Question

1. Complete the text with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1.Arthur Conan Doyle___________ (WRITE) four Sherlock Holmes novels and 56 short stories over a period of 40 years.
2.Most of the stories____________ (TELL) by Holmes's friend, Dr Watson, but Holmes
3____________ (TELL) two of the stories himself. By 1890, Conan Doyle
4____________ (WRITE) two Sherlock Holmes novels but he decided to stop writing about the character. However, the stories had become 5____________ (EXTREME) popular with readers of The Strand and many were
6____________ (DISAPPOINT) when the stories stopped
7____________ (INCLUDE) in the magazine. So, in 1901, Holmes
8____________ (BRING BACK) from the dead and appeared in two more novels and a second series of short stories. Holmes
9____________ (BRING BACK) to life by many other authors since then, and readers
10____________ (CONTINUE) to enjoy further adventures of the detective up until the present day.

2. Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two words you do not need.
chapter characters contents cover epilogue novel paperbacks plot publisher sequel spine title
1 .I’m looking for a book by Tolkien, but I can’t remember
the ____________.
2 I loved this book. I thought the ____________ was gripping.
3 The ____________in this story are just like me and my friends. It’s great.
4 I buy ____________because they’re cheap and not too heavy.
5 I’ve just started reading this book and I’m now reading the second
____________.
6There’s an interesting picture on the
____________ of the book.
7 The ____________ tells you what is in the book, and which page to look at.
8 I thought the first book was OK, but the ____________ is more exciting.
9
There’s a short
____________ that tells you what happened to the hero at the end.
10 She sent her book to a(n) ____________ , but it was rejected.