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Charles Dickens

O liverT wist
Retold by George Gibson

K E Y

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E X E R C I S E S

Page 10 Exercise 1
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. A
8. B 9. A 10. A
Page 10 Exercise 2
Possible answers:
a. He is asking for some more food.
b. Hes in a workhouse.
c. Unhappy.
d. He seems to be refusing Oliver
more food.
e. Hes looking at Oliver very angrily.

A N D

E X I T

T E S T

Page 16 Exercise 3
was, died, was, lived, went, worked,
said, more, put, made, left, started
A RECIPE FOR CREAMY PORRIDGE
Page 18
night, before, salt, slowly, from,
cover, leave, morning, Place, cooker,
cook, minutes, all, very, brown
CHAPTER 2
Page 22 Exercise 1
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B

CHAPTER 1
Page 15 Exercise 1
a. very ill
b. the children didnt have a lot of food
c. worked all day
d. a second bowl of porridge
e. put Oliver in a dark room
f. made coffins
g. no one loved him
Page 16 Exercise 2
[t]

[d]

kissed
kissed
wanted
lived
lived
survived
survived
started
covered
covered
stopped
stopped

[d]

Page 23 Exercise 2
a. some
b. any
c. some
d. Some
e. any
f. any
Page 23 Exercise 3
a. his
b. small
c. tonight
d. surprised
e. next morning
CHAPTER 3

wanted
Page 28 Exercise 1
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A
8. D 9. B 10. C

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Page 28 Exercise 2
Fagin: ugly, old, dirty
Dodger: young, short, strange
Oliver: young, hungry, weak

3. as expensive as
4. weighs
5. educated in
Page 36 Exercise 4
Possible answers:
a. It is poor, untidy and dirty.
b. They are practising stealing things
from Fagins pocket.
c. Hes pretending to look in shop
windows.
d. Hes wearing a long, black coat,
grey trousers, a green waistcoat
and gloves without fingers. All his
clothes are old and ragged.

Page 29 Exercise 3
Past
Simple

Infinitive

Past
Simple

Infinitive

thought

to think

told

to tell

ate

to eat

said

to say

drank

to drink

took

to take
to go

slept

to sleep

went

bought

to buy

were

to be

gave

to give

wore

to wear

sat

to sit

woke up

to wake up

was

to be

put

to put

had

to have

saw

to see

Page 36 Exercise 5
Open answers.
LONDON IN DICKENS TIME

Page 41 Exercise 1
2
1 M E R C H A N T S
4
3 L O N D O N
5 U N H E A L T H Y
7
8
C
H
6 B E G G A R S
E
A
T
A
A
CHAPTER 4
T
9 A R M Y 10 E
D
Page 35 Exercise 1
N
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R
breakfast, game, put, pockets, around, 11 F A C T O R Y
E
stopped, talking, quickly, felt, times,
R
O
laughed
D
R
Page 35 Exercise 2
O
a. F Oliver wanted to play the game.
Page 41 Exercise 2
b. F Bet and Nancy were two young
Open answers.
ladies.
Page 30 Exercise 4
a. workhouse
b. orphanage
c. porridge, hungry
d. became
e. unhappy, beat
f. London

c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

T
T
F They stole a handkerchief.
F Oliver did not go to prison.
T
F Oliver did not go back to Fagins
house. He went to Mr Brownlows
house.

READING A PAINTING
a. The weather is bad. Its probably cold.
b. They are men, women and children.
c. They are leaning against the wall or
sitting on the pavement because
they are tired.
d. They are looking down at the
pavement.
e. Some are very young, others are
middle-aged and older.
f. No, they are very sad.

started
Page 36 Exercise 3
1. must put
2. can find

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g. They are waiting for a place to

spend the night, because they do
not have a home.
h. She is the central figure of the
painting: a pathetic young woman
with two small children.
i. It looks like she is carrying a baby
or a very small child.
j. He is reading a piece of paper and
probably giving instructions to the
man standing next to him.

Page 48 Exercise 1
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. B

CHAPTER 8

T H E

Page 71 Exercise 1
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A

Page 72 Exercise 1
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A
7. B 8. A 9. B 10. A

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 9

Page 65 Exercise 1
home-made: made at home, not in a
factory
homemaker: this person takes care of
the home
Home Office: the department of the
British government which is
concerned with national affairs
home help: a person who is paid by
the state to help another person in
his/her home

Page 77 Exercise 1
upset, help, ask, went, met, there,
then, when, joy, told, secret

5. B

6. C

Page 55 Exercise 2

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Page 65 Exercise 2
a. woke up
b. saw
c. lived
d. told
e. was, spoke
f. took
g. ran
h. said

Page 66 Exercise 3
a. Who
b. What
c. When
d. Who
e. Why
f. Where
g. Who
h. What

Page 57 Exercise 3
a5 / b4 / c1 / d7 / e6 / f2 / g3
Page 57 Exercise 4
Open answer.

father
rich
Agnes
mother
signed

Page 83 Exercise 2
a. Mr Bumble
b. Nancy
c. Rose Maylie
d. Monks
e. Mr Sowerberry
f. Sikes
g. Fagin
h. Agnes

Page 72 Exercise 2
Monks: brother, mother
Fagin: ring
Monks: gave
Fagin: where
Monks: river
Fagin: Oliver
Monks: hotel
Fagin: get

Page 50 Exercise 1
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A

6. B

E X E R C I S E S
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

Page 59 Exercise 2
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B
7. A 8. A 9. B 10. B

Page 54 Exercise 1
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. C
8. A 9. C 10. B 11. D 12. C 13. A
14. B

Page 58 Exercise 6
Goodies: Oliver, Mr Giles, Mr Brittles
Baddies: Fagin, Sikes, Toby Crackit

T O

Page 49 Exercise 2
bookshop, street, dear, afraid, help,
shop, clothes, locked, help

CHAPTER 6

Page 58 Exercise 5
Sitting room.

Page 66 Exercise 4
Open answers.

Page 59 Exercise 1
Possible answers:
a. In bed.
b. Open answer.
c. Not very well.
d. Its obviously the room of rich
people. There is a four poster bed.
e. Open answer.
f. They dont seem happy.

CHAPTER 5

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BEFORE YOU READ

Page 83 Exercise 1
1. On a roof of a building.
2. Hes trying to escape.
3. Some rope.
4. Possible answer:
He will fall off the roof. /
He will escape.

6. A

Page 84 Exercise 2
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C

Page 77 Exercise 2
a. F Nancy met Rose and Mr
Brownlow on London Bridge.
b. F Fagins boy followed her.
c. T
d. F Monks lived in the Red Lion
Hotel in King Street.
e. F Nancy told them about Monks.
f. T
g. F Nancy did not accept Mr
Brownlows money.

CHAPTER 11
Page 90 Exercise 1
a. He went to prison and was hanged.
b. On Jacobs Island.
c. He fell from the roof.
d. America.
e. No, they became poor.
f. He was adopted by Mr Brownlow.
Page 91 Exercise 2
a. 12 b. 5 c. 9 d. 6 e. 11 f. 3
g. 10 h. 1 i. 2 j. 8 k. 4 l. 7

Page 78 Exercise 3
at, on, in
a. on; b. at; c. in, at; d. in; e. on;
f. on; g. in; h. on.

PROJECT ON THE WEB

Page 91
Suggested web site:
www.bbc.co/uk/schools/victorians

Page 78 Exercise 4
good, dear, love, kind, joy, happiness
CHAPTER 10
Page 83 Exercise 1
a. furious
b. pistol
c. kidnapped

EXIT TEST

EXIT TEST

CONTEXT

COMPREHENSION

1 Match the correct parts of the sentences:

1. Charles Dickens
2. In Dickens time, London
3. Poverty was a big problem
4. Poor children worked

5. The working class

3 Complete the sentences with the prepositions of time AT/ON/IN.

a. during the Victorian Age.

b. for long hours in dangerous
conditions.
c. lived in small dark houses in
dirty streets.
d. wrote about the social problems
of nineteenth-century England
in factories.
e. was the biggest and most
influential city in Europe.

1. Oliver worked ......... Saturdays.

2. He got up ......... 5:30 ......... the morning.
3.

......... winter he went to bed ......... 8:00 oclock.

4. The poor children ate porridge ......... Christmas.

5. It was very hot ......... July.
6. They cleaned the shop ......... Monday.
7. Oliver ran away ......... night.
8. Columbus discovered America ......... 1492.

COMPREHENSION
ODD ONE OUT!

2 Fill in the gaps with the words in the box.

helped
Monks
London

Rose
hungry

orphanage

loved

workhouse (x2)

Mr Brownlow

Sikes

rich

adopted
die

cruel

shot

ladies

steal

4 Circle the word that doesnt belong to the group. Then use that word
to complete the sentences below.
a. books
b. thief

jewels

rings

watches

criminal

shop

murderer

c. servant
1. Oliver Twist was born in a .................. .
2. At first he lived in an .................. and then he worked in a
.................. .
3. No one .................. him. He was unhappy and .................. .

cook

maid

d. kitchen river nursery

e. policeman
f. weak

ill

daughter
unhealthy

fireplace
bedroom
son

father

dirty

4. He went to .................. and Fagin taught him to .................. .

1. A ................ caught Oliver.

5. Then he met a kind gentlemen called .................. .

2. Fagins clothes were old and ................ .

6. But .................. and Nancy caught him again.

3. There were many ................ in Mr Brownlows library.

7. One night Oliver went into a ................ house and was

................ .

4. Monks threw the ring into the ................ .

8. Two kind .................. lived in the rich house. They liked Oliver
very much.

6. Im looking at a ................ window, said Fagin.

5. Rich Victorians had a ................ in every room.

9. .................. Maylie helped Oliver to find Mr Brownlow again.

Describe your favourite character: .................................................

10. .................., Olivers half-brother, was a .................. man. He

wanted Oliver to .................. .

.....................................................................................................

11. But Olivers friends .................. him.

.....................................................................................................

What was your favourite part of the story? .....................................

12. Oliver was finally .................. by Mr Brownlow.

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EXIT TEST
7. Nancy asked Rose Maylie to meet her on
A Tower Bridge
B Blackfriars Bridge
C Waterloo Bridge
D London Bridge

Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D.

1. Oliver Twist was born in

A a hospital
B a workhouse
C a rich mans house
D an orphanage

8. Nancy was killed by

A Sikes
B Fagin
C Oliver
D Monks

2. One day when he was a young boy in the workhouse, Oliver Twist
asked for more
A coffee
B biscuits
C porridge
D soup

9. Oliver Twists father was

A fat
B poor
C rich
D cruel

3. How many miles did Oliver walk to London?

A 50
B 60
C 70
D 80
4. Dodger introduced Oliver to
A Mr Sowerberry
B Fagin
C Mr Brownlow
D Bill Sikes
5. Before she died, what did Olivers mother leave with Mrs Bumble?
A gold coins
B a gold necklace
C a gold wedding ring
D gold earrings
6. Oliver is Monks
A son
B nephew
C half-brother
D cousin

10. Oliver finally went to live with

A Dodger
B Mr Brownlow
C Fagin
D Rose Maylie

PET

Read the text and choose the correct word (A, B, C or D) for each
space.

Oliver Twist was born 1........................ a workhouse. His

2

........................ died, so he first lived in an orphanage and then in a

........................ . One day he was very 4........................ so he asked

for some more porridge.

He left the workhouse and went to work in Mr Sowerberrys
5

........................, and later ran away and walked to 6........................ .

He met 7........................ and went to live with Fagin. Fagin taught

Oliver how to 8........................ but Mr Brownlow saved him when he
went out with Dodger and Charley Bates. However, Nancy and Sikes
found him and took him back to Fagin.
One night Sikes took Oliver to a big, rich house and told him to climb

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in through the 9........................ . Oliver was shot. He stayed in the

big house with two kind ladies. Nancy heard Fagin and Monks
making a plan and she

10

........................ Oliver. The two kind ladies

helped him to find Mr Brownlow again.

1. A on

B in

C at

D by

2. A sister

B aunt

C mother

D grandmother

3. A workhouse

B school

C hospital

D restaurant

4. A angry

B happy

C scared

D hungry

5. A cemetery

B workhouse

C shop

D market

6. A Rome

B London

C Paris

7. A Dodger

B Toby Crackit C Charley Bates

D New York
D Bill Sikes

8. A sing

B shout

C swim

D steal

9. A door

B wall

C window

D hole

10. A killed

B shot

C saved

D injured

7 Complete this crossword puzzle.

Across:
1. You can do some work, write some letters etc. in this room.
2. The room where the food is cooked.
3. The sofa and armchairs are in this room.
4. The room where the children play.
5. Where you sleep.

PET

Your teacher asked you to read the story of Oliver Twist during
the school holidays.
Now you are writing a letter to a friend to tell him/her about
the story.
Say what the story is about, which part of the story was your
favourite and which character(s) you liked best.
Finish the letter using about 100 words.

Down:
1. The room used for washing dishes and other things.
2. Where you eat your meals.

Dear .,

3. Where you can have a wash.

I read Oliver Twist during the school holidays. The story is about
..

4. The room for keeping food, drinks and dishes.

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1. 1. d

2. e

3. a

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4. b

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5. c.

2. 1. workhouse / 2. orphanage workhouse / 3. loved hungry / 4. London

steal / 5. Mr Brownlow / 6. Sikes / 7. rich shot / 8. ladies / 9. Rose /
10. Monks cruel die / 11. helped / 12. adopted
3. 1. on / 2. at in / 3. In at / 4. at / 5. in / 6. on / 7. at / 8. in
4. a. books / b. shop / c. fireplace / d. river / e. policeman / f. dirty
1. policeman / 2. dirty / 3. books / 4. river / 5. fireplace / 6. shop
5. 1. B

2. C

3. C

4. B

5. C

6. C

7. D

8. A

9. C

10. B

6. 1. B

2. C

3. A

4. D

5. C

6. B

7. A

8. D

9. C

10. C

7. Crossword:
1
1

3
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8. Open answer.

OliverTwist
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