Task 1. Say if the sentences are true or false.

1) Agatha Christie wrote a total of 4,680,000 words in 79 novels and several plays. ____

2) Agatha Christie’s writing sells better than William Shakespeare’s. ____

3) Agatha Christie was unhappy because she was often in pain. ____

4) Agatha Christie didn’t have any brothers or sisters. ____

5) Agatha Christie had long, blonde hair. ____

6) Agatha Christie was taught by her mother at home. ____

7) Agatha Christie’s father died in 1911. ____

8) Agatha Christie learnt about poisons and chemicals when she was ill in hospital. ____

9) Agatha Christie wrote her first detective novel when she 30. ____

10) Agatha Christie used the character of Hercule Poirot as the main detective more often than Miss Marple. ____

Task 2. Translate the sentences into your native language.

1 When I was a teenager, I wrote poems.

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2 She was playing the piano while he was painting a picture.

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3 They were listening to the orchestra when the pianist became ill.

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4 My sister bought me a novel but I had already read it.

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5 The last chapter of the book was written by a

different author.

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