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A Tale of Two Cities Chapter 5

Before you read
1 Match the words and phrases a to
e with their meanings 1 to 5.
a) revolution 1) the structure inside a
house that takes smoke
from the fi re up and
through the roof
b) cell 2) a block used for
building walls and
houses
c) chimney 3) something you do to
hurt someone who has
hurt you in the past
d) brick 4) a sudden change of government or political system,
using violence
e) take revenge 5) a small room in a prison
2 Read pages 26 to 29 and put the sentences a to g in the order
that they happen from 1 to 7.
a) Defarge enters the prison and a prison offi cer takes him to cell one
hundred and fi ve, North Tower.
b) Gabelle locks his house and hides from the angry villagers.
c) The people of Paris start a revolution and they take over the city’s
Bastille Prison.
d) Defarge takes some papers which he fi nds in cell one hundred and
fi ve, North Tower.
e) In other parts of France, many people’s homes were burned.
f) The villagers of Evrémonde attack and burn the castle.
g) Gabelle sends his men to ask the prison offi cers for help.

3 Read the quotations. Who is the speaker of each sentence?
Who is the speaker talking to and what or whom is he/she
talking about?
a) ‘To the Bastille!’ (page 26)

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