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Rip Van Winkle Questions and Answers Class 6
Activity 1
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes:
(1) Rip had to leave his group eventually. [4]
(2) On one of these days Rip had gone high up to the Kaatskill Mountains. [5]
(3) Rip used to sit and talk with his friends. [1]
(4) He heard a voice from the distance calling, “Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle.” [6]
(5) His wife complained that his friends encouraged his idle habits. [2]
(6) Poor Rip was reduced almost to despair. [3]
Activity 2
Fill in the blanks with words from the Help Box. There is one extra word :
Rip assisted children at their sports. He always helped others in their work. His wife complained about his idle habits. One day Rip went high up the Kaatskill Mountains.
| [Help Box: high, complained, assisted, encouraged, work] |
Activity 4
Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) The stranger wanted to assist Rip. False
supporting statements – He made signs for Rip to assist him with the load. Always helpful, Rip did so.
(b) All the strangers had beards. True
supporting statements – They all had beards, of various shapes and colors.
(c) Rip felt very thirsty. True
supporting statements – Feeling thirsty, he had several drinks himself.
(d) Rip saw that his village had become smaller. False
supporting statements – He saw his village was now larger, with more people.
Activity 5
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
(a) How did the stranger look?
Ans – The stranger looked peculiar. One had a large head, broad face, and small piggish eyes.
(b) What happened after Rip had drunk the liquid?
Ans – Rip fell into a deep sleep.
(c) Why was Rip surprised when he came near the village?
Ans – Rip was surprised when he came near the village because he met many people he had never seen before.
(d) What did Rip suddenly notice?
Ans – Rip suddenly noticed that his beard had grown a foot long! he saw his village was now larger, with more people there were rows of houses which he had never seen before.
Activity 6
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| (i) Rip had a long beard and wore a peculiar dress | soon attracted the attention of people. |
| (ii) Rip found himself alone in the world. | Rip’s heart died away |
| (iii) Rip saw a fellow who looked exactly like his previous self | Rip understood that this was his son. |
| (iv) An old woman said that Rip Van Winkle had been her father. | all stood amazed |
Activity 7
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
(a) What attracted the attention of the people when Rip entered the village?
Ans – Rip had his long beard and peculiar dress.
(b) What did Rip learn about Nicolas Vedder?
Ans – Nicolas Vedder is dead and gone for these eighteen years.
(c) Who looked exactly like Rip’s previous self?
Ans – Rip’s son looked exactly like his previous self.
(d) How long did twenty years seem to Rip?
Ans – Twenty years seemed to Rip as one night.
Activity 8
Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs from those given in brackets:
(i) A hundred rupees ______too much for this item (is/are)
Ans – A hundred rupees is too much for this item.
(ii) The accountant and the cashier _______absconded. (has/have)
Ans – The accountant and the cashier have absconded.
(iii) Time and tide ___________(wait/waits) for none.
Ans – Time and tide wait for none.
(iv) Either he or I ___________mistaken. (is/am)
Ans – Either he or I am mistaken.
(v) The ship with its crew, __________delayed. (was/were)
Ans – The ship with its crew, was delayed.
Activity 9(a)
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words.
hollow – There was a hollow spot in the field
fearful – She gave me a fearful shock!
ruins – The town lay in ruins.
gaze – She refused to meet my gaze.
Activity 9(b)
Identify the types of sentences given below:
(i) Rip’s sole follower was the dog wolf.
Ans – Assertive
(ii) What was to be done?
Ans – Interrogative
(iii) All was silence.
Ans – Assertive
(iv) Sure enough! it is Van Winkle!
Ans – Exclamatory
Activity 10(a)
Write a short story in about sixty words using the hints given below. Add a title to it:
You went on a tour with your friends- stayed the night in a house inside a forest- slept in separate rooms- when you woke up your friends were all gone- your feelings- how you returned home.
Lost in the Silent Woods
On a tour with friends, we ventured deep into a forest. At night, we slept in separate rooms of an old house. When dawn broke, they’d vanished without a trace. Panic gripped me, but determination pushed me forward. Alone, I navigated the wilderness, eventually finding my way home, forever changed by that eerie night.