BEFORE YOU READ chapters 1 - 4

1. Look at the picture on the front of the book. What do you think this story is about?



2. Are these sentences right or wrong?
1) Arrows come out of a gun.
2) Your feet are at the top of your body.
3) Mexico is an island.
4) Juan Carlos is the King of Spain.
5) Elizabeth is the Queen of England.
6) Swords are dangerous.
7) We can travel to the sun.

3. Answer these questions about your country.
1) Who is the ruler?
2) Who makes new laws?
3) What rules do schools have?
4) Who has servants?

4. After you tie string round a packet, is the packet open?

5. Write a true sentence and an untrue sentence about your family. Ask other students: Which sentence is true?

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AFTER YOU READ

1. Answer the questions.
a) Why do the people of Lilliput tie Gulliver to the wall of his house? Why do they untie him later?
b) Who are the Big-enders and the Little-enders? Why are they fighting?

2. Is Gulliver right when he helps:
a) the King of Lilliput?
b) the King of Blefuscu? Why (not)?