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The story is about a man named Gulliver who gets shipwrecked and ends up in strange lands, interacting with little people and more. He learns about different cultures and societies.

The story is about the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, a surgeon who travels to several strange lands, including Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and Laputa. In each land, he encounters peoples of varying sizes and social structures.

Gulliver visits the lands of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg, and Japan.

 

 
 
 
Gulliver’s  Travels  
 
ACTIVITIES  
 
 
 
Ricard  Cardona  Terreu  
1º  Bat.  A
ACTIVITIES  
While  Reading  
 
 

Read  Chapters  1  to  3.  Choose  the  best  question-­‐word  for  these  questions,  and  then  
answer  them.  

How/What  
1. How  did  Gulliver  arrive  in  Lilliput?  He  had  an  accident  with  the  ship  where  he  
was  travelling  in  and  the  waves  move  him  to  Lilliput.  
2. What  was  Gulliver’s  first  experience  of  the  Lilliputians?  When  Gulliver  woke  
up  next  morning,  he  was  fastened  and  saw  a  small  human.  When  they  saw  
Gulliver,  they  was  friendly  with  him  because  he  was  very  big.  
3. How  did  the  Lilliputians  take  Gulliver  to  their  capital?  They  built  a  special  
wooden  platform  with  twenty  two  wheels  and  one  thousand  five  hundred  of  the  
King’s  larges  horses  pulled  him  to  the  capital.  
4. What  did  the  King’s  officer  find  in  Gulliver’s  pockets?  Two  very  large  pieces  of  
wood,  and  inside  them  were  great  pieces  of  metal,  very  sharp.  In  another  pocket  
there  was  a  most  wonderful  engine,  at  the  end  of  a  long  chain.  They  also  found  
his  pocket  knives  and  his  watch,  and  his  comb.  
5. How  did  the  King  choose  his  officials?  A  very  thin  rope  is  fixed  thirty  cm  above  
the  ground.  People  who  want  to  become  the  King’s  most  important  officials  
jump  and  dande  on  this  rope.  This  is  a  very  dangerous  sport,  and  there  are  
occasionals  deaths  as  a  result.  
6. What  was  the  strange  black  thing  found  on  the  beach?  It  was  the  Gulliver’s  
hat.  
7. What  was  the  difference  between  the  Big-­‐Endians  and  the  Small-­‐Endians?  
The  Small-­Endians  breaks  the  smaller  end  of  their  eggs,  and  the  Big-­Endians  
have  fought  angrily  against  this  law.  
8. How  did  Gulliver  help  Lilliput  in  the  war  with  Blefuscu?  Gulliver  protected  
Lilliput  of  the  Blefuscu’s  ships.  
9. How  did  Gulliver  protect  his  eyes  from  the  Blefuscans’  arrows?  Gulliver  
remembered  that  he  still  had  an  old  pair  of  reading  glasses  in  his  pocket.  
10. What  did  the  King  want  Gulliver  to  do  next?  King  wanted  Gulliver  steal  all  
the  enemy’s  ships.  
11. How  did  Gulliver  put  out  the  fire  in  the  palace?  He  had  not  made  water  since  
the  last  evening,  so  He  put  out  the  fire  whith  his  pee.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Before  you  read  Chapter  4  (Gulliver  escapes  from  Lilliput),  can  you  guess  the  
answers  to  these  questions?  
 
1. What  punishment  does  the  King  decide  on  for  Gulliver?  The  King  wants  that  
Gulliver  lose  his  sight.  
2. Do  any  of  Gulliver’s  friends  warn  him  of  the  danger?  Yes,  Reldresal  and  
another  good  friend  among  the  King’s  officials.  
3. Does  Gulliver  kill  any  Lilliputians  during  his  escape?  No  
4. How  does  he  escape,  and  which  country  does  he  go  to?  Gulliver  went  to  the  
north  of  Lilliput,  where  Lilliput’s  ship  lay.  He  took  his  clothes  off  and  put  them  
into  one  of  the  largest  warships.  Then,  he  stepped  into  the  sea,  and  swam  to  
Blefuscu.  
5. Where  does  he  go  next,  and  what  does  he  take  with  him?  After  a  month  in  
Blefuscu,  he  goes  to  England  in  a  big  boat,  and  he  take  with  him  the  meat  of  one  
hundred  cattle  and  three  hundred  sheep  to  eat  on  the  hourney,  and  he  also  had  
some  live  animals  to  show  in  England.  
 
 
 
Read  Chapters  5  and  6.  Are  these  sentences  true  (T)  or  false  (F)?  Rewrite  the  false  
sentences  with  the  correct  information.  
 
1. The  sailors  landed  on  Brobdingnag  to  look  for  gold.  False.  The  sailors  landed  
on  Brobdingnag  to  loof  for  fresh  water.  
2. Gulliver  hid  in  the  corn  when  the  giants  appeared.  True  
3. The  giants  were  about  forty  metres  tall.  False.  The  giants  were  about  twenty  
metres  tall.  
4. The  farmer  soon  realized  that  Gulliver  was  an  insect.  True  
5. In  the  farmer’s  home  Gulliver  was  attacked  by  rats.  True  
6. Glumdalclitch  took  very  good  care  of  Gulliver.  True  
7. The  farmer  took  Gulliver  all  over  the  country  to  show  him  the  sights.  False.  
The  farmer  took  Gulliver  to  make  a  fortune  by  showing  him  to  people  all  over  
the  country.  
 
 
Read  Chapters  7  and  8,  and  answer  these  questions.  
 
1. Why  was  the  farmer  glad  to  sell  Gulliver  to  the  Queen?  Because  he  was  
delighted  to  receive  a  good  price  for  Gulliver,  especially  as  he  felt  sure  Gulliver  
would  not  live  longer  than  a  month.  
2. What  did  the  King  think  Gulliver  was  at  first?  A  mechanical  toy.  
3. What  did  the  Queen’s  dwarf  do  to  Gulliver?  The  dwarf  took  him  in  both  hands  
and  pushed  his  legs  into  the  top  of  a  bone.  
4. Why  was  it  unusual  for  foreigners  to  visit  Brobdingnag?    Because  the  sea  
around  it  is  so  rough  and  there  are  so  many  rocks  in  the  water  that  no  large  
ships  can  land  on  any  of  the  beaches.  
5. Why  was  Gulliver  able  to  go  rowing  or  sailing?  Because  it  was  good  for  his  
health  and  Queen’s  workmen  make  him  a  tiny  boat  with  sails.  
6. What  was  the  greatest  danger  to  Gulliver  in  Brobdingnag?  The  monkey  who  
still  seemed  to  think  Gulliver  was  his  baby.  
7. What  did  the  King  want  Gulliver  to  tell  him  about?  Everything  about  England  
because  the  King  wants  know  new  things  to  make  in  Brobdingnag.  
8. Why  did  the  King  refuse  Gulliver’s  offer  of  gunpowder?  Because  the  King  
thinks  that  it  is  an  inhuman  and  cruel  idea  and  he  believed  that  every  problem  
can  be  solved  by  honest,  sensible  people,  and  the  political  life  of  a  country  must  
have  no  secrets.  
 
Before  you  read  Chapter  9  (Gulliver  escapes  from  Brobdingnag),  what  do  you  think  
is  going  to  happen?  Circle  Y  (yes)  or  N  (no)  for  each  of  these  ideas.  
1. Glummdalclitch  helps  Gulliver  to  escape.  Y/N  –  [N]  
2. Gulliver  uses  gunpowder  in  order  to  escape.  Y/N  –  [N]  
3. A  huge  bird  or  an  animal  takes  Gulliver  away.  Y/N  –  [Y]  

 
Read  Chapters  10  and  11.  Who  said  this,  and  who  or  what  were  they  talking  about?  
1. ‘Go  and  see  what  you  can  buy  and  sell  in  the  islands  round  here’  –  It  is  said  
by  Gulliver’s  friend,  the  captain.  He  said  that  when  they  arrive  in  the  Gulf  of  
Tongking  and  he  will  have  to  stay  on  business  so  he  told  Gulliver  what  he  can  
does  while.  
2. ‘The  earth  was  very  nearly  destroyed  by  the  last  one!’  –  It  is  said  by  a  man  of  
Laputa.  He’s  talking  with  another  man  about  the  earth  and  the  sun.  They  are  
very  worried  about  the  futuro  of  the  earth.  
3. ‘That’s  not  much  to  look  forward  to,  is  it?’  –  It  is  said  by  a  man  of  Laputa,  in  
the  same  conversation  of  the  last  sentence.  
4. ‘It’s  made  us  feel  rather  sick’  –  It  is  said  by  a  student  of  the  School  of  
Mathematics  when  Gulliver  ask  him  for  the  matter  and  why  he  look  quite  ill.  
5. ‘You’ll  find  it  a  very  interesting  place’  –  It  is  said  by  an  official  who  Gulliver  
had  met  in  Lagado,  and  he  said  it  when  he  tried  to  persuaded  him  to  visit  
Blubbdubdrib.  
6. ‘You  could  ask  them  questions  about  their  lives’  –  It  is  said  by  the  King,  when  
he  offer  to  Gulliver  to  call  a  ghost.  
7. ‘I  drank  too  much  and  died  of  a  fever’  –  It  is  said  by  Alexander  The  Great  
when  Gulliver  asked  him  :  ‘Were  you  murdered  or  did  you  die  naturally?’  after  
the  King  called  the  Alexander’s  ghost.  
8. ‘In  death,  as  in  life,  he  has  always  been  my  friend’  –  It  is  said  by  Julius  Caesar,  
when  Gulliver  asked  him  for  Brutus  who  killed  him.  
9. ‘I  expect  they’re  among  the  most  important  people  in  the  country’  –  It  is  said  
by  Gulliver  when  a  Struldbrug  told  him  what  is  a  Struldbrug.  It  is  a  human  
who  will  never  die.  
10. ‘You  see,  you’ve  made  a  very  understandable  mistake’  –  It  is  said  by  
Gulliver’s  friend  when  he  explain  to  Gulliver  why  the  Struldbrugs  have  a  
terrible  life.  
 
Read  Chapter  12,  and  answer  these  questions.  

1. Why  did  Gulliver’s  sailors  attack  him  and  leave  him  on  a  small  island?  
Because  they  were  going  to  take  control  of  the  ship  and  become  pirates.  
2. Who  was  in  control  of  this  island?  The  horses.  
3. Who  were  the  servants  in  the  country  of  the  Houys?  The  horrible-­looking  
animals  called  Yahoos.  
4. What  did  Gulliver  eat  on  the  island?  He  learnt  how  to  bake  little  cakes  made  
of  corn,  which  he  ate  with  warm  milk.  Sometimes  he  caught  a  bird,  and  
cooked  it,  or  picked  leaves  of  plants  to  eat  with  my  bread.  
5. Why  did  Gulliver  have  to  explain  to  his  Houy  master  what  ‘lying’  meant?  
Because  in  their  language  there  is  no  word  which  means  telling  lies,  and  then  
the  Houy  didn’t  understand  why  does  anyone  tell  a  lie.  
6. What  did  Gulliver’s  Houy  master  think  about  money?  That  it  is  strange,  
because  they  share  everything  there.  
7. Why  was  Gulliver  so  happy  in  the  land  of  the  Houys?  Because  there,  there  
are  sensible,  gentle  creatures,  who  never  lied  or  stole,  in  a  country  which  had  
no  desease,  no  crime,  no  wars.  
8. Why  did  the  Houys  ask  Gulliver  to  leave  their  country?  Because  they  have  
decided  he  can’t  stay  here  because  Gulliver  isn’t  neither  one  of  them,  nor  a  
Yahoo  
9. How  did  Gulliver  feel  about  his  family  when  he  got  home?    They  looked  and  
smel  like  Yahoos  too,  and  he  told  them  to  keep  away  from  him.  
10. What  did  Gulliver  realize  five  years  later?  He  write  his  stories  of  his  life  with  
the  Houys  but  the  people  accuse  him  of  lying  in  the  book,  so  Gulliver  accept  
that  the  human  says  lies  forever  and  the  that  the  humans  are  all  Yahoos.  
 

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