1 Read the descriptions of books on a public library website and guess the category for each book. What kind of books do you usually/never read?
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: short stories/fiction/crime
Shakespeare in Autumn: classics and poetry
Students' own answers
2 In pairs, describe the photo. What do you think they are talking about? Listen to Part 1 of the conversation and check.
Students' own answers
3 Listen to Part 2 of the conversation and tick the words you hear.
4 Listen to the whole conversation again and choose the correct answers.
1 Nada is reading the novel because
a it is too cold outside to go cycling.
b she must read it for her English class.
c she is giving a presentation next month.
2 Muna says she doesn’t like
a the style that the book is written in.
b the first sentence of the novel.
c the picture on the book’s front cover.
3 Nada describes the author’s style as
a imaginative.
b difficult to understand.
c poetic
.
4 Muna is talking to Nada because
a her friend has gone shopping.
b she wants them to go out together.
c she needs help with her homework
