A. Reading comprehension – Drag and drop

Read our article about Lewis Carroll on pages 8-9 of English Now No 121. Then drag and drop the words below into the correct spaces to complete the sentences, which are adapted from the article.
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1/ Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, acquired a
______
as a child, which sometimes made it difficult for him to speak.

2/ At the age of 20, he won a
______
at Christ Church college.

3/ He went on to become a
______
at Christ Church, and remained in residence there until he died.

4/ It was on a
______
excursion with the Liddell children in 1862 that Dodgson told the story about Alice for the first time.

5/ The influence of ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND on popular culture is
______
.

6/ ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND is regarded as a fantastic example of the literary
______
genre.

7/ Dodgson was born in a
______
near the village of Daresbury.

8/ The site of the parsonage has a metal work with a
______
design.

9/ The dormouse is one of the
______
in the famous tea party scene in ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.

10/ Some of the characters from the book are
______
in the stained glass windows of All Saints’ Church in Daresbury.



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