Genres + vocabulary
Genres + vocabulary 2
Reported speech
Phrasal verbs - reading
Book riddles
100

Name three non-fiction genres

manual, biography, autobiography, newspaper, etc.

100

A narrative composed from personal experiences and memories

Memoir

100

Sophia said: 'I have taken the train to Berlin.'

She told me she had taken the train to Berlin 

She said that she had taken the train to Berlin

100

continue reading

READ ON

100

What has a spine, but no bones?

A BOOK
200

characteristics of genres: 

1. different topics, pictures, interviews

2. pictures, dialogues, heroes

3. practical instructions, machines, 

1. magazine

2. comic

3. manual 

200

desribe following genres:

FOLKTALE

THRILLER

FANTASY

200

Jim: 'We saw a clown in the street.'

Jim told me ...

Jim told me he had seen a clown in the street.

200

turn a page to see the other side

TURN OVER

200

Where do bedtime books sleep?

Under their covers

300

stage directions, dialogues, character tags

PLAY

300

Give three examples of figurative speech

similes, metaphors, imagery, hyperbole, personification, etc.

300

The weather forecaster said, "It will rain tomorrow".

The weather forecaster said that it would rain the following day.

300

read so that other people can hear you

READ OUT

300

I am the book one can never finish reading. What am I?

AUTOBIOHRAPHY

400

What is the genre? 

This genre requires following stanzas and line structures. Recognizing rhyme scheme and creating mental images is required in order to create a deeper understanding.

POETRY

400

1. Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

2. The written text of a play, movie, or broadcast. 

3. The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. 

4. The way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described 

1 DIALOGUE

2 SCRIPT

3 SETTING

4 POINT OF VIEW


400

Jenny: 'I did a great course last year.'
Jenny said (that) ...

Jenny said that she had done a great course the previous year.

400

try to find a particular piece of information in a book

LOOK UP

400

“This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.”

TIME

500

Describe following genres with only ONE-TWO words

cookbook

manual

science fiction

historical ficition 

encyclopaedia

500

UNSCRAMBLE FOLLOWING WORDS:

w d a r a

s e h p u l i b r

e i p c e r 

r a c e t r u e 

v o l n e

award

publisher

recipe

creature

novel

500

Ernee said, "I was in a huge fight yesterday."

Ernee said that he had been in a huge fight the previous day.

500

turn through the pages of a book quickly

FLICK THROUGH

500

What’s the longest word in the dictionary?

Smiles. Because there is a mile between each s.


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