Comprehension Harry Potter: Andalucía 2004

COMPREHENSION

THE HARRY POTTER PHENOMENON

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

1) Why has Rowling begun working on the sixth Harry Potter adventure?

• Because she has achieved enormous success in the five previous adventures.

2) Why is the success of the Harry Potter books so important today?

• Because thanks to them children are much more interested in reading and not only in watching tv or playing computer games.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT.

3) Harry Potter has been a failure in sales.

• FALSE: “The five Harry Potter books have sold 250 million copies worldwide.” (line 1)

4) Up to now a total of 1.78 million copies of The Order of the Phoenix have been sold.

• FALSE: “The fifth book, The Order of the Phoenix, sold 1.78 million copies on its first day in the UK alone.”(line 6)

5) Rowling got the idea for the books from an Edinburgh café.

• FALSE: “(She) wrote her books in an Edinburgh café (line 11) / The stories started as a way of making her daughter sleep.” (line 12)

6) J.K. Rowling wasn't married when she became a mother.

• TRUE: “Rowling, once a single mother,…”(line 11)

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