VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY

Workbook - p. 49

BEFORE WE BEGIN...

Do you know the meaning of these words?

Multiple Choice

1. What is the meaning of science fiction novel? Choose the picture.

Multiple Choice

2. What is the meaning of historical novel? Choose the right picture.

Multiple Choice

3. What is the meaning of autobiography? Choose the right picture.

Multiple Choice

4. What is the meaning of travel literature? Choose the right picture.

Multiple Choice

5. What is the meaning of short stories?

• contos

• crônicas

Multiple Choice

6. What is the meaning of crime novel?

• romance criminal

• amor criminoso

Multiple Choice

7. What is the meaning of poetry?

• poeta

• poesia

Question 1

Match the descriptions of the books to their genres.

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Question 1 - Answers

1 - C

2 - G

3 - H

4 - F

5 - B

6 - A

7 - E

8 - I

9 - D

BEFORE WE BEGIN...

Do you know the meaning of these words?

Multiple Choice

1. What is the meaning of setting?

• cenário

• lugar famoso

Multiple Choice

2. What is the meaning of heroes? Choose the picture.

Multiple Choice

3. What is the meaning of villain? Choose the picture.

Multiple Choice

4. What is the meaning of plot?

• enredo/história

• final da história

Multiple Choice

5. What is the meaning of characters? Choose the right picture.

Question 2

Complete the dialogue with the words in the list.

words: characters | ending | villain | plot |

setting | hero.

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Multiple Choice

Harry: The ________ for the story is London in Victorian England.

• setting

• plot

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Harry: The _______ follows the life of a man in the past, the present, and the future. The _________ of the book is a very mean man, but he sees his faults, and he changes. Three of the ________ are ghosts.

• plot / hero / characters

• hero / characters / plot

Multiple Choice

Mike: Who's the bad character then? Who's the ___________?

• heroes

• villain

Multiple Choice

Mike: And does it have a happy ___________?

• ending

• setting

Question 2 - Answers

1. setting

2. plot

3. hero

4. characters

5. villain

6. ending

Question 4

Complete the sentences with the words in the list.

words: blockbuster | influential | tradition

| romance | anecdotes | special effects

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Multiple Choice

1. Nelson Mandela's very _________ book, A Long Walk to Freedom, made people aware of the inequalites between people.

• influential

• anecdotes

Multiple Choice

2. The two main characters fall in love, and the movie follows their _________.

• blockbuster

• romance

Multiple Choice

3. She tells lots of funny _________ about her family.

• special effects

• anecdotes

Multiple Choice

4. The novel, which way very successful, was made into a _________ movie.

• blockbuster

• tradition

Multiple Choice

5. It was a science fiction story, so the movie had lots of cool ___________.

• anecdotes

• special effects

Multiple Choice

6. Our family has a __________ of telling stories on Christmas Day.

• influential

• tradition

Question 4 - Answers

1. influential

2. romance

3. anecdotes

4. blockbuster

5. special effects

6. tradition