13. The Adventures of Gulliver
Complete textbook exercise solutions — Maharashtra State Board (Balbharati), Grade Five English.
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(1) How was Gulliver tied down on the seashore?
Gulliver was lying on his back. His arms and feet were held down to the ground with strings. His long hair was also held down in the same way, and thousands of strings had been passed across his body so that he could not move.
(2) What did the important-looking man tell Gulliver?
The important-looking man gave a long speech and told Gulliver, through his gestures, that they would not harm him if he did as they told.
(3) How was Gulliver taken to the city?
Gulliver was placed on a great cart made by joining many smaller carts together. Nine hundred men worked for three hours to put him on the cart, which was then drawn by fifteen hundred of the king's finest horses. It took almost a full day to complete the half-mile journey.
(4) Describe Gulliver's home in Lilliput.
Gulliver’s home was an old church, the largest building in the whole country. The great door on the north was four feet high and two feet wide, so he had to crawl in on his hands and knees. One of his feet was set in a great ring on the end of many strong strings, limiting how far he could walk outside.
(5) Describe Gulliver's walk around the city.
Gulliver stepped over the wall and walked very carefully along the two largest streets. The people were ordered to remain indoors, so large numbers of them watched him from the windows and the rooftops. He saw the king's house and beautiful gardens, and by putting his eye to the windows, he saw the beautifully decorated rooms inside, including the queen and the young princes.
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(1) Tell any one of the stories orally imagining you are Gulliver.
This is an oral classroom activity. You can narrate the incident of eating the giant meal as if you were Gulliver.
(2) Write any one of these stories, not as told by Gulliver, but by some other person.
From the perspective of a Lilliputian Soldier:
We found a giant mountain of a man asleep on our shores. We were terrified but acted quickly. We used thousands of strings and pegged him to the ground by his arms, legs, and even his hair! When he finally woke up, he roared so loudly that many of us ran back in fear. He even broke some strings on his left arm, so we had to shoot tiny arrows like needles at him to make him lie quiet. Finally, our leader gave him a speech, and we had to fetch hundreds of loaves of bread to feed the hungry giant.
(3) Imagine that you are in a land of tiny people like Lilliput. Write about some of the interesting things you might see there, including animals, houses, plants, vehicles, etc. Find an interesting name for this land.
If I visited the tiny land of "Miniville," I would see houses the size of shoeboxes. The trees would be no taller than a pencil, and the grass would look like green velvet cloth. Their horses would be the size of mice, and birds like sparrows would be huge monsters to them. They would use tiny matchboxes on wheels as their carts and vehicles. Droplets of rain would feel like heavy water balloons to the people living there.
(4) If you were to grow very tiny like a Lilliputian, what are the things you would like to do? Write about any three of these things.
If I became as tiny as a Lilliputian:
1. I would ride on the back of my pet dog or a friendly butterfly.
2. I would hide inside my pencil box and surprise my friends during class.
3. I would use a single potato chip as a delicious giant bed to sleep on and eat whenever I get hungry!
(1) Read the highlighted words. They are adverbs.
Note: Words like hard, away, Later, carefully, and greatly in the textbook tell us more about the action (verb) and are known as adverbs.
(2) Find suitable adverbs for each of the following verbs. (At least 3 each.)
| Verb | Suitable Adverbs |
|---|---|
| walk | slowly, fast, carefully |
| speak | loudly, softly, clearly |
| push | hard, gently, strongly |
| study | seriously, quietly, regularly |
| sing | sweetly, loudly, beautifully |
| work | neatly, honestly, quickly |
(3) Find the opposites of the following adverbs.
- hard — softly / gently
- quickly — slowly
- fast — slow / slowly
- tidily — untidily / messily
- unknowingly — knowingly
- early — late
- often — seldom / rarely
- never — always
- honestly — dishonestly
- shamefully — proudly / shamelessly