2. Develop the following worksheet in order to
improve your comprehension about Oliver Twist
Chapter 1
1.Define a workhouse.
2.Which word do we use to describe a child who has
neither a father nor a mother?
3.What are the belongings from Oliver´s mother?
4.Where did Oliver´s mother come from?
5.Which instrument did the master use to hit Oliver
with?
6.Try to find some indications in the first chapter that
prove that Oliver’s mother was really poor. Use the
sentence/phrase the author uses.
4. After reading the first chapter, you can find the words
in the crossword according to the following information
5. Down
1. The spirit of a dead person who appears again.
3. The end of life.
4. Unwise, without good sense.
6. Active and quick in movement (esp. older people).
Across
2. A building that is believed to be visited regularly by
the soul of a dead
person.
4. A period of loss consciousness, with strange
uncontrolled movements of
the body.
5. A person who is very exact and particular about
details of behavior or
duty.
6. Options for the crossword
-Foolish
-Haunted
-Punctilious
-Fit
-Ghost
-Spry
-Death
7. Answer the following questions .
Make sure to write full
information
1. Who bought Canterville Chase?
2. Who was the owner of Canterville Chase
before Mr. Otis?
3. Why did everybody tell Mr. Otis that he
was doing a very foolish thing buying
Canterville Chase
4. Why didn’t Lord Canterville and his family
want to live in Canterville
Chase?
This activity was taken from:
http://busyteacher.org/8199-the-canterville-
Adapted by Juan Carlos henao. English teacher ghost-chapter-1-worksheet.html
