Match and say who wrote the book a) Lewis Carroll b) Joanne Rowling c) Rudyard Kipling d) Pamela Travers e) John Tolkien f) Daniel Defoe g) Jonathan Swift h) Mark Twain i) Alan Milne 1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2. The Lord of the Rings 3. Winnie-the-Pooh 4. Robinson Crusoe 5. Gulliver’s Travels 6. Alice in Wonderland 7. Mary Poppins 8. Mowgli 9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was written by
Test1.Write the missing words 1.Alan _________ Milne was born in ________ in 1882. 2.By 1906 he had worked as an _______ at Punch. 3.Here he _______ his first _______. 4.Milne became well-known as a popular London ________. 5.In 1920 his son _________ _______ was born. Christopher editor play Robin wrote playwright Alexander London
2.Complete the sentences with a), b) or c): 1.Alan Milne was an editor of … . a) the school newspaper; b) the university newspaper; c) the scientific newspaper 2.During the war he wrote … . a) his first novel; b) his first detective story; c) his first play 3.By 1919 Milne became a well-known … . a) playwright; b) novelist; c) poet 4. … inspired him to write the poems and stories for children. a) English children; b) His wife and son; c) London’s public 5.The title of his only detective novel is … . a) The White House Mystery; b) The Red House Mystery; c) The Red House 6.A.Milne achieved the world-wide popularity due to … . a) his short stories and poems; b) his adventure stories about the Winnie-the-Pooh Bear; c) his plays and essays