Homework task:

An extract from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens:

"There was such a malignant enjoyment in her utterance of the last words, and she broke into such a disagreeable laugh, that I was at a loss what to say. She spared me the trouble of considering, by dismissing me. When the gate was closed upon me by Sarah of the walnut-shell countenance, I felt more than ever dissatisfied with my home and with my trade and with everything; and that was all I took by that motion. As I was loitering through the high street, looking in disconsolately at the shop windows, and thinking what I would buy if I were a gentleman, who should come out of the bookshop but Mr. Wopsle."


Changing this extract into informal register:

It was clear there was a hateful pleasure when she spoke, as she burst into fits of laughter, I was speechless. She stopped me from thinking by rudely blanking me. When Sarah closed the gate behind me, I felt ashamed and unhappy with my home, my job and with everything; and that's all I felt. I walked through the high street, looking hopelessly sad as I looked through the shop windows, and thinking what I would buy if I was a gentleman. I noticed Mr. Wopsle coming out of the bookshop.