Three ghosts appeared to Scrooge, presenting various people to him. Copy and complete the table, to show what happened.

ghost

people the ghost presented to Scrooge, and their relationship with Scrooge

the lesson that Scrooge learned

the Ghost of Christmas Past

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the Ghost of Christmas Present.

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the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

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ghost

people the ghost presented to Scrooge, and their relationship with Scrooge

the lesson that Scrooge learned

the Ghost of Christmas Past

Fan − Scrooge’s sister

Belle − Scrooge’s fiancée

his love of money has cost him his happiness and companionship

the Ghost of Christmas Present.

Bob Cratchit and his family − Bob is Scrooge’s clerk

to be sensitive to the condition of the poor

the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Two men who did business with him

Scrooge’s dead body

he should honour the spirit of Christmas

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Discuss the following:

(a) Where does the play take place? In which year?

(b) At the beginning of the play, how do we know that Scrooge does not like Christmas?

Q. Choose the option which best describes the character given below.

Ebenezer Scrooge is the leading character in the novel, ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. Even though he had wealth, he pays a measly sum to his clerk and makes life trouble for people who owe him money. He lives cheap and sits on a piece of ham to avoid using the heater to warm it. He hates Christmas, which he associates with excessive spending.

Choose two extracts that show Scrooge’s character before he is visited by the ghosts, and two extracts after he has met them, to indicate the changes in Scrooge’s character. For example:

“before” extract

showing that Scrooge is …

SCRROGE: Stop it! I say! (singing stops)

Get away from here. We’ll have no singing around here. Understand me! No singing!

a killjoy, antisocial

Based on your reading of the story above, answer the following questions by ticking the correct options.

1. The narrator earns his living by ………………………….

2. The writer was overconfident about his ability to write ghost stories because ……

whenever magazines wanted a ghost story, they got in touch with him
he was always able to write a ghost story whenever he had to write one
the readers appreciated his ghost stories
he knew the ghost lady would help him write a good ghost story

3. The sight of the ghost materialising in his room filled the narrator with ………

fear
excitement
joy
anticipation

4. The ghost wanted John to …………………………………………..

stop his wife from using the Ouija board
stop using the Ouija board himself
stop his guests from using the Ouija board
stop people from using the Ouija board

5. John wants the ghost to disappear before his wife enters the room and waves his arms at the ghost with something of the motion of a beginner when learning to swim. His movement shows his ………………………

fear
amusement
desperation
anxiety

6. When the narrator says his wife is never so pretty as when she's doing something she knows he disapproves of, his tone is …………………….

amused
ironic
angry
irritated

7. The ghost says "It's all your fault.'It' here refers to ………………………

the narrator's wife's anger
the ghost's anger
the narrator's wife leaving him
the ghost materialising in sections.

8. Gladolia wishes to leave the narrator's house as ………………….

she does not like the Ouija boards
she is afraid of the ghost
she is afraid of magic and hoodoo
she likes Ouija boards and hoodoo

Q. The underwater Ghost nets are posing threats to marine ecosystem of Kerala coast. What are Ghost Nets?

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