a christmas carol quotes level 1

Question 1

Hard and sharp as ______.

Answer 1

Hard and sharp as flint.

Question 2

Solitary as an ______.

Answer 2

Solitary as an oyster.

Question 3

Are there no ______? Are there no ______?

Answer 3

Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?

Question 4

If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the ______ ______.

Answer 4

If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.

Question 5

I will honour ______ in my heart, and try to keep it all the ______.

Answer 5

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

Question 6

He became as good a ______, as good a ______, and as good a ______ as the good old city knew.

Answer 6

He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as the good old city knew.

Question 7

I am as light as a ______, I am as happy as an ______, I am as merry as a ______.

Answer 7

I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy.

Question 8

I wear the ______ I forged in ______.

Answer 8

I wear the chain I forged in life.

Question 9

It was a strange figure – like a ______: yet not so like a ______ as like an old ______.

Answer 9

It was a strange figure – like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man.