1. Answer the Following Questions

1. Answer the following questions:

1. How is Scrooge´s nephew different from Scrooge?

2. Who is Marley and what is his relationship to Scrooge?

3. What is Marley´s purpose in the story?

4. Which spirit was Scrooge the most terrified of and why?

5. What made Scrooge change? How did he change? (give examples)

6. What do you think Scrooge´s future life will look like?

7. How does Marley differ from Scrooge and how is he similar to him?

8. Describe the atmosphere on Christmas Day in Bob Cranchit´s family.

2. Complete the word „Christmas“ with the words you associate with it.

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3. Use the words from Exercise 2 in sentences.

4. Put the sentences from the text in the correct order

A.The ghost of Christmas Yet to come showed Scrooge Christmas in the future

B. Scrooge bought an enormous turkey for the Crachits.

C. Scrooge arrived to Fred´s house for Christmas dinner.

D. Scrooge doubled Bob Crachit´s wage.

E. Scrooge talked to Marley.

F. Bob asked Scrooge for aday off on Christmas Day.

G. Fred invited Scrooge for dinner.

H. Two gentlemen came in Scrooge´s office to collect money for the poor.

5. Imagine you are Tim Crachit and you are going to write aletter to Father Christmas asking him for Christmas presents you would like to get. Write aletter.

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6. Imagine you have amagic ring and you can change one thing about your past. What would you change and why?

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7. „LOST LETTERS“

Complete the words from the story with the missing letters:

1. _ N _ _ M _ _ _

2. A ______

3. _ P _ _ I _

4. _ I _ _ _ É _

5. P _ O _ _ _ _

6. _ I _ _ _ _ B _ _

7. _ _ U _ _ _ Y

8. _ U _ _ _ Y

8. Find out the names of famous people ( politicians, scientists, writers, ...) who lived in England at the time of Charles Dickens and give some information about them.(at least 2 people)

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9. Roleplay

Do the role-play between Scrooge and Bob Crachit. Choose the roles.

It is Christmas Eve.

A: You are Scrooge.You know that it is Christmas tomorrow and you hate Christmas.

There is alot of work to do and you want Bob Crachit to work overtime tomorrow.

B: You are Bob Crachit. You have never taken aday off before, but you really want to spend

Christmas day with your family. Try to persuade Scrooge to give you aholiday,

but remember that your family would go hungry without the job.

10. Choose one of these projects♣

A. A NEWSPAPER REPORT

1. Think about anewspaper article from 19th century about an interesting event.

2. Find photos or draw pictures.

3. Write ashort article (60-80 words ) about an interesting topic-Victorian life,fashion, life of Charles Dickens, position of children, robbery,..... )

B. „A PICTURE DICTIONARY PAGE“

1. Make „A Christmas Carol“ Picture Vocabulary Page (at least 15 words)

2. Find photos or draw pictures.

3. Write the words next to the pictures and add the pronunciation of them.

C. A CARTOON

1. Make acartoon version of the story „ AChristmas Carol“

2. Draw pictures or find photos.

3. Fill in the bubbles.

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11. Crossword

Try to find these words:

M D D S N I A H C
T I M E R U T U F
E N S N T L Y M H
S N A E U R K B G
I E N O R M O U S
M R T O K A Z G I
O J S S E L B O C
R O O P Y R C L K
P I N V I T E D E

SORRY, MISERABLE, ENORMOUS, BLESS, MEAN, TURKEY, PROMISE, DINNER,CHAINS, HUMBUG, GOLD, FUTURE,SICK, TIME, INVITED, CRY,DIE, POOR

12. Find the synonyms of these adjectives in the text

very unhappy

not generous

unkind

feeling shame and embarrassement

very scared

very big

happy

wealthy

weird

nice, friendly

13. Work in pairs.

One of you is areporter who moved in a„time machine“ ahundred and fifty years ago.

You are in London bringing the information live from its streets for the TV spectators

in Slovakia. The other one is anewsreader talking to the reporter and questioning him

about the situation in London at that time.