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Roots and Wings (Class 6)William Tell — Back Exercise

William Tell — Back Exercise — Notes

William Tell: Chapter 10 Back Exercise Answers | Class 6 Roots and Wings

Text: William Tell

Type: Story (Back Exercise / Chapter-End Questions)

Curriculum: Class 6, Roots and Wings Literature Reader, English

Exercise Answers

This video covers the back exercises from Chapter 10: William Tell in the Class 6 Roots and Wings Literature Reader. The exercises include MCQs, True/False, a language (grammar) section, and written question answers.

Section C: Language Exercise (Grammar)

This section asks students to identify the part of speech in each sentence.

Identifying Parts of Speech

Example: "He and his son walked to the market." — Conjunction: and

| Sentence | Word to Identify | Answer |

|----------|-----------------|--------|

| The hat was placed on the pole. | Preposition | on |

| Walter was a brave boy. | Adjective | brave |

| He came from a far place. | Article / Preposition | a (article) |

| The soldier responded. | Preposition | to (in the full sentence context) |

The key parts of speech to identify in this exercise: conjunction, preposition, adjective, article.

Word Changes Exercise

This section asks students to change words as directed (to superlative degree, past tense, adverb form, past participle):

| Original Word | Instruction | Answer |

|---------------|-------------|--------|

| great | Superlative degree | greatest |

| walk / go | Past tense | walked / went |

| prison | Add article before it | a prison (becomes "imprisonment") |

| loud | Change to adverb | loudly |

| shoot | Past participle | shot |

Section D: Written Question Answers

Q1. What order did Gessler give the people about the hat?

Answer:

Gessler placed his hat on a pole in the market square. He ordered that the hat be treated as the symbol of the Emperor. Anyone who passed through the market square without bowing before the hat would be punished.

Q2. Why did William Tell not bow before the hat?

Answer:

There were two reasons:

1. He forgot: William Tell was talking to his son Walter and was not paying attention. He accidentally walked through the market square without realising he needed to bow.

2. He refused on principle: When soldiers forced him to bow, William Tell refused. He was a proud Swiss patriot and would not bow before the symbol of a foreign ruler. It was against his nature and his beliefs to show submission to a foreign emperor or his representative.

Q3. What did Walter say about his father's skill?

Answer:

Walter said that his father could shoot an apple from a distance of 100 yards. He was very proud of his father's skill as an archer.

Q4. What did Gessler ask William Tell about the second arrow?

Answer:

After William Tell successfully shot the apple off Walter's head, Gessler noticed that Tell had taken out a second arrow and kept it hidden on his person. Gessler asked Tell: "Why did you take out the second arrow? What was it for?"

Tell honestly replied that if the first arrow had hurt his son, the second arrow was meant for Gessler himself.

Key Takeaways for Students

  • William Tell carried a crossbow as his main weapon.
  • Gessler was the Austrian governor who placed his hat on the pole, not a soldier or builder.
  • Gessler's order: bow before the hat in the market square or face punishment.
  • William Tell forgot about the hat while talking to his son, entered the market square by mistake, and then refused to bow out of patriotic pride.
  • Walter was proud of his father and said he could shoot an apple from 100 yards away.
  • The second arrow was Tell's backup plan: to kill Gessler if anything had happened to Walter.
  • Parts of speech to remember: and = conjunction, on/from/to = prepositions, brave = adjective, a/the = articles.
  • Word changes: great becomes greatest (superlative), loud becomes loudly (adverb), shoot becomes shot (past participle).

    • Watch the full video here: YouTube