Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Topic 7: Reading

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  Do you like reading?
  
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  How often do you read?
  
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  What do you like to read?
  
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  Where do you usually read?
  
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  Do you read for pleasure or to get information?
  

Nouns

a work of fiction biography novel novelist

poetry author literature best-seller

Verbs

scan skim browse flick through

flip through

Adjectives

fictional gripping contemporary classical

Idioms

read up on (= read about)

I often read up on modern literature.

have one’s nose in a book (= read a book)

I always have my nose in a book.

a coffee-table book (= a large book that one leaves on the table, often with photos etc.)

I sometimes flick through a coffee-table book.

Topic 8: Email

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  What do most people in your country use email for?
  
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  What do most people in your country use email for?
  
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  What are the advantages of email?
  
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  Are there any disadvantages?
  
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  Do you think that email will replace letter-writing?
  

Nouns

email account electronic message attachment spam (= junk mail)

commercial correspondence (= business communication) cyberspace