English My Love Unit Books

Vocabulary:
1. parts of books: binding, blurb, chapter, contents, cover, jacket, preface,
spine, title
2. type of books: paperback, hardback, biography, directory, reference
book, fiction, manual, textbook, anthology, cookery book

In order to facilitate the memorization of vocabulary related to books I

designed a set of 31 questions. Each teacher at his or her turn can come up
with other questions or even let their students to make up their own set of
questions. Of course there are more than 31 possible questions, but I came
up with these questions on the spur of the moment last year when I taught
from this textbook.

1. The title of our English… is “English My Love” (textbook)

2. In the… of the book the author admitted that he took him three years to finish
the book. (preface)
3. If you want to find out whether the book is good or not look in a …. (reference
book).
4. Author’s opinion of the book is to be found in the…. (preface)
5. We don’t get free… at school. We have to buy them. (textbooks)
6. Where did I put the….? I want to make lasagna for dinner. (cookery book)
7. Editor’s notes of the book are to be found in the…(preface)
8. The…is no good. The pages are falling apart. (binding)
9. Instead of reading….books you should read biographies. They are more real.
(fiction)
10. I didn’t look at the title of the book. I liked the… so I bought it. (cover)
11. I bought you a ….You really need to start learning how to cook. (cookery
book)
12. Each chapter and chapter’s page is listed in the….. (contents)
13. I think George Washington was a great man. I’ve just read his…..
(autobiography)
14. It’s a long book. It has 32….. (pages)
15. Her phone number is not listed in the…..She must have put it on private.
(directory)
16. I can’t find Tom’s phone number! Why don’t you look in the…..(directory)
17. If you want to get the names of all poets from 17 th century, buy an….
(anthology)
18. Are you sure you know how to work with your computer? Let me get the…
(manual)
19. A paperback book doesn’t last too long. You should buy a ….(hardback)
20. The… of the book doesn’t make sense. (title)
21. Usually hardback books last longer than…(paperback)
22. If you want to know what does the book contain look at the…(contents)
23. You can find the complete works of William Shakespeare in an ….
(anthology)
24. The hero kissed the heroine and they got married at the end of the book. Oh
no! Stop reading… books.(fiction)
25. The…lied! I read the book and I didn’t find the book interesting at all. (blurb)
26. The… of the book didn’t convince me to buy it. (blurb)
27. The title is written on the …of the book. (spine)
28. Don’t waste your time learning that poem. It’s rubbish. I read it in a ….
(reference book)
29. The homework is on page 57 of our….(textbook)
30. Quickly get the….I think I pushed the wrong button and the DVD player
doesn’t stop. (manual)
31. It’s an expensive book! I can tell by its…(cover)