Question

read the excerpt from the graveyard book by neil gaiman and then answer the following questions.

(a) up ahead of them, bod saw a statue swing up, and another two creatures came catapulting out into the crimson - skied world, just like the ones that carried bod. (b) one wore a raggedly silken gown that looked like it had once been white, the other wore a stained grey suit too large for it, the sleeves of which were shredded into shadowy tatters.

1. in sentence (a), is the word \world\ a noun?

1. in sentence (a), which of the following words is a verb: creatures came catapulting out? (use the tense - change test.)

1. in sentence (b), is the word \stained\ a verb?

1. identify all the nouns in sentence (b) - there are six.

using the proper proofreading marks, correct the six errors in this excerpt:

one of the winged beasts dropped toward them, circled lower and bod raised the call again until it were stilled by hard hands clamping over his mouth.

wordplay - just for fun

prefix - rooter: how many words can you think of that have the same prefix, suffix, or root as the multi - syllabic word below?

cosmopolitanism
(an ideology that all humans belong to a single community)

Explanation:

1. "World" is a noun as it names a place or realm.
2. "Came" is a verb as it shows an action. The -ing form "catapulting out" is also a verb - related form indicating an action in progress. But in terms of a single - word verb, "came" is the answer.
3. "Stained" in the context is an adjective describing the grey suit, not a verb.
4. Nouns in sentence (b): One, gown, it, suit, sleeves, tatters.

For the proof - reading part: "Dropped" should be "dropped", "cicled" should be "circled", "said" should be "shouted" (assuming a more appropriate verb), "were" should be "was", "stilled" should be "stifled", "champing" should be "clamping".
For the word - play part: Words with "cosmo -" prefix like cosmography, cosmology; words with "polis" root like police; words with "-ism" suffix like socialism.

Answer:

1. Yes
2. came
3. No
4. One, gown, it, suit, sleeves, tatters

Proof - reading: "Dropped" (correct spelling), "circled", "shouted" (suggested change), "was", "stifled", "clamping"
Word - play: cosmography, cosmology, police, socialism (examples)