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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a) War Horse by Michael Morpurgo is set during World War I. Albert's father sells his horse Joey to the army, and he goes into battle in France.

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b) In Noughts and Crosses, by Malorie Blackman, Sephy is a cross and Callum is a nought. They fall in love, but in their world noughts and crosses shouldn't be friends. Like Romeo and Juliet, their love is forbidden.

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c) Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems by Mel Glenn. Through a series of poems we get to know the members of a school basketball team.

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d) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a future world where books are not allowed. All books are burned by "firemen," whose job it is to start fires.

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e) The Boy Who Biked the World is by a cyclist, Alastair Humphreys, who completed a bicycle trip around the world in four years. The story follows a boy's bicycle trip through Europe and Africa.

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f) Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl is about the author's childhood in Norway and his time at an English boarding school.

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g) Haunted by R.L. Stine is about a girl who is visited by a ghost from the future. Together they try to stop the death of a boy from occurring. Sometimes it's really scary.

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h) Whodunit? Detective Stories, edited by Philip Pullman, is a collection of detective stories by famous authors.

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i) In The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd, Ted and Kat's cousin Salim gets on the London Eye, but he never gets off again. Ted and Kat follow the clues across London to help the police to find their cousin.

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

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

• blockbuster

• romance

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

• special effects

• anecdotes

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

• blockbuster

• tradition

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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