Fill each gap with a suitable word. Write your answers in the box provided.
WORLD BOOK DAY – This year‟s World Book Day (WBD), (1)______ is taking place on a certain
day in March, hopes to encourage everyone, and (2)______ children, to discover the joy of reading.
Schools and libraries are getting involved, with a packed schedule of events designed to bring
books (3)______ life. There will be writers popping into schools to read from their books and answer
1.A. bestB. mostC. greatestD. biggest1.
2.A. expressionB. remarkC. statementD. sentence2.
3.A. selfB. ownC. personalD. belonging3.
4.A. demandedB. reportedC. saidD. asked4.
5.A. hardlyB. closelyC. nearlyD. similarly5.
6.A. tracksB. fieldsC. courtsD. squares6.
7.A. inventB. discoverC. manufactureD. create7.
8.A. suppliedB. providedC. givenD. produced8.
9.A. clinicalB. healthyC. medicalD. medicinal9.
10.A. fitB. drinkingC. sweetD. drunk10.
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questions, and story-telling events. Children will also be able to (4)______ part in readings so that they
really have a (5)______ to engage with the books.
As well as hoping to encourage children to catch the reading bug, World Book Day also hopes to
(6)______ reluctant adults hooked on books. (7)______, for the first time, World Book Day will also have
an adult focus, (8)______ the launch of Quick Reads, a selection of short, fast-paced stories (9)______
well-known authors. The first set of Quick Reads will be published on WBD, with a further collection of
books (10)______ released later in the summer.