A Christmas Carol Vocabulary

​A Christmas Carol Vocabulary- Part 1 Scrooge

By Celi Oliveto

An old businessman

Ebeneezer Scrooge

Scrooge's clerk and office worker

Bob Cratchit

Scrooge's former business partner who is dead

Jacob Marley

​Characters in Part 1

Scrooge's nephew and only living relative

Fred

​Characters in Part 1

Copy the Vocabulary Words into the Back Few Pages of your Composition Notebook

an office worker who copies documents or does small tasks

Clerk

a person who hoards money and hates to spend it

Miser

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cheerful or relating to a celebration

Festive

nonsense; something fake or foolish

Humbug

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a traditional Christmas song

Carol

a harsh government building for the poor in Victorian England

Workhouse

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see-through; ghost-like

Transparent

a metal piece on a door used to announce a visitor

Knocker

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to shake in fear

Tremble

a ghost or spirit

Phantom

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someone who learns a job or skill from a master

Apprentice

giving help or money to those in need

Charity

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in this text, a memory or image from the past

Shadow

a person to whom someone is engaged to be married

Fiancée

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Fill in the Blanks

When the Spirit shows Scrooge scenes from his life, he calls them “

,” because they are only memories.

Drag and Drop

A small boy outside Scrooge’s office was singing a Christmas ​

Placeholder

to earn a little money.

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phantom

fiancee

shadow

apprentice

knocker

workhouse

carol

transparent

Fill in the Blanks

In Victorian England, the poor without jobs or family help were often sent to the

.

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Belle, Scrooge’s former

, breaks off their engagement when she realizes he loves money more than her.

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Ebenezer Scrooge was known as a

because he hated to spend money or help others.

Drag and Drop

The Cratchit family creates a ​

Placeholder

feeling in their home with laughter, warmth, and good food.

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phantom

fiancee

shadow

apprentice

knocker

workhouse

carol

festive

transparent

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Young Scrooge once worked as an

and learned the business from Mr. Fezziwig.

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Fred believes Christmas is a time for kindness, generosity, and

toward others.

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Marley’s face appears suddenly on the door ​

Placeholder

, frightening Scrooge.

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phantom

fiancee

shadow

apprentice

knocker

workhouse

carol

transparent

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Scrooge begins to

with fear when Marley’s ghost cries out and shakes its chain.

Drag and Drop

Scrooge calls Christmas a “​

Placeholder

” because he thinks it’s silly and pointless.

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phantom

fiancee

shadow

apprentice

knocker

workhouse

carol

humbug

transparent

festive

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The

that visits Scrooge rattles a long chain made of money-boxes and keys.

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Marley’s ghost has a ​

Placeholder

body that Scrooge can almost see through.

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transparent

phantom

fiancee

shadow

apprentice

knocker

workhouse

carol

Fill in the Blanks

Bob Cratchit works as a

, copying letters and doing office tasks for Scrooge.