The NCERT Class 6 English Poorvi Chapter 4 Notes PDF helps students revise Sports and Wellness for the 2026-27 textbook. The unit covers Change of Heart, The Winner, and Yoga: A Way of Life, with grammar work on past perfect, personification, polite speech and practice or practise.

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NCERT Class 6 English Poorvi Chapter 4 Sports and Wellness notes

These Sports and Wellness notes follow the 2026-27 NCERT Poorvi chapter and focus on the story, poem, yoga passage and grammar tasks students practise in class.

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Sports and Wellness Notes Overview

Sports and Wellness is Unit 4 of the Class 6 English Poorvi book. It teaches that a healthy life needs fair play, outdoor activity, calm breathing and respectful speech. The safest revision method is to connect every text with one value: honesty, joy, balance or kindness.

Part of the unitMain ideaRevision cue
Change of HeartPrabhat learns sporting spirit from SuryaWinning without honesty does not feel good
The WinnerChildren play until night ends the gameNight is personified as the winner
Yoga: A Way of LifeYoga joins body, mind, breath and awarenessBenefits include balance, sleep and concentration

Yoga: A Way of Life Class 6 Video Recap

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Change of Heart Summary and Sporting Spirit

Change of Heart revision flow for Class 6 English Sports and Wellness

Change of Heart is about Prabhat, a boy who cannot bear losing. He plays only when he feels sure of winning. Surya joins his school and plays badminton with him. Surya enjoys the game, but Prabhat changes the scoreboard and wins unfairly.

  • Prabhat feels unhappy even after winning.
  • Surya does not feel bad after losing.
  • Prabhat observes that Surya enjoys every game.
  • Sporting spirit means fair play, respect and joy in trying well.

For the title question, write the beginning attitude, the cheating incident and Prabhat's final change.

The Winner Poem Notes for Class 6

The Winner by Georgia Heard describes children playing ball near a creek in the evening. The children run fast, feel breathless and keep playing until the sky becomes dark. The line Night wins gives night a human action, so it is an example of personification.

Poem phraseMeaningAnswer cue
Next to the creekNear a small body of waterName the place of play
Cannot catch my breathThe child is breathless after runningConnect it with fast running
Blue dark turns to blackEvening becomes nightExplain the sky change
Trees creep closeTrees seem nearer in the darkDo not write that trees move

Yoga: A Way of Life Key Points

Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice that began in ancient India. The word comes from the Sanskrit root yuj, which means to join or unite. The chapter links yoga with unity of mind and body, thought and action, and harmony with nature.

  • Sage Patanjali presented yoga in a systematic way.
  • Asanas help stretch and strengthen muscles.
  • Breathing and meditation can calm the mind.
  • The WHO mYoga app was launched on 20 June 2021.
  • International Yoga Day is celebrated on 21 June.

Sports and Wellness Grammar Map

Practice and practise grammar comparison for Class 6 English Poorvi Sports and Wellness

The grammar work in Sports and Wellness is closely linked with the reading tasks. Students practise past perfect verbs, polite speech, personification and the spelling difference between practice and practise.

  • Past perfect: use had plus past participle for the older action.
  • Practice: a noun, as in daily yoga practice.
  • Practise: a verb, as in I practise yoga.
  • Personification: a non-human thing is shown with a human action.

More Class 6 English Poorvi Chapter 4 Resources

Use these resources with the notes PDF when you want the official text, solved questions or a quicker visual revision path.

ResourceBest useLink
NCERT Book PDFRead the official 2026-27 source chapterComing soon
NCERT SolutionsPractise textbook questions after revisionComing soon
Handwritten NotesRevise the unit in a topper's handwritten styleComing soon

All NCERT Notes for Class 6 English Poorvi Chapters

ChapterTitleNotes
Chapter 1Fables and Folk TalesOpen notes
Chapter 2FriendshipOpen notes
Chapter 3Nurturing NatureComing soon
Chapter 4Sports and WellnessCurrent notes
Chapter 5Culture and TraditionComing soon

Class 6 English Poorvi Chapter 4 Notes FAQs

Ques. What is the main theme of Sports and Wellness in Class 6 English Poorvi?

Ans. The unit shows that wellness includes fair play, joyful games, yoga, calm breathing and respectful speech. It teaches students to care for the body and mind.

Ques. Why is the title Change of Heart suitable?

Ans. The title is suitable because Prabhat changes from a boy who only wants to win into a player who enjoys games with honesty and sporting spirit.

Ques. What does Night wins mean in The Winner?

Ans. Night wins means the time for outdoor play has ended. The poet gives night a human action, so the line is an example of personification.

Ques. What is the difference between practice and practise?

Ans. Practice is a noun, as in regular yoga practice. Practise is a verb, as in students practise breathing exercises to stay calm.