A child inside the game
We, and our.
The voice belongs to somebody playing, not to somebody watching. The poem says we and our throughout, so the speaker is one of the group.
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The Winner · Class 6 English · Poorvi
English 3 topics 87 leveled MCQs 45 flashcards 5 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Where and when
Three facts, one setting.
Evenings. A field belonging to a neighbour. A creek beside it. That is the whole of the setting, and it is built in three short lines.
What one word tells you
A creek places them.
A creek is a small stream or inlet. Its presence puts the field somewhere open, which is a lot of work for a single word.
Where a line ends is chosen
A break is a breath.
Prose stops at the edge of the page because it has run out of room. A poet decides every break, and each one asks the reader to pause.
The breathless lines
Six stops in six words.
One short sentence in this poem is broken across six lines, most of them a single word. Read aloud, you pause more than you speak.
Layout that performs
You become breathless.
You do not merely read that the speaker cannot catch her breath. The act of reading it makes you slightly breathless yourself.
📖 Smart notes
What you'll study, topic by topic
1
The Poem: The Winner
Children play ball in a field until it gets too dark to carry on. The poem calls that a defeat, and names the thing that beat them in its title.
- The poem is spoken by a child, and the speaker is one of a group.
- They play ball in the evenings, beside a creek, in a field belonging to a neighbour.
- A creek is a small body of water, which places the field outside the town.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Words at Work: Shape on the Page, and Night as a Player
A poet who breaks one short sentence across six lines so that reading it leaves you short of breath, and who makes the night into somebody who can win.
- Poets decide where every line ends, and that decision changes how a poem is read aloud.
- A line break asks the reader for a small pause, whether or not any punctuation is there.
- One short sentence in this poem is broken across six lines, with a single word on most of them.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Speak, Listen and Write about Playtime
Four riddles that name no sport, two people who each want something from a conversation, and a paragraph about the hour you spend outside.
- The four listening riddles describe sports without ever naming them.
- Each riddle gives an action, a piece of equipment or a place, and leaves you to decide.
- Two of the riddles share a clue about holding your breath, and the rest of the clues separate them.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
❓ Leveled MCQ practice
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87 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Who is the speaker of this poem?
Beginner
A A child who is playing in the game
B A parent calling the children home
C A neighbour who owns the field
D Somebody watching from a window
Show answer & explanation
A child who is playing in the game
The poem says we and our throughout.
Where do the children play?
Beginner
A On a road outside their houses
B In a neighbour's field, beside a creek
C In a school playground
D On the bank of a wide river
Show answer & explanation
In a neighbour's field, beside a creek
Three small facts, and the setting is finished.
A creek is ____.
Beginner
A a narrow path through a field
B a fence between two properties
C a small body of water
D a group of tall trees
Show answer & explanation
a small body of water
A stream or an inlet, as the book's clue says.
What does mentioning a creek do for the poem?
Advanced
A It shows the children can swim
B It explains why the grass is cold
C It tells you which season it is
D It places the field somewhere open
Show answer & explanation
It places the field somewhere open
One word doing the work of a whole description.
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