CHAPTER 2comprehension
CHAPTER 2comprehension
CHAPTER 2comprehension
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Answer the following questions.
1. How did Oliver spend his first night away from the workhouse?
4. What did Oliver think when he saw the pile of purses on the table in Fagin’s place?
5. What did the old man at the bookstall do when he realised that his purse was
missing?
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Match 1-5 with a-e to make sentences. Write a-e in the boxes.
1. With his penny, Oliver a. steal from people in the street.
2. Fagin had trained the Dodger how
b. stole the old gentleman’s purse.
to
3. At the bookstall, the Dodger c. found a place to stay, but also got into a lot of trouble.
4. The words ‘Plummy and slam’ d. bought some bread.
e. were some kind of secret code for Fagin and his
5. With Fagin and the Dodger, Oliver
friends.
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Match the two columns to make expressions.
1. earn a. to time
2. take b. under a roof
3. look c. one’s own living
4. have d. no notice
5. sleep e. no idea
6. from time f. like
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Vocabulary
4
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.
1. Mr Jones is one of the most RESPECT men in our neighbourhood.
2. Mario got bored listening to his travelling COMPANY talking throughout the
journey.
3. The students watched in AMAZE their two classmates beating each other.
4. He was watching TV when he SUDDEN heard a strange noise in the garden.
5. Janet was SHOCK when she heard the bad news.
6. The burglar managed to get out of the house SEE .
7. Stewart is a very hard WORK so his boss gave him a raise this year.
8. It rained all night and all the streets are MUD .
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Follow-up activities
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Discuss.
1. Judging from what has happened so far, do you think that Oliver’s decision to leave
the workhouse was right? Why / Why not?
2. What do you think Fagin and the Dodger want Oliver for?
3. How do you feel about thieves and pickpockets?
4. What do you think will happen to Oliver?
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Imagine you are the old gentleman whose purse got stolen. Make a report to the
police giving a detailed description of the boy who you think stole the purse and
explaining what exactly happened. (60-80 words)
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