Books and reading; Words about books – A2 English Vocabulary Test

1  Complete the sentences and questions with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

1   Please ……put…… the books ……back…… where you found them.

2   This thriller is so good I can’t ……………… it ……………… .

3   At this library you can ……………… ……………… five books at a time.

4   Where can I ……………… ……………… information about the history of China?

5   Aunt Sara ……………… ……………… some Spanish ham from Madrid.

6   Have you ……………… Jake’s guitar ……………… yet?

7   Can you ……………… ……………… the plates so I can clean the table?

8   This shirt is too big, so I need to ……………… it ……………… to the shop.

2  Put the words in the correct order to make sentences and questions.

1   the / find / answer / out / you / did / ?

      ……Did you find out the answer?……

2   the books / back / where / put / always / I / them / found / I / .

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3   brought / from / Dad / Mexico / back / a souvenir / .

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4   out / you / books / any / did / take / today / ?

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5   my phone / down / and now / I put / I can’t find it / .

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6   your clothes / pick up / can you / and / put them in the washing machine / ?

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7   to / back / John / give / his bike / need / I / .

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8   will take / back / are broken / so I / them / to the shop / my headphones / .

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3  Find seven words related to books.

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4  Underline and correct the mistakes in seven of the sentences and question.

1   My favourite chapter at the moment is Rick Riordan.   ……author……

2   I love the pages of the bear in the original Winnie the Pooh books.   ……………………

3   There are over 30 chapters in this book!   ……………………

4   Can you add another end to the bookcase?   ……………………

5   This book has more than 500 titles, so I think it’s too long for me to read.   ……………………

6   I didn’t want to be surprised, so I read the end of the book first.   ……………………

7   I don’t agree with your drawing about this book.   ……………………

8   The shelf of this film sounds interesting.   ……………………

9   This book has a very colourful front title.   ……………………

5  Complete the conversation with suitable words.

A:   Hi Tim! Where are you going?

B:   I’m off to the library. I’ve got to (1) t…ake…… these books b…ack…… .

A:   Can I join you? I need to (2) f……………… some information for our (3) g……………… project. I’m doing a study on volcanoes.

B:   That sounds interesting. I’m studying the Mekong (4) R……………… from the start in Tibet to where it enters the sea in Vietnam.

A:   Cool! So, have you finished the book I lent you yet?

B:   No. I’m on (5) c……………… 24, so I only have about 100 (6) p……………… left. It’s really good. I don’t want to get to the (7) e……………… .

A:   I know the feeling. Patrick Ness is one of my favourite (8) a……………… . I’ve got more books that you can borrow.

B:   Great. When I (9) g……………… this one b………………, I’ll (10) p……………… another one.