Gulliver Key+Test

About the author

Page 6 – Exercise 1

1. B – He was born in Dublin.2. A3. A4. B – He suggested that people ate

the babies of the poor.5. B – He was very popular in Ireland.6. B – He died in 1745.7. B – His work is much admired by

modern critics.

PART ONE

3 – Exercise 1

a. He’s a doctor.b. On a ship.c. The Antelope.d. It hits a rock and sinks.e. They drown.f. The Lilliputians discover him and

tie him up with ropes.


1. tiny 2. arrows 3. escape 4. language 5. prisoner 6. sheep7. cattle 8. temple 9. city 10. daring


a. himself b. ourselves c. yourselves d. themselves e. itself



1. beach 2. monster 3. huge 4. dangerous 5. come 6. sand 7. asleep


1. A2. B – Some of them shot arrows at

him.3. B – He told Gulliver to punish

them.4. B – He put five of them in his

pocket.5. A6. B – They were happy.

Jonathan Swift

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PART TWO


a. He tells the soldiers to tie themwith ropes and then he givesthem to Gulliver to punish.

b. He takes it out of his pocket andpretends he wants to eat one ofthe men.

c. About a month.d. For weapons.e. He has to agree not to leave

Lilliput without permission andhe must help the Emperor’s armyif there is a war.

f. His glasses.g. Many people fall off the rope and

are injured.h. He is given an important

government job.i. He is given a blue thread.j. He organises a parade of soldiers

on his handkerchief in the air,and he lets the army marchbetween his legs.


Open answers.


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Open answer.

PART THREE


The war is about whether eggs shouldbe broken at the big or little end.


1. c Gulliver tells the Emperor that he has a plan.

2. d He walks into the sea.3. f He ties a piece of rope to each

of the Blefuscu ships.4. a The Blefuscu sailors are

frightened.5. e He pulls the Blefuscu navy

towards Lilliput.6. b The Emperor says that Gulliver

is a hero.


Gulliver refuses to continue the war.


a. had studied b. had gone c. hadlost d. gave e. had died f. had sold


1. I could visit2. able to enter3. was invited to4. killed many people5. if I could


1. advisers2. was going to be a war3. involved4. agreed5. himself6. help

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Exercise 7

Open answer.

Popular travel books


1. B – They are not real countries. 2. A3. A4. B – He went on a voyage to

Venezuela. 5. B – He sailed around the world.6. B – They brought back strange

animals.7. B – He discovered Australia.

PART FOUR


a. F – the people of Lilliput areabout six inches tall.

b. F – the horses of Lilliput areabout five inches tall.

c. F – the sheep in Lilliput are aboutone inch high.

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a. They write diagonally across the page.

b. Fraud is always punished withdeath.

c. He is given a title and somemoney by the government.

d. Religion, honour, justice andcourage.

e. Girls learn the same subjects asboys, as well as something aboutthe family.

f. He wants to blind him.g. He finds a boat in the sea.

h. He gives him food and drink forthe journey.

i. He shows the captain one of theBlefuscu sheep.


1. A 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A


a. ’ll bite b. I’ll ask c. ’ll help d. it will rain e. ’ll wear


a. P b. D c. P d. D e. D


1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A

PART FIVE


1. A2. B – They do not see any houses

when they reach land.3. A4. B – He is very afraid of the big

creature.5. A6. B – He thinks he is a little animal.7. A8. A


a. He picks him up by the legs.b. The baby puts Gulliver in its

mouth.c. The cat is afraid of him.d. He attacks them with his sword

and kills one of them.


a. Everybody says that Paul is goodat Italian but I’m as good as him.

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b. He does not study as hard as hissister.

c. My dog is as big as a horse.d. Our car is as fast as yours.


a. big – biggerb. small – smallerc. kind – kinderd. beautiful – more beautiful


a. She speaks French better than I do.b. John runs faster than Sally.c. Doctors are richer than bus

drivers.d. Your son is older than mine.


a. journey b. afraid c. huge / large d. injured e. instruction


a. beach b. houses c. creature d. hide e. animal


Open answer.


1. A2. B – One of the farmer’s friends

saw that everyone wanted to seeGulliver.

3. B – He decided to take him onmarket day.

4. A5. B – She knew he didn’t want to

perform in public.

PART SIX


1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B


a. assistance b. bear c. principal d. piece e. council f. wait


a. 3 b. 6 c. 7 d. 12 e. 9 f. 2 g. 8h. 5 i. 1 j. 11 k. 10 l. 4


A Bquickly slowlystand sitfiercely gentlyill well



Open answers.

PART SEVEN


a. She asks if the farmer will sellGulliver to her.

b. He asks if Glumdalclitch can staywith him at the palace.

c. An eagle picks up the box andflies away with it.

d. He shows the captain a servant’stooth, which is one metre long.

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Theatre

stagescenerycurtainlights

Exercise 2

1. e 2. c 3. h 4. d 5. a 6. f 7. b8. g



a. 4 – eagle b. 2 – dog c. 1 – sheepd. 3 – frog e. 6 – lion f. 5 – monkey


a. ‘Wonderful’ and ‘horrible’.b. They have been talking about

wars in England.c. Gulliver has offered to make some

cannons for the King.d. He is angry, and tells Gulliver

never to mention the subjectagain.

Tapescript

QUEEN: I don’t know where he comesfrom – but I’m sure his country isa wonderful little place!

KING: I’m not sure about that. I thinkhis country is a horrible littleplace.

QUEEN: Why do you say that?KING: He was telling me about it the

other day. He described the warsthey have there, and it soundedterrible.

QUEEN: But Gulliver and his peopleare so small. They couldn’t hurteach other very badly when theyfight!

KING: That’s what I thought, too. Ilaughed when he told me abouttheir armies. Then he began toexplain how they fight. He toldme about the cannons they use.These cannons can kill lots ofpeople.

QUEEN: Do you think it’s really true?KING: I think it is. He offered to teach

me how to make cannons. I toldhim the idea was a horrible one. Iordered him not to mention thesubject again.

QUEEN: You were right, my dear. Wedon’t want to know about thingslike that!


Open answer.


1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. B

PART EIGHT


1. B – He had been at home forabout 10 days.

2. A3. A4. B – He was taken up on a chair

tied to a rope.5. B – It was called Laputa.6. B – They had stars and musical

instruments.7. A8. A9. B – They weren’t interested at all.

10. A

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a. Lagado.b. Everything was well organised

and the people seemed happy andrich.

c. He tells him that about forty yearsearlier all of Balnibarbi was wellorganised and the farms wererich. Then some people from

Balnibarbi went up to Laputa fora few months and when theycame back they brought ideasabout music and mathematics andthey started destroying thecountry.

d. It is full of professors all workingon impossible or futile projects.


E R T T R E E N LS D L C A T T L EE O F A T T G O LE R R O O T S I LJ M O N K E Y I TA V G B Y A L T BY A Z D O G A R UR F O X U L O D WR S S H E E P M Q

First project

Second project

Third project

Description of theproject

To extract thesunlight fromcucumbers

To make a languagewith only nouns in it

To make a new kindof language

Purpose of theproject

To provide heat inthe winter

To makeconversations shorter

To use things insteadof words


a. plus b. minus c. divided by d. degrees e. square root f. odd g. even h. right-angle i. prime


1. drum 2. harp 3. trombone 4. trumpet 5. violin 6. flute 7. saxophone 8. clarinet 9. piano


materials

sugar

soap

furniture

bread

clothing

iron

salt

liquids

milk

oil

abstract nouns

kindness

information

happines

electricity

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b. He wanted to stay with theHouyhnhnms.

c. Because he had come to love theirgentleness, intelligence, nobilityand simplicity.


a. All the biscuits were eaten by thedog.

b. The people were told to be calmby the President.

c. He was hit by a bus as he wascrossing the road.

d. The results of the test wereannounced by the headmaster.

e. The child was punished by themother.


a. was killed / crashed b. is drunk c. was publishedd. was delayed / broke downe. know / was announced

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A Ba kilo of sugar / breada loaf of breadan article of clothingan act of kindnessa pint of beera cup of tea


Open answer.


Open answer.

Utopia and Dystopia


1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C


1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. A


a. dystopia b. imaginary c. undiscovered d. freedom e. philosophical

PART NINE


Maldonada, Luggnagg, Japan, Europe


a. They are all dead people, ghosts.b. He is disappointed because he

learns that his heroes were notbrave people.

c. He thinks they must be wise,good and happy.


before they are eighty: sadat eighty: like other old people, forget

things and become illafter eighty: lose all their friends and

never make any moreat ninety: they have no memoryat two hundred: cannot read or speak

because the language changes


1. soon as we2. after ten days3. know about4. behaving like5. that I found


a. P b. R c. P d. N e. P


a. didn’t you?b. do they?c. didn’t he?d. isn’t it?e. aren’t you?


1. capable of being2. live3. the4. Do they5. hunger6. I’m not

PART TEN


1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D


a. They made him leave the country.

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k. After his visit to Brobdingnag, Gulliver showed the captainof an English ship a tiny sheep.

l. The name of the flying island was Laputa.

m. In Laputa, the rich people had to touch their servants witha stick to make them listen.

n. Glubbdubrib was an island of giants.

o. The Governor of Glubbdubrib showed Gulliver some famous heroes of the past.

p. The Houyhnhnms were horses.

q. The Houyhnhnms told Gulliver that the Yahoos werestupid and wicked.

r. When Gulliver finally returned to England he was very happy.

Read the summary of the story. Choose the best word (A, B or C) foreach space (1-8).

After travelling on the Antelope, Gulliver found 0. B in Lilliput. Thevery small people made him their prisoner. After some time, theGovernor and his people started to treat Gulliver 1. …………… .However, Gulliver asked the Emperor to give him his freedom. TheEmperor and his ministers agreed but Gulliver had to agree to twoconditions: he could not leave Lilliput without permission and if therewas a war, he would have to help the Emperor.He went to Blefuscu. The Blefuscu navy planned to invade Lilliput butGulliver helped the people of Lilliput. 2. …………… day he discoveredthat the Emperor of Lilliput wanted to make him blind. He was stillangry with Gulliver because Gulliver had not completely destroyedBlefuscu. Gulliver found a boat and decided to go back to England. Thesailors on an English ship saw him and helped him. The captain of theship didn’t believe Gulliver’s story about Lilliput and Blefuscu untilGulliver showed him a tiny sheep.Gulliver’s 3. ……………. voyage took him to Brobdingnag. Gulliver wastiny there and the people were all giants. At first, Gulliver was happy tolive there with a farmer and his family 4. …………... the farmer madehim perform in public because he wanted to earn a lot of money. Oneday Gulliver was asked to perform for the Queen. The Queen was

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Focus on the context

Answer the following questions.

a. When and where was Jonathan Swift born?

b. Where was he educated?

c. What did he do in 1694?

d. Did he support local charities?

e. When did he die?

Focus on the story

Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the falsesentences.

T F

a. The name of the main character in the story is SamuelGulliver.

b. At the beginning of the story, he was the captain of a ship.

c. When that ship sank, Gulliver woke up and found himselfin Lilliput.

d. Compared to the Lilliputians, Gulliver was tiny.

e. The Emperor’s men searched Gulliver and found ahandkerchief, a watch, a comb and other things.

f. To have his freedom, Gulliver had to agree to three important conditions.

g. The war between Lilliput and Blefuscu was the war of the eggs.

h. The Emperor of Lilliput wanted to kill Gulliver.

i. Gulliver was a giant in Brobdingnag.

j. At first, Gulliver lived happily with the farmer and hisfamily, but he had a terrible life performing for other people.

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Focus on the context1.a. In 1667, in Dublin.b. At Kilkenny Grammar School and

Trinity College Dublin.c. He became a minister of the

Church.d. Yes, he supported them

generously.e. In 1745.

Focus on the story2.a. F – It is Lemuel Gulliver.b. F – He was the ship’s doctor.c. Td. F – He was a giant.e. Tf. F – He had to agree to two

important conditions.

g. Th. F – He wanted to make him blind.i. F – He was tiny in Brobdingnag.j. Tk. F – He showed the captain a giant

servant’s tooth.l. Tm. F – The servants had to touch the

rich people with a stick to makethem listen.

n. F – It was an island of magicians.o. Tp. Tq. Tr. F – He was unhappy because he

had learnt the truth about people.

3. 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A6. B 7. A 8. B

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pleased with him and asked him to stay, and a special box was made forGulliver. After two years, Gulliver began to be lonely and wanted toreturn to England. One hot day he found his box being carried by aneagle. The box fell 5. ………... the sea but once again, Gulliver wasrescued by an English ship.Gulliver’s next voyage started very soon after. He sailed to the EastIndies. There Gulliver saw lots of islands and even saw an island flyingin the sky. He called up to the people and was taken to their islandwhich was called Laputa. From Laputa he went to Balnibarbi and notlong 6. ……………, decided to return to England. He had to wait sometime for a ship and travelled to Glubbdubrib which was the island of themagicians. There a magician showed him many people from the past.Gulliver was disillusioned after meeting these heroes and was soon onhis way home to England. He stayed in England for a long time and thenset out on another voyage on his own ship, the Adventure. After aproblem with pirates, he found himself alone in a foreign land where hesaw some ugly animals. He then discovered that there were 7. …………. horses in this country but no people. He was shocked whenhe realised that the ugly animals were real people! The horses werecalled Houyhnhnms and they called the ugly ‘animals’ Yahoos. Theytold Gulliver that these Yahoos were stupid and wicked. Although theyhad thought at first that Gulliver must also be a Yahoo, they realised thathe was intelligent. During his stay with the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver beganto understand and respect them and he began to hate human beings. Hewas ashamed of being a Yahoo. 8. …………. Gulliver wanted to stayforever with the Houyhnhnms, they decided that he would have to leavethem and return to England because he was a Yahoo. Gulliver was sad toleave but he knew he would have to obey. He returned to England andafter five years was still unhappy there.

EXAMPLE ANSWER

0. A he B himself C him B

1. A good B best C well

2. A One B A C Once

3. A previous B before C next

4. A so B when C but

5. A into B onto C on

6. A next B after C before

7. A many B more C much

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