PRE- READING WORKSHEET Great Expectations 1.

How the novel reflects society and/or the authors personal point of view. 2. In 19th century England, many children had to work. Imagine you have to work every day instead of going to school. How does your life change? 3. What are your ambitions and expectations in life? 4. In your opinion, is it always necessary to keep a friends secret? Describe a situation when someone might feel they have to reveal a friends secret. 5. Imagine you receive a large sum of money every month. What would you do with it? Would the money change your way of life or your personality? Explain how. 6. What do people do to try and impress someone they like? They learn about things the other person is interested in. They take the person to nice places. They talk about their achievements or things they know a lot about.) What do you do? 7. Important events can often influence peoples lives. Think of some examples. 8. Look briefly at the pictures and their captions on pages 9, 13 and 24. Then answer the questions. i. Who is the main character? ii. Does the story take place in our time or in a previous century? iii. Does the main character remain the same age in the story? 9. Read the first paragraph of the book. What do you learn about the main character? 10. 11. 12. Look at the first paragraph on page 11. Find five adjectives to describe Joe. Describe what is happening in the picture on page 16. Look at the picture of the woman on page 19. What is strange about her?

13. Read paragraph 6 on page 27. What changes will happen in Pips life now that he has got great expectations? Do you think Pips great expectations will make him

happy or not? Explain your answer.