Answer keys

LEVEL 1

PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme

Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Book key
1 Rip Van Winkle is a farmer; Ichabod Crane is a teacher. There are ghosts in their stories. 2 Open answers 3 a on a farm b help c beard d ghosts 4 a No b No c Yes d No e Yes f No g Yes 5 a The people in the town because sometimes strange noises come from the mountains. b Rips wife because Rip doesnt work. c The strange mountain. d Rip because he wants to help the old man with the barrel. e Rip because he drinks a lot of the drink from the barrel. f Rip because he sees a dog in his house. 67 Open answers 8 a Now b Then c Now d Now e Now f Then g Then h Now 9 Open answers 10 c e a d b 11 Open answers 12 a Ichabod Crane b Katrina Van Tassel c Baltus Van Tassel d Brom Van Brunt e Gunpowder f Mr. Brouwer 13 Ichabod Crane lives in Tarry Town and works at the school there. He is a good teacher. He is tall and thin. The people in Tarry Town like him. He has many friends and stays in peoples houses. He likes ghost stories. He wants to marry Katrina Van Tassel because she is very beautiful. Her father has a big farm and a lot of money. Ichabod is a good singer. He is the singing teacher for the Van Tassel family. Brom Van Brunt doesnt like Ichabod because he wants to marry Katrina too. Ichabod likes the country near Tarry Town. He is very happy there. Ichabod is afraid because he believes the stories about ghosts. He is unhappy because sometimes Katrina doesnt want to talk to him. 14 Open answers 15 a Sleepy Hollow b tree c river d head e road f river g New York 16 a Maybe it is a ghost. Ichabod Crane is afraid of it. b Maybe it is a ghost. Ichabod Crane is afraid again. c Maybe it is the ghosts head. d Maybe Ichabod Crane is dead. e Maybe it is the ghosts head. f Katrina Van Tassel marries Brom Van Brunt. g Ichabod Crane moves there. h Brom Van Brunt was the ghost with no head on the black horse. 1722 Open answers

Discussion activities key

1 Rip Van Winkle. Old. In the mountains. No. No. Green. Winter. 23 Open answers 4 Suggested answers: chicken, beef, fish, chips, wine, beer, jazz, rock and roll, pop. 5 The ghost didnt have a head/The ghost threw its head at Ichabod. The people found Ichabods hat near the river/next to the pumpkin. Gunpowder was the name of the old horse. Ichabod lives in New York now. Brom now has the farm of Katrinas father.

Activity worksheet key

1 2 3 a bar b angry c beard d unhappy e strange sitstand askanswer longshort lateearly oldnew quicklyslowly a hotel b believe c remembers d Yesterday e ghosts

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Answer keys

LEVEL 1

PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme

Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

4 5 6 7 8 9 a son > dog b family > friends c thirty > twenty d tall > strange e ill > old a 7 b 3 c 3 d 7 e 7 a Mr. Van Ripper b Ichabod c Brom d Mr. Van Tassel e Katrina a He was a teacher. b Because he didnt have a house. c In the evening. d To Sleepy Hollow. e Because he wanted to talk to Katrina. a white b head c pumpkin d married e farmer a strong b rider c school

Progress test key

1 a 6 b 4 c 7 d 1 e 8 f 5 g 3 h 10 i 9 j 2 2 a angry b dog c talk d played a game e friends f An old woman g some people h noises i his daughter j Britain 3 a 7 b 7 c 3 d 7 e 3 f 3 g 7 h 3 i 7 j 7 4 a 7 b 3 c 7 d 7 e 3 f 7 g 3 h 7 i 7 j 3 5 a 7 b 9 c 4 d 1 e 8 f 3 g 10 h 6 i 5 j 2 6 a of b to c the d older e a f for g wanted h in i across j her 7 a with the children. b a head. c to New York. d they were afraid of the place/ghosts. e very happy.

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