29453 a story with a moral 1d

Fill in the missing verbs in the text to find out a fascinating story about your life.. The pebbles are the smaller things that matter – your job, your house, your car.. The sand represe

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

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

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

sand.’

One student 10) ………… … what the vodka represented The professor smiled

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

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

No matter how full your life is, there is always room for having some vodka with a friend.’

A

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

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

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 vodka represented The professor

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

No matter how full your life is, there is always room for having some vodka with a friend.’

B

1 stood

2 began

3 agreed

4 was

5 smiled

6 fell

7 poured

8 shook

9 lost 10.asked