A Winning Formula for the Bedtime Story

B2 First · Word Formation · Ready for B2 First 4th Edition Workbook, Macmillan Education Limited

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

CHILD

VARY

LONG

RELAX

LIKE

CHOOSE

IMPORTANT

ACT

Do you remember going to bed as a child? Did your parents use to read to you? Did they manage to keep you (0) ENTERTAINED with those stories? I have very fond memories of this part of my (1) ___ . My dad jumping around, using a (2) ___ of voices for each character. I didn't want it to end. Now, the results of a recent survey of 2,000 parents are out. It found that the (3) ___ of the story was key – 8.6 minutes to be precise. This means your child is (4) ___ and ready to close their eyes. Any more or less and they are (5) ___ to settle down as easily. As far as characters are concerned, dragons, wizards and fairies are the most popular (6) ___ , and even better if it's centred around a castle. Most (7) ___ , despite having some drama in the middle, it has to have a happy ending. And perhaps bad news for more reserved parents, a quarter wanted their parents to show off their (8) ___ skills!

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