Handwriting Practice Worksheets in Print Manuscript and Cursive Script

We have created hundreds of new printable handwriting worksheets for this school year. They come in both print manuscript and cursive script writing fonts.

We've got months of the year, days of the week, presidents of the United States, motivational sayings, famous quotes, individual children's first names, and much more.

Let's face it--most kids need a lot of handwriting practice. And once you're through with the ABCs and simple words like "apple," there isn't much out there in the marketplace for primary school teachers. Our free handwriting worksheets fill the gap.

Tip: If you have trouble fitting extended writing practice into your daily schedule, try using our worksheets as morning or after-lunch starters. As the kids enter the classroom and put away their things, they each pick up a handwriting worksheet to start working on. This helps to get the kids quiet and focused right away.

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Answer Key

This answer key is for use with our Literary Classics Workbook Series on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, available exclusively here.

1. Marley




2. His nephew




3. "If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."




4. Marley's




5. A locomotive hearse




6. Jacob




7. Because this was not done during life




8. Answers will vary




9. Fan




10. Old Fezziwig




11. Scrooge's former fiancee




12. Answers will vary




13. He wears a simple green robe, bordered with white fur, a holly wreath on his head, and nothing more




14. Martha




15. Tiny Tim




16. Scrooge




17. Ignorance




18. It wears a deep black garment, from which only its hand is visible




19. Charwoman, laundress, and undertaker




20. Tiny Tim




21. Ebenezer Scrooge




22. B - heart




23. The Cratchits




24. Fred




25. B - False




26. Answers will vary

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy - Answer Key

This answer key is designed for use with our Literary Classics Workbook Series title Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, available exclusively on CurrClick.

1. He is the lineal representative of the ancient and knightly family of d'Urberville



2. D - Wessex



3. Marlott



4. White



5. Angel, Cuthbert, and Felix



6. Tess



7. Rolliver's



8. A - Abraham



9. Kingsbere



10. Tess and Abraham



11. The horse is killed in a collision with a mail cart



12. The Slopes



13. Answers will vary



14. Alec



15. B - False



16. She allows her hat to blow off, so that she must retrieve it



17. A - True



18. Chaseborough



19. Alec's



20. B - False



21. Alec



22. Her mother, Joan Durbeyfield



23. B - False



24. Mechanical reaper or reaping machine



25. Sorrow



26. D - milkmaid



27. Valley of the Great Dairies



28. Richard Crick



29. Angel Clare



30. Intellectual liberty



31. Tess



32. C - Harp



33. Peter the Great



34. D - Morning



35. B - Liza-Lu



36. Tess feels unworthy of his affections



37. B - Marian, Izz, Retty, Tess



38. Angel runs over to Tess, hugs her, and confesses that he loves her



39. B - Mercy Chant



40. B - False



41. Rev. Clare preached directly to Alec from the pulpit, which led Alec to publicly insult Rev. Clare



42. A - True



43. Sunday



44. Angel



45. A - True



46. B - False



47. Answers will vary



48. December 31 (New Year's Eve)



49. The man recognized Tess from Trantridge, and insulted her



50. An afternoon crow



51. Jewelry



52. Retty Priddle



53. Angel



54. Answers will vary



55. They will separate, with Tess returning to her parents' home



56. Believing Tess dead, he places her in a coffin



57. Answers will vary



58. B - False



59. B - 50



60. B - Brazil



61. Izz Huett



62. She pities them and wants to end their misery



63. Marian



64. B - False



65. B - False



66. A - True



67. A - Cross-in-Hand



68. Marriage license



69. Alec d'Urberville



70. Answers will vary



71. Their mother is dying and their father is ill



72. B - Alec



73. Tess's father, John Durbeyfield



74. Rural-to-urban migration, or "the tendency of the rural population towards the large towns"



75. Kingsbere



76. Izz and Marian



77. Tess's mother, Joan Durbeyfield



78. Sandbourne



79. The Herons



80. Mrs. Brooks



81. Blood



82. Alec d'Urberville



83. Cuthbert Clare



84. A - True



85. Bramshurst Court



86. Stonehenge



87. Answers will vary

Essay Questions - Answers will vary

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