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UNIT 6

BOOKS 1) All these words come from the Listening: awful lot of devour browsing strangely enough obssessed

non fiction tend to go through a stage genre nose in(to) a book

2) Complete these sentences with those expressions: 1. He´s _______________ by computers. He´s always reading about them or using them. 2. When I was a child I went________________ of liking horses, I´m not interested at all now. 3. I spent ages in the shop__________________ but I didn´t see anything I liked. 4. What _______________ of film do you like best? Sci-fi things like Star Wars. 5. Women _______________ live longer than men. 6. I´m going to the dentist today but _________________ I don´t feel nervous. 7. That´s a great car, I bet it cost an _________________ money. 8. Gardening books are in the ___________________ section of the library. 9. My son loves reading, he´s always got his his ___________________ 10.I´m going to ________________ all the books I got for my birthday over the holiday. 3) Listen and choose the best option: 1. Richard________________ a) read a lot when he was younger b) didn´t read very much as a child c) didn´t read at all when he was a child 2. He gets books from ____________ a) the internet b) bookshops c) his friends 3. Richard ____________ a) likes different kinds of authors b) likes one author a lot more than any other c) doesn´t have any favourite authors 4. He reads ___________ a) at the weekend b) only on holiday c) at night 4. Listen again and put a tick (√ ) in the correct column

True April 23th isUN World Book Day Richard doesn’t have the time to read so much now He read comics when he was young Richard spent a lot of money on books in the UK Most of the books he bought were fiction Some of the books he bought were for Jackie

Not False Given


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