The Big Friendly Giant

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Date: ____________________________________________

‘Danny the Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl

1) Find two adjectives which Danny uses to describe his father:

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2) Why did Danny’s father appear to be a serious person, even though he wasn’t?

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3) Even though Danny’s father wasn’t an educated man, what did he do very well?

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4) What does BFG stand for?

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5) What does the BFG use to make his magic powders?

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6) The BFG has fantastic hearing. Give one example that Danny’s father uses to describe something the BFG can hear which normal humans can’t?

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7) What does the BFG do with good dreams and what does he do with bad ones?

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8) What two things does the BFG carry with him when he visits children at night?

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9) Why does he need the two objects mentioned in question 8?

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10) What emotions did Danny’s father feel when he saw the BFG?

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11) What did the BFG’s black cloak remind Danny’s father of?

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12) Match up the words with their opposite meanings:

Serious boring

Imprison enormous

Exciting short

Fake not humorous

Whisper to set free

Tall impossible

Possible real

Tiny shout

13) Underline the odd one out:

a) Marvellous wonderful terrible exciting fantastic

b) tell say whisper speak frightened

c) walked flew strode ran scurried