1. Find from the story the noun forms of the following.
(1) dedicate-dedication
(2) measure-measurement
(3) decide-decision
(4) perfect - perfection
(5) responsible-responsibility
(6) persist-persistence.
2. Choose the proper phrase / expression to complete the sentences meaningfully. (to send for, with full dedication, in great demand, to meet the needs of, make up one's mind, to no avail, to hand over)
(1) She does her job with full of dedication
(2) one should make up one's mind to help others when needed.
(3) As Mr. Jadhav was transferred to Chennai he had to hand over his responsibilities to his assistant.
(4) The labourer's income was not sufficient to meet needs of his family
(5) Because of a fault in the wiring, they will have to send for an electrician
(6) Mother tried hard to change her son's habits, but to no avail
(7) Mangoes from Ratnagiri are always in great demand
3. Read the story and answer in your words.
(a) The owners of the new houses built by the mason would be extremely pleased. WHY? ( गवंड्याने बांधलेल्या नवीन घराचे मालक अतिशय खुश असत. का? )
Ans - because the Mason was very dedicated to his work he was very ownest in choosing high quality construction material. the measurements of the walls, doorways, arches etc. were perfect and he gave an excellent and appealing finish to whatever he built.
(b) The contractor compensated for the mason's good work. HOW? ( कंत्राटदाराने गवंडच्या चांगल्या कामाची भरपाई केली. कशी? )
Ans - the contractor, compensated the mason, handsomely, with a very good salary. To meet the needs of his family sufficiently, without any scarcity.
(c) The mason made a firm decision to retire. WHEN? ( गवंड्याने निवृत्त होण्याचा ठाम निर्णय घेतला. कधी ? )
Ans - The mason thus continued working with great devotion for many years, till he became a grandfather. Then he decided that it was time to retire and spend time playing with his grandchildren. Being a firm minded person, he informed his contractor of his decision to retire from house-building.
4. Read the following words from the story aloud and fill them in the proper columns.
(story, work, perfection, architect, leave, building, full, door, way, quality, responsibility, measurement, great, many, avail, excellent, material, complete, sufficiently, ready, documents, broad, happy, ownership, subsequently.)
5. (A) Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair hare
Pick out from the lesson Homophones of the following words :
(1) waist - waste
(2) knew - new
(3) lose - loose
(4) maid - made
(5) grate - great
(6) won - one
(7) sight - site
(8) week - weak
(9) would - wood
(10) sea - see
(B) Select any three pairs of homophones from above and make simple sentences of your own to show the difference in their meaning.
(1) waist - she put her hands on her waist
Waste - don't waste your time in meaningless things
(2) knew - I knew him already
New - we have brought new television
(3) maid - Our maid name is savitri
Made - we made it together
6. "Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later'.
Write a paragraph on the above topic with an interesting example of the same.
Ans -
"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later'. This sentence teaching us if you are giving your best always and your vision is positive towards your future then your today's hardwork will never going to waste. That will bring fortune, success, and great achievements. Many successful peoples had worked with dedication and now they have everything for what they was struggling.
In short what you are doing today is affecting your future.
Your good deeds will be rewarded with good life.
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