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THE GREAT STONE FACE II
objectives
To enable the pupils to develop the skills of reading, writing, listening and understanding.
To expose the students to the new terms and their uses. To make the students draw comparison between the good and bad persons. To allow the students to learn how to become a really great persons. new words
CEASED STOPPED
THEY CEASED TO SEE THE INJURED PERSON. UNSOUGHTT UNASKED NOBODY LIKES UNSOUGHT ADVICES. WORTHY ABLE THE AUDIENCE WELCOMED THE WORTHY GUEST. GAZED STARED DUTTADA GAZED AT THE STARS AT NIGHT. HOSPITABLY FRIENDLY THEY RECEIVED THEM HOSPITABLY. CORROSPOND MATCHED HIS ACTIONS DID NOT CORROSPOND WITH VIEWS. key points
ERNEST WAS A MAN OF MIDDLE AGE. HE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS GOODNESS AND LOVE FOR MANKIND. HE HAD VERY NOBLE AND WISE THOUGHT S IN HIS MIND.
BUT HE HIMSELF THOUGHT THAT ANY OTHER PERSON WAS WISER AND BETTER THAN HIM. THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE A LIKENESS TO THE GREAT STONE FACE IN THE DISTANCE. ERNEST STILL LIVED IN HIS NATIVE VALLEY . HE WAS A SIMPLE HEARTED MAN. HE ALWAYS WORKED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE WORLD. THOUGH HE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ORDINARY MAN YET HE WAS HUMBLE AND RICH IN THOUGHT. ERNEST LIVED IN HIS NATIVE VALLEY. HE WORKED FOR THE WELFARE OF THE WORLD. HE WAS CONSIDERED AN ORDINARY MAN AND YET HE WAS HUMBLE AND RICH IN THOUGHTS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, ERNEST BECAME OLD AND WISE. HE BECAME FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD. PEOPLE CONSULTED HIM FOR THEIR PERSONAL PROBLEMS AND ERNEST GAVE HIS HELP WILLINGLY AND SOLVED THEIR PROBLEMS. A NEW POET HAD APPEARED ON EARTH. THE POET WAS A NATIVE OF ERNEST’S VALLEY BUT HE HAD STAYED IN DISTANT CITIES FOR A LONG PERIOD. ERNEST READ THE POET’S SONGS. HE THOUGHT POET MUST BEAR LIKENESS WITH THE GREAT STONE FACE. HE LIFTED HIS EYES TO THE MOUNTAIN. THE FACE SEEMED TO SMILE, BUT DID NOT ANSWER. THE POET HAD HEARD OF ERNEST’S CHARACTER. ONE DAY HE CAME TO HIS DOOR. ERNEST WAS READING A BOOK AND GLANCING AT THE MOUNTAIN FROM TIME TO TIME. HE GAVE HIM SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT. THE GREAT STONE FACE LOOKED KINDLY AT THE POET . THE POET FOUND ERNEST WISE, GENTLE AND KIND. ERNEST WAS ALSO MOVED BY THE POET’S MIND. IT SEEMED THE GREAT STONE FACE WAS BENDING FORWARD TO LISTEN TO THE POET. ERNEST EXAMINED THE POET’S FEATURES. HE HOPED THE POET WAS THE PERSON HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR. BUT THE POET DECLARED HIMSELF UNWORTHY OF THE LIKENESS OF THE STONE FACE. HIS LIFE WAS DIFFERENT FROM HIS POEMS. ERNEST USED TO SPEAK TO HIS NEIGHBORS EVERY EVENING. THE POET ALSO ACCOMPANIED HIM AND LISTENED TO HIS TALK. THE POET FELT THAT ERNEST’S LIFE AND CHARACTER WERE FAR NOBLER KIND OF POETRY THAN HIS OWN POEMS. THEN THE POET SAW THE GREAT STONE FACE . HE DECLARED ERNEST AS THE LIKENESS OF THE GREAT STONE FACE. EVERYBODY AGREED WITH HIM. ERNEST STILL HOPED THAT SOMEONE WISER AND BETTER THAN HIMSELF WOULD APPEAR SOMETIME, BEARING A LIKENESS TO THE GREAT STONE FACE. ERNEST STILL LIVED IN HIS NATIVE VALLEY. HE WAS MIDDLE AGE NOW, WELL KNOWN FOR HIS GOODNESS AND LOVE FOR MANKIND. VERY NOBLE THOUGHTS CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH. HIS HAIR TURNED GREY. BUT MORE NUMEROUS THAN HIS WHITE HAIR WERE THE WISE THOUGHTS IN HIS MIND. HIS FAME TRAVELLED BEYOND THE VALLEY. MEN CAME FROM DISTANT PLACES TO SEE AND SPEAK WITH HIM. WHILE ERNEST WAS GROWING OLD, A NEW POET HAD APPEARED ON THE EARTH. HE TOO WAS A NATIVE OF THE VALLEY. HE HAD SPENT THE GREATER PART OF HIS LIFE IN DISTANT CITIES. ERNEST BECAME A GREAT ADMIRER OF THAT POET AND USED TO READ HIS POEMS AFTER HIS DAY’S WORK. HE FELT THAT THE POET WAS WORTHY TO BE THE LIKENESS OF THE GREAT FACE. THE POET ALSO HEARD STORIES OF ERNEST‘S CHARACTER AND WISHED TO MEET HIM. ONE SUMMER DAY, HE ARRIVED AT ERNEST’S DOOR. HE FOUND ERNEST READING HIS POEMS AND LOOKING LOVINGLY AT THE MOUNTAIN. ERNEST GAVE HIM SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT. HE EXAMINED THE POET’S FEATURES AND NOTICED A LOT OF SIMILARITY WITH THE STONE FACE. THE POET SAID HUMBLY THAT,HE WAS NOT WORTHY OF THE STONE FACE’S LIKENESS. THERE WAS NO DOUBT A HEAVENLY VOICE IN HIS POEMS, BUT HIS LIFE DID NOT MATCH WITH HIS THOUGHTS. HE HAD ONLY GRAND DREAMS. BUT HE LACKED FAITH IN HIS OWN THOUGHTS. HE PRAISED ERNEST AS THE PURE SEEKER OF GOOD AND TRUE. AT SUNSET, IT WAS USUAL FOR ERNEST TO SPEAK TO HIS NEIGHBOURS. HE WENT TO THE OPEN MEETING PLACE ALONG WITH THE POET. HIS WORDS HAD POWER BECAUSE THEY AGREED WITH HIS THOUGHTS. HIS THOUGHTS HAD POWER BECAUSE THEY AGREED WITH THE LIFE HE HAD ALWAYS LIVED. THE POET WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED. HE FELT THAT ERNEST’S LIFE AND CHARACTER WERE NOBLER THAN HIS OWN POETRY. THE GREAT STONE FACE IN THE DISTANCE HAD WHITE CLOUDS AROUND IT. ERNEST WITH HIS WHITE HAIR ALSO LOOKED SIMILAR TO THE STONE FACE. THE POET SHOUTED TO THE PEOPLE; “ SEE, ERNEST HIMSELF BEARS THE LIKENESS OF GREAT STONE FACE !” THEN ALL THE PEOPLE LOOKED AND AGREED WITH THE POET. BUT ERNEST AS HE WALKED HOMEWARD STILL HOPED THAT SOME MAN WISER AND BETTER THAN HIMSELF WOULD SURELY COME SOME DAY, BEARING A LIKENESS TO THE STONE FACE. |
short questions
WHAT WAS ERNEST’S IMAGE IN THE VALLEY ?
ANS.- ERNEST COMMANDED RESPECT IN THE VALLEY. HE WAS HEARD PATIENTLY BY HIS NEIGHBOURS. HE WAS REGARDED AS WISE AND NOBLE. WHY DID HIS WORDS AND THOUGHTS HAVE FORCE AND APPEAL ? ANS.- HIS WORDS EXPRESSED REAL THOUGHT S, AND HIS THOUGHTS WERE IN HARMONY WITH HIS REAL LIFE. SO BOTH HAD GREAT FORCE AND APPEAL. HOW DID HIS SPEECH AFFECT THE POET ? ANS.- THE POET WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED BY ERNEST’S SPEECH. HE FELT THAT ERNEST’S OWN LIFE AND CHARACTER WERE A NOBLER KIND OF POETRY THAN HIS OWN. HOW DID THE POET HAPPEN TO MEET ERNEST ? ANS.- THE POET HAD BEEN A NATIVE OF THE VALLEY. ONE SUMMER DAY HE ARRIVED AT ERNEST’S DOOR AND ASKED FOR A NIGHT’S SHELTER. WHY DID ERNEST ADMIRE THE POET ? ANS.- ERNEST ADMIRED THE POET FOR HIS GREAT THOUGHTS AND DREAMS AS EXPRESSED IN HIS POEMS. WHAT WAS THE POET’S ASSESMENT ABOUT HIS OWN WORTHINESS ? ANS.- THE POET HAD NO MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT HIS OWN WORTH. HE ADMITTED THAT HIS OWN LIFE WAS DIFFERENT FROM HIS POEMS AND HIS DREAMS WERE HOLLOW. WHERE DID ERNEST STAND IN THE POET’S ESTIMATION ? ANS.- THE POET CALLED ERNEST ‘PURE SEEKER OF THE GOOD AND TRUE,’ A GREAT AND NOBLE SOUL. WHAT DID THE PEOPLE ACCEPT AS TRUE ABOUT ERNEST ? ANS.- THE PEOPLE ACCEPTED AT ONCE THAT EARNEST HIMSELF WAS THE NOBLEST AND THE GREATEST MAN BEARING THE LIKENESS OF THE STONE FACE. THE STORY WAS COMPLETED. ELABORATE AND EXPLAIN ? ANS.- ERNEST HAD HEARD THE STORY FROM HIS OWN MOTHER THAT SOME DAY A PERSON, A NATIVE OF THE VALLEY, WOULD BECOME THE GREATEST AND NOBLEST PERSON OF HIS TIME, AND HIS FACE WOULD RESEMBLE THE STONE FACE. DID ERNEST HIMSELF BELIEVE THAT THE OLD PROPHECY HAD COME TRUE ? WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT IT ? ANS.- NO, ERNEST HIMSELF DID NOT BELIEVE SO BECAUSE HE WAS VERY HUMBLE AND IDEAL PERSON. textual questions
HOW WAS ERNEST DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS IN THE VALLEY ?
ANS.- ERNEST BECAME KNOWN AMONG THE PEOPLE AS GOOD AND SIMPLE HEARTED MAN. NOBLE AND POWERFUL THOUGHT SCAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH. HE BECAME FAMOUS BEYOND THE VALLEY.? WHY DID ERNEST THINK THE POET WAS LIKE THE STONE FACE ? ANS.- THE SONGS OF THE POET FOUND THEIR WAY TO ERNEST. HE READ THEM AFTER HIS DAY’S WORK AND FOUND THEM WORTHY. SO HE BEGAN TO THINK THAT THE POET WAS LIKE THE STONE FACE. WHAT DID THE POET HIMSELF SAY ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS AND POEMS ? ANS.- THE POET ADMITTED THAT HIS SONGS WERE HEAVENLY, AND DREAMS WERE GRAND. BUT HIS LIFE DID NOT AGREE WITH HIS GREAT THOUGHTS. HE LACKED SINCERE FAITH IN HIS OWN THOUGHTS. HIS DREAMS WERE MERE HOLLOW DREAMS. WHAT MADE THE POET PROCLAIM EARNEST WAS THE STONE FACE ? ANS.- THE POET HEARD ERNEST’S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE. HE FELT THAT EARNEST’S OWN LIFE AND CHARACTER WERE A NOBLER KIND OF POETRY THAN HE HAD EVER WRITTEN. HE SAW WHITE CLOUDS AROUND THE STONE FACE AND WHITE HAIR ON ERNEST’S HEAD. HE COULD NOT HELP DECLARING THAT ERNEST HIMSELF WAS THE STONE FACE. 5. WRITE ‘ERNEST’ OR ‘POET’ , AGAINST STATEMENTS BELOW A) THERE WAS A GAP BETWEEN HIS LIFE AND HIS WORDS. (POET) B) HIS WORDS HAD THE POWER OF TRUTH AS THEY AGREED WITH HIS THOUGHTS. (ERNEST) C) HIS WORDS WERE AS SOOTHING AS A HEAVENLY SONG BUT ONLY AS USEFUL AS A VAGUE DREAM. (POET) D) HIS THOUGHTS WERE WORTHY. (POET) E) WHATEVER HE SAID WAS TRUTH ITSELF. (ERNEST) F) HIS POEMS WERE NOBLE. (EARNEST THOUGHT SO.) G) HIS LIFE WAS NOBLER THAN ALL THE POEMS. (ERNEST) H) HE LACKED FAITH IN HIS OWN THOUGHTS. (POET) I) HIS THOUGHTS HAD POWER AS THEY AGREED WITH THE LIFE HE LIVED. (ERNEST) J) GREATNESS LIES IN TRUTH. TRUTH IS BEST EXPRESSED IN ONE’S ACTIONS. HE WAS TRUTHFUL, THEREFORE HE WAS GREAT. (ERNEST) 6. a) WHO, BY COMMON CONCENT, TURNED OUT TO BE LIKE THE GREAT STONE FACE. ANS.- ERNEST. b) DID ERNEST BELIEVE THAT THE OLD PROPHECY HAD COME TRUE ? WHAT DID SAY ABOUT IT ? ANS.- NO. HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PROPHECY MADE BY HIS MOTHER HAD COME TRUE. AS HE WALKED HOMEWARD, HE STILL HOPED THAT SOME MAN WISER AND BETTER THAN HIMSELF, BEARING A LIKENESS TO THE GREAT STONE FACE, WOULD APPEARE. MARK THE MEANING THAT BEST FITS THE WORD OR A PHRASE IN THE STORY : 1.) SUN GOING DOWN. a) BECOMING SMALLER, b) WEAKENING c) SETTING 2.) BRIGHTENING . a) MAKING IT LOOK BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL. b) LENDING A SPECIAL GLOW c) CAUSING TO APPEAR HOPEFUL 3.) SPACIOUS. a) LONELY AND WILD b) BIG AND WIDE c) SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT 4.) PROPHECY. a) PROVERB b) PREDICTION c) RUMOUR 5.) MARVELLOUS. a) WONDERFUL b) SURPRISING c) SHOCKING 6.) PROCLAIM. a) REVEAL b) DECLARE c) SHOUT 7.) CEASE. a) HAPPEN b) STOP c) REMAIN 8.) SHELTER. a) STAY b) SAFETY c) HOSPITALITY 9.) GAZED. a) WANDERED ABOUT b) STARED AT c) THOUGHT OF 10.) TOOK ON. a) CHALLENGED b) RESEMBLED c) ASSUMED (I) PUT EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE CORRECT ORDER TO CONSTRUCT SENTENCES. A RESIDENT OF NOIDA NEAR DELHI / IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED / GEORGE ABRAHAM. ( GEORGE ABRAHAM, A RESIDENT OF NOIDA NEAR DELHI, IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED.) CONFIDENCE AND COMPETITIVE SPIRIT / AND INFUSES DISCIPLINE AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS / IT PROVIDES . (IT PROVIDES CONFIDENCE AND COMPETITIVE SPIRITS AND INFUSES DISCIPLINE AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS.) HE HAS HELPED / THE BRAIN BEHIND THE WORLD CUP CRICKET / THE DISABLED TO DREAM. (THE BRAIN BEHIND THE WORLD CUP CRICKET, HE HAS HELPED THE DISABLED TO DREAM.) TO THE BLIND SCHOOL IN DELHI / IT WAS A CHANCE VISIT / THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE. (IT WAS A CHANCE VISIT TO THE BLIND SCHOOL IN DELHI THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.) SPORTS IS A POWERFUL TOOL / THE DISABLED / HE BELIEVES THAT / FOR REHABILITATION OF. (HE BELIEVES THAT SPORTS IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED.) homework
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