The Brick
A
young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going
a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from
between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his
car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side
door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the
brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the
nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was
that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new
car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do
it?"
The
young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please! I'm sorry but I didn't
know what else to do," he pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one
else would stop!" With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the
youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother,"
he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I
can't lift him up."
Now
sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me
get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for
me."Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling
lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the
wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes
and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.
"Thank
you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy
push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It
was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but
the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent
there to remind him of this message "Don't go through life so fast that
someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!"
Choose
the correct word to complete the sentences.
Q1
- ___ did you see? Who whom Either could be used here.
Q2
- To ____ it may concern, who whom Either could be used
here.
Q3
- ____ gave it to you? who whom Either could be used here.
Q4
- ___ did you speak to? Who whom
Q5
- I have no idea ____ did it. who whom Either could be used here.
Q6
- It's a question of ____ you believe. Who whom Either
could be used here.
Q7
- ____ hurt you? who whom Either could be used here.
Words Denoting Profession
or Trade
Admiral The
commander of a fleet
Architect One
who plans and draws the designs of buildings
Archaeologist One
who studies the past through objects found by excavations
Astronomer One
who studies the stars
Astrologer One
who foretells things after studying the stars
Acrobat One
who performs daring gymnastic feats
Auctioneer One
who sells articles at public sales
Author One
who writes books
Anthropologist One
who studies the evolution of mankind
Aviator One
who flies a plane
Bursar The
treasurer of a college or university
Brazier One
who works or makes things of brass
1)My
parents often _____ after dinner. ►go for a walk walking go a walk go to walking
2)"Where
_____ is the best place to park a car around here?" "I'm sorry. I
don't know."
are you suppose ►do you suppose supposedly you suppose
3)Every
child has to _____ and respect other cultures.
acquaint
with ► be acquainted with get acquaint with getting acquainted with
4)"Are
you _____ in trying out the new diner?" "Yes,
we are."
cared attended concerned ►interested
5)
It will be hard to say goodbye to Bill and Anne. We are _____ at the aiport.
see them off
see off them ►seeing them off seeing off them
6)"When
did you get the bike?" "My
father gave _____." to me the bike
last week
►me
the bike last night to
me the bike last night last night the bike to me
7)When
John got home from work, _____.
►she made a cup of coffee
she
was making a cup of coffee she makes a cup of coffee she has made a cup of coffee
8)Anne
believes she is the _____ young lady in the world.
►prettiest most pretty most prettier most prettiest
9)He
managed _____ his way through the maze.
►to find to find out
to found to found out
10)Can
you please _____ your feet from the coffee table?.
move move off ►remove remove off
Discussion
1)Voters,
not, political parties are responsible for the criminalisation of politics
2)
Making mistakes in English is ok as long as people understand you
3)
It is impossible to have a happy family life and a successful career
4)
Friends are like chewing gums
5)
It is just as well that the struggle of life tend to weed out those who cannot
stand the pace.
Plurals
1)Louse
- lice.
2)Mother-in
–law -
mothers-in-law.
3)Index
- indexes or indices.
4)Teaspoonful
- teaspoonfuls.
5)Crisis
- crises.
6)Phenomenon
- phenomena.
7)Court
martial - courts martial.(The plural of the Court not the procedure).
8)Incognito
- incognitos.
9)Opus
- opuses or opera.
10)Manservant
- manservants.
11)Grant-in-aid
- grants-in-aid.
12)Armful
- armfuls.
13)Addendum
- addenda.
14)Stigma
- stigmas or stigmata.
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