Starter Level

Worksheet Answer Key

Gulliver in Lilliput
Jonathan Swift
1 Students own answers. Correct answers from the story are:
He lived in 1699
Hes a ships doctor
Hes going to the East Indies/Far East
Hes a good person

2 Match each word correctly with a picture from page 2.

storm temple ship emperor beach arrow

officer wave egg sea pocket bow

3 Which of the things from the list does Gulliver do in Lilliput? As you read, tick (3) what he does (you
should tick 7 sentences).

He meets lots of little people. 3

He eats meat, bread and fruit. 3
He drinks wine.
He sees small trees and mountains. 3
He speaks to the queen.
He learns Lilliputian language. 3
He visits the city. 3
He eats eggs.
He helps the people of Lilliput. 3
He attacks Blefuscu.
He is killed by bad men.

4 a This strange thing is

This machine says
for his hair.
tick tock.

This is a book.
But we dont
understand
the words.

We dont know
what this is.

Fine. You can

free Gulliver.

Macmillan Readers Gulliver in Lilliput 

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 Starter Level Worksheet Answer Key

b Students own answers. Possible objects include:

gloves, tissues, handkerchief, keys, money, mobile phone, mp3 player, wallet, tickets

5 1 c
2 a
3 e
4 d
5 f
6 b

6 Students own answer

7 a Students own answer

b Students own answer

Macmillan Readers Gulliver in Lilliput 

This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT. Heinemann is a registered trademark of Harcourt Education, used under licence.