1- Complete the text using the past simple of the verbs in brackets

Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)

He____________(live) with his family in London. His father_______(be) a clerk in an office.

There_______(be) eight children in the family, so life________(be) hard. Charles___________(go) to
school and his teachers_______________(think) he___________(be) very clever. But suddenly, his father
and his family____________(go) to prison for his father’s debts. Only Charles______________(not/go) to
prison. He___________(start) to work in a factory where he____________(wash) bottles.
He____________(work) ten hours a day and_____________(earn) six shillings a week. Every night, after
work, he_____________(walk) four miles back to his room. Charles_____________(hate) it and
never___________(forget) the experience. He__________(use) it in many novels and he__________(write)
short stories for magazines. Many people_____________(buy) his books in different countries. Charles
Dickens____________(die) very suddenly in 1870.

2- Now answer the questions about the text

a) Where did Charles Dickens live?

b) What did his father do?

c) Was Charles the only child in the family?

d) How many children were there in the family?

e) Did Charles go to school?

f) What did his teachers think?

g) Why did his father and family go to prison?

h) What did Charles do?

i) Did he work only 8 hours?

j) How much money did he earn?

k) How many miles did he walk after work?

l) What did he write?

m) Did people buy his books?

n) When did he die?