Reading Habits
True or false:
You can listen to an audio book while giving a speech
False
What is a 'victim'?
ex. Sara and James were both victims of the flood last Saturday.
Someone who has had something severe happen to them.
The series "Twilight" would be considered what genre?
Romance
Complete the questions/request using the passive causative "have" :
(Can I/ my sweaters/ dry-clean)
Can I have my sweaters dry cleaned ?
If you waste your customers time, they ____
come back.
a. will
b.wont
What is a fast read
(A book) you can read quickly and easily
A plane that crashes into a building is considered to be a "natural disaster"
False
What is an autobiography?
an account/ a book of a person's life written by that person.
Complete the questions/request using the passive causative "have" :
(I'd like/ this skirt/ lengthen)
I'd like to have this skirt lengthened.
What is an announcement?
A statement, or a certain type of information given out to several people to inform them of an invent/topic...etc
What does a "trash" book mean?
The book is of poor quality/ the book is not good/ the book takes too long to read
What is a drought
When there is no sign of water or any bodies of water
What is a biography?
an account/ book of someone's life written by someone else.
Complete the questions/request using the passive causative "have" :
(we'd like/ some handouts/ print)
We'd like to have some handouts printed.
What is an 'adjective'?
Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.
True or false:
If a book is hard to follow, it means it is difficult to understand
True
What is a flood?
When property/ vehicles are submerged under water and cause damage to land & property
Is a memoir considered to be fiction or non fiction?
non fiction
Complete the questions/request using the passive causative "have" :
(where did she/ her painting/ frame)
Where did she have her painting framed?
What is a 'pronoun'?
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Examples: he, she, it, they, someone, who. Pronouns can do all of the things that nouns can do. They can be subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, object of the preposition, and more.
What is a "best selling" book?
A book that has sold many copies and reached a large audience
True or false:
A hurricane and a typhoon are the same / very similar
True
Would a mystery book be considered a fiction or non fiction?
Fiction
Complete the questions/request using the passive causative "have" :
(can i/ this package/ deliver)
Can I have this package delivered ?
What does an "excuse" mean?
a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense.