Question

Directions: Use the words from the box to complete the sentences. There will be words left over.

Fred
gravestone
Jacob Marley
nephew
reclamation
Belle
Bob Cratchit
Charles Dickens
chains
Fezziwig
ignorance
Sprit of Christmas Present
Spirit of Christmas Past
The first visitor was the (5)
Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come
Tiny Tim
invited him to
The story took place in London on a Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Ebenezer Scrooge,
the main character, was an unpleasant, selfish businessman. When his (1) Fred
Christmas dinner, he refused, saying he didn't like to celebrate. Scrooge was also upset that his clerk,
wanted to take the entire day off to celebrate Christmas. That night, the ghost
(2)
, appeared to him. He was wearing (4)
of Scrooge's dead business partner, (3)
,and told Scrooge that he forged them in life. He warned Scrooge that he was
taking the same path, but could still be helped to change. He told Scrooge to expect visits from three
Spirits.
. It told Scrooge it had come to aid his
It took Scrooge to see his boyhood home and school. Then they
whom Scrooge said had the power to make
welfare and (6)
visited Scrooge's former master, (7),
others happy or unhappy.
The second visitor was the (8).
celebrating Christmas. The Spirit told Scrooge that if things
and sickly child, (9)
might die.
The third visitor was the (10)
It showed Scrooge a sad scene of a man
who died and was not missed. Scrooge realized it was his own fate when he saw his (11)
It took Scrooge to see people happily
did not change in the future, his clerk's lame
When Scrooge woke it
up I was Christmas Day. He sent a turkey to his clerk's house, and went
Scrooge became a changed man, and kept Christmas well
to have dinner with (12)
from then on.

Answer 1

The filled passage is:

The first visitor was the Spirit of Christmas Past. Invited to Christmas dinner by his nephew (1) Fred, Scrooge refused, dismissing the celebration. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, expressed the desire to take the day off for Christmas. That night, the ghost of (2) Jacob Marley, Scrooge's deceased partner, appeared draped in (4) chains, conveying the consequences of a selfish life.

Marley's ghost warned Scrooge of impending doom but offered a chance for redemption through visits from three spirits. The second visitor was the Spirit of Christmas Present who showcased scenes of happiness and (6) reclamation, emphasizing the power to influence welfare.

The third visitor, the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come, revealed a grim future, including the death of Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit's (9) sickly child. Witnessing his own (11) gravestone, Scrooge realized the need for change. Awakening on Christmas Day, he embraced generosity, sending a turkey to Bob Cratchit's house and joining (12) Fred for dinner. Scrooge transformed, ensuring a joyful Christmas for all.