Class 5 English

Rip Van Winkle

Exercise Questions

Let’s Read

Question 1: Say whether the following sentences are True of False

  1. Rip was kind to children.
  2. Rip was a hardworking man.
  3. The short old man on the mountain was his constant companion.
  4. Rip helped the old man on the mountains because he wanted to have drink from the barrel.
  5. Rip was away for twenty years because he was asleep on the mountains.
  6. The drink from the barrel made him fall asleep for twenty years.
  7. Nobody recognized Rip when he came back because he had reached the wrong village.

Answer: (a) True, (b) False, (c) False, (d) False, (e) True, (f) True, (g) False

Question 2: Complete the following sentences.

  1. Rip’s village was situated …………….
  2. The children of the village loved him because ………………..
  3. ……………..was his constant companion.
  4. The villagers stared at him because ………………
  5. The old woman who recognized Rip was ……………….

Answer: (a) at the foothills of the Kaatskill mountains, (b) he played with them, (c) A dog, (d) nobody recognized him, (e) also surprised

Let’s Write

Question 1: What were the strange things about the men on the mountains?

Answer: All of them were looking similar. All of them had grizzled beard. All of them were playing a game. All of them looked serious.

Question 2: What kind of a man was Rip Van Winkle?

Answer: He was a kind neighbour. He loved to help everyone. He loved to play with children. He was a lazy fellow.

Vocabulary Building

Question 1: Pick out the names of the games mentioned in the story:

Flying kites, chess, ninepins, shooting marbles, mountain climbing, shooting, skipping, hopping

Answer: Ninepins, shooting marbles

Question 2: Sometimes we join two words to make a describing word. For example, Rip was a good-natured man, everybody liked him.

Here are some more describing words. Use them to complete the given paragraph.

Long-sleeved, high-heeled, well-dressed, open-mouthed, sweet-looking, odd-looking, part-time

Mrs Das has a …………(a) ………job in a clothes shop. Yesterday, an ……….(b) …….woman walked into the shop. She was wearing ………(c)……….shoes. A ………(d)……….. dog was with her. “I want a ……….(e)……….shirt for my dog, please,” she said. “For your dog?” asked Mrs Das, ……(f)…….in surprise. “Yes,” replied the woman. “I want him to be ……(g)…….for my next party.

Answer: (a) part-time, (b) odd-looking, (c) high-heeled, (d) sweet-looking, (e) long-sleeved, (f) open-mouthed, (g) well-dressed

Question 3: Silent Letters

(I) What is common in the following groups of words?

  1. Knee, knife, knot, know
  2. Neighbour, daughter, fight, straight
  3. Honest, honour, hour, heir

Answer: (a) N is silent, (b) gh is silent, (c) h is silent

(II) Try and make more silent letter words.

(a) Gnat:

Answer: Gnu, gnome, sign

(b) Tongue:

Answer: Vogue, Vague, Rogue

(c) Chalk:

Answer: Talk, Walk, Stalk

(d) Whistle:

Answer: Thistle, Bristle, Gristle

Question 4: Read the two paragraphs given below.

My mother is always awake before anyone else in the family. I usually wake up after 6 o’clock. I loll around lazily for a few minutes. Then I get up and get dressed for school.

At bedtime, I read a story book. When I feel tired I lie down and go to sleep very quickly. I fall asleep in no time at all.

(I) Now find the opposites of the following words from the paragraph and complete the table.

Answer:

AwakeAsleep
Wake upFall asleep
Get upLie down
LazilyQuickly

(II) Fill in the blanks using the words in the previous questions

  1. ………and …………quickly. You will be late for school.
  2. Shh. The baby is ………….Don’t make a sound, or she will ………………
  3. Are you still ………..? You should be …………….now or you will not be able to …………..in the morning for school.

Answer: (a) Wake up and get up, (b) sleeping, wake up, (c) Sleeping, awake, get up