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Jonathan Swift

Gullivers
TRAVELS

KEY TO THE EXERCISES

AND EXIT TEST
About the author

Page 14 Exercise 3

Page 6 Exercise 1

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

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

B He was born in Dublin.

A
A
B He suggested that people ate
the babies of the poor.
B He was very popular in Ireland.
B He died in 1745.
B His work is much admired by
modern critics.

PART ONE
Page 13 Exercise 1
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Hes a doctor.
On a ship.
The Antelope.
It hits a rock and sinks.
They drown.
The Lilliputians discover him and
tie him up with ropes.

Page 15 Exercise 4
Ship

storm
deep
wave
shallow
rock

anchor
sailor
crew
sail
captain
rope

Page 15 Exercise 5
1. beach 2. monster 3. huge
4. dangerous 5. come 6. sand
7. asleep
Page 16 Exercise 1
1.
2.
3.

Page 13 Exercise 2
1. tiny 2. arrows 3. escape
4. language 5. prisoner 6. sheep
7. cattle 8. temple 9. city
10. daring

Sea

4.
5.
6.

A
B Some of them shot arrows at
him.
B He told Gulliver to punish
them.
B He put five of them in his
pocket.
A
B They were happy.

PART TWO

Page 24 Exercise 1
Open answer.

Page 23 Exercise 1
a.

b.

c.
d.
e.

f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

He tells the soldiers to tie them

with ropes and then he gives
them to Gulliver to punish.
He takes it out of his pocket and
pretends he wants to eat one of
the men.
About a month.
For weapons.
He has to agree not to leave
Lilliput without permission and
he must help the Emperors army
if there is a war.
His glasses.
Many people fall off the rope and
are injured.
He is given an important
government job.
He is given a blue thread.
He organises a parade of soldiers
on his handkerchief in the air,
and he lets the army march
between his legs.

PART THREE
Page 30 Exercise 1
The war is about whether eggs should
be broken at the big or little end.
Page 30 Exercise 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Page 30 Exercise 3
Gulliver refuses to continue the war.

Page 23 Exercise 2

Page 31 Exercise 4

Open answers.

a. had studied b. had gone c. had

lost d. gave e. had died f. had sold

Page 24 Exercise 3
A

c Gulliver tells the Emperor that

he has a plan.
d He walks into the sea.
f He ties a piece of rope to each
of the Blefuscu ships.
a The Blefuscu sailors are
frightened.
e He pulls the Blefuscu navy
towards Lilliput.
b The Emperor says that Gulliver
is a hero.

Page 31 Exercise 5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a.
b.
c.

I could visit
able to enter
was invited to
killed many people
if I could

Page 32 Exercise 6

d.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

e.
f.
g.
2

advisers
was going to be a war
involved
agreed
himself
help

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Page 32 Exercise 7

h.

Open answer.

i.

Popular travel books

Page 34 Exercise 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

B They are not real countries.

A
A
B He went on a voyage to
Venezuela.
B He sailed around the world.
B They brought back strange
animals.
B He discovered Australia.

He gives him food and drink for

the journey.
He shows the captain one of the
Blefuscu sheep.

K E Y

b.
c.
d.

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PART SIX

He does not study as hard as his

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

Page 59 Exercise 1
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B

Page 42 Exercise 3

Page 53 Exercise 4

Page 60 Exercise 2

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

a.
b.
c.
d.

a. assistance b. bear c. principal

d. piece e. council f. wait

Page 43 Exercise 4
a. ll bite b. Ill ask c. ll help
d. it will rain e. ll wear
Page 44 Exercise 5
a. P b. D c. P d. D e. D

Page 60 Exercise 3

Page 53 Exercise 5

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

a.
b.
c.

Page 61 Exercise 4

Page 44 Exercise 1
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A

big bigger
small smaller
kind kinder
beautiful more beautiful

d.

She speaks French better than I do.

John runs faster than Sally.
Doctors are richer than bus
drivers.
Your son is older than mine.

A
quickly
stand
fiercely
ill

Page 53 Exercise 6

PART FOUR

PART FIVE

Page 41 Exercise 1
a.
b.
c.
d.

Page 51 Exercise 1

F the people of Lilliput are

about six inches tall.
F the horses of Lilliput are
about five inches tall.
F the sheep in Lilliput are about
one inch high.
T

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Page 41 Exercise 2
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

f.
g.

They write diagonally across the

page.
Fraud is always punished with
death.
He is given a title and some
money by the government.
Religion, honour, justice and
courage.
Girls learn the same subjects as
boys, as well as something about
the family.
He wants to blind him.
He finds a boat in the sea.

A
B They do not see any houses
when they reach land.
A
B He is very afraid of the big
creature.
A
B He thinks he is a little animal.
A
A

a. journey b. afraid c. huge / large

d. injured e. instruction
Page 54 Exercise 7
a. beach b. houses c. creature
d. hide e. animal

c.
d.

He picks him up by the legs.

The baby puts Gulliver in its
mouth.
The cat is afraid of him.
He attacks them with his sword
and kills one of them.

What
actors do
perform
bow
recite
rehearse

Open answer.
Page 54 Exercise 1

Page 51 Exercise 2
a.
b.

Page 61 Exercise 5

Page 54 Exercise 8

1.
2.

3.
4.
5.

What people
in the
audience do
clap
applaud
watch
laugh

Theatre

stage
scenery
curtain
lights

Page 61 Exercise 6

A
B One of the farmers friends
saw that everyone wanted to see
Gulliver.
B He decided to take him on
market day.
A
B She knew he didnt want to
perform in public.

Open answers.

PART SEVEN
Page 69 Exercise 1
a.
b.
c.

Page 52 Exercise 3
a.

B
slowly
sit
gently
well

Everybody says that Paul is good

at Italian but Im as good as him.

d.

She asks if the farmer will sell

Gulliver to her.
He asks if Glumdalclitch can stay
with him at the palace.
An eagle picks up the box and
flies away with it.
He shows the captain a servants
tooth, which is one metre long.

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Page 69 Exercise 2

QUEEN: But Gulliver and his people

are so small. They couldnt hurt
each other very badly when they
fight!
KING: Thats what I thought, too. I
laughed when he told me about
their armies. Then he began to
explain how they fight. He told
me about the cannons they use.
These cannons can kill lots of
people.
QUEEN: Do you think its really true?
KING: I think it is. He offered to teach
me how to make cannons. I told
him the idea was a horrible one. I
ordered him not to mention the
subject again.
QUEEN: You were right, my dear. We
dont want to know about things
like that!

1. e 2. c 3. h 4. d 5. a 6. f 7. b
8. g
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Page 70 Exercise 4
a. 4 eagle b. 2 dog c. 1 sheep
d. 3 frog e. 6 lion f. 5 monkey

Page 70 Exercise 6

c.
d.

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Page 79 Exercise 2
a.
b.

c.

Lagado.
Everything was well organised
and the people seemed happy and
rich.
He tells him that about forty years
earlier all of Balnibarbi was well
organised and the farms were
rich. Then some people from

d.

Balnibarbi went up to Laputa for

a few months and when they
came back they brought ideas
about music and mathematics and
they started destroying the
country.
It is full of professors all working
on impossible or futile projects.

Page 80 Exercise 3

Description of the
project

Purpose of the
project

To extract the
sunlight from
cucumbers

To provide heat in
the winter

Second project

To make a language
with only nouns in it

To make
conversations shorter

Third project

To make a new kind

of language

To use things instead

of words

First project

Open answer.

Page 70 Exercise 5
a.
b.

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Page 71 Exercise 1

Wonderful and horrible.

They have been talking about
wars in England.
Gulliver has offered to make some
cannons for the King.
He is angry, and tells Gulliver
never to mention the subject
again.

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

Page 80 Exercise 4

Page 81 Exercise 5

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
Page 82 Exercise 6

PART EIGHT
Page 79 Exercise 1
1. B He had been at home for
about 10 days.
2. A
3. A
4. 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. A
8. A
9. B They werent interested at all.
10. A

Tapescript
QUEEN: I dont know where he comes
from but Im sure his country is
a wonderful little place!
KING: Im not sure about that. I think
his country is a horrible little
place.
QUEEN: Why do you say that?
KING: He was telling me about it the
other day. He described the wars
they have there, and it sounded
terrible.
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materials

liquids

abstract nouns

sugar

milk

kindness

soap

oil

information

furniture

happines

bread

electricity

clothing
iron
salt

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Page 93 Exercise 3

Page 83 Exercise 7
A
a kilo of
a loaf of
an article of
an act of
a pint of
a cup of

before they are eighty: sad

at eighty: like other old people, forget
things and become ill
after eighty: lose all their friends and
never make any more
at ninety: they have no memory
at two hundred: cannot read or speak
because the language changes

B
sugar / bread
bread
clothing
kindness
beer
tea

Page 83 Exercise 8

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Page 83 Exercise 9
Open answer.

Utopia and Dystopia

soon as we
after ten days
know about
behaving like
that I found

c.

T O

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E X E R C I S E S

He wanted to stay with the

Houyhnhnms.
Because he had come to love their
gentleness, intelligence, nobility
and simplicity.

Page 106 Exercise 4

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Page 106 Exercise 3

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

All the biscuits were eaten by the

dog.
The people were told to be calm
by the President.
He was hit by a bus as he was
crossing the road.
The results of the test were
announced by the headmaster.
The child was punished by the
mother.

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

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

Page 95 Exercise 6

Page 88 Exercise 2

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. A
Page 88 Exercise 3
a. dystopia b. imaginary
c. undiscovered d. freedom
e. philosophical

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didnt you?
do they?
didnt he?
isnt it?
arent you?

Page 95 Exercise 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

PART NINE
Page 93 Exercise 1
Maldonada, Luggnagg, Japan, Europe
Page 93 Exercise 2

capable of being
live
the
Do they
hunger
Im not

PART TEN

They are all dead people, ghosts.

He is disappointed because he
learns that his heroes were not
brave people.
He thinks they must be wise,
good and happy.

Page 104 Exercise 1

1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D
Page 105 Exercise 2
a.

was killed / crashed

is drunk
was published
was delayed / broke down
know / was announced

Page 107 Internet Project

Page 94 Exercise 5

Page 87 Exercise 1

c.

b.

Page 93 Exercise 4

Open answer.

a.
b.

K E Y

They made him leave the country.

EXIT TEST

Focus on the context

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k. After his visit to Brobdingnag, Gulliver showed the captain

of an English ship a tiny sheep.
l. The name of the flying island was Laputa.

1 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?

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m. In Laputa, the rich people had to touch their servants with

a 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.

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q. The Houyhnhnms told Gulliver that the Yahoos were

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

Focus on the story

2 Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false
sentences.
T F
a. The name of the main character in the story is Samuel
Gulliver.
b. At the beginning of the story, he was the captain of a ship.
c. When that ship sank, Gulliver woke up and found himself
in Lilliput.
d. Compared to the Lilliputians, Gulliver was tiny.
e. The Emperors men searched Gulliver and found a
handkerchief, 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 his
family, but he had a terrible life performing for other people.

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3 Read the summary of the story. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for
each space (1-8).
After travelling on the Antelope, Gulliver found 0. B in Lilliput. The
very small people made him their prisoner. After some time, the
Governor and his people started to treat Gulliver 1. .
However, Gulliver asked the Emperor to give him his freedom. The
Emperor and his ministers agreed but Gulliver had to agree to two
conditions: he could not leave Lilliput without permission and if there
was a war, he would have to help the Emperor.
He went to Blefuscu. The Blefuscu navy planned to invade Lilliput but
Gulliver helped the people of Lilliput. 2. day he discovered
that the Emperor of Lilliput wanted to make him blind. He was still
angry with Gulliver because Gulliver had not completely destroyed
Blefuscu. Gulliver found a boat and decided to go back to England. The
sailors on an English ship saw him and helped him. The captain of the
ship didnt believe Gullivers story about Lilliput and Blefuscu until
Gulliver showed him a tiny sheep.
Gullivers 3. . voyage took him to Brobdingnag. Gulliver was
tiny there and the people were all giants. At first, Gulliver was happy to
live there with a farmer and his family 4. ... the farmer made
him perform in public because he wanted to earn a lot of money. One
day Gulliver was asked to perform for the Queen. The Queen was

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pleased with him and asked him to stay, and a special box was made for
Gulliver. After two years, Gulliver began to be lonely and wanted to
return to England. One hot day he found his box being carried by an
eagle. The box fell 5. ... the sea but once again, Gulliver was
rescued by an English ship.
Gullivers next voyage started very soon after. He sailed to the East
Indies. There Gulliver saw lots of islands and even saw an island flying
in the sky. He called up to the people and was taken to their island
which was called Laputa. From Laputa he went to Balnibarbi and not
long 6. , decided to return to England. He had to wait some
time for a ship and travelled to Glubbdubrib which was the island of the
magicians. There a magician showed him many people from the past.
Gulliver was disillusioned after meeting these heroes and was soon on
his way home to England. He stayed in England for a long time and then
set out on another voyage on his own ship, the Adventure. After a
problem with pirates, he found himself alone in a foreign land where he
saw some ugly animals. He then discovered that there were
7. . horses in this country but no people. He was shocked when
he realised that the ugly animals were real people! The horses were
called Houyhnhnms and they called the ugly animals Yahoos. They
told Gulliver that these Yahoos were stupid and wicked. Although they
had thought at first that Gulliver must also be a Yahoo, they realised that
he was intelligent. During his stay with the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver began
to understand and respect them and he began to hate human beings. He
was ashamed of being a Yahoo. 8. . Gulliver wanted to stay
forever with the Houyhnhnms, they decided that he would have to leave
them and return to England because he was a Yahoo. Gulliver was sad to
leave but he knew he would have to obey. He returned to England and
after five years was still unhappy there.

T H E

A he

B himself

C him

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

8.

A However

B Although

C Because

l.
m.

n.
o.
p.
q.
r.

Focus on the story

2.
a. F It is Lemuel Gulliver.
b. F He was the ships doctor.
c. T
d. F He was a giant.
e. T
f. F He had to agree to two
important conditions.

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T E S T

T
F He wanted to make him blind.
F He was tiny in Brobdingnag.
T
F He showed the captain a giant
servants tooth.
T
F The servants had to touch the
rich people with a stick to make
them listen.
F It was an island of magicians.
T
T
T
F He was unhappy because he
had learnt the truth about people.

3. 1. C
6. B

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g.
h.
i.
j.
k.

Focus on the context

1.
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.

ANSWER

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2. A
7. A

3. C
8. B

4. C

5. A

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