17026 the twits by roald dahl reading comprehension

THE TWITS
By Roald Dahl
Reading Comprehension
HAIRY FACES
1. What is the name we use for hair on men’s faces?
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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? ___________
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DIRTY BEARDS
1. Why is it easier to wash a face that doesn’t have hair on it? ____________
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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? __________
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2. What should you always have to make sure you look ‘lovely’? __________
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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
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THE GLASS EYE
1. What did Mrs Twit do with her glass eye? __________________________
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2. What does it mean when you are ‘plotting’ something? _______________
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3. Why do you think Mr and Mrs Twit play ‘tricks’ on each other? _________
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4. Give a suggestion of another trick you could play with a glass eye.
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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? ______________
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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?
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2. What time of the day did Mrs Twit cook the spaghetti? ________________
3. What happened when Mr Twit said that his spaghetti was moving?
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4. Mrs Twit put worms in the spaghetti because it looked similar. What other
things could you put in spaghetti that would look similar? _____________
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5. Do you think Mr and Mrs Twit have ALWAYS played tricks on each other?
Why? ______________________________________________________
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THE FUNNY WALKING-STICK
1. What made Mr Twit’s trick so successful? __________________________
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2. Why does Mrs Twit think she’s shrinking? __________________________
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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? __________________
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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? ______________
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MRS TWIT COMES BALLOONING DOWN
1. What did Mrs Twit do to come back down? _________________________
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2. What do you use a ‘parachute’ for? _______________________________
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3. Who watched Mrs Twit up in the sky? _____________________________
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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. _______________
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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? ______________________
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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? ____________
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3. What did the boys think Mr Twit was going to do with them? ___________
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4. How did the boys escape? ______________________________________
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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? __________________________________
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3. What happened if the monkey didn’t do what Mr Twit said? ____________
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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? ____
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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’? ___________
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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? ___________
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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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2. 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? __
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3. How are the Twits going to kill the birds for their bird pie now? _________
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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? _________
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2. What does Muggle-Wump say they have to do before the monkeys leave?
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3. What did Muggle-Wump order everyone to get from the workshed? _____
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THE GREAT GLUE PAINTING BEGINS
1. Muggle-Wump calls the Twits ‘fearful frumptious freaks’. Come up with a 3word alliteration for the Twits. _________________________________
2. Where does Muggle-Wump instruct them to smear the glue? ___________
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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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THE FURNITURE GOES UP
1. What were the pieces of furniture that were stuck to the roof? __________
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2. Why did the Roly-Poly bird get upset with Muggle-Wump? _____________
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3. What job did the Roly-Poly bird agree to so he could have a rest? _______
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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? __________
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2. Why did Mr Twit suggest they stand on their heads? ________________
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3. How did the Twits get stuck standing on their heads? _______________
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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)
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THE MONKEYS ESCAPE
1. What do the monkeys and birds do in the big wood on top of the hill? ____
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2. Why can’t the monkeys stay in the big wood forever? _________________
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3. How will the monkeys get safely back to Africa? _____________________

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THE TWITS GET THE SHRINKS
1. Why does Mr Twit blame Mrs Twit for their dilemma? ________________
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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? ______________
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DID YOU LIKE THE STORY? WHY OR WHY NOT? _________________________
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WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE PART? WHY? _____________________________
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WHAT WAS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE PART? WHY? ________________________
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OUT OF 10, WHAT WOULD YOU RATE ‘THE TWITS’?

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