CHARLES DICKENS´ BIOGRAPHY
After watching the video try to answer at least 10 questions about his life.
Once you have written the answers, show them to your English teacher, and you´ll have a reward!!
Questions about the video (choose ten):
1. We are celebrating Charles Dickens´ anniversary, when was he born?
2. Who was John Dickens?
3. Where Dickens´ family moved to in 1822?
4. How old was Charles when he had to work in a factory 11 hours a day?
5. Who did he visit in prison every Sunday?
6. Although he worked as a clerk in a solicitor´s office and as a journalist in a paper, what was his real passion?
7. When was his first piece of fiction published and when did he marry Catherine?
8. Do you know what pet he had?
9. Where did Charles and Catherine travel in 1842?
10. Who was Helen Ternan?
11. Which incident left Dickens shaken and ill?
12. How old was he when he died?
Video 2
DICKENS IN MODERN LONDON
Enjoy this video about London, and try to answer these questions on the blog.
· What does “Dickensian” mean in modern English?
· What is a “public house” today?
· Who was Mr Scrooge?
· When do we use “What the dickens is that?”
· How is Westminster Abbey related to Charles Dickens?
Answers:
ResponderEliminar1. In modern English "Dickensian" is the description of hard living and working conditions, as often found in Dicken's novels.
2. A "public house" today is a is a drinking establishment, which is informally known as a pub.
3. He was a person who hated to spend money.
4. We use "What the dickens is that?" when we express surprise or anger.
5. Westminster Abbey is an old church where the most important and famouse people of London is buried there. One of this important people is Charles Dicken.
By: Ana Belén González.
Answers:
ResponderEliminar1.- Dickensian describe hard living and working conditions as often found in Dicken´s novels.
2.- A public house now a days is a place where you can drink and music can be heard.
3.- Mr Scrooge is a person who hates spending money.
4.- What the dickens is that?: is an old-fashioned expression of surprise or anger.
5.- Westminister Abbey is related to Charles Dickens because in this chaurch are important people bury like Charles Dickens.
1- Dickensian descibres hard living and working conditions as often found in Dickens' novels
ResponderEliminar2- Now, a public house is a place where you can drink, eat... like a restaurant
3- He was one of the characters of Charles Dickens' book and he was a person who didn't like spend money
4- That expression was an old-fashioned expression of surprise or anger
5- Charles Dickens is buried there
Katia de Miguel Nevado. 4ºB
1.- Hard living or working conditions
ResponderEliminar2.- Pub
3.- A character of one of his novels, a person who hate spending money
4.- And old-fashioned expression of surprise or anger, we use it when we are surprise
5.- Charles Dickens is burried in the Westminster Abbey
ANTONIO BALLESTEROS CHOZAS 4ºB
1.-Dickensian describes hard living and working conditions, as often found in Dickens’s novels.
ResponderEliminar2.-A public house today it’s like a pub and you must pay for take some food or some drinks.
3.-Mr. Scrooge was the most memorable character in British literature.
4.-We can use the old-fashioned expression “What the dickens is that?” when you are surprising or anger.
5.-Westminster abbey is where the bodies of famous writers are found.
Sara Maldonado Denche 4ºB
1-Dikensian describes hard living and the working conditions, that are often in his novels
ResponderEliminar2-Now a days a public house is a place were you pay for eat and drink
3-He was one of the characters of one of his novels who hates spend the money
4-That´s an old fashioned expresion, which you use to express surprise
5-That´s the place were Dickens is buried
1. Dickensian describes hard living and working conditions, as often found in Dickens's novels.
ResponderEliminar2. Today, a "public house" is a pub.
3. Mr Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens's novel, "A Christmas Carol". He's a person who hates spending money.
4. We use "What the dickens is that?" when we are surprised or angry.
5. Westminster Abbey is the place where Dickens is buried.