Worksheet Solutions: Return to Air | New Pathways Class 6: Book Solutions, Summaries & Worksheets PDF Download

Q1: Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)

(i) What skill were they trying to teach Sausage at the Ponds?
(a) Diving from a high board
(b) Butterfly stroke
(c) Duck-diving
(d) Water polo
Ans: (c)
They were teaching Sausage to duck-dive, which involves swimming on the surface, up-ending like a duck, and diving underwater.

(ii) Why did Sausage hesitate before attempting the duck-dive?
(a) Fear of fish
(b) Flabby legs
(c) Lack of swimming skills
(d) Water temperature
Ans: (b)
Sausage hesitated because he thought his legs were flabby and wouldn't up-end during the dive.

(iii) What did Sausage bring up from the bottom of the Ponds?
(a) Another swimmer
(b) A fish
(c) An old tin box
(d) A rubber duck
Ans: (c)
Sausage retrieved an unexpected item, an old tin box, instead of the expected brick.

(iv) What did Sausage fear during his ascent from the dive?
(a) Running out of breath
(b) Getting caught in fish lines
(c) Losing his glasses
(d) Shark attack
Ans: (b)
Sausage feared emerging among fishermen and fouling their lines during his ascent.

(v) Why did Sausage keep the tin box?
(a) As a lunchbox
(b) For his coin collection
(c) To catch fish
(d) It was lightweight
Ans: (b)
Sausage mentions keeping the tin box on the mantelpiece with his coin collection.

Q2: Fill in the Blanks

(i) Sausage's friends gave him the nickname ________.
Ans: Sausage

(ii) The water during Sausage's dive was described as thick ________.
Ans: greeny-brown

(iii) Sausage retrieved a brick during the dive to practice for potential ________ situations.
Ans: rescue

(iv) Sausage was afraid of emerging among fishermen and fouling their ________.
Ans: lines

(v) The tin box Sausage brought up was heavy because it was filled with ________.
Ans: mud

Q3: Match the Column (In a Table)

Ans:

Q4: True/False Questions

(i) Sausage had to wear glasses while diving.
Ans: True
Sausage mentions he has to take off his glasses to go into the water.

(ii) The Ponds are shallow, making it easy for Sausage to dive.
Ans: False
The Ponds are deep, and Sausage had to swim down to the bottom.

(iii) Sausage feared running out of air during his ascent.
Ans: False
Sausage feared emerging among fishermen during his ascent, not running out of air.

(iv) The tin box Sausage retrieved was filled with valuable items.
Ans: False
The tin box was heavy with mud, and there was nothing valuable inside.

(v) Sausage learned duck-diving without any fear after the first attempt.
Ans: False
Sausage mentions diving for another brick later without being frightened, but it didn't seem as significant as the first dive.