level 5 Activity worksheets Teacher Support Programme

A Tale of Photocopiable

While reading 3 Who asks the following questions? What are easystarts Introduction the answers? Explain the situation. 1 Who is who? Write the names from the box a ‘What’s the next case?’ in the right places. ……………………………………………… b ‘Miss Manette, have you seen the prisoner level 2 Dr Manette Gabelle Thomas Carlyle before?’ ……………………………………………… Mr Lorry Lucie c ‘Are you quite sure that it was the prisoner?’ level 3 a ……………… is tried in London as a spy. ……………………………………………… b Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are both d ‘… do you think I like you?’ in love with ……………… . ……………………………………………… level 4 c ……………… goes to Paris with Lucie. e ‘Why have I been so successful and you so d ……………… is a lawyer and he looks like unsuccessful?’ Charles Darnay. ……………………………………………… level 5 e ……………… was a friend of Dickens’s and Chapters 6–8 wrote The French Revolution. 4 Which is the best answer 1, 2 or 3? When f ……………… is Lucie’s father. you have finished, compare your answers with g ……………… is a tax collector. level 6 those of another student. Chapters 1–5 a Who was killed by the Marquis of 2 Are these statements about the information Evrémonde? ….. contained in Chapters 1 and 2 true (T) or not 1) Gaspard. true (NT)? If they are not true, correct them. 2) Gaspard’s wife. a The people in Saint Antoine are very poor. 3) Gaspard’s child. ……………………………………………… b The gold coin was probably thrown back to b Someone drops a barrel of wine and the the Marquis ….. poor people drink it. 1) by accident. ……………………………………………… 2) by someone who hated him. c Monsieur Defarge keeps Dr Manette 3) by someone who admired him. prisoner in his wine shop. c Why does the road mender stare at the ……………………………………………… Marquis’s carriage? ….. d Dr Manette used to work for Monsieur 1) He is hoping for a gold coin. Defarge. 2) He has never seen the Marquis before. ……………………………………………… 3) He sees something under the carriage. e was brought up by . d How does Charles Darnay feel about his ……………………………………………… family? ….. f When Lucie saw her father, he was busy 1) He is ashamed of it. making shoes. 2) He is proud of its achievements. ……………………………………………… 3) He never thinks about it. g The Bastille is a great prison in London. e How does the Marquis feel about his ……………………………………………… nephew? ….. h Lucie’s father had been a prisoner in the 1) He has great affection for him. Bastille. 2) He admires his opinions. ……………………………………………… 3) He despises him. i Lucie’s father remembers a lot about his life f Why does Darnay go to visit Dr Manette? before he was sent to prison. ….. ……………………………………………… 1) Because he is feeling unwell. 2) Because he is in love with his daughter. 3) Because he is looking for a job.

pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 - Activity worksheets 1 of 2 level 5 Activity worksheets Teacher Support Programme

A Tale of Two Cities Photocopiable

Chapters 9–10 c ‘Good day, Jacques!’ easystarts 5 Match the beginnings (A) and endings (B) of ……………………………………………… the sentences. d ‘Then we will take him out into the country for dinner, and all will be well.’ A B ……………………………………………… level 2 a Sydney Carton 1 because he is rich e ‘Work Jacques One, Jacques Two, Jacques laughs and successful. One Thousand …’ b believes 2 because he knows ……………………………………………… level 3 he is a suitable she doesn’t love f ‘Cut open that bed and search it.’ husband for Lucie him. ……………………………………………… c Mr Lorry doesn’t 3 because Stryver level 4 think Stryver tells him he is an 8 Put the following events in the order of the should ask Lucie unpleasant person. time at which they occurred. to marry him a c Darnay reads the letter from Gabelle. b c Darnay is put in prison. level 5 d Sydney Carton tells 4 because he wants c Lucie that he will news of what c Mr Lorry tells Darnay that he is going to do anything for her happened to France. c Gaspard. d The villagers set fire to the castle. level 6 e c Darnay meets Defarge. e Defarge goes to 5 because he is afraid find the road of her. Chapters 17–21 mender 9 Complete the following sentences by filling in f The road mender 6 because the the blanks. feels uneasy in aristocrats don’t a Dr Manette believes he can ……… Darnay ’s see him as a threat. because he (the doctor) used to be a ……… presence in the Bastille. g The road mender 7 because he loves b Lucie feels very ……… of Madame Defarge. is useful to the her. c Every day Lucie goes and stands at a dark and Defarges dirty corner in case her ……… might see her. d Sydney Carton ……… from Lucie and the Chapters 11–16 Doctor. 6 Choose the correct words in italics to e The court says that Darnay was wrong to complete each of the following sentences. ……… to France. a The Defarges knew that Barsad was a spy f Gabelle’s ……… to Darnay is read out in before / after he came to the wine shop. court. b The news of Darnay’s marriage to Lucie g Shortly after his release, four men come to Manette affected Madame Defarge / ……… Darnay again. Monsieur Defarge quite visibly. Chapters 22–27 c had hoped that Lucie would marry 10 Are these statements true (T) or not true her brother / Charles Darnay. (NT)? d Dr Manette fell ill during / after his daughter’s a c Charles Darnay’s mother tries to make wedding. amends for her husband’s cruel acts. 7 Who is speaking? To whom are they speaking? b c Dr Manette accepts a bribe from What are they talking about? Darnay’s father and uncle. a ‘Is anything known of his appearance?’ c c Sydney Carton tells Mr Lorry to wait for ……………………………………………… him before he tries to leave Paris with b ‘You knit with great skill, Madame!’ the Manettes. ……………………………………………… d c Madame Defarge’s brother was killed by the Evrémonde brothers.

pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 A Tale of Two Cities - Activity worksheets 2 of 2 level 5 Progress test Teacher Support Programme

A Tale of Two Cities Photocopiable

1 In which order do the following things happen. b Chapter 6 ….. easystarts Write the numbers 1–10. 1) The hot-headed Gaspard a c Charles Darnay is tried in London for spying on 2) The cold-hearted Marquis British troops. 3) Charles visits his uncle b c Darnay is arrested by the revolutionaries for c Chapter 11 ….. level 2 being an émigré. 1) Barsad tries to help Madame Defarge c c Darnay is drugged in his prison cell. 2) Monsieur Defarge receives shocking news d c Darnay returns to France. 3) Barsad fools Madame Defarge level 3 e c Dr Manette is reunited with his daughter and 4 Are these sentences true (T) or not true (NT)? goes to live in London. a c Manette knew Charles Darnay’s father and f c Dr Manette starts working as a doctor in the mother. level 4 prisons in Paris. b c Mr Stryver and Charles Darnay were rivals for g c Gabelle writes to Darnay asking for his help. the love of Lucie Manette. h c Lucie Manette marries Charles Darnay. c c Lucie Manette felt that her father did not love level 5 i c Sydney Carton gives his identity papers to her. Mr Lorry. d c Carton uses his striking resemblance to Charles j c Sydney Carton tells Lucie that he loves her. Darnay to help Darnay on two occasions. level 6 2 Who is who? Write the names from the box in the e c Charles Darnay is unhappy in England and is right places. Compare your opinion with that of very pleased when he has the opportunity to another student. return to France. Charles Darnay Dr Manette Gaspard f c Madame Defarge is stronger-willed than her Jeremy Cruncher John Barsad Madame Defarge husband. Miss Pross Mr Lorry Sydney Carton 5 Write the words from the box in the right places. The Marquis of Evrémonde aristocratic coincidence disgusted downfall a ……………… is a depressed alcoholic. eighteenth grudge guillotine imprisonment b ……………… is knowledgeable about financial inheritance mercy powerful affairs. The story begins in the last decades of the (a) c ……………… loves Lucie Manette as if she were ……… century, when the poor and oppressed of her own daughter. France were beginning to plan the (b) ……… of the d ……………… is able to use his influence to keep aristocracy. Charles Darnay, a young French aristocrat, Darnay alive in prison. (c) ……… by his family’s treatment of the poor e The first of these characters to die in the story is people around them, renounces his (d) ……… and ……………… . goes to England. He falls in love with a young woman f The character who spent most time in prison is called Lucie Manette and marries her. By strange ……………… . (e) ………, many years previously, Darnay’s father and g The characters who are executed are brother had caused the lengthy (f ) ……… of Lucie’s ……………… and ……………… . father, Dr Manette. The doctor, however, bears no h ……………… helps Carton save Darnay. (g) ……… against Darnay. But in Paris, there are 3 Choose the best alternative title for each of the two (h) ……… revolutionary figures, Monsieur and following chapters. Compare your answers with Madame Defarge, who have reason to hate Darnay’s those of another student. (i) ……… family. And when Darnay returns to Paris a Chapter 2 ….. on an errand of (j) ………, in 1789, during the French 1) Father and daughter are reunited Revolution, the Defarges are determined that he will 2) Mr Lorry die on the (k) ……… . 3) Madame Defarge

pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 A Tale of Two Cities - Progress test 1 of 1