NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Chapter 4 Sports and Wellness provide clear, step-by-step answers to every exercise and in-text question from the chapter Sports and Wellness of the NCERT textbook Poorvi. Prepared by subject experts as per the latest NCERT (CBSE) syllabus for 2026-27, these NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English help you understand each concept, write exam-ready answers, and check your own solutions. You can read them online below or download the free Class 6 English Chapter 4 question-answer PDF.
NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Chapter 4 Sports and Wellness
- Class: Class 6
- Subject: English
- Chapter: Chapter 4 – Sports and Wellness
- Textbook: Poorvi (NCERT)
- Study material: NCERT Solutions – questions with answers, free PDF
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These NCERT Solutions answer all 102 questions of this chapter. The questions solved are:
- Which games or sports do you play?
- Which games or sports do you play for fun?
- Which games or sports do you play for competition?
- How do you feel when you win or lose?
- Work in pairs. Tick the correct meaning of ‘friendly matches’: (i) matches played to win a trophy (ii) matches played without competition
- Work in pairs. Tick the correct meaning of ‘opponent’: (i) someone who you compete with (ii) someone you want to be a partner with
- Work in pairs. Tick the correct meaning of ‘tally of marks’: (i) final marks on a report card (ii) record of points in a game/match
- Work in pairs. Tick the correct meaning of ‘sporting spirit’: (i) following all the rules in a game (ii) being fair and respecting each player in a game
- State whether the following is True or False. Prabhat would accept losing to anyone easily.
- What was special about the last Friday of each month?
- Who was responsible for maintaining the score for the match?
- Do you think Prabhat wished to play another match with Surya? Why do you think so?
- How did Surya feel about playing?
- What was it about Surya that Prabhat observed?
- Complete the sentence suitably. Prabhat would play a game only if ____________.
- Which game was Prabhat good at playing?
- Select the most suitable option to complete the sentence. This behaviour of Prabhat tells us that he was ________. a. good at the game b. sure to win c. afraid of losing
- Select the one option that tells us about the way Prabhat was feeling that night. a. hurt b. unhappy c. afraid d. focused
- Why does Prabhat find Surya’s behaviour ‘surprising’?
- Fill in the blank by choosing the most suitable option given in the bracket. We can say that Surya’s reaction to not winning was ____________ (similar to/as serious as/different from) Prabhat’s.
- How did Prabhat’s attitude towards winning and losing affect his enjoyment of games in the beginning?
- Why do you think Prabhat cheated in the beginning to win the badminton match against Surya?
- How did Surya’s attitude differ from Prabhat’s?
- Do you think Prabhat’s approach to games was healthy? Why or why not?
- Why do you think sporting spirit is important?
- Explain how the title of the story, ‘Change of Heart’, is suitable.
- Make as many words as possible using consecutive letters, without changing the order of the letters, from the words in the boxes. One has been done for you. 1. BADMINTON — BAD, ADMIN, MINT, IN, TON, ON 2. PHENOMENON 3. BASKETBALL
- Read the following sentences and circle the verbs. 1. Everyone was discussing their game and how Prabhat had played so well. 2. He had won the game but he did not feel as happy as he usually did. 3. What was more surprising that Surya had not felt bad about losing.
- Arrange the circled verbs as the first action (old action) or second action (new action). One has been done for you. (Column A — FIRST ACTION (OLD); Column B — SECOND ACTION (NEW))
- Fill in the blanks with the past perfect form of the verb given within the brackets. Prabhat __________ already __________ his homework before going to the badminton match. (finish)
- Surya __________ basketball for years before joining the school’s badminton team. (play)
- By the time Prabhat arrived, Surya __________ already __________ several matches. (win)
- The new student, Surya, __________ Prabhat before coming to the school. (never meet)
- Before the games period, Prabhat __________ badminton extensively. (practise)
- You will listen to an announcement. As you listen, circle the pair that was chosen to play chess. (Rima – Dhiraj / Gita – Hitesh / Sarita – Nupur)
- You will once again listen to the announcement. As you listen, fill in the notes with important details. 1. How many Friday matches will be played? 2. What was put up on the sports’ notice board? 3. Who will sponsor the kho-kho team’s refreshments? 4. Who will be the scorekeeper for chess? 5. Who will be the referee for kho-kho? 6. Which Friday periods are meant for kho-kho?
- You are Vani— You want to request your friends to take you in their team during games period.
- You are Somiwon— You want to tell Hitesh to help you with the cleaning of the classroom cupboard.
- You are Sumit— You accidently spilled water on Nupur’s desk.
- You are Hitesh— You forgot to get Simran’s Art file to school.
- You are Kriti— You spoke rudely to Nupur.
- You are Mohan— You wish to thank Hitesh for helping you practice for the Inter-House speech competition.
- You are Meher— You are grateful that Simran helped you understand a chapter taught at school when you were absent.
- You are Rima— You are thankful to Gita for helping you collect the notebooks from the staff-room.
- Prabhat managed to change the scoreboard while Surya was looking elsewhere. Yet, he did not feel so happy that night. Unable to sleep, he decided to write down his feelings in his diary. Complete the diary page with the help of the phrases given in the box. (I won the match / I do not feel happy about it / I will lose the match / I managed to change the scoreboard / I felt very happy / Everyone congratulated me after my win / Surya did not feel bad / He had fun playing with me)
- Read the following brief bio-sketches of sportspersons from India. (Deepika Kumari and Neeraj Chopra)
- Visit the given link to know more about other Indian sportspersons. (Arjuna Awardees January 2024)
- Look at this picture. What are these children doing?
- Where do you think they are?
- What is the time of the day?
- Discuss the given questions with your classmates and teacher. When do you go to play after school?
- Who do you play with?
- Where do you go to play in the evening?
- Which games do you like playing?
- When do you come back home?
- Read the given lines from the poem. Write the meaning of the lines by identifying the words/expressions in them. Line: ‘next to the creek’ (Clue: a small body of water)
- Write the meaning of: ‘I can’t even catch my breath’ (Clue: the child has been running)
- Write the meaning of: ‘When blue dark turns to black’ (Clue: the colour of the sky changes from blue to black. What does it mean?)
- Write the meaning of: ‘trees creep close’ (Clue: it is evening time. Why do you think the trees seem close?)
- 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.
- 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
- Is the speaker alone? Why do you say so?
- What does the pattern in the lines tell us?
- Give one reason why the grass is cold.
- Complete the sentence suitably. The children’s feet are aching because ____________.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Listen to the riddles and write which sport is being referred to in the table below. (Riddle 1, 2, 3, 4)
- 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.
- Enact the roles of a parent and a child. Situation 1: Coming home late after play. (Parent upset/Child explaining)
- Situation 2: Sharing details of the games you played. (Child excited/Parent asking details with interest)
- Situation 3: Bring a new friend home after playtime. (Child introducing/Parent welcoming)
- 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.
- 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.
- What do you know about yoga? Discuss in pairs and share with the whole class.
- What is 21st June known for? What do we do on this day?
- List as many words you know related to yoga. Share them with your classmates.
- Let us play the game of Antakshari. The first word is ‘yoga’. The next word must then begin with the letter ‘a’. This activity will go on and the whole class will participate and write the words on the blackboard. How many new words have you learnt?
- Read the passage again and fill in the blanks with words from the box. (Box: sleep, lifestyle, health, strength, calm, stress, balance) — Yoga is a practise that not only improves physical flexibility but also improves mental 1. ______ and leads to a healthier 2. ______. It involves a series of asanas, which increase muscular 3. ______. Practising yoga also leads to a better body and mind 4. ______ and reduces body pain such as the lower back. Moreover, the focus on breathing techniques and meditation makes the mind 5. ______, lessens 6. ______, and improves the quality of 7. ______. This helps to adopt a more positive lifestyle.
- What is the aim of yoga?
- Explain the idea of unity in yoga.
- What does the launch of the WHO mYoga app tell us about the importance of yoga?
- Describe one long-term effect that the practice of yoga can have on a person’s qualities.
- Fill in the blank with the correct use of practice (as a noun) or practise (as a verb). It is important to have a regular ____________ of stretching every morning to stay flexible.
- I ____________ Yoga every day to keep my mind and body healthy.
- The teacher said, you can join the school hockey team but it requires a lot of ____________ to improve your skills.
- Our athletics coach asked us to ____________ running on grass to strengthen our grip while running.
- I ____________ deep breathing exercises when I feel stressed to calm myself down.
- Developing a good habit of eating fruits and vegetables should be a daily ____________.
- Another common word that has the ‘s’ and ‘c’ variation in spellings is ‘advice’ (noun) and ‘advise’ (verb). Make two sentences each using ‘advice’ and ‘advise’ and share with your classmates and the teacher.
- Make as many words as you can using the letters shown. Use the letter ‘A’ in all the words that you make. (A in the centre; Y, R, N, O, G, E around it)
- You will listen to a girl talk about practising yoga. As you listen, select four true statements from the sentences given in the table. (1. The girl sees people at the park doing breathing exercises. 2. Her grandfather began practising yoga sixteen years ago. 3. The girl practises some easy yoga exercises with her grandfather. 4. The girl practises breathing exercises to relax. 5. Her grandfather is fit even though he has untimely meals. 6. Her grandfather’s regular yoga practise has kept him strong. 7. The girl wishes to learn asanas over the weekend.)
- Participate in groups of four to share your ‘yoga thoughts’. (Use the sentence starters: If you have tried yoga — I practise yoga because… / My favourite thing about yoga is… / I feel ______ after a yoga session because… / The one thing in yoga that I want to practise is ______ because… ; If you have not tried yoga, yet — I wish to practise yoga because… / I hope that once I begin practising yoga, I… / The kind of exercise I want to try in yoga is ______ because…)
- Take turns to speak and listen to others when they share their thoughts.
- Write a short paragraph on ‘The Benefits of Yoga’. You may use the following sentence starters along with your own ideas to create the paragraph. (Opening line: Yoga is important because … ; Supporting ideas: One benefit of yoga that interests me is … / Practising yoga can help people … / A popular yoga pose is _____ because … / Yoga is not just physical exercise; it also … ; Concluding line: Finally, yoga can be a great way to …)
- Do you know? A few seals of the Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilisation, dating back to 2700 BC, indicate that yoga was prevalent in ancient India. Many people contributed to its development and now, yoga has spread all over the world. On 11th December 2014, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with 193 members accepted the proposal to celebrate ‘21st June’ as ‘International Yoga Day’.
- Find out about two asanas and their benefits, and share your findings with your classmates and teacher. You may visit the following websites to learn more about yoga.
- I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
- You go at green, but stop at red. Who am I?
- Three letters in my name; Backwards-forwards it’s the same. I am a body part. Who am I?
- I follow you all the time, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Chapter at a Glance
- The unit has three texts. Change of Heart is a story about Prabhat, a boy who could not bear to lose, and Surya, a new student whose cheerful playing teaches Prabhat what sporting spirit really means.
- The Winner by Georgia Heard is a short free-verse poem about children who play ball in a neighbour’s field every evening until darkness stops them — and the poem gives the victory to Night.
- Yoga–A Way of Life explains what yoga is, where the word comes from, what Sage Patanjali wrote in the Yoga Sutras , the benefits of asanas and breathing, and why the WHO and the United Nations have taken yoga to the whole world.
- The idea that joins all three texts is wellness — health of the body and of the mind. Prabhat learns to enjoy a game, the children in the poem run till they are breathless, and the yoga text shows how breath, movement and calm work together.
- The language work of the unit covers making small words from a long word , the past perfect tense for the older of two past actions, personification and the shape of lines in poetry, and the practice / practise and advice / advise noun–verb spelling pairs.
- The listening, speaking and writing tasks include a sports-day announcement, four sport riddles, the three magic words please , thank you and sorry , Prabhat’s diary page, a paragraph on your playtime and a paragraph on the benefits of yoga.
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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English – All Chapters
There are more chapters to study besides Sports and Wellness in English. Here are the NCERT Solutions for all chapters of Class 6 English.
- Chapter 1 Fables and Folk Tales
- Chapter 2 Friendship
- Chapter 3 Nurturing Nature
- Chapter 4 Sports and Wellness
- Chapter 5 Culture and Tradition
NCERT Solutions for Class 6 – All Subjects
Just like Chapter 4 of English, you can get the exercise questions with answers for every other subject of Class 6. Here are the NCERT Solutions for all subjects of Class 6.
NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Chapter 4 – An Overview
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| Aspects | Details |
|---|---|
| Class | Class 6 |
| Subject | English |
| Chapter Number | Chapter 4 |
| Chapter Name | Sports and Wellness |
| Book Name | Poorvi |
| Book By | NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) |
| Educational Resource Here | NCERT Solutions of Class 6 English Chapter 4 for all exercises |
| More Questions Answers of This Subject | NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English |
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