Rip Van Winkle
Exercise Questions
Let’s Read
Question 1: Say whether the following sentences are True of False
- Rip was kind to children.
- Rip was a hardworking man.
- The short old man on the mountain was his constant companion.
- Rip helped the old man on the mountains because he wanted to have drink from the barrel.
- Rip was away for twenty years because he was asleep on the mountains.
- The drink from the barrel made him fall asleep for twenty years.
- 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.
- Rip’s village was situated …………….
- The children of the village loved him because ………………..
- ……………..was his constant companion.
- The villagers stared at him because ………………
- 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?
- Knee, knife, knot, know
- Neighbour, daughter, fight, straight
- 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:
Awake | Asleep |
Wake up | Fall asleep |
Get up | Lie down |
Lazily | Quickly |
(II) Fill in the blanks using the words in the previous questions
- ………and …………quickly. You will be late for school.
- Shh. The baby is ………….Don’t make a sound, or she will ………………
- 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