Match the types of stories to their descriptions.
e.g. A story that takes place in the future or in space. D
1 An exciting story about a hero who does dangerous things.
2 A serious and emotional play written for the theatre, radio or television.
3 A story which makes you feel worried, because you don’t know what is going to happen next.
4 A funny story with a happy ending.
5 A story about someone’s life written by another person.
6 A story about a crime or a strange event.
A mystery
B biography
C humorous story
D science fiction story
E adventure
F suspense story
G drama
- A story about a hero who does dangerous things is an adventure.
- A serious and emotional play is a drama.
- A story that makes you feel worried about what will happen next is a suspense story.
- A funny story with a happy ending is a humorous story.
- A story about someone’s life written by another person is a biography.
- A story about a crime or a strange event is a mystery.
Fill in the correct word.
explore • glance • cosy • hide • initials • famous • solve • several • imagination • intelligent • compass
e.g. Jane travelled to several countries.
7 What can we do to .................... the problem of unemployment?
8 Sherlock Holmes was a .................... detective.
9 Jules Verne had a wonderful .................... .
10 At first .................... it looked like a wolf, but it wasn’t.
11 Diane is an extremely .................... child and the best student in her class.
12 I love your flat! It’s nice and .................... .
13 Let’s .................... the woods before it gets dark.
14 Where did you .................... the money? I can’t find it.
15 Let’s use a .................... to find our way back.
16 This is my father’s shirt. It’s got his .................... on it.
- To deal with a problem is to solve it.
- Sherlock Holmes was a famous detective.
- Jules Verne had a wonderful imagination.
- The expression is “at first glance”.
- An intelligent child is very clever.
- A nice and cosy flat is comfortable and pleasant.
- To explore the woods means to travel around and learn about them.
- To hide money means to put it somewhere so it cannot be found.
- A compass helps us find our way.
- Initials are the first letters of someone’s name.
