Exercises Reading and interpreting 7 Work in pairs.Look at the sentences from the passage and answer the questions. 1 .a peculiar game with weird rules.the players often decide to call it a draw. Would you find this satisfying?What does the writer think of cricket? Maybe playing is enough without always having winners and losers.The writer's choice of words suggests little respect for cricket: peculiar,weird etc. l0r0
Reading and interpreting 7 Work in pairs. Look at the sentences from the passage and answer the questions. 1 . a peculiar game with weird rules . the players often decide to call it a draw. Would you find this satisfying? What does the writer think of cricket? Maybe playing is enough without always having winners and losers. The writer’s choice of words suggests little respect for cricket: peculiar, weird etc. Exercises
Exercises 2 Don't sit on a potato. How would it feel to sit on a potato?Why does the writer say this? Foolish and uncomfortable.The writer says this for humour -a pun on couch potato as a thing to sit on rather than the person sitting. 3 In fact,watching TV without a remote control .and probably should be avoided. Why should this be avoided? The tone is highly ironic:The person would have to get up and change channels manually, thus making a physical effort. l0r0
2 Don’t sit on a potato. How would it feel to sit on a potato? Why does the writer say this? Foolish and uncomfortable. The writer says this for humour — a pun on couch potato as a thing to sit on rather than the person sitting. 3 In fact, watching TV without a remote control . and probably should be avoided. Why should this be avoided? The tone is highly ironic: The person would have to get up and change channels manually, thus making a physical effort. Exercises