer.

- Now look at the questions you cannot answer yet.

- Make sure you remember the questions well.

- Now that you know what information you are going to look for, start scanning

the passage which follows.

- See if you can find the answers.

- Don’t read all of the text. Look for sentences that answer the questions.

- If you are looking for a name of a person or place, see if there are any words

beginning with capital letters.

- If you need a date, look for figures.

- There’s no need to read up to the end.

- The moment you have the answers to your questions, stop reading.

- Scan the passage to find information about ….

- The following passage has been divided into 4 sections for your convenience.

- Scan quickly to find the number of the section in which each of the following topics

is mentioned.

- Find 3 examples in the text to illustrate the following points:….

- I’m going to put 2 questions on the board. Scan the following [paragraph to answer

these questions.

- Check your answers against the text.

- I’ll give you 5 minutes to finish this off./You have five minutes to do this.

- Now begin and I’ll note the starting time.

- Then in 5 minutes’ time I’ll begin asking you to answer. Put up your hands the

moment you’ve found all the information you need.

- I’ll record your time here on the board.

- I hope that you’ll all answer with a single mistake.

- Right. Your time is up. Can you now answer the questions that we listed at the

beginning of the passage?

- Reading for full understanding

- Now read the passage very carefully. Try to grasp both the central idea and the

details.

- When you meet some words you don’t know, don’t ask your friends or your teacher yet.

- Don’t’ use a dictionary either.

- Read on. Perhaps you’ll understand the meaning of the sentence.

- If you want to be sure, use a dictionary.

- Would you like anything explained?

- Is everything clear?

- Start reading the text to yourselves.

- Read the passage on your own.

- Now I want you to answer some questions on the passage you’ve just read.

- Here are some questions that will help you understand every detail.

- It’s time we took a look at the questions.

- You’ve read the passage, so let’s see how much you have understood.

- Let’s look at the passage in more detail.

- Look at the questions under the reading passage on page 42.

- When you answer these questions, don’t repeat exactly what the book says.

- And now answer some questions quoting/using the words of the book.

- Now will you tell me the story in your own words?

- Put in everything you can remember.

- Listen carefully. If he leaves anything out, put up your hands and tell me what he

has forgotten.

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