grey man answers - charles dickens primary school...the man ‘glares and growls’ at pip which...
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THEGREYMANINTHEGRAVEYARDAnswerSheet16.6.20
1. MatchtheunfamiliarvocabularywithitsmoderndayequivalentAlonger–alongsideWittles–victuals(food)Partickler–particularHan’t–hadn’t
2. “Withagreatirononhisleg”whatdoesthistellusabouttheman?Themanhasalargechainonhisleg.Wecanassumethatheisorwasaprisoner.Hemaybeaconvictontherun.
3. Canyouexplainhowtheauthorusesvocabularytomakethemansound‘scary’?Theauthordescribestheman’sappearanceasbeingweatherbeatenandscary.Hesaysthathehasbeen‘soakedinwater,smotheredinmudandlamedbystones’.Theman‘glaresandgrowls’atPipwhichsuggeststhatheisnotafriendlycharacter.Asthetextgoeson,themangetsmorephysicalwithPip,atonepointhetipshimupsidedowninamovementthatis‘suddenandstrong’.
4. WhydoesPiplivewithhissister?Pipliveswithhissisterbecauseheisanorphan.Hewenttothegraveyardtovisitthegravesofhisparents.
5. Inyourownwords,summarisewhatthemansaystoPip.ThemanasksPiphisnameandwherehelives.HewantsPiptobringhimafileandsomefood.IfPiptellsanyonethatthemanisinthegraveyard,hethreatenstocutoutandeathisheartandliver.
6. WhatdoyouthinkPipdoesnext?WhatwouldyoudoifyouwerePip?IthinkPiprunsbacktohisvillageasfastashecantoobeythegreyman’sorders.IfIwerePip,Iwouldtakethefileandfoodtotheman.I’vetoldhimwhereIliveandwhoIlivewithsothereisnothingstoppinghimcomingtofindmeifIdon’t.