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The Shoemaker English Class 8

The summary provides key details about the document in 3 sentences: The document discusses a chapter about a shoemaker named Dr. Manette who had been imprisoned for many years, as evidenced by his emaciated physical appearance and vacant demeanor. While making shoes, Dr. Manette has an interaction with Defarge and fails to recognize his daughter Lucie at first, only seeing her face for a moment. By the end, Dr. Manette begins to regain recognition of his daughter, showing signs of recovering from his long imprisonment.

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The Shoemaker English Class 8

The summary provides key details about the document in 3 sentences: The document discusses a chapter about a shoemaker named Dr. Manette who had been imprisoned for many years, as evidenced by his emaciated physical appearance and vacant demeanor. While making shoes, Dr. Manette has an interaction with Defarge and fails to recognize his daughter Lucie at first, only seeing her face for a moment. By the end, Dr. Manette begins to regain recognition of his daughter, showing signs of recovering from his long imprisonment.

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Class 8 English literature chapter 12 – The Shoemaker

A. Tick the correct option


1. c
2. d
3. c
4. a
5. a

B. Read these sentences and answer the questions


1 a. Who is the speaker? Who is being spoken to?

- The speaker is the Shoemaker. The speaker said these lines to Defarge.

b. What is the topic of discussion?

- The topic being discussed is the pair of shoes he is making.

c. Why does the speaker say, ‘ I don't know’?

- He says so because he had led so much of his life in the prison where he enjoyed no free will.As
such,he was vague in his answer.

2. a. Who asked this question and why?

- Mr. Lorry asked this question to get a reaction from the Shoemaker.

b. What was the answer?

- After reflecting on the question,he replied that he was not a shy by trade.He had taught himself and
learnt shoe making in the prison.

c. How had the person been spoken to learnt the trade?

- In the prison Dr Manette had spent his time making shoes.

3. a. Who saw the face?

- The Shoemaker, Dr Mannete, saw the face.

b. Whose face was it?

- It was Lucie's face.

c. Why could the speaker see it only for a single moment?

- Dr. Manette could see it only for a moment because she moved away quickly.

C. Answer these questions

1. Describe the Shoemaker in your own words.

- The Shoemaker seemed a fast dying man. He had haggard eyes and a weary voice.The Shoemaker had
a white beard,raggedly cut, but not very long, a hollow face and exceedingly bright eyes. He had a worn
and withered body.He wore tattered old canvas frock and loose stockings. He sat silently and gazing
vacantly with his unnaturally large eyes. His lips and his nails were of pale red colour and his body was
extremely thin.

2. List the words from the paragraph 1 and 2 that indicate that the Shoemaker had been in captivity for
many years.

- His body looked ‘ withered and worn' and he had ‘ stayed in seclusion from direct sunlight ‘. These
words prove that the Shoemaker had been kept in prison for a long time.

3. How do we know that the old man's health and appearance had been neglected for a long time?

- The hollowness and thinness of the face, his raggedly cut beard, yellow rags of shirt, tattered clothes,
transparent bones of his hands and his vacant gaze all showed that his health and appearance had been
neglected.

4. How did Defarge get the prisoner to speak?

- Defarge asked him about the shoes he was making He asked him whether he was going to finish
making that pair of shoes. Dr. Manette answered vaguely that he didn't know whether he would be
able to do so. This is how Defarge tried to initiate conversation so as to motivate him to talk.

5. Why wasn't the girl afraid of the Shoemaker?

- Dr. Manette was her father who was facing an emotional trauma. She knew that he could not harm
her. Her affection and compassion for her father who was struggling to recognise her was too strong to
make her feel scared of her own father whom she wanted to give a new life and a new hope.

6. What could be the relationship between the young lady and the Shoemaker?Did he recognize her?

- Lucie seems to be Dr. Manette ‘s daughter. Yes, he recognised her. The warmth and love of his
daughter must have been strong enough to bring back the memories of the Shoemaker.
3. What do you think happened at the end? Would the Shoemaker have been able to talk to the girl?

- In the end, Dr Manette must have recognised his daughter. He must have recognised the pretty,young
face and she must have been able to stir his heart. He would have been able to hold her arms and tell
her about his past days.

TEXTUAL GRAMMAR

E. Fill in the blanks with words from the box that mean the same as the underline phrases.

1. Withered

2. Pause

3. Haggard

4. Parchment

5. Compassion

6. Seclusion

F. circle the words that can combine with the words in capitals to make word collocation

1. a.frock

2. a. Fingers

3. b. Glass

4. b. Man

5.a. words

G. Identify the participle phrases in the sentences.

1. Talking on the phone

2. Watching the setting sun.

3. Wagging its tail

4. Hopping up and down

5. Tidying up her desk

6. Being French

7. Not having had enough sleep

8. Sitting in the park

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