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B: I agree but don’t you think reading books enhances your writing skill?
A: Of course! Our English teacher also told me to read books to enrich my
vocabulary.
B: But sometimes I enjoy reading short stories about science.

A: It means you prefer science ¿ ction. They are really fascinating. Have you
read Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein?
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B: No!
A: You’ll enjoy reading about a scientist who created life and was horri¿ ed by
what he had made.

B. Time for grammar
1. Make as many sentences as possible from the table below.

would like to being dependent
prefers earning little money.
Purna Laxmi doesn’t like working with educated family.
likes spending time with kids.

CDC apply for the vacant post.
enjoys
2. Write a couple of paragraphs about your likes and dislikes.
3. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’, or ‘the’ where necessary to complete
the story.
Once there lived .......... Emperor, who was very fond of wearing .......... new
shoes. He had .......... set of new shoes for every hour. He used to go riding on
his horse merely to show off his shoes. He told all, “I think .......... best
way .......... man can spend money is by buying shoes!” People used to think
him to be .......... bit ridiculous.

One day he wished to get .......... most magni¿cent shoes with ..........

remarkable quality. People had never heard of such .......... thing before. He
called .......... cobbler and gave .......... large sum of gold coins from ..........
royal treasury to buy …. ¿nest materials .......... few days passed ..........

cobbler did not turn up. Then, he sent .......... Prime Minister to examine
.......... progress. After .......... hour, .......... Prime Minister came with ….
empty hand. .......... poor emperor could not believe that he had such
.......... liar in his kingdom.
C. Follow-up activity

Write a description of your class in about 100 words.

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