GRADE 12

This good advice shows how it is ....... to read different types of books in different ways.

Other books are for reading slowly and carefully. If it is a book on a subject that you are ........... in, you will want to “....... and digest it”.

Books are still a ...........way to get information and ........, and you can keep a book forever and read it many times.

Television has replaced books altogether.

If you want to learn how to knit or work with wood, you should buy a C........... book.

If you enjoy reading stories about love affairs, a R........... is the right book for you.

For example, you might ....... ...... a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep.

But, in fact, television has not ........ reading. Today, more books of every kind are .......... than ever before.

Some stories are for “swallowing”. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what is even more ............, the time to enjoy it.

Books in the home are a wonderful source of ......... and ..........

Books with good stories are often described as "hard-to-put-down".

A N............ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary.

Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as Shakespeare, wrote these words, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be .................., and some few to be chewed and ..........”

But not all stories belong to this class. ............. sometimes describe books as “hard-to-put- down”, or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.

Why read when television can bring you all the ......... and ....... with colour, picture and action?

That does not mean reading it too slowly. When you pick up a book for the ............ time, check that it is not too ...........

Many people only have time to read when they are travelling.

It is enough to ........ ....... it and read bits ......... .......... ............ In a word, this is “tasting”.

When you "taste" a book you read it carefully from the beginning to the end.

Some people think that as more and more people have television in their ..........., fewer and fewer people will buy books to read.

If you like books with an exciting story especially ones about crime or spies, read a T........

You might be on holiday, or on a long train journey. If it is a good book, you might say, “It’s so good I can’t ...... .... ......”

Do not start a book unless you can see from the first few pages that it is one you can ........ read and understand.

A S.............. F.................. book is a type of book that is based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future.