3 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. Which verbs are irregular? Charles Dickens 1) (be) a famous English writer. He was born in Portsmouth, England on 7th February, 1812. He 2) school at the age of (go) to nine but he didn't finish his (work) at a (go) back to (take) a job (enjoy) education. In 1824, he 3) shoe polish factory and 4) school a year later. He 5) as a legal clerk in 1827 and 6) success as a reporter two years later. Dickens 7) Hogarth in 1836. He 8) marry) Catherine ( (write) 'The Pickwick Papers' that same year. This book 9) (make) him famous. He wrote many popular books and was considered to be England's finest writer. He 10) 1858 and 11) They 12) - Abbey. (divorce) his wife in (die) on 9th June, 1870. (bury) him in Westminster