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Unit 6 Extra Qns PET TEST

The document provides a biography of famous British novelist Agatha Christie. It discusses that she was born in England in 1890 to a British mother and American father. During World War 1 she worked as a nurse and became interested in poisons. Her first detective novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles introducing the famous detective Hercule Poirot. She divorced in 1928 and later remarried an archaeologist. Christie wrote over 80 novels and died in 1976.

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Unit 6 Extra Qns PET TEST

The document provides a biography of famous British novelist Agatha Christie. It discusses that she was born in England in 1890 to a British mother and American father. During World War 1 she worked as a nurse and became interested in poisons. Her first detective novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles introducing the famous detective Hercule Poirot. She divorced in 1928 and later remarried an archaeologist. Christie wrote over 80 novels and died in 1976.

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Question 5

(7 Marks)

Use the past simple of the verbs in the box to complete this article about a
famous novelist.

be be be become die divorce enjoy not go

work write write

Agatha Christie

- who was she?

Agatha Christie (a) .Was-.... born in England in 1890. She (b) ............. an American
father and an English mother. They (c) ……………….quite rich.

Agatha (d) ............... to school, but she (e)……………reading and she (f )……………..
poems and short stories in notebooks. She also loved parties and dancing.

In 1914 she married her first husband, Archibald Christie. She (g) ... …….. about
medicines and poisons when she (h) ....................... as a nurse during the First
World War. Her first detective novel (i) ................ The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
In it, she (j) ................ her readers to Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian
detective.

Agatha and Archibald (k) …………….. in 1928. Two years Later, she (l).............. . the
archaeologist Max Mallowan, in the Middle East. She (m) …………….. her second
husband. Agatha Christie (n) ................. over 80 novels. She(o)....................... in
1976.
Question 6 (Pronunciation)
(3 Marks)

Put the verbs in the correct column.

Enjoyed kicked ended happened jumped included

/d/ Arrived /t/ Helped /id/ Started


1 3. 5.

2. 4. 6.

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