TEACHERS NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES A Christmas Carol

Activity Type Introduction

Listening, reading and This worksheet activity is based on the story "A Christmas Carol"
matching activity by Charles Dickens. The worksheet can be used to check the
students' comprehension of the book or film.

Language Focus Procedure

Christmas vocabulary
Begin the activity by reading the introduction to the story at the
top of the worksheet with the class.
Aim
Explain that the students are going to watch or listen to the story
To check comprehension "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and match the sentences
of the story "A Christmas on the worksheet to each ghost, according to the things that each
Carol" by Charles ghost shows Scrooge.
Dickens.
Next, watch the film or read the story "A Christmas Carol."

Preparation As the students are watching the film or listening to the story,
they match the sentences to each ghost by writing the numbers
Make one copy of the
of the sentences in the corresponding boxes.
worksheet for each
student.
Stop the film or story when Scrooge has been visited by all three
You will also need a copy ghosts and check the answers together as a class.
of the (audio) book or
film. Answer key

The Ghost of Christmas Past: 1, 2, 10, 12

Level The Ghost of Christmas Present: 5, 6, 8, 11
The Ghost of Christmas Future: 3, 4, 7, 9
Pre-intermediate
When the answers have been checked, the students predict what
will happen next.
Time
25 minutes Continue watching the film or reading the story to see what
happens and then check to see who gave the correct prediction.

Answer key

2. Scrooge becomes kinder and pays Bob Cratchit more money.

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 CHRISTMAS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge is a money lender. Scrooge is very rich, but he is also very mean. He has no
friends. He doesn't even believe in celebrating Christmas. He pays his employee, Bob Cratchit, a
very low wage. His nephew, Fred, invites him for Christmas dinner, but he refuses. On Christmas
Eve, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. The ghosts show him his life in the past, the present,
and the future.

The Ghost of Christmas The Ghost of Christmas The Ghost of Christmas

Past Present Future

A. What does each ghost show Scrooge? Match the sentences to the ghosts by writing
the numbers in the boxes.

1. S
 crooge starts work. His boss is very kind and holds a big Christmas party. Scrooge has a
great time.

2. S
 crooge is a boy, he goes to boarding school. All the boys go home for Christmas, but Scrooge
has to stay at the school on his own.

3. Tiny Tim dies, because his family is too poor to pay for a doctor. Bob Cratchit is very unhappy.

4. S
 ome poor people steal Scrooge's clothes and sell them.

5. B
 ob Cratchit comes home from church with Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim is his youngest child and he is
very ill.

6. T
 he Cratchit family is very poor. They are having a very small Christmas dinner, but they are
happy, because they love each other.

7. N
 obody visits Scrooge's grave, because nobody loves him.

8. A
 ll the shops in London are busy and there are decorations everywhere. Some people are
buying food for Christmas dinner and some people are going to church.

9. One Christmas, Scrooge dies all alone.

10. Scrooge falls in love with a girl, but he loves money more than he loves her, so she left him.

11. S
 crooge's nephew Fred is having a Christmas party. Fred's family and friends are singing and
playing games.

12. T
 he girl Scrooge falls in love with marries another man and has lots of children.

B. What do you think will happen next in the story?

1. Scrooge dies and becomes an evil ghost.

2. Scrooge becomes kinder and pays Bob Cratchit more money.
3. Scrooge gives all his money to Bob Cratchit and Fred.

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