CHAPTER: PIP MEETS A
CONVICT
:CONTENTS
Dictation words
Words- Meanings
Question- Answer
Sentences
Bookwork
.Fill in the blanks
:Dictation words
Philip Tombstone Scratches Emptied .Shuddering
Churchyard Wilderness Chattered Trembling weathercock
Words Meanings
Convict Prisoner
Battery A fort
Grub A slang word for food
Orphan A child whose parents are dead
Nettles A weed that stings skin when touched
Weathercock A device
Question-Answer
Q1: What is the setting for this story, where do the events
?take place
A: The setting for the story is in a marshy area, down by the
.river, a few miles from the sea
?Q2: What was Pip’s full name
.A: Pip’s full name was Philip pirrip
?Q3: Where did he live and with whom
A. Pip lived in his sister’s house with his sister and her husband,
.the blacksmith, Mr Joe Gargery
Q4: Why did Pip feel sad and start to cry in the graveyard one
?day
A: Pip started to cry in the graveyard one day because he
realized that he was an orphan and felt sad. He also made to
.feel sad by the grey land and sky
?Q5: What did the convict tell Pip to get for him
.A. The convict told Pip to get him a file and some grub (food)
?Q6: Where and when did the convict want to meet him again
A: The convict wanted to meet Pip early the next morning at
.the Battery
.These questions are more difficult. Discuss them first
?g. What did the convict say and do to frighten Pip
A: The convict picked the pip up and put him on the top of a
gravestone. He turns Pip over and bends him backwards while
holding on to him. He threatens him by saying that another
man is hiding with him and that he will attack him and eat his
.!innards
?h. How do we know that the convict was cold and hungry
A: We know that the convict was cold and hungry because he
.was shivering
.Q2: Answer the question of the lines from the story
The man jumped and made a short run, but then he stopped
and looked over his shoulder
?A. who is this about
.A: the convict
?b. Why did he start to run away
.A: He thought Pip parents were close by
?c. What did he realize that made him stop
A. He realized that Pip was pointing to the gravestones which
.had his parents’ names on them
Q: Words Sentences
Convict .Police are looking for an escaped convict
Churchyard .The school stood in churchyard
Seized .She seized the gun from him
Pleaded .She pleaded with me to buy this for me
marsh .They walked away from the marsh
.Q: Fill in the blanks
.The marshes were criss-crossed with ditches and mounds .1
The man jumped and made a short run, but then he stopped .2
.and looked over his shoulder
.He hugged his shuddering body in both his arms .3
.It is going to be a long night for me .4
.Early tomorrow morning,. Bring that file and the grub .5
:BOOKWORK
.Q: Find with meanings of words, use alphabetical order
Tool or implement Safe Free from harm or
iron risk
Present Existing Danger Injury
fail Neglect to do Tuck Push, fold turn
something
tilt Movement Hugged Hold
file A folder Creep Move slowly
.Q: The letters in the words below are jumbled
:EASY
Said what went stones name
Live smiles arms file came
:NOT SO EASY
Roasted clothes heart tombstone
.Q: Underline the adjectives
a. young b good , clever c. old, new
d. forgetful , loud e. thoughtful, poor
.f. metal, shiny g. spare, kind
:Q; Add suitable adjectives phrases to the following
.She bought the shirt with green lines
.I looked at the sky in last horrible night
.They saw the fox with long fur
.This is a shirt with small collar
.He heard the tiger growling near by
:The phrases are
.Over the fence
.Three or four
.Good and bad
.In a dish
.Now and then
These are phrases other’s are not phrases because they
.have finite verbs and are clauses
