Class 6 English · Unit 4

The Winner

NCERT Poorvi · Unit 4: Sports and Wellness. Answers to all the textbook questions and activities, in simple words.

Let us do these activities before we read

ILook at the picture.

1. What are these children doing?

They are running and playing happily.

2. Where do you think they are?

They are in an open field or a park.

3. What is the time of the day?

It is evening. Their shadows are long.

IIDiscuss the questions.

I go to play at five o’clock after school. I play with my neighbours. The place I go to for playing is the ground near my house. I like playing cricket and kho-kho. Sometimes I come back home after it gets dark.

Let us discuss

IWrite the meaning of the lines.

Lines from the poem	Meaning
1. next to the creek	near a small stream of water
2. I can’t even catch my breath	The child has run so fast that she is out of breath.
3. When blue dark turns to black	The evening sky becomes dark and night begins.
4. trees creep close	In the dark, the trees cannot be seen clearly, so they seem to come closer.

IIComplete the following based on the poem.

The children play ball in the evenings in the neighbour’s field. They run so fast that they run out of breath. They continue to play till the evening when the blue sky turns black, and the trees are not clearly visible. They can feel their feet aching, now that it is cold. Finally, they stop playing and go home as it is night.

Let us think and reflect

I.1We run so fast / I / can’t / even / catch / my / breath.

(i) The speaker needs to catch her breath because ______.

Answer: C. running fast results in being breathless

(ii) Is the speaker alone? Why do you say so?

No. The speaker says “we play” and “We run”. So, she is playing with her friends.

(iii) What does the pattern in the lines tell us?

There is one word in each line. It shows that the child is breathing hard and speaking in short gasps.

I.2When blue dark turns to black… Night wins!

(i) Give one reason why the grass is cold.

The sun has set and it is night, so the grass has become cold.

(ii) Complete the sentence.

The children’s feet are aching because they have run a lot and the grass is cold.

(iii) Night wins because the ______.

Answer: A. time for play has ended

Let us learn

1Write examples of your own for both.

Pattern:

The rain is falling,
falling,
falling.

Personification:

The moon peeped through the clouds. / The wind whistled a happy tune.

2Complete the word web on water bodies.

river lake pond sea ocean stream canal waterfall well

Let us listen

♫Write which sport is being referred to.

Riddle	Sport
1	Football
2	Kabaddi
3	Swimming
4	Yoga

My own riddle: Two players, one net, a feather that flies; hit it high and hit it low, it must not touch the floor. Which sport am I? (Badminton)

Let us speak

★Enact the roles of a parent and a child.

Situation 1: Coming home late after play

Parent: It is so dark outside! Why are you so late?
Child: I am sorry, Maa. The match was very close and we forgot the time.
Parent: I was worried. Please come home before it gets dark.
Child: Yes, Maa. I will be careful from tomorrow.

Practise Situations 2 and 3 in the same way.

Let us write

✎Write a paragraph about your playtime.

My Playtime

I go out to play every evening at five o’clock. I play with my friends from the neighbourhood. We play cricket, kho-kho and hide and seek. My favourite game is kho-kho. Playing together makes us fit and teaches us teamwork. We finish playing when it starts getting dark and go home happily.

Let us explore

★Find out some native games of your state and other parts of India.

Some indigenous games are kabaddi, kho-kho, gilli-danda, langdi, lagori (seven stones), atya-patya, mallakhamb and lattu (top).

Learn the rules of one game and play it with your classmates under your teacher’s supervision.

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