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A Tale of Two Cities Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Before you read
1 Read these words.
coach suburb servant
knitting tools
Which word means ...
a) a person who works in another
person’s house?

b) an enclosed carriage, pulled by
horses?

c) things you use to make or
repair items?

d) an area of houses on the edge of a town or city?
e) using two long needles to make clothes from wool?

2 Read pages 1 to 4. Match the characters a to e with their
descriptions 1 to 5.
a) Mr Jarvis Lorry 1) a white-haired man with a thin face
b) Miss Lucie Manette 2) a dark, thick-necked man
c) Doctor Manette 3) a strongly-built woman of about thirty
d) Defarge 4) an intelligent girl with golden hair and blue eyes
e) Madame Defarge 5) an English gentleman

3 Read pages 1 to 3 again. Circle true or false and correct the
false sentences.
a) Mr Jarvis Lorry works for Tellson’s Bank in London. True / False

b) Mr Lorry has news for Miss Manette about her mother. True / False

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