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Page 22 – Exercises 3 & 4 Page 35 – Exercise 3
Open answers. 1. Uriah Heep is Mr Wickfield’s clerk.
Charles Dickens 2. Doctor Strong’s young wife is very
beautiful.

David
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3. Mr Dick likes playing children’s

Copperfield
Page 27 – Exercise 1 games.
1. money 2. Mrs Micawber 4. Doctor Strong has a boys’ school.
3. run away 4. only relative 5. bad 5. The teachers’ wages are high.
people 6. (small) cottage 7. excellent 6. What’s Mr Wickfield’s daughter’s
8. believe name? or What’s the name of Mr
Wickfield’s daughter?
Page 27 – Exercise 2
Page 35 – Exercise 4
1. H 2. D 3. B 4. F 5. E
1. like a pig 2. like a swan 3. like a
Page 28 – Exercise 3 monkey 4. like a lion 5. like a
K E Y T O T H E E X E R C I S E S A N D E X I T T E S T 1. E 2. F 3. D 4. G 5. C 6. I 7. H hippopotamus 6. like a robot
8. B
Open answers.
Child Labour
Charles Dickens and ‘David Copperfield’ 1. carrier 2. people 3. parcels
Page 29 – Exercise 4
4. horse 5. spend 6. saved 7. Peggoty Page 38 – Exercise 1
Page 7 – Exercise 1 8. cooked 9. cleaned 10. message 1. Let’s buy him some new clothes.
2. Let’s wash him and put him to bed. 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. B
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. A Page 16 – Exercise 4 8. B
3. Let’s fly my kite on the cliffs.
8. B 9. C 10. B
Open answer. 4. Let’s call him ‘Trotwood’. Page 38 – Exercise 2
5. Let’s go to Canterbury.
Before you read Open answers.
Part Two Page 29 – Exercise 5
Page 10 – Exercise 1
Page 21 – Exercise 1 1. Rochester 2. Chatham 3. Faversham Part Five
1. d 2. m 3. g 4. b 5. h 6. l 7. e
4. Canterbury 5. Folkestone
8. k 9. i 10. c 11. a 12. f 13. j Possible answers: Page 42 – Exercise 1
1. Because he didn’t answer the
Part Four 1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. C
Part One questions.
2. He bit Mr Murdstone’s hand. Page 42 – Exercise 2
Page 34 – Exercise 1
Page 15 – Exercise 1 3. Peggoty. 1. Doctors’ Commons
4. ‘Be careful - he bites.’ Possible answers:
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C 2. Crupp
5. Traddles and Steerforth. 1. In Canterbury.
3. Highgate
Page 15 – Exercise 2 6. There was a new baby. 2. He was Mr Wickfield’s clerk.
4. 18 (years old)
1. fisherman 2. nephew 3. uncle 7. ‘She’s dead.’ 3. Doctor Strong.
5. 10.30
4. hero 5. servant 8. To London. 4. Yes, he was.
5. Uriah began to have a strange power Page 43 – Exercise 3
Page 16 – Exercise 3 Page 21 – Exercise 2 over Mr Wickfield. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B
If the spelling of an answer is not 1. gave/forgot 2. bit/hit 3. sent/put 6. Mr and Mrs Micawber.
correct, it will receive a mark if the word 4. took/bought 5. died/was 7. (At an inn) in London. Page 43 – Exercise 4
is recognisable. 6. cried/heard 8. He wanted to meet the fishermen. 1. on 2. to 3. at 4. on 5. with
Page 34 – Exercise 2 6. about 7. with 8. in 9. of 10. from
1. D 2. F 3. B 4. H 5. G

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Part Six Page 60 – Exercise 2 5. He was happy. 2. Aunt Betsey and Traddles.
1. 1839 2. 1841 3. Canada 4. Notes 6. He planned to emigrate to Australia 3. He stayed in the room.
Page 48 – Exercise 1 with Emily. 4. Uriah’s notebook.
5. Christmas Carol
1. No, she wasn’t. 5. In the fireplace.
2. Traddles and Mr and Mrs Micawber. Page 61 – Exercise 3 Page 76 – Exercise 2
6. Because he was afraid of prison.
3. No, he wasn’t. 1. (The) County Hotel 2. (The) Thai Here are some possible questions: 7. She gave him some money.
4. A letter from Emily. House 3. Zizi’s 4. (The) Fish Café 1. Where did Steerforth take Emily? 8. Yes, they were.
5. He destroyed the boat. 5. (The) Thruway Hotel 2. Who was Littimer?
6. No, they weren’t. 3. Why did Martha help Mr Peggoty? Page 84 – Exercise 2
7. He decided to look for Emily in all Page 61 – Exercise 4 4. Where did they find Emily? 1. June 9th 2. 58 3. edited magazines
the countries of Europe. 1. in 2. a 3. and 4. wrote 5. there 5. Why did Rosa Dartle shout at Emily? 4. (John) Forster 5. (Peter) Ackroyd
8. No, he wasn’t. 6. in 7. would 8. to 9. Are 6. What did Mr Peggoty do?
Page 85 – Exercise 3
10. will/could/would/might 7. How did Ham feel?
Page 48 – Exercise 2 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B
1. friend 2. James 3. mother 4. house Page 77 – Exercise 3
Dickens and Education Page 86 – Exercise 4
5. Oxford 6. (personal) servant 1. rescue 2. search 3. vanish
7. France, Germany 4. emigrate 5. faint 6. gossip 7. steal 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. D
Page 64 – Exercise 1 8. C
8. earn 9. manage 10. warn
Page 49 – Exercise 3 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B
Page 78 – Exercise 4 Page 86 – Exercise 5
1. lighthouse 2. nets 3. harbour 8. C 9. B 10. A
4. chips 5. horizon 6. castle 7. port 1. Gad’s Hill Place 2. 1856 3. actress Open answers.
8. waves 9. ocean 10. crab Part Nine 4. separated 5. (public) readings
Page 78 – Exercise 5 Part Twelve
Page 69 – Exercise 1
Part Seven 1. on 2. It 3. by 4. well or easily Page 92 – Exercise 1
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. A
Page 54 – Exercise 1 5. very 6. is 7. but 8. from 9. is 1. A 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. C
Page 69 – Exercise 2 10. to
1. picnic 2. goddess 3. jealous Page 92 – Exercise 2
4. rich, young woman 5. secret 6. lost 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B
Part Eleven 1. broke/ran 2. blew/sank
7. marry 8. aunts Page 71 – Exercise 3 3. Did/know 4. was/died
Page 54 – Exercise 2 1. C 2. A 3. G 4. B 5. E Page 84 – Exercise 1 5. travelled/thought 6. forgot/began
1. a diamond ring 2. a box of Possible answers: 7. knew/loved 8. agreed
Page 71 – Exercise 4
chocolates 3. a Valentine’s card 1. A hypocrite, a serpent, a dishonest
Open answers. man, a liar.
4. a pearl necklace 5. a text message
Page 55 – Exercise 3 Part Ten
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. B
8. A Page 76 – Exercise 1
Possible answers:
Page 55 – Exercise 4 1. Aunt Betsey told David not to
Open answer. criticise her.
2. He asked one of Emily’s friends,
Part Eight Martha, to help him.
3. One day, the friend found David and
Page 60 – Exercise 1 took him to Martha’s room.
1. D 2. C 3. H 4. B 5. F 6. G 7. E 4. Rosa Dartle was in the room.

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1 Answer these questions about Charles Dickens and David Copperfield. 0. A. happy B. sad C. rich
1. A. kind B. cruel C. friendly
0. Where was Charles Dickens born? Portsmouth. 2. A. in Dover B. in prison C. at school
1. When was he born? ................................................................................. 3. A. market B. factory C. shop
2. What did Dickens call David Copperfield? ............................................. 4. A. daughter B. sister C. wife
3. Where did Dickens work as a young boy? ............................................... 5. A. Uriah Heep B. Mr Micawber C. Traddles
4. Why did Dickens’s father go to prison? .................................................. 6. A. increased B. found C. lost
5. What are the three places where the story takes place? .......................... 7. A. teacher B. fisherman C. lawyer
6. Which person in the novel is a famous comic character? ....................... 8. A. went to Australia B. died in bed C. drowned
7. Which character is a hypocrite? .............................................................. 9. A. friends with B. afraid of C. in control of
8. Who was the queen during the lifetime of Dickens? ............................... 10. A. secrets B. mother C. future plans
9. Was Britain weak and poor at that time? ................................................ 11. A. five years B. two years C. six months
10. Which section of society does Dickens defend in his novels? ................ 12. A. Jip B. Peggoty C. Agnes

2 Read the summary of the story below and choose the correct answer for 3 What do you think? Are these statements about the story true or false?
each space 1-12. Write the correct letter, A, B or C, in each space.
True False
David Copperfield was a (0) A child until his mother married 0. Aunt Betsey was a kind person. T
Mr Murdstone. His new ‘father’ was (1) … to David but luckily his nurse,
1. David’s mother was right to marry Mr Murdstone.
Peggoty, helped David. David had a bad time (2) … but he found a new
2. Miss Murdstone was similar in character to her brother.
friend there, Steerforth. After David’s mother died, Mr Murdstone sent him
to work in a (3) … in London. This was a terrible time. 3. Mr Peggoty and his family were poor but kind.
Finally, David ran away to Dover to Aunt Betsey. She helped him and he went to 4. Mr Murdstone chose a good school for David.
a good school in Canterbury. He lived with Mr Wickfield and his (4) …, Agnes. 5. It was easy for David to escape to Dover.
He also met (5) …, an unpleasant, sinister man who worked for Mr Wickfield. 6. David enjoyed his life in Canterbury.
Later, David worked in London and fell in love with Dora Spenlow. More 7. David’s biggest mistake was to take Steerforth to Yarmouth.
difficult times followed. Aunt Betsey (6) … her money and Uriah Heep gained 8. Mr Wickfield was the victim of Uriah Heep.
a lot of power over Mr Wickfield. Finally, David and Dora got married. 9. Ham didn’t love Emily.
There was another problem for David. His friend Steerforth came from a
10. David Copperfield found true happiness with Agnes.
rich family but he ran away with Emily, the niece of Mr Peggoty, an honest
(7) … . Steerforth didn’t really love Emily and David helped Mr Peggoty to

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find her. Later, Steerforth (8) … .
In Canterbury, Agnes was very unhappy. Uriah Heep wanted to marry her K E Y T O T H E E X I T T E S T
and her father was (9) … Uriah. Luckily Mr Micawber, an old friend, was
working for Uriah and knew his (10) … . David was able to defeat Uriah 1 1. In 1812. 2. ‘My favourite child’. 2 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. C
3. In a factory. 4. Because he owed 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. B
Heep and Aunt Betsey got her money back. However, poor Dora died and
money. 5. London, Canterbury 12. C
David travelled abroad for (11) … . When he returned, he married (12) … and Yarmouth. 6. Mr Micawber.
who had always loved him. They were very happy. 7. Uriah Heep. 8. Queen Victoria. 3 Probable answers:
9. No, it was rich and powerful. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. T
10. The poor. 7. T 8. T 9. F 10. T

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