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