NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Unit 3 Poem- The Quarrel 3 ; With # Extra Question Answers
The QuarrelEleanor Farjeon
Working
with poem
1. with your partner try to guess the meaning of
the underlined phrases
i) And
somehow we fell out
ii) The
afternoon turned black
Answer: i) fell out - quarreled, fought or
argued and stop being friendly
ii) Turned black - something has been spoiled due
to a bad mood or tense situation.
2. Read
these lines from the poem:
1) One thing
led to another
2) The start
of it was slight
3) The end
of it was strong
4) The
afternoon turned black
5) Thumped
me on the back
Discuss with
your partner what these lines mean
Answer: 1)
one thing led to another—during the argument, one thing lead to another
2) The start
of it was slight—the start and cause of the fight\quarrel was very small.
3) The end
of it was strong—the fight ended with bitter note which had a strong bad
effect.
4) The
afternoon turned black—the quarrel spoiled the mood of the persons who were
quarreling, and the afternoon became very sad.
5) Thumped
me on the back—tapped on the back in a friendly manner.
3. Describe
a recent quarrel that you have had with your brother –sister or friend. How did
it start? What did your quarrel about?> how did it end?
Me and my
sister Sally had a silly quarrel on last month. It was a Sunday afternoon. We both had lunch. Mother
was busy with the household chores. And father went out for some work. And here
I and my sister Sally started quarreling over who would watch TV first. I
wanted to watch his cricket match, while Sally wanted to watch her favorite cartoon.
We started arguing first. Then we bickered loudly, and started pulling the
remote back and forth. Finally, our mother interrupted, assigned equal time for
both. Thus our silly quarrel ended peacefully.
Extra question answers on the Poem Quarrel
Extra questions very short
type
##{every line in the poem
covered in these following question answer}
1. Whom was
the poet quarrel with?
Answer: Brother
2. What is
the reason of the quarrel?
Answer: the reason of the quarrel was slight but not mentioned
clearly.
3. How was
the quarrel at the beginning?
Answer: it was slight.
4. How was
the end of the quarrel?
Answer: it was strong
5. Who said
who was right?
Answer: Poet’s brother
6. According
to the poet who was wrong?
Answer: Poet’s brother
7. How long
did the quarrel go for?
Answer: from
afternoon to night.
8. Who did
first accept the mistake?
Answer: The poet’s brother
9. Who
thumped on the poet’s back?
Answer:: Poet’s brother
10. Name the
poet of the poem.
Answer: Eleanor Farjeon
Short question answer
1. Who were quarreling and
why?
Answer: the poet and her sister both were
quarreling with each other. There was a small misunderstanding created between
both of them. The reason the fight was very minute. But both were arguing with
each other. Poet’s brother is saying he was right but the poet was saying her
brother was wrong. Thus they were arguing each other. It lasted in the night from the afternoon.
2. How did the quarrel
turned strong?
Answer: The poet and her brother both had
started the quarrel with small misunderstanding. Then the argument between both
of them did not stop. Instead of ending the quarrel, one thing lead to another and
the fight become strong. Words escalated and a small quarrel took a bigger form.
Thus the quarrel turned strong.
3. How did
the quarrel end?
Answer: The quarrel between the poet and her brother started
with very small understanding. They both argued with each other. From the
afternoon to till night both were quarreled with each other. The quarrel took
strong turned. But at the night time they both realize that quarreling
meaningless. And they both didn’t want to be upset whole night. so ended their
fight without any formal apology.