Who really was Agatha Christie ? Listen and learn about her writing skills and her popularity today. Then do the activities below A talented writer 1. Who’s speaking ? ……………………………………………………… and ………………………………………………….. 2. What are they speaking about ? Agatha Christie’s
family
abilities
hobbies
books
popularity. 3. Agatha Christie was a
problematic
progressive
prolific writer. 4. It means she
wrote a lot
spoke a lot
acted a lot. 5. She didn’t go to ………………………………………. Very much but she had a real ………………………………

The Mysterious Affair at Styles 6. What did Agatha Christie's sister tell her ? tick the appropriate picture

7.


the challenge was :

8. Agatha Christie




to write a book in one week
to write a book where no one could find the murderer
to write a book about a murder in a school
did it


didn’t success

Absent in the spring 9. She wrote this novel in ………………………….…. Days. Agatha Christie and popularity. 10.

She sold …………………………………………………… books

11.

Who sold more books than her? (add the sign < or >). Agatha Christie

Shakespeare.

Agatha Christie's books Agatha Christie 12. Date

the Bible.

any other author.

Find out the events that show her popularity. Event She had her ……………………………………… in …………………………………….(Madame Tussauds) She became a ………………………………………… A …………………………………………… was based on one of her …………………………………..

To make it short. • Now you know more about Agatha Christie, cross out the adjectives that don't describe her. lazy determined unpopular hard-working slow well-known unknown prolific famous productive modern • Complete this short presentation. Agatha Cristie ……………………… so many books and she could write them in a short ……………………………. She is still very …………………………….. today