Libro de gullliver

PET

Look at the sentences below. Decide if each statement is correct or incorrect. If is correct, mark (A). If it is not correct, mark (B).
|The countries which Gulliver visits are real ones. | |x |
|Jonathan Swift writes about the countries that| | |
|Gulliver visits with a lot of detail. |x | |
|Scholars think that Swift consulted books by | | |
|Richard Hakluyt and Samuel Purchas when|x | |
|Writing Gulliver’s Travels. | | |
|Sir Walter Raleigh sailed around the world. | |x|
|Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world. | |x |
|Sailors brought back treasure and riches from |x | |
|Their voyages.| | |
|Capitan Cook discovered New Zealand in 1770. | |x |

A B

COMPREHENSION

1. Say if thence are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.T F
|The people of Lilliput are about five inches tall. | |x |
|The horses of Lilliput are about one inch tall. | |x |
|the sheep in Lilliput are about thesame size as | | |
|Birds in England. | |x |
|the tallest trees in Lilliput are about seven feet | | ||High. |x | |

2. Answer the following questions.

• What is strange about the way that Lilliputians written?

R= their way of writing is strange. They do not write from left to right like the Europeans, or fray right to left like Arabs.
They do notwrite from the top of the page down wards, like the Chinese, or from the button upwards. They write from one corner or the paper the opposite corner.

• What crime is always punished with death in Lilliput?

R= so they always punish fraud with dead.

• what happens to a Lilliputian who has always obeyed the
Laws of the country?

R= a Lilliputian who has obeyed all thelaws of the country.

• The children of important families are taught four subjects at school. What are these subjects?

R= the children from important families go to schools where they learn about religion, our justice and courage

• What do girls learn at school in Lilliput?

R=
• How does emperor of Lilliput want to punish Gulliver?

R= the emperor has decided...