BOOKS AND LIBRARIES

1. Put the words below into the correct column.
Biography, publisher, romantic novel, autobiography, play, novelist, science fiction, manual novel, cover, illustration, paperback, detective story, history, reference book, biographer, theme, climax, editor, plot, history, spy story, preface, playwright, hardback, short story, sequel, best-seller, poet, author, setting, writer, manual, thriller, chapters.

Non-fiction	Fiction	Stories	Genre	Technical	People

2. Put the following book titles under the correct headings.

Painting
Tennis in a week

Cooking Pasta
Learn the piano

How to draw
Old cars

Steam trains
How to sing

American cooking
How to play football

Art 		    Music 	 Transport 	   Sport	     Food 
____________     ____________     ____________     ____________     ___________ 
____________     ____________     ____________     ____________     ____________ 
____________     ____________     ___________

3. Finish the sentences by matching them.
1. To find books about cars look A. make cakes and biscuits.
2. A cookbook can help you to B. in the art section.
3. To find books about drawing look C. in the transport section.
4. An atlas is a book with lots of D. maps.

4. Now find the answers by using the words in the boxes:

Bookshelf
Librarian
Cookery Book
Library

1. This is where you keep your books. ______________
2. You would use this if you wanted to learn how to cook. ______________
3. This is the person who can help you in a library. ______________
4. This is a place where you can borrow books. ______________

5. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

A VISIT TO A BOOKSHOP

On hearing that my favourite (0) novelist was going to visit a local bookshop, I made the (56) ________________ to go along and meet him in person. I have always had the greatest (57) ____________ for him. His novels, which are basically (58) _____________ have been of great (59) ______________ benefit to me throughout the years. Not surprisingly, his work has received popular (60) ________________ . On arriving, I saw him with a (61) __________________ of his books in front of him. (62) __________________ , he was alone. I approached him and (63) ________________ asked him to autograph my book. His handwriting was (64) __________________ and therefore I had trouble reading the dedication. Nevertheless, it was a (65) __________________ experience.

NOVEL
DECIDE
ADMIRE
HISTORY
EDUCATE
RECOGNISE
SELECT
FORTUNATE
POLITE
LEGIBLE
MEMORY

6. Translate these genres into Russian.

......................................................