The Twits Crossword Name

“The Twits” Crossword Name ______.

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ACROSS

1. He helped the monkeys to escape from

the Twits. (4,4,4)

2. Mrs. Twit always carries this around

with her. (5)

3. Mrs. Twit likes to grow these in her

garden. (5)

4. The Twits’ favourite thing to eat. (4,3)

5. The kind of glue Mr. Twit uses to trap

birds. (8)

6. Mrs. Twit put worms in this. (9)

7. The name of the family of monkeys in

the story. (10)

DOWN

1. Mrs. Twit’s eye is made out of this. (5)

2. The Twits both ended up as a bundle

of old clothes when they got this. (7,6)

3. The monkeys and the birds glued the

Twits’ carpet to this. (7)

4. Mr. Twit trapped the birds on this. (4)

Name ______Date ___-___-___

The Twits – Connectives

OBJECTIVE

To turn two sentences into one sentence by joining

them together using one of the connectives below:

and but so because .

Mr. Twit was a dirty old man. Mrs. Twit was a dirty old woman.

Mr. Twit thought he was clever. Really he was very stupid.

Mr. Twit was never hungry. There was always food in his beard.

Mrs. Twit carried a stick. She could hit children with it.

Mrs. Twit used to be pretty. She became ugly.

Mrs Twit became ugly. She thought ugly thoughts.

Mrs. Twit had a staring eye. It was made of glass.

Mr. Twit liked cornflakes. He also liked cheese.

Mr Twit made noises when he ate. He had no manners.

The Twits were awful. People avoided them.

Tick these boxes only when you have checked:

· I have used capital letters and full stops correctly. __

· I have turned two sentences into one sentence. ___

· I have put a connective in the middle of each sentence. ___

· I have spelled all the words correctly. ___

Now try to write some sentences of your own using connectives.

ROALD DAHL WORDSEARCH

There are 12 Roald Dahl book titles hidden in this grid. How many can you find? Write them down in the spaces below when you find them. Look very carefully. Some of the titles are very long and they go round corners!

T / O / R / T / O / I / S / E / L / E / T / Y / U / N / M / G / M / A / T / I / L / D / A
H / C / A / E / P / T / N / A / I / G / E / H / T / D / N / A / S / E / M / A / J / P / O
E / H / T / H / J / K / M / N / F / D / Y / N / E / Z / X / C / V / B / N / M / R / T / Y
D / A / A / C / H / A / R / L / I / E / A / N / D / T / H / E / C / H / O / C / O / L / A
I / R / C / R / F / G / H / J / U / Y / T / G / V / B / W / U / T / Y / U / B / Y / K / T
R / L / A / O / P / L / K / J / U / H / G / B / N / M / J / I / P / O / I / J / Y / T / E
T / I / S / D / F / D / I / H / C / R / O / K / C / A / L / B / T / T / G / H / F / J / F
Y / E / T / R / E / V / O / L / T / I / N / G / R / H / Y / M / E / S / I / O / P / Y / A
B / A / R / S / A / D / N / I / K / N / O / I / T / A / T / I / S / I / V / E / H / T / C
E / N / O / V / A / L / V / A / R / U / F / O / T / O / M / O / D / O / S / Y / A / D / T
A / D / T / H / E / G / R / E / A / T / G / L / A / S / S / E / L / E / V / A / C / F / O
S / I / O / E / U / R / O / P / A / G / A / N / Y / M / E / D / E / Y / Y / T / A / G / R
T / E / G / E / O / R / G / E / S / M / A / R / V / E / L / L / O / U / H / O / L / E / Y
S / T / T / S / U / D / A / L / E / C / N / E / S / A / M / I / M / S / O / R / L / S / R
I / H / Y / S / D / I / U / N / E / N / E / N / I / C / I / D / E / M / R / O / I / B / H
A / P / E / T / U / S / T / R / I / T / O / N / N / A / I / N / U / T / P / E / S / F / E
T / H / F / A / N / T / A / S / T / I / C / M / R / F / O / X / M / A / I / S / T / G / A
L / E / D / A / H / I / M / A / L / I / A / L / Y / S / I / T / H / E / A / E / O / L / A
D / A / N / N / Y / C / H / A / M / P / I / O / N / O / F / T / H / E / W / O / R / L / D

Write the book titles you find here. ______

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The Twits – Adjectives

Objective

To think of an interesting adjective

(describing word) to go in each space

Mr. and Mrs. Twit were a ______old couple. Mr. Twit had a ______face and a ______beard. Mrs. Twit had a _____ glass eye and a ______walking stick. They were always playing ______tricks on each other because they were such ______people. They lived in a ______house with a ______garden. In the garden, next to Mr. Twit’s ______work shed, there was a ______cage. In this cage there lived a ______family of monkeys. The monkeys hated the Twits because they were ______. The ______monkeys had to spend all day upside down because ______Mr. Twit wanted to be the owner of the Great Upside – Down Circus. Also, every Tuesday night, they would catch lots of ______birds on the ______, ______tree to put in a ______bird pie the next day. One day a ______visitor came to see the monkeys. His name was the Roly-Poly Bird and he had a ______plan to help the monkeys to escape from their cage and get revenge on the ______Twits.

“The Twits” – Word Search

Find the words from The Twits in the grid below.

M / F / G / B / V / F / R / F / K / I / L / F / S / U / C / R / I / C
E / R / T / Y / U / O / L / K / R / F / G / T / P / Y / U / O / R / T
C / V / T / R / T / D / G / H / J / O / T / F / A / T / G / L / U / E
A / S / D / W / U / I / T / V / G / M / G / D / G / Y / S / Y / S / L
F / G / H / B / I / R / D / P / I / E / D / V / H / H / D / P / X / K
N / L / K / J / H / T / E / R / T / U / I / H / E / G / F / O / C / J
W / D / M / H / Y / U / W / E / E / D / S / P / T / F / G / L / B / H
O / H / M / R / R / T / Y / U / I / M / H / O / T / D / H / Y / N / G
D / U / T / Y / S / O / R / T / R / F / N / I / I / N / J / B / M / F
E / J / Y / H / Y / T / F / O / L / D / B / U / Y / S / T / I / C / K
D / M / H / B / H / O / W / R / T / R / V / Y / H / G / D / R / O / P
I / N / G / E / S / J / E / I / M / R / F / Y / G / A / R / D /

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/ N
S / B / F / T / C / D / R / T / T / T / G / T / D / E / R / F / G / P
P / V / B / E / A / R / D / G / R / Y / S / H / R / I / N / K / S / M
U / C / F / G / G / E / R / Y / G / L / A / S / S / E / Y / E / B / N
D / F / G / H / E / J / K / N / P / M / U / W / E / L / G / G / U / M

MR TWIT MRS TWIT MUGGLE WUMP

ROLY POLY BIRD SHRINKS

GLASS EYE BEARD STICK

WEEDS GARDEN GLUE FROG CIRCUS UPSIDE DOWN CAGE

BIRD PIE WORMS SPAGHETTI