2 Life on Lilliput Chapter BEFORE READING 1 What do you think will happen? Answer these questions. a. Will Gulliver stay in Lilliput for a long time? ..................................................................................................................................................... b. Will he go to another island? ..................................................................................................................................................... c. Will he leave the island of Lilliput to return home? ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Match some of the key words of the following chapter to their definitions. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. 3 enemy egg rule (n.) obey rebel (n.) sail (v.) defeat (v.) c c c c c c c 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. An official instruction. To behave in accordance with a rule. To win a war or a competition against someone. A person that fights against you. Oval object produced by birds and hens. To travel by ship or by boat. A person who goes against the rules. Complete the sentences with the words given in the box. teach enemies tiny food surgeon help afraid island King Lemuel Gulliver, a ship s (1) .............................., arrives on the island of Lilliput. Its inhabitants are (2) ............................. people called Lilliputians. At first they are (3) ............................................ of him but then they give him (4) ............................................. and water and (5) ........................................... him their language. After some time, he talks to their who asks him for his fight against their (8) (7) (6) ............................ , .................................. to ...................................................... , the people living on the (9) ...................................... of Blefuscu. 17