Post-reading tasks. Now that you have read the text think of a proper title to the text

Now that you have read the text think of a proper title to the text. Motivate your choice.

Choose the synonyms to the given words according to the context. Reproduce the sentence from the text with the synonym chosen.

affection a) protection b) pretence c) love d) apprehension

a clue a) a key b) an offer c) reaction d) assumption

to spot a)to search b) to specify c) to define d) to detect

to blame a) to ignore b) to praise c) to object d) consider responsible

Complete the following sentences choosing the best ending.

1. According to the text, lying

a) is saying something which we are not sure of.

b) develops a person’s intellectual ability.

c) makes one's life easier.

2. The difference between lying and imagination

a) is not defined by psychologists.

b) can hardly be grasped by a child.

c) disappears as one grows up.

3. In the text the author

a) explains that children are taught to lie by adults.

b) proves that lying is something people are born with.

c) puts lying into different categories.

4. When you lie for self-protection

a) your lie can be detected.

b) nobody is harmed.

c) you try to find someone else to be punished for your faults.

Speak on the following points using words and expressions given.

1. The attitude of adults to the children telling lies (bad habit, deceive people, lies and imagination, to criticize, to praise for imagination).

2. Lies and compliments –any difference? (to tell compliments, a kind lie, to gain affection and friendship, to make life easier, to fish for compliments).

3. It is quite possible to identify liers (body language, verbal clues, to spot, unable to stay still, to play with the hair, to speak fast).

4. Lies egoists and ambitious people might tell (dangerous, to get a promotion, not to be blamed, not to care about other people).