Vocabulary
Past Tenses
British Writers
Charles Dickens
Literature Genres
Shakespearean Idioms
100
a book with a soft cover
paperback
100
By the time we arrived at the party, everyone ____ (leave).
had left
100
This person was a playwright as well as an actor. He coined over 1,700 words in the Eng. language
William Shakespeare 
100
True or False: Dickens very much admired his father
False. He always had to pay off his father's debts so he developed a real dislike for his father.
100
a magazine or book that tells a story through pictures and words
comic / graphic novel
100
you can't change the past
what's done is done
200
to hate something
detest
200
I ____ (walk) home when it _____ (start) to rain.
was walking / started
had been walking / started
200
Her most famous book was Pride and Prejudice. Most of her works are about love & marriage, but she herself never married
Jane Austen 
200
How many books did Charles Dickens write over his long career?
21
200
information about real people, events or facts
non-fiction
200
I have many opportunities so I can do anything I want
the world is my oyster
300
to entice or attract someone to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or not beneficial
tempt
300
You have a choice. You can be selfish and take 300 points for yourself, or you can be a nice person and give 300 points to another team.
300
This British writer was actually born in India. He criticized totalitarianism and social injustice and his most famous works are "1984" and "Animal Farm"
George Orwell 
300
Why didn't one of his most famous books "A Christmas Carol" make much profit?
Because the publisher designed a red leather cover decorated with gold, which took up much of the production costs
300
things that could happen in the future or in space
science fiction
300
what I truly believe
in my heart of hearts
400
an interest in knowing something
curiosity
400
_____ Judy and Liz at last month's meeting?
Were
400
Wrote one of the first books in English, which was a collection of stories about travelers on a journey
Geoffrey Chaucer 
400
-Why was Dickens unhappy with a lot of people?
-What did they try to sell of his?
They were always trying to make money off of him. They even sold pieces of his hair that his barber had cut off.
400
a true life story written by the person themself
autobiography
400
to eat all (or a lot) of someone's food
(to) eat someone out of house and home
500
picky about one's needs or requirements; hard to please
fussy
500
1. By the time we arrived at the party, everyone ______ ______ (leave).
a. what words would go in the blank if you are describing an ongoing action that was happening when you arrived?
b. what words would go in the blanks if you are describing an action that was already completed when you arrived?
a. was leaving
b. had left
500
She is the author of “White Teeth” and “On Beauty" which explores identity, race, and multiculturalism. She is still alive and teaches at New York University
Zadie Smith 
500
Finish this Dickens quote:
I can't ______ a ______ of _______ without having one hundred people looking down my throat when I open my ______ to swallow.
drink/glass/water/mouth
500
a book that a lot of people have bought
best seller
500
something inevitable
a foregone conclusion