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Intermediate Matching – Types of Books

Directions: Draw a line from words to their definitions.

A) almanac

B) autobiography

C) biography

D) cookbook

E) dictionary

F) encyclopedia

G) fiction

H) non-fiction

I) thesaurus

1) A reference work (often in several volumes)

containing articles on various topics (often

arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the

entire range of human knowledge or with some

particular specialty

2) A book containing recipes and instructions

for cooking

3) An annual publication containing a calendar

for the coming year, the times of such events

and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and

sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and

other statistical information and related topics

4) A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms

5) Literature that is based on fact

6) Literature that is a work of the imagination

and is not necessarily based on fact

7) A book containing a selection of the words

of a language, usually arranged alphabetically,

giving information about their meanings,

pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms,

etc.

8) A written account of another person's life

9) A history of a person's life written or told by

that person