Gulliver Among the Little People | Lesson 3 | English | Class 5th | Questions and Answers |

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Gulliver Among the Little People | Lesson 3 | English | Class 5th | Questions and Answers |

Lesson 3: Gulliver Among the Little People

 

Words to Remember

 

sailor: a person who works on a ship ملاح

roar: make a long, loud, deep sound دھاڑنا ، گرجنا

struck: the past tense of ‘strike’ which means hit پیٹنا ، ٹکرانا

lay: put something in a horizontal position لیٹ جانا

tie: bind together باندھنا

tiny: very small چھوٹا سا

loaf: a piece of bread روٹی کا ٹکڑا

giant: a tall and strong imaginary creature ایک قسم کی خیالی مخلوق

 

Thinking about the Text

 

Q1. What happened to the ship on the way to the South Sea?

Ans. On the way to the South Sea, the ship struck the rock and broke in two.

Or

On the way to the South Sea, the ship met with a storm. As the ship was sailing near a rock, it struck with the rock and broke in two.

Q2. What happened to the captain and the sailors?

Ans. The captain and the sailors drowned in the sea.

Q3. How did Gulliver save himself?

Ans. Gulliver swam to the sea-shore and saved himself.

Q4. Where did Gulliver find himself?

Ans. Gulliver found himself all alone on the Island.

Q5. Why was Gulliver unable to get up in the morning?

Ans. Gulliver was unable to get up in the morning because his legs and arms were tied to the ground with strings.

Q6. How was Gulliver taken to the city gate?

Ans. Gulliver was taken to the city gate on the wooden cart pulled by horses.

Q7. How did Gulliver please the king and the people?

Ans. Gulliver did some funny-tricks and pleased the king and the people.

Q8. What did Gulliver ask the king? What did the king say?

Ans. Gulliver asked the king to take away his chains. The king replied that that would be dangerous because he might walk on people’s bodies and would kill them. On the assurance of the safety of people, the king ordered his men to take away his chains.

 

• Also Read: Gulliver in Lilliput

• Also Read: Tissue and its Types

Language work

 

A) Match the words from Column A with their opposites in Column B:

 

Column A	Column B
High	Dangerous
Soft	Empty
Early	Push
Tiny	Dwarf
Tall	Noisy
More	Blunt
Thick	Low
Sharp	Hard
Quiet	Late
Full	Big
Giant	Short
Pull	Less
Safe	Thin

 

 

Ans.

 

Column A	Column B
High	Low
Soft	Hard
Early	Late
Tiny	Big
Tall	Short
More	Less
Thick	Thin
Sharp	Blunt
Quiet	Noisy
Full	Empty
Giant	Dwarf
Pull	Push
Safe	Dangerous

 

 

B) Fill in the blanks using the following phrasal verbs:

 

jumped into, lay down, wake up, got up, slipped through, ran away, shoot at, take away

 

i) The king said to his men, “______________ his chains ______________”.

ii) Don’t ______________ birds.

iii) I usually ______________ early in the morning.

iv) Gulliver ______________ and found himself tied to the ground with strings.

v) The thief ______________ when he saw the police coming.

vi) The foolish goat ______________ the well.

vii) Gulliver ______________ and fell asleep.

viii) Gulliver tried to catch some of the Lilliputians, but they all ______________ fingers and ran away.

 

Ans.

i) The king said to his men, “Take his chains away”.

ii) Don’t shoot at birds.

iii) I usually wake up early in the morning.

iv) Gulliver got up and found himself tied to the ground with strings.

v) The thief ran away when he saw the police coming.

vi) The foolish goat jumped into the well.

vii) Gulliver lay down and fell asleep.

viii) Gulliver tried to catch some of the Lilliputians, but they all slipped through fingers and ran away.

 

C) Create your own comparisons:

i) as tiny as ---------------------------------

ii) as tall as ---------------------------------

iii) as soft as -------------------------------

iv) as sharp as -----------------------------

v) as beautiful as -------------------------

 

Ans.

i) as tiny as an insect

ii) as tall as a poplar tree

iii) as soft as cotton

iv) as sharp as a blade

v) as beautiful as the moon

 

Grammar Work

 

Look at these sentences:

a) We washed ourselves and sat down.

b) He said to himself, “It is very late.”

 

The underlined words are reflexive pronouns.

Reflexive pronouns are formed by adding ‘–self’ (in singular) and ‘–selves’ (in plural) to personal pronouns. Here is a list of reflexive pronouns.

 

Personal Pronouns	Reflexive Pronouns
I	myself
We	ourselves
You	(singular) yourself
You	(plural) yourselves
He	himself
She	herself
It	itself
They	themselves
One	oneself

 

 

Now fill in the blanks with reflexive pronouns given below:

 

Yourself, herself, myself, themselves, himself, itself, yourselves

 

1. Gulliver swam in the sea and saved ______________.

2. The rat found ______________ in the trap.

3. The girl wanted all the toys for ______________.

4. I do not think of ______________ alone. I think of others too.

5. Look in the mirror and see ______________.

6. Muskan and Munazah dressed ______________ in their new frocks and went out.

7. The host said to the guests, “Help ______________.”

 

Ans.

1. Gulliver swam in the sea and saved himself.

2. The rat found itself in the trap.

3. The girl wanted all the toys for herself.

4. I do not think of myself alone. I think of others too.

5. Look in the mirror and see yourself.

6. Muskan and Munazah dressed themselves in their new frocks and went out.

7. The host said to the guests, “Help yourselves.”

 

Let’s Talk

 

Ask the learner to imagine himself/herself in a fairyland and discuss his/her adventures with the class.

 

Let’s Write

 

Write a few lines on any, imaginary situation of a fantastic nature.