The Pickwick Papers. Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens. Step Three B1.2

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1 READING & TRAINinG.WEB k e y t o t h e e x e r c i c e s Step Three B1.2 Charles Dickens Page 5 activity 1 1 A 1827 He began work as an office boy for a firm of lawyers. B 1835 He started publishing novels. C 1836 He married Catherine Hogarth. D He died. 2 A Portsmouth He was born here. B London He grew up here. C prison When Dickens was 12 years old, his father was sent to prison for debt. D factory When Dickens was 12 years old, he was sent to work in a factory. E firm of lawyers In 1827 he began work as an office boy for a firm of lawyers. F Italy He wrote about his travel experiences in Italy. 3 He had strong political views. He was against slavery and capital punishment, and he thought that the government and the rich should help the poor. Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers KEY TO THE EXERCICES AND EXIT TEST Chapter One Page 8 activity 1 1 carriage 2 propose a toast 3 cheer 4 pour 5 wealthy 6 fist 7 drunk 8 plump 9 bald Page 8 activity 2 1 Pickwick 2 friends 3 Tupman 4 Winkle 5 Snodgrass England 8 six Page 15 activity 1 1 B 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 B 6 A 7 A Page 16 activity 2 1 plump 2 generous 3 brilliant 4 observant 5 bald Page 16 activity 3 Across 3 propose a toast 5 punch 7 raise 8 glare Down 1 clap 2 toss a coin 4 step 6 cheer Page 17 activity 4/A 1 F 2 A 3 H 4 B 5 G 6 C 7 E 8 D Page 17 activity 4/B Chapter TWO Page 18 activity 1 1 A 2 B 3 B 5 B 6 A 7 B Page 18 activity 2 Suggested answers 1 All the people are snobs. 2 They think they are all more important than the others. 3 He had very little money, and he hoped to marry Mrs Badger. 4 She noticed that Jingle was younger and more handsome than Doctor Slammer. 5 Because Mrs Badger and Jingle danced for too long. Page 25 activity 1 Suggested answers 1 He sent him to Mr Winkle s room. 2 The army officer said that a man wearing the blue coat of the Pickwick Club insulted Doctor Slammer. Mr Winkle wanted to defend the honour of the coat. 3 He didn t know how to shoot a gun. 4 Doctor Slammer realised that Mr Winkle was not Jingle. 5 He was full of admiration for Mr Winkle s sense of honour. 6 Doctor Slammer met Jingle and wanted to challenge him to a duel. 7 He was one of the actors who performed in the play for General Bulder. 8 He wanted to punch him on the nose. Page 25 activity 2 5 second 4 honour 6 hotel 9 Doctor Slammer 7 shoot 1 duel 8 turned 3 mistake 2 Lieutenant Tappleton Page 26 activity 3 1 as important as 2 less handsome 3 more important than 4 as young as 5 older than 6 as frightened as Chapter THREE Page 26 activity 1 1 E 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 D Page 33 activity 1 1 B Mr Pickwick did not find love at Manor Farm. 2 B He is a servant. 3 A 5 B When Joe shook the tree, five or six birds flew out. However, Mr Winkle shot Mr Tupman s arm by accident. 6 A 7 B They carried him back to the house. 9 A 10 A Page 33 activity 2 Page 34 activity 3 1 Championship 2 Match 3 courses 4 football 5 kick 6 rugby 7 touch 8 tennis 9 cycling Page 35 activity 4 Page 35 Internet Project Chapter FOUR Page 42 activity 1 1 kissing 2 angry 3 Rachael s 4 didn t want to 5 dreaming 6 Emily 7 didn t get married 8 bad 2

2 k e y t o t h e e x e r c i c e s k e y t o t h e e x e r c i c e s Page 42 activity 1 When they were kissing, Rachael suddenly cried. 2 Speak up, please. 3 He is after her money. 4 Jingle and Rachael eloped. 5 Tupman lent Jingle some money until the following day. 6 Jingle whispered to Rachael during lunch. Page 43 activity 3 1 carriages 2 journey 3 miles 4 railway 5 passengers 6 trains 7 electric 8 buses 9 airplane Page 43 activity 4 Chapter FIVE Page 44 activity 1 1 catch up with 2 ride, racing 3 full speed 4 accident 5 crash 6 bump 7 hurt 8 catch Page 44 activity 2 1 B They travelled for three hours. 2 A 3 B Jingle laughed at them, and his carriage raced off towards London. 4 B It was raining, and they were very wet by the time they reached the hotel. 5 A Page 51 activity 1 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 B Page 52 activity 2 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 C 5 A 6 C 7 B 8 B Page 52 activity 3 Chapter SIX Page 53 activity 1 1 B 2 E 3 D 4 C 5 A Page 53 activity 2 1 Sam Weller 2 Mrs Bardell 3 expensive 4 love 5 marry 6 Mr Pickwick 7 helpful 8 boy 9 fainted Page 59 activity 1 1 A 2 B She went back to her room. 3 B He asked if it was much more expensive to keep two people than to keep one. 5 B He asked questions about payment, clothes and the job. 6 A 7 A 8 B But his friends didn t seem to be listening. Page 59 activity 2 1 doubtfully 2 intend 3 embarrassed 4 sensible 5 amazed 6 employ Page 60 activity 3 1 I have no idea why she acted like that. 2 Never mind that now. 3 Sam s job will be to take care of me and these gentlemen. 4 The Blues take every opportunity to criticise the Buffs. 5 Mr Winkle kept noticing things that reminded him of Arabella. Page 60 activity 4 1 an old man a young man 2 assistant valet 3 Scotland England 4 a part-time position a full-timeposition 5 start next month start immediately 6 twenty pounds twelve pounds 7 a month a year 8 three suits two suits 9 Goswell Square Goswell Street 10 Rochester London Chapter SEVEN Page 61 activity 1 1 F 2 J 3 D 4 G 5 A 6 I 7 C 8 E 9 H 10 G Page 61 activity 2 1 crowd 2 Slumkey 3 agent 4 candidate 5 Buff 6 voters 7 mayor Page 67 activity 1 1 A 2 B Mr Perker paid me to do the same for the Blue Party, you know. 3 B It was the Blue Party. 5 B Mr Pickwick looked at him in amazement. 6 B When you get out in the square, shake the hands of the men, and, if you see a baby, ask how old it is and kiss it. 7 B The crowd broke into such loud cheering (among Buff voters) and booing (among Blue voters) that no one could hear Mr Fizkin s speech, but no one seemed to care. 9 A 10 A Page 67 activity 2 Page 67 activity 3 1 newspapers 2 reporter 3 journalist 4 weekly 5 copies 6 printing 7 political 8 reports 9 news 10 education 11 novels 12 magazine Dossier Page 72 activity 1 1 Only men from the upper classes All men over twenty-one and women over thirty All British people over the age of twenty-one, male and female 2 education, jobs and women s vote 3 Girls of the working class had very little formal education, and middleand upper-class girls were only taught things that would help them find husbands. 4 People moved from the countryside to the cities, and they worked in factories. The education of poorer people improved. 5 Factory workers lived in cheap houses in crowded, dirty, poor neighbourhoods. Dickens and other writers wrote about their miserable living conditions. 6 Britain ruled a quarter of the world s population. Chapter Eight Page 73 activity 1 1 C 2 A 3 C 5 A 6 B Page 80 activity 1 1 B 2 A 3 C 4 C 5 B 6 C Page 81 activity 2 1 court 2 law office 3 lawyers 4 legal 5 case 6 judge 7 trial 8 lose 3 4

3 k e y t o t h e e x e r c i c e s k e y t o t h e e x e r c i c e s Page 81 activity 3 1 Hello Sam! Can you help me? David is coming to see me this weekend. 2 Hi, John. Yes, I ve heard about that. Why don t we go to that rock concert on Saturday? He loves music. 3 No, that s no good. He doesn t like rock music. 4 Oh, really? Well, what about going to the new Aquapark on Saturday? 5 Good idea! Would you like to come with us? 6 Fine! Let s meet at 10 o clock on Saturday in front of the entrance. Then we could watch a film in the evening. 7 That sounds fantastic. See you on Saturday then! 8 Bye! Chapter Nine Page 82 activity 1 1 C 2 E 3 D 4 B 5 A Page 82 activity 2 1 A 2 B He waited by the back door. 3 A 5 A 6 B Job was not there. The door opened, but instead of Job there was the headmistress... 7 A Page 88 activity 1 1 B 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 B 7 A 8 C Page 89 activity 2 1 lay 2 lock 3 dressing gown 4 damp 5 footsteps 6 headmistress 7 boarding school 8 handsome Page 89 activity 1A 1 B 2 C 3 A Page 89 activity 1B 1 does like 2 is like 3 do look like 4 are like 5 is like 6 do like Chapter Ten Page 90 activity 1 1 A 2 C 3 B 4 C 5 A 6 C Page 97 activity 1 1 B Mr Pickwick arrived at Mr Nupkins s house with his three friends and Sam half an hour later. 2 B Mr Nupkins was a large, welldressed man. 3 B Mrs Nupkins wore a brown wig and a large, pink hat. Her daughter looked exactly like her, except for the hat and the wig. 4 B I don t believe it! cried Miss Nupkins. 5 B And, if you don t believe us, said Mr Pickwick, you can write to my friend Mr Wardle on Manor Farm... 6 B When he saw the Pickwickians, he went pale. 7 A 9 A 10 A Page 97 activity 2 Page 98 activity 3 1 B 2 C 3 D 5 C 6 B 7 D 8 B 9 A 10 C Chapter Eleven Page 99 activity 1 1 C 2 D 3 B 5 E Page 106 activity 1 1 evening morning 2 relaxed pale and nervous 3 July June 4 The answer was no. The answer was yes. 5 cheaper more expensive 6 always never 7 forty thirty 8 innocent guilty September August Page 107 activity 2 1 want to go 2 had seen 3 you want to come 4 Do you prefer 5 where it was Chapter Twelve Page 108 activity 1 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 C Page 115 activity 1 drunk, hat, offered, private, persuade, secretly, wedding, moved, debt, prison Page 115 activity 2 Page 116 activity 3 1 What a nice day! 2 What awful weather! 3 What a nice surprise! 4 What an interesting speech! 5 What a boring film! 6 What an exciting journey! Page 116 activity 4 Page 117 activity 5 1 B 2 C 3 B 4 D 5 A 6 C 7 B 8 B 9 A 10 B Page 118 Internet Project Chapter thirteen Page 118 activity 1 1 pity 2 owe 3 forgive 4 cough 5 gentle Page 124 activity 1 1 C 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 A 6 B Adjectives What they refer to Opposite huge the prison tiny dark rooms in the prison light cold the prison in winter hot poor people in the prison rich/wealthy crowded the prison empty smelly rooms in the prison scented/fragrant/fresh/ perfumed lonely Mr Pickwick in company miserable Mr Pickwick happy drunk other prisoners sober unpleasant other prisoners pleasant 5 6

4 k e y t o t h e e x e r c i c e s E X I T T E S T Page 125 activity 2 1 Characters Do you remember these characters from the story? Write their names next to each sentence. 1 He loves observing human nature She has a house on Goswell Street He is middle-aged and loves girls He is thin and has a passion for poetry He is an actor and wears a green coat He is tall, young and comes from a rich family She is thin, in her fifties and likes Mr Tupman He is a fat boy who is always sleepy Clothes and accessories Do you remember why these pieces of clothing and accessories are important in the book? 1 green coat 5 brown wig AFTER READING Page 126 activity 1 A 6 B 3 C 9 D 5 E 1 F 11 G 12 H 10 I 2 J 7 K 8 L 4 Page 127 activity 2 Open asnwers. 2 blue coat 3 dressing gown 4 two suits 6 pink hat 7 white wig 8 purple suit 3 Places Why are these places important in the story? 1 Goswell Street, London 2 Rochester, Kent 3 Manor Farm, Dingley Dell 4 White Hart Inn, London 5 Eatanswill 6 Bury St Edmunds 7 Ipswich 8 The Fleet Prison, London 2011 Black Cat, Genoa, London Photocopiable 2011 Black Cat 7 8

5 E X I T T E S T E X I T T E S T 4 Summary Read the summary of the chapters and put them in the correct order. 9 A B C D E F G H The Pickwickians go to a town called Eatanswill to see the election. Mr Pickwick s friend, Mr Perker is the agent of one of the candidates. They learn a lot about politics here and go back to London. The prison is a miserable place and Mr Pickwick suffers a lot here. His friends try to convince him to leave because both Mr Winkle and Mr Snodgrass wants to get married and needs his help. Sam moves in to keep Mr Pickwick company. They follow Jingle to another town called Ipswich, where they learn that he pretends to be someone called Captain Fitz-Marshall. He is planning to marry a young girl from a good family. Mr Pickwick and his friends go to the girl s family to tell them the truth about Jingle. There Sam falls in love with the family s servant girl. The Pickwickians and their friends from Manor Farm go to Dingle Dell to see a cricket match. They meet Jingle and invite him back to the house. He learns that Mr Tupman and Rachael Wardle are in love, and he lies to Rachael about Mr Tupman. Later he elopes with Rachael. The Pickwickians go back to London for the trial. Mr Pickwick loses the case and he has to pay Mrs Bardell damages of 750. Mr Pickwick thinks he is innocent and does not want to pay the damages. He is sent to the Fleet Prison for Debtors. Mr Pickwick decides to employ Sam Weller as his valet. He asks his landlady, Mrs Bardell if it is possible to keep another person in the house. Mrs Bardell misunderstands it and thins that he wants to marry her. Mr Pickwick forms a club with his friends and starts travelling around England. On their way to Kent they meet a young actor called Jingle. Mr Pickwick meets and helps Jingle in the prison. Jingle apologises to Mr Pickwick, who forgives him and helps him to get a new job. Later Mr Perker convinces Mr Pickwick to pay the damages and leave the prison. Mr Pickwick goes to the wedding of Mr Snodgrass and Emily, and persuades Mr Winkle s father to accept Arabella. Later they all go to the wedding of Sam and Mary. In November 1827 they hold the last meeting of the Pickwick Club where everyone cheers their leader, Mr Pickwick. Photocopiable 2011 Black Cat I J K L M Mr Pickwick tries to stop Jingle from eloping with the girl. However, Jingle and his valet lie to them again and tell him to go to the girl s boarding school. At the school they think that Mr Pickwick is a strange and dangerous man, and Sam has to save him from the police. The Pickwickians go to stay with their friend called Mr Wardle at Manor Farm. The gentlemen, except for Mr Pickwick fall in love with a woman during the first dinner. When they go out shooting, Mr Winkle accidentally shoots Mr Tupman. Mr Pickwick and Mr Wardle follow Jingle and Rachael to London. Here they find them in a hotel where they also meet a servant called Sam Weller. They pay 120 to Jingle to get Rachael back. Mr Tupman and Jingle go to a dance in the hotel. Here they get into trouble because Jingle dances a lady. This makes another man angry, and he challenges Jingle to a duel. Mr Pickwick receives a letter saying that Mrs Bardell is taking him to court. She thinks that Mr Pickwick promised to marry her. They have a month until the trial so they decide to spend some time in a nice town called Bury St Edmunds. Here they see Jingle again, whose valet tells them the he wants to elope with another girl. Photocopiable 2011 Black Cat 10

6 k e y t o t h e e x i t t e s t 1 Characters 1 Mr Samuel Pickwick 2 Mrs Bardell 3 Mr Tracy Tupman 4 Mr Augustus Snodgrass 5 Alfred Jingle 6 Mr Nathaniel Winkle 7 Miss Rachael Wardle 8 Joe, the servant 2 Clothes and accessories 1 Jingle has a green coat. 2 The official coat of the Pickwick Club. When Jingle and Mr Tupman go to the dance in the hotel in Rochester, they borrow Mr Winkle s blue coat. 3 When Mr Pickwick goes to catch Jingle in the boarding school, the headmistress opens the door in her dressing gown instead of Job. 4 Mr Pickwick offers two suits to his valet, Sam Weller. 5 Mrs Nupkins wears a brown wig. 6 Mrs Nupkins wears a pink hat. 7 Judge Stairleigh, the judge wears a white wig. 8 When Jingle is coming out of the Angel Hotel, he is followed by a servant in a purple suit. 3 Places 1 Mrs Pickwick lives here in Mrs Bardell s house. 2 The Pickwickians first journey takes them to Rochester, Kent. They meet Jingle on the way to Rochester. 3 The Pickwickians visit their friends, the Wardle family here. Mr Tupman, Mr Winkle and Mr Snodgrass fall in love at the farm. 4 Mr Pickwick and Mr Wardle find Miss Rachael Wardle and Jingle in the hotel. They also meet Sam Weller, the servant here. 5 The Pickwickians go to Eatanswill to meet Mr Perker and see the local elections. 6 Before Mr Pickwick s trial the Pickwickians go to spend some time in Bury St Edmunds. They meet Jingle again. 7 They follow Jingle to Ipswich where he tries to marry a young, rich girl. Sam meets Mary, a servant girl here, and they fall in love. 8 Mr Picwick is sent to the Fleet Prison after his trial. 4 Summary 1 G 2 L 3 J 4 D 5 K 6 F 7 A 8 M 9 I 10 C 11 E 12 B 13 H 2011 Black Cat, Genoa, London 11

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