The Winner Poem Question and Answers Class 6 NCERT English book Poorvi

‘The Winner’ Poem Solutions include answers to questions as given in the Class 6 NCERT textbook ‘Poorvi’. The answers are very easy and suit the Grade 6 standard.

Intext-questions and Answers

In-text questions in NCERT books are questions included within the text to encourage active learning and assess comprehension of the subject matter. Answers to all such questions given in this chapter are given here.

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Let us do these activities before we read.

Look at this picture.

(a) What are these children doing?
(b) Where do you think they are?
(c) What is the time of the day?

Answers:

(a) What are these children doing?
The children are playing in the park. Some are running, and one boy is blowing soap bubbles.

(b) Where do you think they are?
They are in a park or a garden. There is green grass, trees, and flowers around them.

(c) What is the time of the day?
It looks like evening because the shadows are long, and the sky has an orange colour.

2. Discuss the given questions with your classmates and teacher. You may begin your sentences with—

I go to …
I play with …
The place I go to for playing …
I like playing …
Sometimes I come back …

(a) When do you go to play after school?
(b) Who do you play with?
(c) Where do you go to play in the evening?
(d) Which games do you like playing?
(e) When do you come back home?

Answers:

(a) When do you go to play after school?

• I go to play in the evening after finishing my homework.
• I go to play at 5 o’clock every day.

(b) Who do you play with?

• I play with my friends from school.
• I play with my brother/sister in the park.

(c) Where do you go to play in the evening?

• The place I go to for playing is the playground near my house.
• I go to play in the school ground.

(d) Which games do you like playing?

• I like playing football and cricket.
• I like playing badminton with my friends.

(e) When do you come back home?

• Sometimes I come back home at 6 o’clock.
• I come back home when it gets dark.

Textbook Exercise Q&A of the ‘Winer Poem’

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Let us discuss

1. Read the given lines from the poem. Write the meaning of the lines by identifying the words/expressions in them.

Answers:

2. Read the poem. Complete the following based on the poem.

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

Answers:

The children play ball in the evening 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

Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow.

(a) We run so fast
I
can’t
even
catch
my
breath.

(i) Complete the sentence given below with the correct option.

The speaker needs to catch her breath because
________________________.

a. everyone decides to walk
b. all the friends wish to go home
c. running fast results in being breathless
d. they need to do breathing exercises

Ans: (Option c)

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

Ans: No, the speaker is not alone. The use of “we” in the line shows that the speaker is playing with friends.

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

Ans: The way the words are placed shows the speaker’s breathlessness. The short lines and breaks create a feeling of running out of breath.

(b) When blue dark turns to black,
cold grass aches our feet,
trees creep close—
game’s over.
Night wins!

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

Ans: The grass is cold because the sun has set, and the temperature has dropped in the evening.

(ii) Complete the sentence suitably.
The children’s feet are aching because_________________.

Ans: the grass is cold, and they have been running for a long time.

(iii) Why does ‘Night’ win?
Night wins because the _______________.
a. time for play has ended
b. children are tired
c. time to play at home begins
d. night follows day

Ans: (Option a) the time for play has ended.

Let us learn

1. Read the information given in the table and see what the poet has done in the poem ‘The Winner’.

Now, try to write some examples of your own for both. Use your imagination when creating these examples.

Answers:

For the first technique (line breaks to show breathlessness)

• The rain
  falls
  drop
  by drop
  on the roof.
• She
  ran
  as fast
  as she could
  but still
  couldn’t
  catch
  the bus.

For the second technique (Personification)

• The wind whispered through the trees.
• The stars danced in the night sky.
• The alarm clock screamed at me to wake up.
• The waves hugged the shore.

2. The poet has talked about a creek in the poem. You now know that creek is a water body. Complete the word web given below by writing which other water bodies you can think of. Discuss with your teacher.

Answers:

These are different types of water bodies found in nature. Here are some water bodies you can add to the word web:

• River
• Lake
• Pond
• Ocean
• Sea
• Stream
• Waterfall
• Reservoir

Let us listen

Listen to the riddles and write which sport is being referred to in the table below. (See the book for the full questions)

Answers:

Here is the completed table with the answers to the riddles:

Try to create a riddle about your favourite game/sport/activity. Share your riddles with your classmates. Let’s see who all are able to guess it right.

Ans: Here are riddles for you to share with your classmates:

Riddle:
I bounce so high, up and down,
Dribble me fast, don’t let me drown.
Shoot me through a hoop so tall,
Two or three points—you make the call!
What sport am I?

(Answer: Basketball)

Here’s a riddle for cricket:

Riddle:
I spin, I swing, I race so fast,
Hit me hard, make me last.
With a bat, I fly so high,
Over the ropes, into the sky!
What sport am I?

(Answer: Cricket)

Let us write

Write a paragraph about your playtime, using the clues given below.

• What time do I go out to play?
• Who do I play with?
• What games do we play?
• Which is my favourite game?
• What do we gain from playing together?
• When do we finish playing and go home?

Now, give a title to your paragraph.

Answers:

My Fun Playtime

Every evening, I go out to play at 5 PM. I play with my friends from my neighbourhood. We enjoy many games like football, cricket, and badminton. My favourite game is cricket because I love batting and hitting big shots. Playing together helps us stay active, learn teamwork, and have lots of fun. We play until it starts getting dark, and then we go home feeling happy and refreshed.

Let us explore

There are many indigenous games in India. Kho-kho is an example of an indigenous game. Indigenous games are native to a region. Find out some native games of your state and other parts of India. Learn the rules of one such game and play it with your classmates under the supervision of your teacher.

Answers:

Indigenous games are traditional games that are native to a region. For example, in India, different states have their own unique games.

Here are some indigenous games from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu:

Uttar Pradesh: Gilli Danda

• This game is similar to cricket but played with a small stick (gilli) and a larger stick (danda).
• The player uses the danda to hit the gilli into the air and then strikes it again to send it far.
• Other players try to catch the gilli or stop it from going too far.

Odisha: Puchi

• This is a fun jumping game played mostly by girls.
• Players form a circle and take turns jumping on one leg while trying to push others out of balance.
• The last person standing wins the game.

Tamil Nadu: Kabaddi

• Two teams take turns sending a “raider” into the opposing team’s half.
• The raider must tag opponents while continuously chanting “Kabaddi, Kabaddi” without taking a breath.
• If the raider touches opponents and returns safely, their team gets points.

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