Choose the best alternative to complete these sentences

Match the adjectives on the right with the nouns on the left to make appropriate word combinations.

Now sort out the underlined words according to their meanings.

· someone who reads a lot	............................................
· people who read	............................................
· able to read	............................................
· not able to read	............................................
· easy to read	............................................
· difficult or impossible to read	............................................
· enjoyable or interesting to read	............................................
not enjoyable to read	............................................

109 Can you explain the difference between…………………?

· a voracious reader and a bookworm

· a great reader and a competent reader

· readership and circulation

· a good reader and a slow reader

· something illegible and a scrawl

· a good read and a real page-turner

· something unputdownable and a real page turner

110 Can you guess the meanings of the word ‘read’ in these sentences?

1. He plays the violin very well but can't actually read music.

2. Are you any good at map reading?

3. I wasn't sure how to read his silence.

4. A sign on the outer door read: 'No Entry'.

5. Someone should be coming to read the gas meter.

6. The thermometer r ead 46 degrees.

7. Reading between the lines, I'd say Robert's not very happy.

8. 'Want some coffee?' 'You read my mind.'

9. Do you read me?

10. How do you read the present situation?

11. It was only a casual remark. I think you're r eading too much into it.

12. I read history at Cambridge.

13. He wants to read for a law degree.

111 Self -check.

Write words and word combinations opposite in meaning to these:

to read silently (to oneself)	……………………………………
to skim	……………………………………
to read through/over	……………………………………
literate	……………………………………
literacy	……………………………………
readable	…………………………………………….
a good/competent reader	……………………………………
legible	……………………………………
well written	……………………………………

historical romantic library best-seller science fiction political psychological spy legal authorized unauthorized ghost

writer novel book list thriller biography

1 Oliver Twist is a classic work of English.............................................................................................

literature non-fiction letters editions

2 The plot of the novel was very exciting, but I didn't find the..................................very interesting.

persons people characters figures

3 This book is a special edition for foreign readers, so there's a(n).......................................at the back.

appendix glossary introduction preface table of contents supplement

4 A novel is usually divided into several............................................................................................

chapters units sections passages

5 If you need to find some information in a non-fiction book, look it up in the...............................................................................

atlas blurb catalogue diary index review

6 Cambridge University Press is the.................of the book you're reading.

author editor printer publisher

7 A great novel has a good plot and a strong...........................

communication meaning message significance

8 The book was marvelously.................and it was a joy to read.

stylistic tedious well-written wonderful

9 Ernest Hemingway is one of my.........................American writers.

best favourite ideal most popular

10 The thriller was so exciting that I couldn't............................

let it down look it up pick it up put it down

11 Even the.................characters in the book are really interesting.

less minor small tiny

12 I’d like to …………… that book when you've read it.

borrow hire lend loan

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