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. strong c. delicate d. healthy
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Answers to the passage
Explanation:
1. The pencil maker decided to impart certain lessons to the pencil because he told the pencil that if he learns these five lessons, he will be the best pencil in the world.
2.
a. The pencil maker told the pencil that you will be able to do a great many things in life, but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone else‟s hands.
b. He also told him that he will experience a painful sharpening from time to time. But you will need it to become a better pencil.
c. 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.
d. Lastly, the pencil maker also told the pencil that on every surface he is used, he must leave a mark.
3. Every person can do many great things only if he allows himself to be in the hands of God.
4. These problems are there to make us stronger people in life.
5. The author meant that whatever a person does, they must make it count and leave something meaningful behind so that they will be remembered.
6. Ability
7. Strong
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