Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house

building business and live a more leisurely life with his 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 favour. 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 to end his career.

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 day

at 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 back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a

nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, your attitude, and the choices you

make today, help build the “house” you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build wisely!

Questions:

1.What did the carpenter tell his employer? (1 x 5 = 5 Marks)

2.What favour did his employer ask from the carpenter ?

3.What surprise did the employer have for the carpenter ?

4.Why was the surprise a’shame’for the carpenter?

5.Which word in the first paragraph means the same as ‘art of skill of a workman’ ? ​

Answer 1

✪Gɪᴠᴇɴ:-

• ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴘᴀssᴀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs.

➪Tᴏ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 1.What did the carpenter tell his employer?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• The elderly carpenter who was to retire told his employers to leave the house building business and offered them to live a more leisurely life with his family.

➪Tᴏ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 2.What favour did his employer ask from the carpenter ?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• The employer was sorry on losding his one of the best carpenter , so he asked for a personal favour for building just one more house.

➪Tᴏ Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 3.What surprise did the employer have for the carpenter ?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• The last house that was built by the carpenter was owned to the carpenter himself by the employer,that was a suprising thing.

➪Tᴏ Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 4.Why was the surprise a’shame’for the carpenter?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• ᴛʜe surprise was a shame for the carpenter as the house built was a cheap house, not that of a good quality that was wishing to get.

➪Tᴏ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 5.Which word in the first paragraph means the same as ‘art of skill of a workman’ ?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• Sʜᴏᴏᴅʏ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴍᴀɴsʜɪᴘ

hope it was helpful....

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Answer 2

✪Gɪᴠᴇɴ:-

• ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴘᴀssᴀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs.

➪Tᴏ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 1.What did the carpenter tell his employer?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• The elderly carpenter who was to retire told his employers to leave the house building business and offered them to live a more leisurely life with his family.

➪Tᴏ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 2.What favour did his employer ask from the carpenter ?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• The employer was sorry on losding his one of the best carpenter , so he asked for a personal favour for building just one more house.

➪Tᴏ Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 3.What surprise did the employer have for the carpenter ?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• The last house that was built by the carpenter was owned to the carpenter himself by the employer,that was a suprising thing.

➪Tᴏ Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 4.Why was the surprise a’shame’for the carpenter?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• ᴛʜe surprise was a shame for the carpenter as the house built was a cheap house, not that of a good quality that was wishing to get.

➪Tᴏ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• 5.Which word in the first paragraph means the same as ‘art of skill of a workman’ ?

✔Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

• Sʜᴏᴏᴅʏ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴍᴀɴsʜɪᴘ

hope it was helpful....

Thanks for asking.....☺❤