Fill in the Blanks Charles Dickens' biography.Online version Fill in the gaps with the past simple of the verbs by dulce coimbra 1 started hated wrote was earned stopped earned travelled worked was forgot began lived thought worked spent washed were became wrote went went became had Charles Dickens one of the greatest English novelist . He about the world in the Victorian England and many of his characters are simple people of those times . His family in London . His father as a clerk in an office . He always more money than he , so he lots of debts . There eight children in the family and life very hard . Charles to school and his teachers he was very clever . But at the age of 12 , his father to prison and he to work in a factory , where he bottles . He ten hours a day and six shillings a week . Charles it and never the experience . When he 16 , he working for a newspaper . He also short s tories for magazines . His books very popular in many countries and he abroad . He never writing and travelling .