Cat CDZ

Match the words with their definitions.

Choose the correct form of the verb. Graffiti _____ to be offensive by some people.

Choose the correct form of the verb. The new art gallery _____ next week.

Choose the correct form of the verb. Two car thieves _____ red-handed by the police yesterday.

Choose the correct form of the verb. Many houses on my street _____ with a burglar alarm.

Choose the correct form of the verb. The Mona Lisa _____ from the Louvre in 1911.

Choose the correct form of the verb. The streets of the city _____ with litter.

Choose the correct word. Agatha Christie came from a _____ in England.

Choose the correct word. Raymond Chandler was a famous American _____

Choose the correct word. The _____ Hercule Poirot is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie.

Choose the correct word. Agatha Christie started writing _____ while working as a nurse in a hospital.

Read the text and decide if the statements are True, False or Not Stated. Agatha Christie was a famous English crime writer who is best known for her detective stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Agatha was born in 1890 in the seaside town of Torquay in Devon, England, to an American father and an English mother. Her family was well-to-do and conservative, and she was the youngest of three children. Although Agatha never attended school, she didn’t lack education. She taught herself how to read when she was only four and later her parents hired tutors to provide lessons in subjects such as music, dance, mathematics, and French. Agatha was a shy child and, having problems expressing herself verbally, she first turned to music and later to writing and became very good at making up stories. When she was eleven, her father died, and she became very close to her mother, with whom she started to travel a lot. During the First World War, Agatha worked as a nurse in a hospital, and it was during this time that Agatha Christie got the idea of writing a detective novel. Although she finished the story in a year, it wasn’t published until five years later. The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduced the retired Belgian police officer, Hercule Poirot, to the world and was a great success. Following this, Agatha would write more than 30 novels featuring Poirot. In all she wrote over 66 novels, the most famous being Murder on the Orient Express, and according to the Guinness Book of records, Agatha Christie is the best-selling writer of her time with over four billion books sold throughout the world. In 1971, she was awarded the high honour of Dame of the British Empire before passing away peacefully on 21st January 1976.