8th form "J. K. Rowling" (Grammar)

1. A well-known author J. K. Rowling is the author of a _____ series of books.

2. She uses the initials J. K. because her publishers thought that a book by a woman might not appeal ____ boys.

3. Rowling was born in 1965 and brought ____ in England and South Wales.

4. After she finished university, she got a job in London. In 1990, while she _____ from Manchester to London, her train was held up and during the four-hour delay she got the idea of writing about a young wizard.

5. In 1991 she went to Portugal, where she had a job _____ English.

6. She _____ the manuscript for the first Harry Potter book with her.

7. She returned to Britain in 1993 and carried on _____ it.

8. Rowling completed "Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone" in 1995. Twelve ____ turned it down before Bloomsbury agreedto publish it.

9. The decision was apparently ____ by the young daughter of the company's chairman, who loved the first chapter of the book.

10. In 1995 Bloomsbury advised Rowling that she had a chance _____ making money writing children's books.

11. Today she has a fortune of around $ 1 billion. Rowling believes that people who have a lot of money should make sure they use it ____.

12. For this reason, she ____ out millions of dollars to charitable causes.