David ran away from the wine factory.

He decided to
go to his aunt Betsey in Dover. A boy with a cart and a
donkey stole David’s box. David sold some of the clothes
he was wearing to buy food to eat. David reached his
aunt’s house. He told her that he was her nephew. Aunt
Betsey took David in her house. The Mudstones visited
aunt Betsey but she kicked them out of her house.

Aunt Betsey let Mr. Dick rent a room in her house.

Dick’s family thought that he was mad. They wanted to
put him in a psychiatric institution.

David went to Canterbury School. Dr. strong was the

headmaster. He was polite and well educated. David
stayed with the Wickfields. He was very happy. He loved

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Agnes like his sister. She was wise and she gave him
advice. Uriah Heep was Mr. Wickfield’s assistant but he
was sly. He let Wickfield drink wine and he looked after
the business.

Complete
1. David’s aunt lived in ------------
2. A young man with a -------and a -------stole
David’s box.
3. David went to his aunt on----------
4. David slept in ----------or under -------like
---------- and ----------
5. Mr. --------rented a room in aunt Betsey’s house.
6. Mr. ---------family thought that he was ------and
wanted to place him in a ---------institution.
7. Aunt Betsey took the advice of her lawyer Mr. -----
to let David go to school. David stayed with him while
he was in school.
8. --------was Mr. Wickfield’s daughter.
9. David didn’t like ----------who was Mr. Wickfield’s
assistant.
10. David had --------with Uriah Heep and his mother.
They asked him many --------
11. David saw his old friend Mr. -------- in Uriah
Heep’s house.

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12. David finished his school when he was --------

Answer the following questions:

1. Where did David’s aunt live?

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2. How did David mange to go to his aunt without any

money?

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3. What did David’s aunt do with David when she knew

that he was her nephew?

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4. What did aunt Betsey do with the Murdstones?

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5. Show the difference between aunt Betsey’s character
and David’s mother character.

Clara Betsey

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6. Why did aunt Betsey take Mr. Dick to live with her?

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7. Where did David stay while he was away at school?

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8. Why did David love Agnes like a sister?

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9. Describe Uriah Heep?

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10. Why didn’t David like Uriah Heep?

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11. Who did David see at Uriah Heep’s house?

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12. What was troubling Agnes?

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13. What did Agnes ask David for?

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Model Answers:
1. Dover
2. Cart-donkey
3. Foot
4. Fields-trees-beggars-tramps
5. Dick
6. Dick’s –mad-psychiatric
7. Wickfield
8. Agnes
9. Uriah Heep
10. tea-questions
11. Micawber
1. She lived in Dover 70 miles away from London.
2. David slept in fields or under trees. He sold some of his
clothes he was wearing to buy food. He looked like beggars
and tramps.
3. Aunt Betsey took David by hand to rest on a sofa. She put a
shawl under his head, a handkerchief under his feet and she
gave him some food to eat.
4. Aunt Betsey accused the Murdstones of Clara’s death and of
treating David in a bad way. She kicked them out of her
house.
5.

Clara Aunt Betsey

1. She had a weak personality. 1. She had a very strong

She didn’t stop the
Murdstones from treating
David in a bad way.
2. She was a coward. She
didn’t kick the Murdstones
personality. She accused
the murdstones of clara’s
death and of treating
david in a bad way.
2. She was brave as she

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 out of her house. kicked the murdstones out
3. David was sad to see his of her house.
coward mother. 3. David wanted to clap his
hands for his brave aunt.

6. Aunt Betsey took Mr. Dick to live with her because his family
thought he was mad and they wanted to put him in a
psychiatric institution.
7. David stayed in the Wickfields’ house.
8. David loved her because she was wise and he took her advice
in many things.
9. He was skinny. He was tall. He had greasy hair. He was sly
and he twisted his body like a snake.
10. David didn’t like Uriah Heep because he was sly and he
pretended to be humble.
11. He saw Mr. Micawber.
12. Agnes was worried because Uriah let her father drink wine
and he looked after the business.
13. Agnes asked David to promise her to come and help her
father if he needed his help.

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Write using the words between brackets:

1. He (finish) his homework.(just)

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2. They (wash) the dishes.( already)
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3. She (eat) boiled eggs (never)
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4. They (drink) ice tea. ( ever)
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5. We ( not do) our laundry (yet)
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6. He ( watch) the film .(yet)
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7. It ( swim)to the other side of the pond.(just)
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8. She ( play) volleyball in wade Degla club(already)
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9. He (travel) to Japan (never)
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10. She ( visit) the pyramids .( ever)

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11. She (go)shopping(just)
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12. They ( join) the competition(already)
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13. I (write a letter to my aunt(never)
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14. She ( drive) a car(ever)
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Present Perfect with FOR and SINCE

We use FOR when we are talking about a period of time.
We use SINCE when we are talking about the start of the period.

Put these time expressions in the correct list.

FOR SINCE
►yesterday ►fifteen minutes
►Christmas ►a long time
►two months ►ten years
►a week ►last summer
►June ►a short time
►Wednesday ►I was ten
►six hours ►hours
►last month ►three weeks
Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect and write for or since on the lines.
►five days ►eight o’clock
1.►1992
Nick _______________
►my birthday (KNOW) Tom _____________ he
moved to London.
2.9 |Mrs
P a g eHarris _______________ (BE) a teacher
_____________ twelve years.
3. Felix _______________ (LIVE) in Edinburgh
10 | P a g e