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Part Three: Reading Comprehension

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Reading Comprehension

Find the right words from the Word Bank at the bottom of the text to fill the empty spaces in this account of Charles Dickens' life.

Charles Dickens (1812-1879) was one of the novelists of the nineteenth . His father was put in for debt, so Dickens had to work when he was very . He began for popular magazines and became famous with The Pickwick Papers (1837), a collection of amusing about the eccentric Mr Pickwick and his friends. Dicken's most novels include Oliver Twist (1838), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), David Copperfield (1850) and Great Expectations (1861). These books have very stories which criticise Victorian society. A Christmas Carol (1843) only took a month for Dickens to . The short contains a very strong about the importance of and compassion, and symbolises all the good things of Christmas.

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Word bank: century, famous, generosity, good, greatest, moral, prison, start, stories, story, write, writing, young

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Is this statement true or false?

Dickens' father was put into prison because he owed money that he could not pay back.

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Is this statement true or false?

Dickens' books show that he liked everything about Victorian society.

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Is this statement true or false?

Dickens' first became famous when he published a novel.

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The Pickwick Papers (1837), a collection of amusing stories.

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Is this statement true or false?

A Christmas Carol took a long time to write.

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A Christmas Carol (1843) only took a month for Dickens to write.

Now go to Part Four - Phonology.

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