Tuesday, April 1, 2014

ARE YOU A BOOKWORM? (Intermediate) (EXERCISE I23E111)







A bookworm is person who likes to read books and who spends a lot of time reading and studying.






 Answer the following questions about you:

1.    How many books have you read in English? (a) 1-3                (b) 4-10     (c) more than 11
2.    How many books do you read each month? (a) None or 1    (b) 2-4       (c) 5 or more
3.    What do you like to read the most?                (a) Poems          (b) Stories     (c) Picture books
4.    What sort of books do you like to read?         (a) Adventure    (b) Fantasy   (c) Comedy
5.    Do you read stories on the web?                      (a) Yes – often   (b) No           (c) Sometimes
6.    When you read do you ….. (a) Read a page then stop.              (b) Read a chapter at a time.           
                                                 (c) Read the whole story without stopping.
7.    What is the storylines of a book called?    (a) The plan.     (b) The plot.      (c) The review
8.    How fast can you read?       (a) Very quickly using only my eyes.
                                                 (b) Quite quickly but I stop at new words.
                                                 (c) I follow the words with my finger.
9.    How do you usually feel when you read a book?   
                                                                                (a) Happy that I have finished.
                                                                                      (b) I want to read the next one immediately!
10.  Which is your favorite book character?  (a) Harry Potter (b) Frodo the Hobbit
                                                                         (c) Spot the Dog      
 
   Read the text and complete the gaps with words from the list.


author       autobiography      best-seller      biography     bookshop     cover
chapters    library                      novel              reviews         textbook      title

If you want something to read, you can either buy a book from a (1) __________________ or borrow one from a (2) ______________________.  You can either read a (3)_____________________­­______________    (a book which tells an invented story) or a
(4) ____________________________  (which tells the story of another person’s life) or an
(5) ______________________ (the authors own life story).  If you are a student, you may want to buy a (6) _____________________________ (a book used at school or university). A book which sells a lot of copies is called a (7) _________________________.

         If  you  want  recommendations for  which  book  to  choose,  you   can  read   the
         (8)_____________________________ in the newspaper, where people who have read
          the book give their opinion.

A book has the (9) ____________________________ (the name of the book) and the name of the (10) ______________________ (the writer) on the (11) ___________­______   
(the front of the book). It is divided into different parts called (12) __________________ .



ANSWERS:

BOOKS

1. Read the text and complete the gaps with words from the list.


   author       autobiography      best-seller      biography     bookshop     cover 
   chapters    library                  novel              reviews         textbook      title


If you want something to read, you can either buy a book from a (1) bookshop or borrow one from a (2) library. You can either read a (3) novel (a book which tells an invented story) or a (4) biography (which tells the story of another person’s life) or an (5) autobiography (the authors own life story).  If you are a student, you may want to buy a (6) textbook (a book used at school or university). A book which sells a lot of copies is called a (7) best-seller.

If you want recommendations for which book to choose, you can read the (8) reviews in the newspaper, where people who have read the book give their opinion.

A book has the (9) title (the name of the book) and the name of the (10) author (the writer) on the (11) cover (the front of the book). It is divided into different parts called (12) chapters.

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