Grade IV

Lesson -2

The Quarrel (Poem)

By Eleanor Farjeon
 General Instructions
• Use single ruled note book.
• Things you need: Pencil, red colour
pencil, sharpener, erase and a ruler.
• Now open the index page.
• Fill in the index page as shown in the
picture.
S.No Date Title Page. No Teacher’s
Sign
1. A crow in the House 1.
- Ruskin Bond
I. New Words Write only
in small
1. quarrel case.

2. slight
3. thumped Leave a line
after every
4. suddenly word.

5. fell out
II. Word bank
• thumped : hit someone with your fist
• quarrel : argue or dispute
• come along : to accompany
someone
• fell out : disagreement or quarrel
III. Question &Answers
• Q1. Does the speaker say what the
quarrel with her brother was about?
• Ans: No, the speaker did not say what
the quarrel with her brother was
about because she is not sure what
was the reason of the quarrel.
• Q2. Did the two children really hate
each other?
• A: No, the two children had a feeling
of dislike only at the time of quarrel
but towards the end of the poem they
gave up their quarrel. So we can say
that they didn’t really hate each
other.
II. Question &Answers
Q3. Why does the speaker say the
afternoon turned black?
A: The speaker said that the afternoon
turned black as she had a quarrel with
her brother and they both were angry
and there
was no fun.
Q4. Why do you think the speaker’s
brother made up with her?

A: The speaker’s brother made up with

her because he realized that he was
wrong.
Q5. How could someone who was wrong
to begin with suddenly become right?
A: In the beginning of the poem, due to
the difference in the opinion, the poet
feels her brother was wrong but later
he becomes right because he had
admitted his fault.
IV. Extracts
1. “We can’t go on all night
I was in the wrong.”
a. Whom does ‘we’ refer to in the above lines?
A: ‘We’ refers to the poet and her brother.
b. Whom does ‘I’ refer to in the above lines?
A: ‘I’ refers to the poet’s brother.
c. Name the poem and the poet from
which the above lines are extracted?
A: The above lines are extracted from
the poem “The quarrel” written by
Eleanor Farjeon.