Timesaver - Extracts

The EXTRACTS featured are taken from fourteen major novels that span nearly two hundred years of English Literature. Useful background information on the authors and the context of their novels is provided in dictation format.

The fourteen units, each exploiting a different theme, provide a wide variety of language practiceas well as developing reading skills, summary techniques and Stylistic appreciation for the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English examination.

Reading comprehension and summary exercises based on the EXTRACTS
Vocabulary exercises covering idioms, phrasal verbs, and subtleties of meaning
Discussion activities and role-play situations
Composition topics based on the theme of the units
Background information for use as dictation material and gap-fill exercises

EXTRACTS has a clear, easy-to-follow approach. It contains a teacher´s introduction and each extract is followed by two photocopiable pages of exrecises.