Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like drawing? Why?
- What do you like to buy in a bookstore?
Vocabulary:
- craft [krahft]
(noun) an activity involving skill in making things by hand
I love to do sewing and all kinds of crafts. - cover [KUHV-er]
(verb) to put something over something else, in order to protect or hide it
The students covered their notebooks with plastic - create [kree-EYT]
(verb) to make something new
This man created the first computer. - fashionable [FASH-uh-nuh-buhl]
(noun) popular at a particular time
Black clothes are fashionable these days. - tear [teer]
(verb) to split or cut
Don’t pull the pages so hard or they will tear.
Arts and crafts lovers can now collect different kinds of special masking tapes. At first, masking tapes were used to put two things together and to cover parts in paintings, buildings, or cars. A masking tape company called Kamoi Kakoshi Co. has started creating fashionable tapes in Okayama. It has become popular because of its cute and colorful designs. These tapes can also be torn by hand.
True or False:
- Masking tapes are used to put two things together.
- Kamoi Kakoshi Co. make cute and colorful masking tapes in Shanghai.
- You cannot tear this special masking tape by hand.
- People who dislike arts and crafts collect different kinds of special masking tapes.
- Masking tapes are used to cover parts of buildings and cars.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| craft | cover | create | fashionable | tear |
- Please ______ your mouth when coughing.
- I like buying clothes from the department store. They are very ______.
- She ______ the paper in half.
- Mandi likes doing art and ______.
- Frida Kahlo ______ very interesting paintings.