Oliver Twist

by
Charles Dickens

Copyright Helbling Languages 2013

Before Reading Activities

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1 c)

2 a) hungry, b) tired, c) clever, d) innocent

3 a)

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4 a) 3, b) 2, c) 4, d) 1

5 a) Dislike, b) Like, c) Dislike, d) Dislike

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1 1 c), 2 d), 3 f), 4 b), 5 a), 6 e)

2 a) thief, b) orphan, c) servant

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3 1 d), 2 h), 3 c), 4 f), 5 a), 6 e), 7 g), 8 b)

4 a) wedding ring, b) cloak, c) portrait, d) soup, e) knife, f) watch,

handkerchief, pocket

Oliver Twist
Fagin
Page 23
He has an ugly face. He has bushy eyebrows, grey eyes, small ears and a
large nose. He has dirty red hair and a long beard. He is wearing an old
brown coat.

Game
Page 25
The boys are stealing things from Fagin’s pockets. In fact they are practising
their skills as pickpockets.

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Mr Brownlow
Page 28
Mr Brownlow is a kind, quiet person. He is very honest and fair.

Oliver
Page 31
Fagin, Bill Sikes, Nancy, and the Dodger are looking for Oliver. They don’t
want him to tell the police about them.

Money
Page 32
£3.25

Old Sally
Page 40
She is the old nurse who looked after Oliver when he was a baby.

Characters
Page 47
Mr Bumble was the head of the workhouse. Mrs Corney was the mistress of
the workhouse who later married Mr Bumble. Old Sally was the nurse who
stole some gold jewellery from Oliver’s mother. Monks is the man who wanted
Fagin to make Oliver become a pickpocket.

Oliver
Page 51
Monks was paying Fagin to find Oliver. He was paying Fagin to teach Oliver
to become a thief. Monks had information and proof about Oliver’s mother, but
he threw this away. Monks has Oliver’s money. Monks wants Oliver to go to
prison. Monks wants to kill Oliver. Monks is Oliver’s brother.

Help
Page 56
Nancy tried to stop Fagin from beating Oliver. She contacted Rose and told
her about the plan that Monks had for Oliver. She gave Mr Brownlow a
description of Monks.

Truth
Page 57
Fagin is not telling the whole truth. Nancy told Mr Brownlow about Monks but
she refused to betray Fagin and Sikes.

Explanation
Page 59
Oliver is Monks’s younger half-brother. Monks’s father and mother separated
after he was born. Monks’s father met a young woman called Agnes and fell
in love with her. He died before they could get married. Monks’s mother
destroyed the new will so that Monks could have all his father’s money.

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Fagin and his gang
Page 60
Nancy was dead, murdered by Sikes. Fagin and the Dodger were in prison.
Crackit and Charley Bates were hiding from the police. Sikes was killed trying
to escape.

After Reading Activities

Comprehension
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1 a) T, b) F, c) T, d) F, e) T, f) F, g) T, h) F, i) T, j) T, k) F, l) F, m) T, n) F, o)
T, p) F

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2 a) 5, b) 2, c) 1, d) 4, e) 3

3 a) 3, b) 5, c) 4, d) 1, e) 2

Characters
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1
Nancy: pale, helpful, anxious
Mr Brownlow: elderly, respectable, quiet
Sikes: powerful, violent, rough

2 a) sad, b) angry, c) tired, d) thankful, e) horrified

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3 a) Jack Dawkins, b) Mr Bumble, c) Fagin, d) Mrs Bedwin

4 a) 4, b) 2, c) 3, d) 1, e) a gentleman

5 a) Where do you live? b) What did you hide in your box? c) Where did you
get those things? d) What game did you teach Oliver?

Plot and Theme

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1
1 a, 2 j, 3 h, 4 b, 5 e, 6 f, 7 d, 8 g, 9 i, 10 c

2 Various answers are possible

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3
3 a) 4, b) 2, c) 5, d) 3, e) 1

4 1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c

Language
Page 72

1 a) blew, rained, started, b) have decided, have come, c) have come, went
out, waited

2 a) yourself, b) themselves, c) myself, d) himself, e) herself, f) ourselves

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3 a) 4, b) 2, c) 1, d) 5, e) 3

4 a) Neither do I, b) So do I, c) Neither do I, d) So do I, e) Neither do I

5 a) kidnapped, b) struggled, c) did not betray, d) rob, e) adopted

Exit Test
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1 a) 1, b) 2, c) 2, d) 2

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2 a) 3, b) 1, c) 2, d) 3, e) 2