Words to help describe themes age animals art children crime danger death disability family fear freedom friendship future greed hate heroes horror humor justice marriage money mystery nature pain parents peace prejudice race religion revenge slavery tragedy travel trust violence war work Writing about the book

Describing the book: What kind of book is it? What is it about? What is the theme of the book? Do you think the book has a message? What do you think the message is?

Your opinion of the book Is the book easy or difficult to understand? Do you like the pictures? Do you like this book? Why? Which characters do you like best?

Use linking words and phrases but even though although in spite of on the other hand however nevertheless

Some useful phrases In my opinion … I would recommend this book I really enjoyed the book I didn’t enjoy it I think / believe that

Conclusions On the whole, I would say that … In conclusion, To sum up, I think that …