English Literature Authors and Their Works
This lesson is on English Literature Authors. It is a worksheet where students have to match the authors to the short story or book they wrote.
English Literature Authors: Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare, Daniel Defoe, John Milton, Anonymous, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Bunyan, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte, Anne Bronte, John Dryden, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Bernard Shaw, Geoffrey Chaucer, T. S. Eliot, Sir William Golding, Jane Austin, and Joseph Conrad.
First, you will need to prepare the students ahead of time by going over the authors listed above and the main works they wrote. You can use the works that are in the answer sheet.
After that, you will copy the worksheet for each student.
Then, you will give the students the worksheet so they can work independently. You can use this as a test.
Worksheet - English Literature Authors
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct author. Here is a list of the authors used in this lesson: Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare, Daniel Defoe, John Milton, Anonymous, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Bunyan, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte, Anne Bronte, John Dryden, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Bernard Shaw, Geoffrey Chaucer, T. S. Eliot, Sir William Golding, Jane Austin, and Joseph Conrad.
1. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
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2. Who wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
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3. Who wrote Pilgrim's Progess?
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4. Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?
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5. Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
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6. Who wrote Beowulf?
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7. Who wrote To a Skylark?
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8. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
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9. Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
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10. Who wrote Jane Eyre?
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11. Who wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
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12. Who wrote Protrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
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13. Who wrote Lord Jim?
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14. Who wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover?
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15. Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
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16. Who wrote The Hobbit?
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17. Who wrote The Wasteland?
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18. Who wrote Pygmalion?
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19. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
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20. Who wrote Essay of Dramatic Poesy?
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Answers to the Worksheet
1. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
John Milton
2. Who wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
3. Who wrote Pilgrim's Progess?
John Bunyan
4. Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?
Jonathan Swift
5. Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
Daniel Defoe
6. Who wrote Beowulf?
Anonymous Author
7. Who wrote To a Skylark?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
8. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austin
9. Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
Emily Jane Bronte
10. Who wrote Jane Eyre?
Charlotte Bronte
11. Who wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
Anne Bronte
12. Who wrote Protrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
James Joyce
13. Who wrote Lord Jim?
Joseph Conrad
14. Who wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover?
D. H. Lawrence
15. Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
Sir William Golding
16. Who wrote The Hobbit?
J.R.R. Tolkien
17. Who wrote The Wasteland?
T. S. Eliot
18. Who wrote Pygmalion?
George Bernard Shaw
19. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
Geoffery Chaucer
20. Who wrote Essay of Dramatic Poesy?
John Dryden
100 to 90 = A
89 to 80 = B
79 to 70 = C
69 to 60 = D
Below 60 = F
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