Let's read a story by Roald Dahl

Read an adapted version of an extract from Matilda by Roald Dahl and complete the gaps with the appropriate modals that express ability (can, be able to and their forms).

1. Which age group does Matilda belong to: babies (0–1); young children (1–7); older children (8–12); teenagers (13–19); grown-ups? 2. What books does she read?
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Find the following words in the story about Matilda:

  • grown-up
  • chatter-box
  • from cover to cover
  • learn by heart


What do they mean?


Listen to the end of the first chapter from Matilda.

What do we say to mean “to take out books from the library” and “to take books back to the library”?
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Listen again. - Do you agree that with a good book you can stay at home and travel all over the world at the same time? - Can you give examples of such books?
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