A. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with bis family. He
would miss the pay cheque, but he needed to retire. The employer was sorry to see his
good worker go and asked if he could
build just one more house as a personal favor, The
carpenter said 'yes', but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He
resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior material. It was an unfortunate way
When the carpenter finished his work, his employer handed over the key of the
house to the carpenter- "This is your house, my gift to you."
What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own
house, he would have done it all so differently
! Now he had to live in a poorly built
house. So it is with us. We build our lives, a dayat a time, often putting less than our
best into the building. Then,
with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we
have built. If we could do it over, we would
do it much differently. But, you cannot go
"house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build wisely!
1. Questions:
a. What did the carpenter tell his employer?
b. What favor did his employer ask from the carpenter?
What surprise did the employer have for the carpenter?
d. Why was the surprise a'shame for the carpenter?
Which word in the first paragraph means the same as 'art of skill of a workman"?
2. Find the words from the text which have similar meaning.
a. Stop working
b. Relaxed
Answers
Answer:
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Explanation:
A. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with bis family. He
would miss the pay cheque, but he needed to retire. The employer was sorry to see his
good worker go and asked if he could
build just one more house as a personal favor, The
carpenter said 'yes', but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He
resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior material. It was an unfortunate way
When the carpenter finished his work, his employer handed over the key of the
house to the carpenter- "This is your house, my gift to you."
What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own
house, he would have done it all so differently
! Now he had to live in a poorly built
house. So it is with us. We build our lives, a dayat a time, often putting less than our
best into the building. Then,
with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we
have built. If we could do it over, we would
do it much differently. But, you cannot go
"house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build wisely!
1. Questions:
a. What did the carpenter tell his employer?
b. What favor did his employer ask from the carpenter?
What surprise did the employer have for the carpenter?
d. Why was the surprise a'shame for the carpenter?
Which word in the first paragraph means the same as 'art of skill of a workman"?
2. Find the words from the text which have similar meaning.
a. Stop working
b. Relaxed