Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
The pencil maker held the pencil in his handand before putting the pencil in the boxdecided to impart five important lessons to the pencil.Hetold the pencil that if he learns these five lessons,he will be the best pencilin the world.First he told the pencilthat you will be able to do great many things in life,but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone else‟s hands.He also told him that you will experience apainful sharpening from time to time.But you will need it to become a better pencil.Thenhe told himthat he will be able to correct any mistakes he made.And that the best part of it would be found inside its exterior.Lastly the pencilmakeralso told the pencilthat on every surface he is used, he must leave a mark. The pencil
.understood these lessons and went into the box with a purpose in its heart.This story of the pencil has a lot to teach if we replace the pencil withourselves.Every personcan do many great things only if he allows himself to be in the hands of God.Every person experiences sharpening from time to time which are the problems he encounters.These problems are there to make him a stronger person.Every person is blessed with the ability to correct his mistakes.The best part of a person is to be found inside him, his heart or his soul.And most significantly,every person just like every pencilshould leave an impression wherever he goes.Following these simple rules, every person can become the best person in the world and the world will be full of better people.
1.Why does the pencil maker decide to impart certain lessons to the pencil?
2.What values does the pencil teach us?
3.How can one do great things in life ?
4.How do problems help us in life?
5.What does the author mean by „every person must leave an impression‟?
6.The word „aptitude ‟is synonymous with
a. painful b. sharpening c. ability d.replace
.7. Choose the antonym of the word„weak‟.
a. frail b. strongc. delicate d. healthy
Answers
1. The pencil maker decided to impart certain lessons to the pencil to teach us some life lessons. If we impart ourselves with pencil, we would realise that our maker made us unique and for a special purpose.
2. Pencil teach us various lessons if we replace ourselves with it:-
- We should allow ourselve to be held in the hands of God.
- To become more strong person, we'd experience painful sharpening in our life.
- We are blessed with the ability to correct our mistakes in our life.
- The most important thing for us is what is inside us, our heart and our soul.
- Just like pencil, we should leave a mark wherever we go, by doing our duties and focusing on our purposes.
3. One can do great things in life only if he allows himself to be in the hands of God. God is the maker of us and hence everything we would do, will leave a mark.
4. By learning from the every mistake we made, we can improve ourselves and become a stronger person. Mistakes teach us many lessons.
5. By "every person leave an impression", the author meant that wherever a person goes, he should never forget his purpose and his goals of life, he should constantly doing his duty.
6. c. ability
7. a. frail
Required Answer :-
1] The pencil maker decide to impart certain lessons to the pencil to show the uniqueness and power of pencil.
2] The value are :-
he told the pencil that you will be able to do great many things in life, but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone else's hands. He also told him that you will experience a painful sharpening from time to time. But you will need it to become a better pencil. Then he told him that he will be able to correct any mistakes he made. And that the best part of it would be found inside its exterior. Lastly the pencil maker also told the pencil that on every surface he is used, he must leave a mark.
3]By following the simple rules someone can do great things in life.
4] Problem help us to learn something from it and not to do it again.
5] The author mean that every people should make himself remarkable in history
6] ability
7] frail