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Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond, was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.

‘Hold your noise!’ cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. ‘Keep still, you little devil, or I’ll cut your throat!’



A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. A man who had been …

Pick out 10 nouns, 10 verbs and 10 adjectives from the novels mentioned above

Answer 1

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[CONTEXT: This extract comes from almost the beginning of the novel. Pip, the novel's main character and narrator, has just introduced himself and has explained that his parents died when he was a baby and he was brought up by his sister and her husband (the Gargerys). In the extract below, while still a young boy, he goes to visit his parents' grave for the first time and encounters someone who we later discover is an escaped convict.]

(1) Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. (2) My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. (3) At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgina, wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.

(4) 'Hold your noise!' cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. (5) 'Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat!'

(6) A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. (7) A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. (8) A man who had been soaked in water, and smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars; who limped, and shivered, and glared and growled; and whose teeth chattered in his head as he seized me by the chin.

(9) 'O! Don't cut my throat, sir,' I pleaded in terror. (10) 'Pray don't do it, sir.'

(11) 'Tell us your name!' said the man. (12) 'Quick!'

(13) 'Pip, sir'

(14) 'Once more,' said the man, staring at me. (15) 'Give it mouth!'

(16) 'Pip. (17) Pip, sir.'

(18) 'Show us where you live,' said the man. (19) 'Pint out the place!'

(20) I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church.

(21) The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down and emptied my pockets. (22) There was nothing in them but a piece of bread. (23) When the church came to itself - for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet - when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling, while he ate the bread ravenously.

(24) 'You young dog,' said the man, licking his lips, 'what fat cheeks you ha' got.'

(25) I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized, for my years, and not strong.

(26) 'Darn Me if I couldn't eat 'em,' said the man, with a threatening shake of his head, 'and if I han't half a mind to't!'

(27) I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn't, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep my self from crying.

(Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, pp. 7-8)

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Answer 2

Answer:

Pick nouns, verbs and adjectives

Explanation:

Ten Nouns

1. Marsh
2. Country
3. Philip Pirip
4. Georgiana
5. Alexander
6. Bartholomew
7. Abraham
8. Tobias
9. Roger
10. Pip

Ten Verbs

1. Feeding
2. Rushing
3. Growing
4. Cried
5. Started
6. Cut
7. Hold
8. Keep
9. Gained
10. Intersected

Ten Adjectives

1. Vivid
2. Broad
3. Memorable
4. Bleak
5. Dark
6. Flat
7. Scattered
8. Small
9. Terrible
10. Fearful