Why did Nina apologies to Reema?

Because her e-mail was short.

Lesson 2: This week's project

1. Say, read, ask and answer.

b) Ask and answer questions.

1. Nina apologized to Reema. (why)

Why did Nina apologies to Reema?

Because her e-mail was short.

2. Nina wrote a short e-mail. (why)

Why did Nina write a short e-mail?

Because Omar arrived yesterday and she has a lot of homework today.

3. Omar arrived in Oxford. (when)

When did Omar arrive in Oxford?

Yesterday.

4. Nina sent something to Reema. (what)

What did Nina send to Reema?

An interesting article from her class.

2. Read, answer and say.

b) Are these sentences about the article and graph true (T) or false (F)?

1. The Bookworm Book Club studied reading habits. T
2. Most British children enjoy reading. F
3. More younger children read than older children. T
4. Half of the children in the study go to libraries. F
5. Some boys never read books. F

d) Find words in the passage to match the percentages and write them in the correct place.

2- half ½.

3- one third, 1/3.

4- one/ a quarter¼.

5- a/ one tenth, 1/10.

3. Answer, count and write.

a) Tick (T) what you read at home.

• stories T
• school book T
• school book T
• newspapers T

b) With your teacher, count the answers for what students in your class read at home.

• Eleven students in our class read e-mails.
• Five students in our class read magazines.
• seven students in our class read websites.

c) Write sentences for each kind of reading.

• I read stories.
• I read school books.
• I read e-mails.
• I read newspaper.

d) Compare the reading habits of the children in your class. Say six sentences with more / most and fewer / fewest.

• I read stories more than newspapers.
• I read e-mails fewer than stories.

Pronunciation corner

c) Put a •on the words to show the stress in each word.

1 syllable: gra*phs, mo*re

2 syllable: abro*ad, qua*rter

3 syllable: ma*gazine

4 syllable: percentages competition.