8th form Books and Readers (Test)

Vocabulary

1. - I want to buy a book as a birthday present for my younger brother, and I'm in a difficulty what ____.

2. - And ____ reading does he like?

3. - It's rather hard to say. He reads ____: adventures and travel books, fairy-tales and fantasy, science fiction and historical novels.

4.The last thing I saw him reading was a ____ story.

5. - ____, I find detective stories stupid. I can't read any of them more than half way through.

6. - I can't ____ that. Some detective stories are very clever.

7. Take books ___ Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, for instance.

8. - Well, maybe you ____. Anyway, I wouldn't advise you to buy a detective story for your brother.

9. Buy him a good historical novel. It's _____ reading.

10. -Oh, I think, it's not a _____.

11. - Here is a good novel of Walter Scott. Buy it for ___.

12. - Yes, certainly. Thank you ____ your good advice.

Grammar

13. This article ___ last week, if I'm not mistaken

14. The lessons ___ by all of us every day.

15. My friends ____ this place in the city centre very much.

16. What books by Conan Doyle ____ into Ukrainian?

17. Who ____ the animals?

18. This city ____ by many tourists.

19. Who ____ bad marks in your class?

20. Our house ____ of wood.

21. Our holiday _____ next week.

22. Pupils _____ the textbooks by the teacher.

23. The poem was so beautiful that it ____ by everybody.

24. A taxi ___ fifteen minutes ago, so we are waiting now.