Exercise 4. Choose the correct word. Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.

J.K. Rowling is the A (0) pen name she uses as a writer. The J is for Joanne, her ______ (1) first name, but she prefers to be called Jo. Apparently, people only call her Joanne when they’re ______ (2) with her. The K is made _______ (3). Her publisher asked her to write using a name with two initials, but she didn’t have a middle name.

Jo did a few different things before she ______ (4) upon the idea of writing children’s books. She worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International and ______ (5) an English teacher in Portugal. The idea for the Harry Potter novels _______ (6) from nowhere while she was on a train to London. She said, “The characters and situations came ______ (7) into my head”.

Seven Potter novels _____ (8) and Rowling is one of the richest women in the world. In fact, she is the first novelist _______ (9) to become a billionaire from writing. Her _______ (10) to riches story is a fantasy story in itself. She was on government handouts while writing her first novel. Her last four books broke _______ (11) for the fastest sellers in literary history.

Today she devotes _______ (12) of her time to many charitable ________ (13). She famously demanded that Coca-Cola _______ (14) $18 million to the Reading is Fundamental charity if it wanted a tie-up with the Potter movies. The ________ (15)? In March 2008, she said: "I will continue writing for children because that's what I enjoy".

	A	B	C
	pen	pencil	pence
	reality	real	really
	anger	anxious	angry
	of	over	up
	struck	strike	stroke
	is	as	it
	went	came	gone
	flooding	flooded	flood
	lately	latter	later
	never	ever	however
	rags	bags	tags
	DVDs	records	notes
	many	much	more
	donor	help	donate
	future	present	further

Exercise 5. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). An example (0) has been done for you

О What is the best title for this text?

A J. K. Rowling: the author of Harry Potter novels.

В J. K. Rowling: the richest woman in the world.

C J. K. Rowling: the Early Years.

D Harry Potter: the famous character.

J. K. Rowling...

A is the real name of the writer.

В is the pen-name of the writer.

C stands for Joanne Katherine Rowling.

D is the pen-name which Joanne doesn’t like very much.

2 What jobs did J. K. Rowling do before she started writing children’s books?

A She worked as a researcher, a bilingual secretary and a teacher of Portuguese.

В She worked as a researcher, a writer and a teacher of English.

C She worked as a bilingual secretary, a researcher and a teacher of English.

D She worked as a publisher, a bilingual secretary and an English teacher.

3 When did Joanne Rowling make up the Harry Potter character?

A When she was in London.

В When she was on a bus to London.

C When she was going from London by train.

D When she was going to London by train.

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