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While Reading 4 Which ones are wrong?
Chapter 1 In the story, Christmas time means:
1 What happened first? Put these sentences in a working hard
the right order. Number them 1–12. b being with your family
a He hears the noise of a heavy chain down c reading
below. c d eating and drinking
b Then he goes to his rooms in Marley’s e dancing
old house. c f sleeping a lot
c Bob Cratchit shuts the office. c g playing music
d Scrooge gives them nothing. c Chapter 3
e After Fred leaves, two men come into 5 Write the right words from the box.
Scrooge’s office. c
f Fred comes to visit him. c wife sees wine back table takes
g He shuts the door and sits by the fire. c dinner kitchen clothes fruit
h Scrooge has dinner in a cheap eating- fire help goose son
house. c The Ghost of Christmas Now……… Scrooge to
i The two men leave the room. c Bob Cratchit’s house. There he ……… his clerk’s
j They ask him for some money for the family for the first time. Mrs Cratchit is wearing
poor. c her best ……… . She is making ……… and
k He invites Scrooge to dinner. c her son is watching some food on the ……… .
l Scrooge is in his office. c When Bob comes in he has Tiny Tim, his
2 Match A and B. Who says what? youngest ………, on his ……… because the
A B child cannot walk without ……… Bob puts
‘Christmas is a good time – a some ……… in the ………, his ……… brings
kind happy time.’ the ……… from the ……… and they all sit
Scrooge
‘It’s only on Christmas day.’ round the Christmas ……… .
‘I made this chain in my life.’ 6 Write the answers:
Fred
‘Humbug!’ a Mrs Cratchit: ‘How was Tiny Tim in church?’
‘Aren’t there any workhouses for Bob Cratchit: ……………………………….
The two men
the poor?’ b Scrooge: ‘Will Tiny Tim live?’
‘How much will you give us?’ Ghost: ………………………………………
Marley
‘I sat next to you many times in c Scrooge: ‘Are ghosts’ lives very short?’
the days after I died.’ Ghost: ………………………………………
Bob Cratchit
‘Why are you here? You’re d Scrooge: ‘Ghost, are these children yours?’
dead.’ Ghost: ………………………………………
Chapter 2 e Scrooge: ‘Isn’t there a place for these children
3 What’s the right name, Old Scrooge or somewhere?’
Old Fezziwig? Ghost: ………………………………………
a … had three daughters. Chapter 4
b … told everybody at his office to stop work 7 Who says this?
on Christmas Eve. a ‘I’ll follow.’
c … paid his clerk one pound a week. b ‘He’s dead. He can’t use these things.’
d …’s party made everybody very happy. c ‘There was nobody there when he died.’
e … spent Christmas at home without any d ‘We were all afraid of him before he was dead
friends. – but not after.’
e ‘Tiny Tim was very light.’
f ‘Fred never knew Tiny Tim, but he was
unhappy too.’
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Activity worksheets LEVEL 2 Teacher Support Programme
A Christmas Carol Photocopiable
8 Let’s think that Marley comes to visit Scrooge After reading
after the Ghost of Future Christmases leaves. 12 What does each ghost show Scrooge?
In pairs write down the talk between them
Marley’s ghost
and then read it to the other students.
9 At the end of Chapter 4 Scrooge is a changed The ghost of
man. You are Scrooge. Write a letter to the Christmas Past
poor people who have to pay you a lot of The ghost of
money (page 29) to tell them that they can Christmas Now
pay you next year. The ghost of
Dear friends, Christmas
………………………………………………… Future
…………………………………………………
13 A fable is a story that teaches a lesson. The
Best wishes,
lesson in a fable comes at the end of the story.
Scrooge
We call it a ‘moral’.
Chapter 5 A Christmas Carol is a fable. Choose the
10 In Chapter 5 Scrooge does a lot of things for moral that you like best for the story:
the first time. Mark the right (3) ones and the a Our friends and our family are more
wrong (7) ones. important than money.
a Scrooge started singing Christmas carols. c b Money doesn’t make you happy.
b He visited Marley’s ghost and thanked him c It’s important to help the poor.
for the lessons that he taught him. c d Christmas teaches us to be better people.
c He laughed for the first time in many e We can all learn how to be better people.
years. c f Adults can change.
d He bought a big chicken for the g Good food and good schools are very
Cratchits. c important in a child’s life.
e He told the two men to go to his office
the next day because he was wanted to
give them money for the poor. c
f He went to church. c
g He had dinner with the Cratchits. c
h He said ‘Humbug’ again. c
11 At the end of the story Scrooge is a better
person. He now knows that Christmas is a
time to be kind. Make a list of the presents he
can buy for the people that he knows.
Fred
Fred’s wife
Bob Cratchit
Tiny Tim
The two men
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Chapter 1 Chapter 4
1 Ten things are wrong. Find them and make them 4 Who’s who? Choose the right name from the box.
right. You can use two names twice.
It was seven o’clock on a warm winter afternoon but
Old Joe Mrs Dilber the cleaner
it was already dark. There was a thick smoke in the
the undertaker’s man the washerwoman
streets but Scrooge was in his office near a big fire.
Bob Cratchit Peter Fred Scrooge
Then his uncle Fred came into the office. His face was
the ghost the little Cratchits Tiny Tim
yellow from the cold outside but it had a sad smile.
Scrooge didn’t understand how his nephew could be a ………………… had some clothes and some
happy if he was rich. Fred answered that Christmas books.
was a happy time for him. When he left, two women b ………… wanted to sell …………’s bed-curtains,
came into Scrooge’s office. They asked Scrooge for bedclothes and shirt.
money to buy the poor some clothes. But Scrooge c Very poor people brought things to …………’s
gave them nothing. shop when they wanted to sell them.
d ……………………… was in black.
Chapter 2
e ………… was reading to ………………… very
2 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
quietly.
a Little Fan was Scrooge’s older sister. c
f ……………… walked very fast with ……………
b Mr Fezziwig was a kinder boss than Scrooge. c
on his back.
c Scrooge’s girlfriend left him because he loved
g ……………… met …………… in the street.
another woman. c
h ………… couldn’t see …………………’s face.
d Scrooge’s first name is Ebenezer. c
e Scrooge wanted the Ghost of Past Christmases Chapter 5
to show him more places from his past. c 5 Answer why:
a Why is Scrooge so happy that it’s Christmas day?
Chapter 3
b Why does Scrooge send the Cratchits a goose?
3 What happened first? Put these sentences in the
c Why does Scrooge put on his best clothes?
right order. Number them 1–8.
d Why does he talk to the two men?
a Then he takes him to Fred’s house. c
e Why is Scrooge afraid when he goes to Fred’s
b When he arrives, Scrooge sees that he’s very
house?
different from the Ghost of Past Christmases. c
f Why is Fred so happy when he sees his uncle?
c Scrooge gets ready for the visit of the Ghost of
g Why doesn’t Scrooge say ‘Humbug’ now?
Christmas Now. c
d He also takes Scrooge to hospitals and to
prisons. c
e First the ghost takes Scrooge to the Cratchits’
house. c
f After the visits, Scrooge sees that the ghost
is getting older and older. c
g At twelve, the Ghost of Christmas Now leaves
and a new one arrives. c
h Before leaving, the ghost shows him two
children, a boy and a girl. c
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