BOOKS

& LITERATURE
 VOCABULARY
Kinds of people: Author Novelist Writer Poet Librarian
______________________________
______________________________
________
Types of books & stories: Book-seller Reader Poetry E-Book Novel
______________________________
______________________________
_ Thriller Crime novel Horror story Biography Poem
Genres of writing:
______________________________
______________________________
Encyclopedia Dictionary Journal Newspaper Diary
_______
Characters:
______________________________
______________________________ Self-help Science Fantasy Drama Romance
_____________ book fiction
Parts of a story:
______________________________
______________________________
Satire Characters Protagonist Hero Heroine
___________

Plot Chapter Storyline The End Publisher

 CONVERSATION TIME!
What do you think about movies based on Who is your favorite author? Why? E-books or paper books?
books?

Do you enjoy spending time in libraries? Compare hardcover and softcover books. Do you remember your first book?

Compare reading a novel and watching a Which book will you read next? Reading a novel or watching a movie?
movie.

Do you enjoy reading comic books? Do you enjoy reading comic books? What kind of books are on your bookshelf?

Do you like books with illustrations? Reading a story or writing one? Which is Do you like reading: are you a bookworm?
more fun?
GRAMMAR: PRESENT PERFECT
The present perfect is used to say that an action happened at
an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not
important. The uses of the present perfect simple:
▪ To put emphasis on the result
▪ to express an action that is still going on
▪ to talk about an action that stopped recently
▪ to express a finished action that has an influence on the
present
The Present Perfect cannot be used with The Present Perfect can be used with
specific time expressions as: unspecific expressions such as:
 yesterday,  ever,
 two years ago,  never,
 last month,  once,
 when I was born,  for five minutes/ two weeks,
 at that moment,  since Tuesday,
 that day,  many times,
 one day….  several times,
 before,
 so far,
 already,
 in the last year,
 yet….
 Present Perfect Simple - Form Examples:

Affirmative Subject + have/has + past participle I have lived in Japan since

2001.
He has lived in Japan since
2001

Negative Subject + have/has + not + past I haven’t lived in Japan

participle since 2001.
He hasn’t lived in Japan
since 2001.

Interrogative Have/has + subject + past participle Have I lived in Japan since

2001?
Has he lived in Japan since
2001?
 1. Sophie and I have known (know) each other since we
were at school together.
2. I __________(play) tennis since I was eight years old.
3. Alain ___________(be) in hospital three times this year.
4. I ____________ (want) to be an actor for as long as I
can remember.
5. My uncle ____________ (smoke) 40 cigarettes a day for
40 years – and he's a doctor!
6. You ____________ (have) that suit for more than ten
years! Isn't it time to get a new one?
7. Since he finished university, my brother _________
(work) in five different countries.
8. Zerrin _____________ (watch) that TV programme
every week since it started.
 SPEAKING PART
• Who is the most important author from your
country?
• Do you know any book based in your own
country?
• What is your favorite book?
• What is your favorite book genre?
• Which book would you recommend? Why?
THANK YOU!