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The document summarizes a passage about Charles Dickens' life and works. It discusses his difficult childhood, working in a factory at a young age, becoming a journalist at 16, writing popular novels about the poor in Victorian England, having 10 children but an unhappy family life, and dying suddenly in 1870.

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CV4 M1 Test 1

The document summarizes a passage about Charles Dickens' life and works. It discusses his difficult childhood, working in a factory at a young age, becoming a journalist at 16, writing popular novels about the poor in Victorian England, having 10 children but an unhappy family life, and dying suddenly in 1870.

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INSTITUTO MÉDIO MARIA MÃE DE ÁFRICA

Título da Qualificação e Nível: CV4 Turma:


Nome do módulo:Usar a Língua Inglesa em Situações Sociais, Código do módulo:
Pessoais e Profissionais MOHG024001
Nome do formando: Código do formando:
Instrumento de Avaliação: Sumativa Escrita Resultado da
Avaliação_______%
Resultado da Avaliação Resultado final
Avaliação______ 1ª 2ª
Reavaliação______ Reavaliação_______
Assinatura do Avaliador Data
Assinatura do Verificador Interno Data
Assinatura do Formando Data

I. READING: Read the passage and answer the questions.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)


Charles Dickens is one of the greatest novelists in the English Language. He wrote about the
real life of the Victorian England and many of his characters were not rich, middle-class
ladies and gentlemen, but very poor and hungry people.
His family lived in London. His father was a clerk in an office. It was a good job, but he
always spent more money than he earned and he was often in debt. They were eight children
in the family, so life was hard.
Charles went to school and his teachers thought he was clever. But suddenly, when he was
only eleven, his farther went to prison for his debts and the family went too. Only Charles
didn’t go to prison. He went to work in a factory, where he washed bottles. He worked ten
hours a day and earned six shillings (30p) a week. Every night, after work, he walked four
miles back to his room. Charles hated it and never forgot the experience. He used it in many
novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
When he was sixteen, he started work for a newspaper. He visited Law Courts and the
Houses of Parliament. Soon he was one of the Morning chronicles’ best journalist. He also
wrote short stories for the magazine. These were short descriptions of the people that he met.
Charles’ characters were full of colour and life- good people were very, very good and bad
people were horrible. His books became popular in many countries and spent a lot of time
abroad, in America, Italy, and Switzerland.
Dickens had ten children, but he didn’t have a happy family life. He was successful in his
work, but not at home, and his wife left him. He never stopped writing and traveling, he died
very suddenly in 1870.

A) True or False? Write True or False in the following statements.


1. Charles Dickens wrote novels. _________
2. Charles wrote only about the lives of rich and famous people. _________
3. Charles’ father had a good job. _________
4. Charles never went to School. __________
5. Charles went to prison when he eleven. __________
6. Charles’ first job was in a factory. _________
7. Charles became a journalist when he was fifteen. __________
8. Charles never got married. __________
B) Give full answers to the following questions.
1. How old was Dickens when he died? ___________________________________________
2. How many brothers and sisters did he have? _____________________________________
3. Why did he leave school when was eleven?______________________________________
4. What did Charles do in his first job? ___________________________________________
5. When did Charles stop writing?_______________________________________________

II. LANGUAGE USE


Simple Present or Present Continuous
C. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Simple Present or Present Continuous
1. In summer I usually (1)______________________(travel) to Tofu beach in Inhambane.
2. I(2)____________________ (drive) a small van, and I (3)_____________________ (take) all my
tools and equipment with me.
3. It’s winter now so I(4) _________________________ (clean)the gardens and
I(5)________________________(remove) leaves from the ground.
4. I(6)________________________((plant) lots of daffodils and tulips.
5. After work I always (7)______________________(arrive) home and
(8)________________________(have) a hot bath.

III. WRITING
E. Write a composition about what your daily routine.

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