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BEGINNER ELEMENTARY READING & TRAINING K E Y TO TH E EX E R C I S E S Jonathan Swift PART TWO Page 24 – Exercise 1 Open answer. Page 23 – Exercise 1 a. He tells the soldiers to tie them with ropes and then he gives PART THREE ulliver s them to Gulliver to punish. G ’ b. He takes it out of his pocket and Page 30 – Exercise 1 pretends he wants to eat one of The war is about whether eggs should the men. be broken at the big or little end. TRAVELS c. About a month. d. For weapons. Page 30 – Exercise 2 KEY TO THE EXERCISES e. He has to agree not to leave 1. c Gulliver tells the Emperor that AND EXIT TEST Lilliput without permission and he has a plan. he must help the Emperor’s army 2. d He walks into the sea. About the author Page 14 – Exercise 3 if there is a war. 3. f He ties a piece of rope to each f. His glasses. a. himself b. ourselves of the Blefuscu ships. Page 6 – Exercise 1 g. Many people fall off the rope and 4. a The Blefuscu sailors are c. yourselves d. themselves are injured. 1. B – He was born in Dublin. frightened. e. itself h. He is given an important 2. A 5. e He pulls the Blefuscu navy government job. 3. A Page 15 – Exercise 4 towards Lilliput. i. He is given a blue thread. 4. B – He suggested that people ate 6. b The Emperor says that Gulliver j. He organises a parade of soldiers the babies of the poor. Sea Ship is a hero. on his handkerchief in the air, 5. B – He was very popular in Ireland. storm anchor and he lets the army march 6. B – He died in 1745. deep sailor Page 30 – Exercise 3 between his legs. 7. B – His work is much admired by wave crew Gulliver refuses to continue the war. modern critics. shallow sail Page 23 – Exercise 2 rock captain Page 31 – Exercise 4 Open answers. rope a. had studied b. had gone c. had PART ONE Page 24 – Exercise 3 lost d. gave e. had died f. had sold Page 15 – Exercise 5 AB Page 13 – Exercise 1 1. beach 2. monster 3. huge Page 31 – Exercise 5 a. He’s a doctor. 4. dangerous 5. come 6. sand a. 1. I could visit b. On a ship. 7. asleep 2. able to enter c. The Antelope. b. 3. was invited to d. It hits a rock and sinks. Page 16 – Exercise 1 4. killed many people e. They drown. 1. A c. 5. if I could f. The Lilliputians discover him and 2. B – Some of them shot arrows at Page 32 – Exercise 6 tie him up with ropes. him. d. 3. B – He told Gulliver to punish 1. advisers Page 13 – Exercise 2 them. e. 2. was going to be a war 1. tiny 2. arrows 3. escape 4. B – He put five of them in his 3. involved 4. language 5. prisoner 6. sheep pocket. f. 4. agreed 7. cattle 8. temple 9. city 5. A 5. himself 10. daring 6. B – They were happy. g. 6. help 2 K E Y TO TH E EX E R C I S E S K E Y TO TH E EX E R C I S E S Page 32 – Exercise 7 h. He gives him food and drink for b. He does not study as hard as his PART SIX Open answer. the journey. sister. i. He shows the captain one of the c. My dog is as big as a horse. Page 59 – Exercise 1 Blefuscu sheep. d. Our car is as fast as yours. 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B Popular travel books Page 42 – Exercise 3 Page 53 – Exercise 4 Page 60 – Exercise 2 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A a. big – bigger Page 34 – Exercise 1 a. assistance b. bear c. principal b. small – smaller d. piece e. council f. wait 1. B – They are not real countries. Page 43 – Exercise 4 c. kind – kinder 2. A a. ’ll bite b. I’ll ask c. ’ll help d. beautiful – more beautiful Page 60 – Exercise 3 3. A d. it will rain e. ’ll wear a. 3 b. 6 c. 7 d. 12 e. 9 f. 2 g. 8 4. B – He went on a voyage to Page 53 – Exercise 5 h. 5 i. 1 j. 11 k. 10 l. 4 Venezuela. Page 44 – Exercise 5 a. She speaks French better than I do. 5. B – He sailed around the world. a. P b. D c. P d. D e. D b. John runs faster than Sally. Page 61 – Exercise 4 6. B – They brought back strange c. Doctors are richer than bus AB animals. Page 44 – Exercise 1 drivers. quickly slowly 7. B – He discovered Australia. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A d. Your son is older than mine. stand sit fiercely gently Page 53 – Exercise 6 ill well PART FOUR PART FIVE a. journey b. afraid c. huge / large d. injured e. instruction Page 61 – Exercise 5 Page 41 – Exercise 1 Page 51 – Exercise 1 a. F – the people of Lilliput are Page 54 – Exercise 7 What What people Theatre 1. A about six inches tall. actors do in the 2. B – They do not see any houses a. beach b. houses c. creature b. F – the horses of Lilliput are audience do when they reach land. d. hide e. animal about five inches tall. perform clap stage 3. A c. F – the sheep in Lilliput are about Page 54 – Exercise 8 bow applaud scenery 4. B – He is very afraid of the big one inch high. recite watch curtain creature. Open answer. d. T rehearse laugh lights 5. A Page 54 – Exercise 1 Page 41 – Exercise 2 6. B – He thinks he is a little animal. Page 61 – Exercise 6 7. A 1. A Open answers. a. They write diagonally across the 8. A 2. B – One of the farmer’s friends page. saw that everyone wanted to see b. Fraud is always punished with Page 51 – Exercise 2 Gulliver. death. PART SEVEN a. He picks him up by the legs. 3. B – He decided to take him on c. He is given a title and some b. The baby puts Gulliver in its market day. money by the government. Page 69 – Exercise 1 mouth. 4. A d. Religion, honour, justice and a. She asks if the farmer will sell c. The cat is afraid of him. 5. B – She knew he didn’t want to courage. Gulliver to her. d. He attacks them with his sword perform in public. e. Girls learn the same subjects as b. He asks if Glumdalclitch can stay and kills one of them. boys, as well as something about with him at the palace. the family. Page 52 – Exercise 3 c. An eagle picks up the box and f. He wants to blind him. flies away with it. a. Everybody says that Paul is good g. He finds a boat in the sea. d. He shows the captain a servant’s at Italian but I’m as good as him. tooth, which is one metre long. 3 4 K E Y TO TH E EX E R C I S E S K E Y TO TH E EX E R C I S E S Page 69 – Exercise 2 QUEEN: But Gulliver and his people Page 79 – Exercise 2 Balnibarbi went up to Laputa for 1. e 2. c 3. h 4. d 5. a 6. f 7. b are so small. They couldn’t hurt a. Lagado. a few months and when they 8. g each other very badly when they b. Everything was well organised came back they brought ideas fight! and the people seemed happy and about music and mathematics and Page 69 – Exercise 3 KING: That’s what I thought, too. I rich. they started destroying the laughed when he told me about c. He tells him that about forty years country. E RTTREENL their armies. Then he began to earlier all of Balnibarbi was well d. It is full of professors all working explain how they fight. He told on impossible or futile projects. SDLCATTLE organised and the farms were me about the cannons they use. rich. Then some people from EOFATTGOL These cannons can kill lots of Page 80 – Exercise 3 ERROOTS I L people. QUEEN: Do you think it’s really true? JMONKEYI T Description of the Purpose of the KING: I think it is. He offered to teach project project AVGBYALTB me how to make cannons. I told YAZDOGARU him the idea was a horrible one. I To extract the To provide heat in sunlight from the winter RFOXULODW ordered him not to mention the First project subject again. cucumbers RSSHEEPMQ QUEEN: You were right, my dear. We To make a language To make don’t want to know about things Second project with only nouns in it conversations shorter Page 70 – Exercise 4 like that! To make a new kind To use things instead a. 4 – eagle b. 2 – dog c. 1 – sheep Page 70 – Exercise 6 Third project d. 3 – frog e. 6 – lion f. 5 – monkey of language of words Open answer. Page 70 – Exercise 5 Page 80 – Exercise 4 Page 81 – Exercise 5 Page 71 – Exercise 1 a.