Talking about books

1.Find the word for the given definition.

moving, sad

• a page turner

• insight

• poignant

• enigmatic

2.Find the word for the picture.

• a page-turner

• an eponymous protagonist

• a macabre

• enigmatic

3.Find the word for the given picture.

• enigmatic

• lugubrious

• chilling

• macabre

4. Find a synonym fo the word underlined.

I am interested in this task.

• gripped

• enigmatic

• macabre

• chilled

5.Find the word for the definition.

......are a written record of a person’s own life, typically by a politician or

military figure.

• a journal

• memoirs

• anthology

• logbook

6.Find the word for the definition.

................is a book that records events, times, etc., for example, all the journeys made by

a lorry or ship.

• a journal

• anthology

• a manual

• a logbook

7.Nonetheless, his books always attract a

wide ................... [number of people who read them]

Put the word in the text.

• lightweight

• heavy-going

• readership

• product of its time

8. Her 1955 book Exciting Careers for

Women was .................. though the ideas seem tame and old-fashioned, even genderbiased,

now. [a reflection of that time]

Put the word to complete the sentence

• ahead of its time

• informative

• enigmatic

• a product of its time