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What books do you prefer?
Myth - миф
Adventure - приключения
A suspense story - захватывающий рассказ
Mystery - детективный рассказ
Science fiction - научная фантастика
Biography - биография
Novel - роман
Fairy tale - сказка
Legend - легенда

Guess the genre of the book
1)…. is a serious and emotional play, written for the theatre, television or radio.
2)… is a funny story with a happy ending.
3)… is a story for little children.
4)… is about events that take place in the future or in space and usually describes strange creatures or robots.
5)… an exciting and emotional story about love and friendship.
6)… is a story about a crime or a strange event that is difficult to explain.

Write the genres for these books
Vasilisa the Beautiful
The adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
Harry Potter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
Dubrovskiy

Agatha Christie
She was born in Devon, England in 1890, and created many fictional detectives.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859.
He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

Jules Verne
He is from France. He loved the sea, and when he was only 12, he tried to run away on the ship to the West Indies.

Match the characters and the authors
Miss Marple
Peter Pan
Sherlock Holmes
Alice
Captain Nemo
Canterville Ghost
Agatha Christie
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jules Verne
Oscar Wilde
James Barrie
Lewis Carroll

Answer the questions
Who solved crimes with a partner?
Who always wanted to be neat and tidy?
Who didn’t look like a detective?
Who wrote adventure novels?
Who travels in a submarine?

Match the characters and their description
He is a Belgian detective, famous his neat appearance, his obsession with order and his use of psychology in his investigations of crimes. He has got dark hair and moustache.
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At first glance she is an ordinary old lady who loves knitting and gossip. She has got grey wavy hair and brown eyes.
Match the characters and their description
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He travelled under the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus. He has got dark wavy hair, beard and moustache.
Match the characters and their description
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His extraordinary powers of observation help him solve the most mysterious cases with the help of his faithful friend. He smokes a pipe, he hasn’t got moustache.
Match the characters and their description
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Open the brackets in Past Simple. Say T/F/NS
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle _________ (wrote) poems.
Agatha Christie _____ (be) “The Queen of Crime”.
Jules Verne ______ (be) from Nantes – on the west coast of France.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ______ (write) more than 100 detective stories.
Jules Verne _____ (run) away on a ship to the West Indies at the age of 12.
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