CBSE Class 8 English Literature Scrooge and the Ghost Worksheet Set 18

Answer: Miserly: unwilling to spend money, mean. Humbug: nonsense. Misdeeds: bad or wrong actions. Apprenticed: placed with a master to learn a trade. Revellers: people who are enjoying a lively party.

Teacher's Note: Use the key term in your answer.

Answer: 1. Jacob Marley. 2. His nephew Fred, who came to wish him a merry Christmas (and also two men asking for charity). 3. The ghost of Jacob Marley, then the Ghost of Christmas Past. 4. To the school where Scrooge had been left alone as a boy. 5. Fezziwig was the kind master to whom Scrooge was apprenticed as a young man, who gave Christmas parties for his workers.

Teacher's Note: Marley's ghost came first, and the first spirit was the Ghost of Christmas Past.

Answer: (a) Fred, Scrooge's nephew. (b) Scrooge. (c) He said that Christmas is a kind and happy time when people forgive, are generous and think of others, and that it has done him good even if it has not given him money.

Teacher's Note: Write a short, clear answer.

Answer: (a) Marley's ghost speaking to Scrooge. (b) He appeared pale, in his usual clothes, wrapped in long heavy chains made of cash boxes, keys, locks and ledgers. (c) Being greedy, selfish and heartless, caring only for money and not helping the poor.

Teacher's Note: Remember this for your exam.

Answer: (a) To remind him of the love and kindness he once had, and that someone had cared for him. (b) No, he was harsh and mean: he paid his clerk very little, kept him in a cold office and did not allow a fire or a holiday. (c) As a young man he was lonely but kind and happy. He grew bitter when his love of money took over, he lost his love Belle and had no family close to him.

Teacher's Note: Learn this point and write it in your own words.