This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is talking about reading books.
Reading is one of the very first skills that we all learn from a very young age, but how many books have you read, and should we try to read as much as we can?
Books are entertaining and informative. It’s certain that reading is beneficial, but in a modern world with so much entertainment available, is reading a lost art?
Here are 10 conversation questions to get you talking about reading books!
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Conversation Questions: Should We Read More Books?
1. Tell us about the last book that you read.
2. Were you encouraged to read as a child? Do you wish you were/were not?
3. What book would you most like to read?
4. Do you prefer a physical book, e-reader, or audiobook?
5. Should we force children to read more books?
6. Do you read books in English, your native language, or both?
7. Would you rather read a book or watch a film? Why?
8. What are the benefits of reading books?
9. If you were going to write a book, what would it be like?
10. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
– Joseph Addison
What do you think of this quote?
Vocabulary List:
- Encourage
- to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen
- Wish
- used with the past simple to express that you feel sorry or sad about a state or situation that exists at the moment
- Physical
- relating to things you can see or touch, or relating to the laws of nature
- e-reader
- a small electronic device with a screen that allows you to read books in an electronic form
- Force
- to make something happen or make someone do something difficult, unpleasant, or unusual, especially by threatening or not offering the possibility of choice
- Rather
- used to show that you prefer to have or do one thing more than another
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Model Answers:
B1 (Intermediate) Model Answers
Vocabulary:
B2 (Upper Intermediate) Model Answers
C1 (Advanced Level) Model Answers
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
