Exercises

1. Fill in the articles.

I got up from _____ floor on which I was lying and opened _____ hole in _____ roof to let in some fresh air. ____ box was well made, and very little water came in. I spent four hours in this dangerous position, and then I heard ____ noise on ____ side of my box where _____ hooks were. Soon after I felt that ____ box was pulled along in ____ sea.

2. Say true or false.

I could do nothing else.
This gave me some hope.
Your box is fas­tened to our ship.
Some people laughed.
I felt very weak and ill.

3. Fill in the prepositions.

____ some time it struck something hard and stopped. I tied my handkerchief ____ the stick, which was always _____ me, and put it ____ through the hole ____ the roof. I waved this flag ____ the air and called ____ help ____ a loud voice ____ all the languages that I knew. Soon we shall make a hole ____ the top, large enough to pull you ____.

4. Find in the text who said and asked the following:

___________________ said in English: “You are safe”.

___________________ said, “That will take too long.”

___________________ asked me a lot of questions…

___________________ noticed that I was weak and looked very strange.

5. Open the brackets.

Better (to tell) _________ one of the sail­ors to put his finger through the ring, (to take) ___________ the box out of the sea and (to lift) _________ it on to the ship. Some people (to laugh) _____________. Soon they (to make) __________ a hole in the roof and (to help) _____________ me to climb out.

6. Explain why Gulliver was in a great shock to see so many small men.

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7. Try to describe the captain of the ship having read his attitude to Gulliver.

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8. Choose the correct variant.

He took me to his a) house, b) cabin, c) place and advised me to a) work, b) sleep, c) speak, I think he thought that I was a) mad, b) happy, c) stupid. I slept some a) days, b) hours, c) month, and when I a) woke up, b) got up, c) went out I felt much a) worse, b) better, c) nice. It was a) evening, b) morning, c) afternoon now and I was a) hungry, b) thirsty, c) angry so the captain a) booked, b) asked, c) ordered supper at once.

9. Correct the sentences.

At super he asked me to tell him about my adventures.
He was very surpraised to hear it, of course.
We riched England on the third day of June, 1706.
The voyage was very gud.