THE TWITS By Roald Dahl Reading Comprehension HAIRY FACES What is the name we use for hair on men’s faces? What would you go to a ‘barber’ for? _ If you met a man with a hairy face, what question would you ask him? _ MR TWIT What parts of Mr Twit’s face wasn’t covered in hair? What is a ‘twit’? Did Mr Twit have good personal hygiene? How you know? _ _ DIRTY BEARDS Why is it easier to wash a face that doesn’t have hair on it? _ Name four things that you could see if you looked at Mr Twit’s beard? _ What made Mr Twit so ‘horrid’? _ MRS TWIT What made Mrs Twit change from being pretty to being ugly? _ What should you always have to make sure you look ‘lovely’? _ Why did Mrs Twit carry a walking stick with her? _ If you ever met Mr and Mrs Twit, what you think you would say to them? _ _ THE GLASS EYE What did Mrs Twit with her glass eye? _ What does it mean when you are ‘plotting’ something? _ _ Why you think Mr and Mrs Twit play ‘tricks’ on each other? _ _ Give a suggestion of another trick you could play with a glass eye _ _ THE FROG What did Mr Twit tell Mrs Twit was in her bed? _ Why did Mrs Twit faint? _ What would you to revive someone who had fainted? _ Why was the frog happy at the end of the chapter? _ THE WORMY SPAGHETTI Based on the title of this chapter, what you think it’s going to be about? _ _ What time of the day did Mrs Twit cook the spaghetti? What happened when Mr Twit said that his spaghetti was moving? _ _ Mrs Twit put worms in the spaghetti because it looked similar What other things could you put in spaghetti that would look similar? _ _ Do you think Mr and Mrs Twit have ALWAYS played tricks on each other? Why? _ THE FUNNY WALKING-STICK What made Mr Twit’s trick so successful? _ Why does Mrs Twit think she’s shrinking? _ Do you think you’re still growing? How can you tell? _ _ MRS TWIT HAS THE SHRINKS What did Mr Twit to Mrs Twit’s chair? _ _ Why didn’t Mr Twit feel bad about tricking Mrs Twit? _ What is going to happen in ‘ten or eleven days’? _ _ What is the cure for ‘the dreaded shrinks’? _ _ MRS TWIT GETS A STRETCHING How does Mr Twit intend to stretch Mrs Twit? _ _ Where did Mr Twit tie the balloons? _ _ What you think Mr Twit’s ‘second nasty idea’ is? _ MRS TWIT GOES BALLOONING UP In your own words, what happens in this short chapter? _ _ _ _ _ _ MRS TWIT COMES BALLOONING DOWN What did Mrs Twit to come back down? _ _ _ What you use a ‘parachute’ for? _ _ _ Who watched Mrs Twit up in the sky? _ _ MR TWIT GETS A HORRID SHOCK What did Mrs Twit when she came back down? _ What were some of the words the author used to describe Mr Twit’s reaction to his wife’s return? _ THE HOUSE, THE TREE, AND THE MONKEY CAGE Describe the Twits’ house by looking at the illustration _ _ _ _ Was Mrs Twit a good gardener? Why or why not? _ Who lives in a cage near The Big Dead Tree? _ _ HUGTIGHT STICKY GLUE Why was Wednesday a special day for the Twits? _ _ How did Mr Twit catch birds? _ What types of birds went into Mrs Twit’s pies? _ _ FOUR STICKY LITTLE BOYS Why did the boys come into the Twits’ garden? _ _ Why weren’t there any birds on the tree the next morning? _ What did the boys think Mr Twit was going to with them? _ _ How did the boys escape? _ THE GREAT UPSIDE DOWN MONKEY CIRCUS Who was Muggle-Wump? _ _ Why did Mr Twit own monkeys? _ _ What happened if the monkey didn’t what Mr Twit said? _ THE ROLY-POLY BIRD TO THE RESCUE What happened every Tuesday and Wednesday? _ How did the Roly-Poly Bird and the monkeys understand each other? _ _ Why was the Roly-Poly Bird in England? _ _ Why is the chapter titled ‘The Roly-Poly Bird to the Rescue’? _ _ _ NO BIRD PIE FOR MR TWIT Why didn’t Mr Twit get a bird pie? _ STILL NO BIRD PIE FOR MR TWIT What did Mr Twit to ensure he got bird pie the next day? _ _ The Roly-Poly’s song rhymes What we call this? MR AND MRS TWIT GO OFF TO BUY GUNS Where were the birds sitting when Mr Twit came out in the morning? _ Mr Twit called the birds ‘filthy, feathery frumps’ What is the word for when an author uses the same sound repetitiously at the beginning of words? _ How are the Twits going to kill the birds for their bird pie now? _ _ What did Mr Twit order the monkeys to while the Twits went into the village? _ _ MUGGLE-WUMP HAS AN IDEA How does the Roly-Poly bird get the monkeys out of the cage? _ _ What does Muggle-Wump say they have to before the monkeys leave? _ _ What did Muggle-Wump order everyone to get from the workshed? _ _ THE GREAT GLUE PAINTING BEGINS Muggle-Wump calls the Twits ‘fearful frumptious freaks’ Come up with a 3word alliteration for the Twits _ Where does Muggle-Wump instruct them to smear the glue? _ _ What types of birds helped the monkeys paint? _ _ THE CARPET GOES ON THE CEILING What is the reaction of the birds and monkeys when Muggle-Wump instructs them to put the carpet on the ceiling? _ _ What did Muggle-Wump tell his baby monkey when he told his Dad that putting the carpet on the ceiling was ‘impossible’? _ _ Why was it so hard to stick the carpet on the ceiling? _ THE FURNITURE GOES UP What were the pieces of furniture that were stuck to the roof? _ Why did the Roly-Poly bird get upset with Muggle-Wump? _ _ What job did the Roly-Poly bird agree to so he could have a rest? _ _ THE RAVENS SWOOP OVER What did the Twits think that the ravens had done when they swooped over them? What did the ravens actually do? _ THE TWITS ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN What was the Twits’ reaction when they entered their house? _ Why did Mr Twit suggest they stand on their heads? How did the Twits get stuck standing on their heads? _ How you think Muggle-Wump was feeling now that his plan had worked and the Twits were standing on their heads? (Use descriptive words) _ THE MONKEYS ESCAPE What the monkeys and birds in the big wood on top of the hill? _ _ Why can’t the monkeys stay in the big wood forever? _ _ How will the monkeys get safely back to Africa? _ _ THE TWITS GET THE SHRINKS Why does Mr Twit blame Mrs Twit for their dilemma? _ Why does Mrs Twit blame Mr Twit for their dilemma? _ _ What happened when the Twits got the dreaded shrinks? _ _ DID YOU LIKE THE STORY? WHY OR WHY NOT? _ WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE PART? WHY? _ WHAT WAS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE PART? WHY? OUT OF 10, WHAT WOULD YOU RATE ‘THE TWITS’?