Use Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, Past Simple Active, Past Simple Passive, Past Progressive, Past Perfect: Charles Dickens 1 (be) a famous English novelist.
Charles 2 (bear) in 1812 in Portsmouth.
By the age of 15 he 3(learn) to work as a newspaper reporter.
In 1836 the writer 4(publish) his first book.
While he 5 (write) Oliver Twist, his fame 6 (spread) all around England.
The writer 6 (die) at the age of fifty-eight.
Nowadays his books 7 (already, publish) in the world.
And you 8(write) Dicken’s biography now.