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‘The balls are the important things – your family, your religion, your health; if you 9 ……….. The pebbles are the smaller things that matter – your job, your house, your car.. The sand r

Fill in the missing verbs in the text to find out a fascinating story about your life You should change the verbs into the simple past tense in order to make sense

begin - fall - agree - smile - pour - shake - be - ask - stand - lose

A philosophy professor 1) ……… before his class and had some items in front of

him

First he 2) ……… … filling a large glass jar with golf balls The students 3) ……… … … that the jar 4) …….… …… … full So the professor 5) ……… and picked up a box of small pebbles and poured them into the jar The pebbles, of course, 6) ……… … into the small spaces Then the professor 7) ………….… … a box

of sand into the jar, 8) ….……… ….… it, and the sand completely filled the

jar

Then he explained “The jar represents your life,’ said the professor ‘The balls are the important things – your family, your religion, your health; if you

9) ……… everything else, your life would still be full

The pebbles are the smaller things that matter – your job, your

house, your car The sand represents the trivial things If you

put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles

or the balls, just like life Take care of the rocks first- the things

that really matter The rest is just sand.’

One student 10) ………… … what the beer represented The professor smiled and

said:’ Look, what happens!’ then he opened the bottles and poured out into the jar The beer was easily absorbed ‘Now it’s full’, he said

‘You know what,’ the professor continued, ‘the moral of the story is simple.

No matter how full your life is, there is always room for a couple of beers with a friend.’

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Fill in the missing verbs in the text to find out a fascinating story about your life

asked - lose - smiled - was - poured - began - stood - agreed - fell - shook

A philosophy professor 1) ……… before his class and had some items in front of

him

First he 2) ……… … filling a large glass jar with golf balls The students 3)

……… … … that the jar 4) …….… …… … full So the professor 5) ………

and picked up a box of small pebbles and poured them into the jar The pebbles, of

course, 6) ……… … into the small spaces Then the professor 7) ……….… a box of sand into the jar, 8) ……….… it, and the

sand completely filled the jar

Then he explained “The jar represents your life,’ said the professor ‘The balls are the important things – your family, your religion, your health; if

you 9) ……… everything else, your life would still be full The

pebbles are the smaller things that matter – your job, your house, your car The sand represents the trivial things If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the balls, just like life Take care of the rocks first- the things that really matter The rest is just sand.’

One student 10) ………… … what the beer represented The

professor smiled and said:’ Look, what happens!’ then he

opened the bottles and poured out into the jar The beer was

easily absorbed ‘Now it’s full’, he said

‘You know what,’ the professor continued, ‘the moral of the

story is simple.

No matter how full your life is, there is always room for a couple of beers with a friend.’

Key

1. stood

2. began

3. agreed

4. was

5. smiled

6. fell

7. poured

8. shook

9. lost

10. asked