A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens | Reading Comprehension

“A Tale of Two Cities” is a powerful story of love, sacrifice, and redemption set against the backdrop of one of history’s most tumultuous periods. Dickens masterfully weaves together the personal and the political, showing how the lives of ordinary people are shaped by the forces of history.

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text provides an in-depth summary of Charles Dickens’ classic novel,“A Tale of Two Cities”.

This resource is designed to enhance students’ understanding of the novel’s themes, characters, and plot developments.

This reading worksheet is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:

• a true or false exercise
• comprehension questions
• a multiple-choice exercise
• a crossword
• a definitions match

This resource can be used as a mini-lesson, assigned for homework, or used for vocabulary-building purposes.

Total number of pages: 7
Answer key: included