Class 7:2 & 7:4 Week 11

DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS

  

TASK 1

  


I. Read the Introduction and answer these questions about Charles Dickens:


  1. When did Charles Dickens live?
  2. In which country did he live?
  3. What other books did he write?
  4. What are Dickens's books about?
  5. How old was Dickens when he wrote David Copperfield?
  6. Did Dickens have a sad or a happy life, do you think? Why? (write at least 30 words)

  

II. Look at the Word List at the back of the book. Find these words in a dictionary and translate them into Swedish:



cart (old-fashioned)         


rub

carriage (old-fashioned)


scar

coach (old-fashioned)


deceive

complain


shorthand

cruel


rope

gentleman


shilling (old-fashioned)

manage


clerk

servant


donkey (see p. 27)

stepfather


humble

stepmother


lawyer

owe






III. Read Chapters 1 & 2 and answer:


A. Does David like:       

Peggotty                                             yes/no


Mr Peggotty's home                         yes/no


Mr Murdstone                                     yes/no


Miss Murdstone                                   yes/no


the sea                                                yes/no


Little Emily                                          yes/no


his lessons                                         yes/no



B. Who do these words describe? Match the description on the left with the name on the right:


a. Clara's only friend                                                    1. Miss Trotwood

b. wants to be rich                                                        2. Mrs Copperfield

c. David's father's aunt                                                3. Peggotty

d. weak and childlike                                                   4. Mr Murdstone

e. a kind man                                                                 5. Mrs Gummidge

f. angry and cruel                                                           6. Little Emily

g. always unhappy                                                         7. Mr Peggotty



C. You are David. Tell the boy at your new school about your life. Write between 50-100 words.


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