Listen, Speak and Write

Class 6 English · Chapter 10: Change of Heart · NCERT Poorvi section pp. 110–114

Learn

Listening (a sports announcement): in the book, the coach announces three Friday matches: chess, kho-kho and badminton. The kho-kho team list is on the sports notice board; refreshments are sponsored by a sports club; Vani keeps score for chess (played by Sarita and Nupur); the coach is the kho-kho referee; and kho-kho is in the 2nd and 3rd periods.

Speaking: the three magic words. Please for requests: "Could you please…?", "Please can you help me with…?" Sorry for mistakes or rude behaviour: "I'm sorry, that was my fault.", "I'm very sorry for the way I behaved." Thank you for help: "I truly appreciate your help with… Thank you.", "It means so much to me that you…"

Writing: Prabhat's diary. A diary entry has the day, date and time at the top, is written in the first person (I, me), and shares feelings honestly. Prabhat might write: "Today I defeated Surya, but I do not feel happy about it. I was sure I would lose, so I changed the scoreboard… Is it because I cheated? I do not understand myself."

Write your own diary entry about a game you played recently: what happened, how you felt, and what you learnt. End with a thought for the next day, like Prabhat's "Let me sleep now. I feel that it may make me feel better. Goodnight!"

Explore: please, sorry or thank you?

1. Sort each situation.

Remember

• Use please for requests, sorry for mistakes, thank you for help.
• A diary entry has a date, is written with "I", and shares honest feelings.

Quick check

Which is a good apology for a mistake?

1. "I'm sorry, that was my fault."
2. "It wasn't me."
3. "So what?"
4. "You did it."

Think about it

Write a short thank-you note to someone who helped you in sports or at school.

Practice

Practise with fresh questions at three levels (easy, medium, hard), some answered hands-on, with hints and worked answers. Get 4 of your last 5 right to finish the topic.