English writers. Мартемьянова Н.В. - 24 стр.

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a) affect
b) effect
7     Fill in the blanks with correct preposition
1) Charles John Huffam Dickens was born _____ Portsmouth ___ Feb.7,1812.
2) He moved ___ London when he was about Two years old.
3) Many ___ the event and people ___ his books are based ___ events and people ___
   his life.
4) His father worked ___ navy.
5) ___ age of 12, Charles worked ___ a London factory.
6) He enjoyed reading and was especially fond ___ adventure stories.
7) He was influenced ___ early English writers.
8) He specialised ___ covering debates in Parliament.
9) He recorded his activities ___ thousands ___ letters.
Reading Comprehension
1      Are the following sentences true or false?If there is not enough information,
write don’t know.
1) Charles Dickens was of an English birth.___
2) His father was a successful businessman.___
3) Charles got a good education.___
4) Dickens was a newspaper reporter.___
5) In his books there are many characters and events from his life.___
6) He won his literary fame with Oliver Twist.___
7) He was unhappy in his personal life.___
8) Dickens had 10 children.___
9) All his life Charles loved his wife’s sister.___
10) Dickens enjoyed the theatre.___
11) He devoted himself for the bringing up children.___
12) His dream was to go to Australia.___
13) Dickens liked walking in the streets.___
14) Dickens died of tuberculousis.___
15) He is one of the major
16) figures in English literature.___
2      Complete the following chart for Charles Dickens
Topic                           Main idea                    Paragraph(s)
1.Introduction
2. Childhood
3. First job
4. First literary works
5. Literary success
6. Personal life
7. Dicken’s likes and
dislikes
8. Other work
9. Dickens’ books