Rip Van Winkle
Textual Questions & Answers
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Activity - 1
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct
order and put the numbers in given boxes:
(1) Rip had to leave his group eventually. (3)
(2) On one of the days Rip had gone high up to the Kaatskill
Mountains. (5)
(3) Rip used to sit and talk with his friend. (1)
(4) He heard a voice from a 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. (4)
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 - 3
Answer the following question:
How do you think Rip felt when he heard a voice from the distance calling?
Ans: I think Rip was
surprised hearing his name being called by someone in such a lonely place.
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.
Ans: False , Supporting Statement: “He made signs
for Rip to assist him with the load.”
(b) All the strangers had beards.
Ans: True , Supporting Statement: “They all had
beards of various shapes and colours.”
(c) Rip felt very thirsty.
Ans: True , Supporting Statement: “Feeling
thirsty, he had several drinks himself.”
(d) Rip saw that his village had become smaller.
Ans: False , Supporting Statement: “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 was a
short old man with thick bushy hair and a beard. He was carrying something
heavy on his back.
(b) What happened after Rip had drunk the liquid?
Ans: After drinking the
liquid, Rip’s eyes closed slowly and he 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.
Activity - 6
Fill in the following chart with information from
text:
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Cause
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Effect
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(i) Rip had a long
beard and wore a peculiar dress.
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His appearances soon
attracted the attention of people.
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(ii) Rip found
himself alone in the world.
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Rip’s heart died away.
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(iii) Rip saw a fellow
who looked exactly like his previous self.
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He understood that it
was his own son, Rip.
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(iv) They came
to know that Rip had come back after twenty years.
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All stood amazed.
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Activity - 7
Answer the following questions in complete
sentences:
(a) What attracted the attention of the people when Rip entered the
village?
Ans: Rip’s strange
appearance with his long beard and peculiar dress attracted the attention of
the people when he entered the village.
(b) What did Rip learn about Nicolas Vedder?
Ans: Rip learnt that
his friend Nicholas Vedder had died eighteen years ago.
(c) Who looked exactly like Rip’s previous self?
Ans: Rip’s own son who
was also called Rip, looked exactly like his precious self.
(d) How long did twenty years seem to Rip?
Ans: Twenty long years
seemed as only one night to Rip.
Activity - 8
Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs from
those given in brackets:
(i) A hundred rupees is too much for
this item. (is/are)
(ii) The accountant and the cashier have absconded.
(has/have)
(iii) Time and tide waits (wait/waits)
for none.
(iv) Either he or I am mistaken.
(is/am)
(v) The ship with its crew was delayed.(was/were)
Activity - 9 (a)
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the
following words:
Hollow: The hollow valley
was teeming with flowering plants.
Fearful: Parents are ever
fearful for their children.
Ruins: I went to see the ruins
of Nalanda University last year.
Gaze: The strange man
gazed at me carefully.
Activity – 9 (b)
Identity the types of sentences given below:
(i) Rip’s sole follower
was the dog wolf. → Assertive Sentence
(ii) What was to be done?
→ Interrogative Sentence
(iii) All was silence. → Assertive
Sentences
(iv) Sure enough! It is
Van Winkle! → Exclamatory Sentences
