THE TWITSBy Roald Dahl Reading Comprehension HAIRY FACES 1... Give a suggestion of another trick you could play with a glass eye.. Mrs Twit put worms in the spaghetti because it looked s
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By Roald Dahl
Reading Comprehension
HAIRY FACES
1 What is the name we use for hair on men’s faces?
2 What would you go to a ‘barber’ for? _
3 If you met a man with a hairy face, what question would you ask him?
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MR TWIT
1 What parts of Mr Twit’s face wasn’t covered in hair?
2 What is a ‘twit’?
3 Did Mr Twit have good personal hygiene? How do you know? _ _
DIRTY BEARDS
1 Why is it easier to wash a face that doesn’t have hair on it? _
2 Name four things that you could see if you looked at Mr Twit’s beard?
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3 What made Mr Twit so ‘horrid’?
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MRS TWIT
1 What made Mrs Twit change from being pretty to being ugly? _
2 What should you always have to make sure you look ‘lovely’? _
3 Why did Mrs Twit carry a walking stick with her?
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4 If you ever met Mr and Mrs Twit, what do you think you would say to them?
THE GLASS EYE
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3 Why do you think Mr and Mrs Twit play ‘tricks’ on each other? _ _
4 Give a suggestion of another trick you could play with a glass eye
THE FROG
1 What did Mr Twit tell Mrs Twit was in her bed?
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2 Why did Mrs Twit faint?
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3 What would you do to revive someone who had fainted? _
4 Why was the frog happy at the end of the chapter?
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THE WORMY SPAGHETTI
1 Based on the title of this chapter, what do you think it’s going to be about?
2 What time of the day did Mrs Twit cook the spaghetti?
3 What happened when Mr Twit said that his spaghetti was moving?
4 Mrs Twit put worms in the spaghetti because it looked similar What other things could you put in spaghetti that would look similar? _ _
5 Do you think Mr and Mrs Twit have ALWAYS played tricks on each other? Why?
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THE FUNNY WALKING-STICK
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3 Do you think you’re still growing? How can you tell? _
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MRS TWIT HAS THE SHRINKS
1 What did Mr Twit do to Mrs Twit’s chair? _
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2 Why didn’t Mr Twit feel bad about tricking Mrs Twit? _
3 What is going to happen in ‘ten or eleven days’? _
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4 What is the cure for ‘the dreaded shrinks’? _
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MRS TWIT GETS A STRETCHING
1 How does Mr Twit intend to stretch Mrs Twit? _
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2 Where did Mr Twit tie the balloons? _
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3 What do you think Mr Twit’s ‘second nasty idea’ is?
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MRS TWIT GOES BALLOONING UP
1 In your own words, what happens in this short chapter?
MRS TWIT COMES BALLOONING DOWN
1 What did Mrs Twit do to come back down? _
2 What do you use a ‘parachute’ for? _
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MR TWIT GETS A HORRID SHOCK
1 What did Mrs Twit do when she came back down?
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2 What were some of the words the author used to describe Mr Twit’s
reaction to his wife’s return?
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THE HOUSE, THE TREE, AND THE MONKEY CAGE
1 Describe the Twits’ house by looking at the illustration _ _
2 Was Mrs Twit a good gardener? Why or why not?
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3 Who lives in a cage near The Big Dead Tree? _
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HUGTIGHT STICKY GLUE
1 Why was Wednesday a special day for the Twits? _
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2 How did Mr Twit catch birds?
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3 What types of birds went into Mrs Twit’s pies?
FOUR STICKY LITTLE BOYS
1 Why did the boys come into the Twits’ garden? _
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2 Why weren’t there any birds on the tree the next morning? _
3 What did the boys think Mr Twit was going to do with them? _
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THE GREAT UPSIDE DOWN MONKEY CIRCUS
1 Who was Muggle-Wump? _
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2 Why did Mr Twit own monkeys?
3 What happened if the monkey didn’t do what Mr Twit said? _
THE ROLY-POLY BIRD TO THE RESCUE
1 What happened every Tuesday and Wednesday?
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2 How did the Roly-Poly Bird and the monkeys understand each other?
3 Why was the Roly-Poly Bird in England? _
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4 Why is the chapter titled ‘The Roly-Poly Bird to the Rescue’? _
NO BIRD PIE FOR MR TWIT
1 Why didn’t Mr Twit get a bird pie?
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STILL NO BIRD PIE FOR MR TWIT
1 What did Mr Twit do to ensure he got bird pie the next day? _ _
2 The Roly-Poly’s song rhymes What do we call this?
MR AND MRS TWIT GO OFF TO BUY GUNS
1 Where were the birds sitting when Mr Twit came out in the morning?
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an author uses the same sound repetitiously at the beginning of words? _
3 How are the Twits going to kill the birds for their bird pie now? _ _
4 What did Mr Twit order the monkeys to do while the Twits went into the village? _
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MUGGLE-WUMP HAS AN IDEA
1 How does the Roly-Poly bird get the monkeys out of the cage? _ _
2 What does Muggle-Wump say they have to do before the monkeys leave?
3 What did Muggle-Wump order everyone to get from the workshed? _ _
THE GREAT GLUE PAINTING BEGINS
1 Muggle-Wump calls the Twits ‘fearful frumptious freaks’ Come up with a 3-word alliteration for the Twits _
2 Where does Muggle-Wump instruct them to smear the glue? _ _
3 What types of birds helped the monkeys paint? _
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THE CARPET GOES ON THE CEILING
1 What is the reaction of the birds and monkeys when Muggle-Wump
instructs them to put the carpet on the ceiling? _
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2 What did Muggle-Wump tell his baby monkey when he told his Dad that putting the carpet on the ceiling was ‘impossible’? _
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3 Why was it so hard to stick the carpet on the ceiling?
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1 What were the pieces of furniture that were stuck to the roof? _
2 Why did the Roly-Poly bird get upset with Muggle-Wump? _ _
3 What job did the Roly-Poly bird agree to so he could have a rest? _ _
THE RAVENS SWOOP OVER
1 What did the Twits think that the ravens had done when they swooped over them?
2 What did the ravens actually do? _
THE TWITS ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
1 What was the Twits’ reaction when they entered their house? _
2 Why did Mr Twit suggest they stand on their heads?
3 How did the Twits get stuck standing on their heads? _
4 How do you think Muggle-Wump was feeling now that his plan had worked and the Twits were standing on their heads? (Use 4 descriptive words) _
THE MONKEYS ESCAPE
1 What do the monkeys and birds do in the big wood on top of the hill?
2 Why can’t the monkeys stay in the big wood forever? _ _
3 How will the monkeys get safely back to Africa? _
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2 Why does Mrs Twit blame Mr Twit for their dilemma? _
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3 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’?