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A Tale of Two Cities Chapter 10

Before you read
1 Match the words and phrases
a to c with their meanings 1 to 3.
a) chemist’s 1) to leave
shop somewhere in
order to fi nd safety
b) escape 2) in a state of sleep
due to poison or
an accident
c) unconscious 3) a shop that sells
medicines
2 Read pages 55 to 57 and put the sentences a to f in the order
that they happen from 1 to 6.
a) When Doctor Manette returns to the house he has lost his mind
and he is ill again.
b) Lucie faints and Mr Carton carries her to the Manettes’ carriage.
c) Mr Carton leaves the house and follows in Lucie’s steps to the prison
of La Force.
d) Mr Carton and Mr Lorry wait for Doctor Manette to return to the
house in the evening.
e) Mr Carton buys something from the chemist’s and puts it in his
pocket.
f) Mr Carton gives Mr Lorry some papers and explains how to arrange
for him and the Manettes to leave the city the next day.

3 Read pages 55 to 56 again. Choose the correct answers: 1, 2
or 3.
a) When Doctor Manette returns to the house, he asks for
1) Lucie. 2) some food. 3) his shoemaking tools.
b) Mr Carton tells Mr Lorry to keep a place for him
1) in the carriage. 2) at home. 3) at the prison.
c) When Mr Carton leaves Mr Lorry’s house
1) he waves to little Lucie. 2) he says goodbye to Doctor Manette.
3) he looks up at Lucie’s room.

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