CHARLES DICKENS ( 1812 – 1870)

Charles Dickens is a famous writer in the English language. He wrote about the real world of
English and many of the people in his book were not reach but poor and hungry.

Charles Dickens´s family lived in London and his father worked in an office. It was a good job,
but he always spent a lot of money and often there was no money to buy food. There were 8
children in the family, so life was hard.

Charles went to school and his teachers thought he was very clever. But when Carlos was
only eleven, his father lost all his money and the family left their house. Charles got a job
washing bottles. He worked ten hours a day and he earned six shillings (30p) a week. Every
night, after work, he walked four miles back to his room. Charles hated it and never forgot it.
He used it in many books for example.David Capperfiel and Oliver Twist.

PRESENT PAST PRESENT MEANING

IS WAS SER/ESTAR

WRITE WROTE ESCRIBIR

LIVE LIVED VIVIR

WORK WORKED TRABAJAR

SPEND SPENT GASTAR

BUY BOUGHT COMPRAR

GO WENT IR

THINK THOUGHT PENSAR

LOSE LOST PERDER

LEAVE LEFT SALIR/DEJAR

GET GOT OBTENER/TENER

WASH WASHED LAVAR

EARN EARNED GANAR

WALK WALKED CAMINAR

USE USED USAR

HATE HATED ODIAR

FORGET FORGOT OLVIDAR

1.When was Charles Dickens born?

2. Was he a famous writer in the English language?

3.Did he write about the unreal word?

4.were the people in his book reach?

5.Where did his father work?

6. Was it a bad job?

7. How many children did he have?

8. Was Charles a bad student?

9. How did Charles work?

10.Did he work 8 hours?

11. How many hours did he work?