Name_______________________ Class________

Date________________________ Mark________

Test BOOKS & WRITERS

1. Read the text and decide if the statements are true(T) or

false(F).

Books play an important part in peoples life. Do

you know the name of William Caxton? Yes, of course.
He was an Englishman who made the first English printed book in 1474. Many books have been printed
in Britain since those days. We know the names of many English writers.
Children are interested in reading books. Many authors have written stories for children. Many of
these stories bring back to life the old fables, folk-tales are called fairy-tales. British children love fairies
living in a wonderful place called fairy-land. Modern fairy stories often imitate the old folk-tale, which
explains their atmosphere of princesses and horse-drawn carriages. You know that imagination is the
main quality of a childrens story. Several famous childrens stories are written in the form of a
wonderful dream, like Lewis Carols Alice in Wonderland. The characters of the books are usually
animals or toys, as in A. Milnes Winnie-the-Pooh, or objects, like railway engines and lorries, which
talk like living people.
On the other hand, many stories are based on ordinary events in the life of an ordinary child. School
stories about adventures in a boarding school are great favourites with older children.
1. An Englishman made the first English printed book.__________
2. The old fables and folk-tales are called fairy-tales.____________
3. British children dont love fairies living in a wonderful place called fairy-land._______
4. Modern fairy stories often imitate the old folk-tale.________
5. Imagination is the main quality of a childrens story.________
6. Older children are fond of reading school stories.__________

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs.

1. I____________________________(buy) a book about computer games last Saturday.
2. You__________________________(write) a short story now.
3. ___________ children often _____________(learn) poems by heart?
4. They_________________(go) to the bookstore when it _______________(start) raining.
5. ____________your friends ever___________(be) to the British Museum?
6. The mother ____________(read) the magazine when her little boy goes to bed.

3. Choose the right answer for each question.

a) - Im sorry. I cant. I have to stay at school after classes.

b) - Hes taken some comic stories to read.
c) - I am fond of reading books about animals.
d) - Rudyard Kipling did.
e) - Yes, she is.
f) -They did it two years ago.
____1. What do you do when you have free time?
____2. Is your relative talking with a famous poet now?
____3. Would you like to go to the library with us?
____4. When did her parents join Literary Club?
____5. Who wrote The Jungle Book?
____6. What book has your friend borrowed from the school library?