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Gulliver's Travels PENGUIN READERS Activity worksheets LEVEL 2 Teacher Support Programme Gulliver’s Travels Photocopiable Part I Some men didn’t want ….. so they left 1 Look at the underlined words. Who, whose or to open their eggs at Lilliput and started what are they? the little end new lives at Blefuscu. a Six of us got a boat into the sea. Gulliver showed the ….. and he could only ……………………………………………… little animals to the walk about a metre b They were everywhere – round my arms, my men on the English away from the outside feet and through my long hair. ship of his door. ……………………………………………… c Some were hurt, they told me later. 4 Write why. ……………………………………………… a Gulliver slept the best sleep of his life when d I drank it and called for another cup. he came to the island. ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… e I don’t want to feel them again. They can b When Gulliver cried loudly, the little men ran carry me. away and jumped onto the ground. ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… f He was kind to them. He did not hurt them. c Gulliver slept for nine hours. ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… g I won’t help you with that. d Big-enders left the island and started a new ……………………………………………… life in Blefuscu. h That ended the war between their two ……………………………………………… countries. e The king of Blefuscu sent Gulliver a letter. ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… i Everybody looked at them with wide eyes. Part II ……………………………………………… 5 Answer these questions about Gulliver in 2 Complete with one word. Brobdingnag. The little men looked inside Gulliver’s a Why did Gulliver leave the ship and go to the (a) ………… . They made notes of everything, strange country in a boat? his notebook, the (b) ………… for his weak ……………………………………………… eyes, his money and his (c) …………-bag. b What did Gulliver see in the sea near the Then the king brought more men and Gulliver boat? pulled out his (d) ………… . The sun shone on ……………………………………………… it and hurt everybody’s eyes. He also gave them c Why did he run away to the mountains? his (e) ………… . ……………………………………………… 3 Match A and B. d What were the trees really? A B ……………………………………………… e Who did the man in the corn field take The little men ….. because his body Gulliver to? watched Gulliver with was too big. ……………………………………………… wide eyes f What did the baby do to Gulliver? They cut the strings ….. because he ate ……………………………………………… round his head very quickly. g How big was the bed? They put a string ….. and they thought ……………………………………………… round one of his story was true. h What did the farmer’s daughter call Gulliver? Gulliver’s feet ……………………………………………… They didn’t want to ….. and he could turn i What was the farmer’s plan? kill him and see the people on ……………………………………………… the table better. c Pearson Education Limited 2008 Gulliver’s Travels - Activity worksheets 1 of 2 PENGUIN READERS Activity worksheets LEVEL 2 Teacher Support Programme Gulliver’s Travels Photocopiable 6 What happened first? Put the sentences in f They love to wash their hair and to be clean. order, number them 1–12. g The Houyhnhnms keep the Yahoos because a A boy carried Gulliver’s box to the sea. c they can work very well on the farms. b A great seabird picked up Gulliver’s box h Gulliver is better than a Yahoo because he can and carried it away. c think and learn. c Glumdalclinch shut the windows and i Gulliver likes the Yahoos and is happy when door of Gulliver’s box. c the Houyhnhnms call him a Yahoo. d Gulliver heard a loud noise and someone h When Yahoos fight, they hurt other Yahoos pulled his box out of the water. c with their teeth. e Gulliver showed the men the things in 9 Complete these sentences. his box. c a Finding new men in Barbados was a mistake f Gulliver travelled home to his family. c for Gulliver because ………………………… g Gulliver travelled with the king and queen ……………………………………………… to the towns and cities in the south. c b When Gulliver met the first horse, he put his h Gulliver went to sleep. c hand on its back but ……………………….. i Gulliver, the king and the queen arrived ……………………………………………… near the sea. c c The grey horse’s wife looked at Gulliver in an j Gulliver’s box fell into the sea. c unfriendly way because …………………….. k Someone opened the box. c ……………………………………………… l The bird fought with another bird over d They grey horse, his family and his servants Gulliver’s box. c wanted Gulliver to learn their language 7 Who is who? Choose the right words and because ……………………………………… complete. ……………………………………………… The farmer The farmer’s daughter e The Houyhnhnms use the word Yahoo when The farmer’s wife The queen of Brobdingnag ……………………………………………… The king of Brobdingnag The king’s men f Gulliver has to leave. He can no longer live in a ………… was Gulliver’s teacher. the grey horse’s house so ……………………. b ………… made a lot of money showing ……………………………………………… Gulliver around the country. 10 Who says this? Who to? c ………… thought Gulliver was a Mistake. a ‘Don’t come out or we’ll kill you.’ d ………… bought Gulliver from the farmer ……………………………………………… for a lot of money. b ‘Your nose is too big.’ e ………… asked Gulliver questions about ……………………………………………… Europe and its people, its laws and ideas, and c ‘How can you use them in that way?’ its rulers. ……………………………………………… f ………… gave Gulliver something to eat and d ‘The young red-brown horse likes me. He and somewhere to sleep. I can build the boat.’ Part III ……………………………………………… 8 Which sentences are wrong about the Yahoos? e ‘Why do you have wars?’ Correct the wrong ones. ……………………………………………… a They have long hair on their heads and f ‘I cannot live with Yahoos!’ bodies. Their hair was different colours. ……………………………………………… b They live in groups and don’t live very near After reading the Houyhnhnms. 11 A time line: Draw a time line. Show ten c Their front feet are like the hands of a man. important things that happened in Gulliver’s d They are not afraid of the Houyhnhnms. travels. e They can climb trees. c Pearson Education Limited 2008 Gulliver’s Travels - Activity worksheets of 2 PENGUIN READERS Progress test LEVEL 2 Teacher Support Programme Gulliver’s Travels Photocopiable Part I c When the head man of a village visited the 1 Are these sentences right or wrong? Change the farmer, the farmer’s daughter felt very unhappy wrong sentences. because ….. a The Lilliputians were a little bigger than Gulliver’s 1) the farmer had a plan: he was going to show hands. Gulliver around the country and make a lot of …………………………………………………… money. b The little men were afraid because Gulliver cried 2) the head man had a plan: he was going to show loudly. Gulliver around the country and make a lot of …………………………………………………… money. c The little men built a wooden table near Gulliver 3) the farmer and the head man had a plan: the because they wanted to see Gulliver better. farmer was going to show Gulliver and make a …………………………………………………… lot of money. d The Lilliputians were kind to Gulliver. With 600 d The king’s men thought Gulliver was a thing small beds they made a big bed for him. because ….. …………………………………………………… 1) Gulliver was very small. e The King of Blefuscu sent Gulliver a letter: he 2) Gulliver was smaller than the smallest person in wanted to end war with the Lilliputians. the world. …………………………………………………… 3) Gulliver did not speak their language. 2 Answer the questions. 4 Five things are wrong. Find them and write the a What did the little men teach Gulliver? Why? right sentences. …………………………………………………… The queen was interested in Europe, so Gulliver spoke b What would the king do if Gulliver followed his about England’s wars, its poor families, the fights rules? between their churchmen, their rulers and Parliament. …………………………………………………… Gulliver also said that his country was really four great c What was the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu countries under one great ruler. The king was also about? interested in the people who made houses. He did not …………………………………………………… understand how the men in the House of Lords did d What did Gulliver do to help the Lilliputians in their work for no money. their fight against the people from Blefuscu? Part III …………………………………………………… 5 What happened first? Put the sentences in order, e How did the king from Blefuscu help Gulliver 1–5. come back home? a The horse didn’t want Gulliver to leave but …………………………………………………… did as the Houyhnhnms at the Meeting said. c Part II b So Gulliver asks a servant to help him build 3 Which one is right? a boat from wood. After two months he was a Gulliver was looking for clean water. When he went ready to go home. c back to the boat ….. c Gulliver had to leave their land because the 1) it was on the sea, but there was no one in it. Houyhnhnms were afraid. Gulliver was strong 2) it was on the sea, but it moved very fast through and they thought ‘He will help the Yahoos the water. when they fight us.’ c 3) it was on the sea and the men moved it slowly d The grey horse went to the meeting with the away from the land. heads of the other families but when he came b When the big man looked down at Gulliver in the back, he was not very happy. c corn field ….. e The Houyhnhnms have a very important 1) Gulliver thought the man would hurt him. meeting every four years to talk about the 2) Gulliver remembered how he looked at small countries’ important problems.
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