Textual Questions & Answers of 'The Shop That Never Was' of Class-VI

 

The Shop That Never Was

Textual Questions & Answers

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Activity 1

Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes. One is done for you:
 
(1) The shopman brought out a glass ball from his hair.  [ 4 ]
 
(2) It was a small shop, not so well-lit. [ 2 ]
 
(3) Gip wanted to take the glass ball. [ 6 ]
 
(4) Gip dragged his father to the magic shop. [ 1 ]
 
(5) Gip and his father were surprised. [ 5 ]
 
(6) There were different kinds of magic mirrors in the shop. [ 3 ]
 
 

Activity 2

Fill in the blanks using words from the Help-Box:
 

Help- Box: scratched, keen, unexpected, tricks, crystal

 
Gip was keen to enter the magic shop. The shop had many crystal balls. Gip’s father wanted to buy some tricks for his son. The shopman performed an unexpected action.
 
 

Activity 3

Answer the following question:
 
1. Why did Gip find the shopman’s palm blank?
Ans: Gip found the shopman’s palm blank because it was a magic trick.
 
 

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 shopman drew out a business card from his hair. 
Ans: False ,       Supporting Statement: “He drew his business card from his cheek.”
 
(b) Gip found the magic box in his pocket. 
Ans: True ,      Supporting Statement: “Gip discovered the box with surprise.”
 
(c) The toy sword was a magic item. 
Ans: True ,      Supporting Statement: “A magic toy sword - this is a unique one!”
 
(d) The narrator found his full name on the magic box. 
Ans: False ,      Supporting Statement: “……..Gip’s full name and address were on the paper.”
 
 

Activity 5

Answer the following questions:
 
(a) Why was Gip surprised?
Ans: Gip was surprised because he discovered the magic box in his pocket.
 
(b) Why did the narrator fail to find out the cost of the magic items?
Ans: The narrator failed to find out the cost of the magic items because the shopman did not pay attention to him.
 
(c) What items did the shopman show to Gip?
Ans: The shopman showed Gip a magic toy sword, a magic train, a clockwork, and a box of soldiers.
 
(d) What was the cause of the narrator’s amazement?
Ans: The narrator was amazed because the shopman tied the magic box in a brown paper with Gip’s full name and address on the paper.
 
 

Activity 6

Fill in the chart with information from the text:
 

Cause	Effects
a)   The narrator thought that his son would be frightened.	He cried at the shopman to take off the drum from Gip.
b)  Gip’s father jumped at the shopman.	He fell into utter darkness.
c)   His mental state was disturbed finding no magic shop anywhere.	The narrator called for a cab.
d)  He had not paid for the items.	Gip’s father went up and down Regent Street looking for the magic shop.

 
 

Activity 7

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
 
(a) What did the shopman do with the drum?
Ans: The shopman made Gip stand on a stool and put the big drum over him and when he took it off, Gip had disappeared.
 
(b) Why did the narrator think that his son would be frightened?
Ans: As the shopman put the big drum over Gip, the narrator thought that the darkness inside the drum would frighten his son.
 
(c) Where did the narrator again find his son?
Ans: The narrator again found his son in Regent Street, standing a yard away from him.
 
(d) What was the mental state of the narrator?
Ans: For a second, the narrator was at a loss. He was extremely confused as he did not find the shop around.
 
 

Activity 8

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles:
 
i. Last week I saw a one- day cricket match between India and Australia.
 
ii. There is a university in our district.
 
iii. Brutus is an honourable man.
 
iv. She arrived an hour late.
 
 

Activity 9(a)

Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
 
i. Prevent : My conscience prevents me to do wrong things.
 
ii. Disappeared : The thief disappeared into darkness.
 
iii. Stared : A teacher stared at me for a long time.
 
iv. Parcel : A delivery boy delivered me a parcel.
 
 

Activity 9(b)

Find words from the text which are similar in meaning to the following:
 
(i) frightened : scared
 
(ii) at a particular moment : instant
 
(iii) showing : displaying
 
(iv) relating to the mind : mental
 

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