New Book Bihar Board Class 6 English Chapter 11 Solutions are available here. This provides all questions and answers of chapter 11 – “The Winner” for free. It follows the new English Book of Bihar Board Class 6 – Poorvi.
Chapter 11 – The Winner is a beautiful poem about childhood play. It describes children enjoying an evening game of ball near a creek, running breathlessly with joy. As night falls, the game ends with the sky turning from blue to black, the grass growing cold, and the trees seeming to creep closer – showing how night becomes the “winner” that ends their playtime. Below are the Bihar Board Class 6 English Chapter 11 – The Winner Question Answers to help you appreciate this lovely poem about simple childhood moments.
Bihar Board Class 6 English Chapter 11 Solutions
Contents
| Class | 6 |
| Subject | English (Poorvi) |
| Chapter | 11. The Winner |
| Board | Bihar Board |
ACTIVITIES BEFORE WE READ
1. Look at this picture.
(a) What are these children doing?
Ans: The children are playing a game together.
(b) Where do you think they are?
Ans: They are in a park or a playing field near their homes.
(c) What is the time of the day?
Ans: It is evening time when children usually go out to play after finishing their studies.
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?
Ans: I go to play in the evening after finishing my homework.
(b) Who do you play with?
Ans: I play with my friends who live in my neighborhood.
(c) Where do you go to play in the evening?
Ans: I go to the small park near my house in the evening to play with my friends.
(d) Which games do you like playing?
Ans: I like to play cricket, kabaddi and hide-and-seek with my friends.
(e) When do you come back home?
Ans: Sometimes I come back home when it gets dark or when my parents call me for dinner.
LET US DISCUSS
1. Read the given lines from the poem. Write the meaning of the lines by identifying the words/expressions in them.
Ans:
- Pond or lake
- breathlessness
- Night
- Darkness is growing
2. Read the poem. Complete the following based on the poem.
Ans: 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
1. 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
Answer: (c) running fast results in being breathless
(ii) Is the speaker alone? Why do you say so?
Answer: No, the speaker is not alone because the poem starts with “we play ball” and uses “we run” which shows that the child is playing with friends.
(iii) What does the pattern in the lines tell us?
Answer: The pattern of short words going down like steps shows how the child is trying to breathe after running. Each word is like a gasp for air.
(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 in the evening the ground loses heat quickly.
(ii) Complete the sentence.
The children’s feet are aching because _____
Ans: they have been running barefoot on the cold grass 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: (a) time for play has ended
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.
Ans: Title – My Evening Playtime
Every day after finishing my homework at 5 o’clock, I go out to play in the small ground near my house. I play with my school friends Raju, Meena and some other children from my neighborhood. We play many different games like kabaddi, cricket, hide-and-seek and sometimes kho-kho. My favorite game is cricket because I love batting and hitting the ball far away. Playing together teaches us many things like teamwork, following rules, and how to win and lose with a smile. We also become stronger and healthier by running and jumping. When the sky turns dark around 7 o’clock or when our parents call us, we finish our games and go back home for dinner.
