2.2 The House-builder

Difficult Words

• Mason - one who builds with stone, bricks, cement बांधकाम करणारा
• Strove - made great efforts खूप प्रयत्न केले
• Perfection - the quality of being perfect परिपूर्णता
• Designed - sketch, outline
• Architect - a person who designs buildings इमारतीचे नकाशे काढणारा
• Dedication - committed to task or purpose निष्ठा
• Zeal -= great enthusiasm and energy in one's efforts.
• Diligence - constant careful efforts मेहनत
• Persistence - continuous efforts चिकाटी सातत्य
• Subsequently - afterward त्यानंतर
• Recompensed - money given for work done परतफेड
• Disheartened - felt disappointed निराश झाला
• To no avail - of on use निरुपयोगी
• Refused - decline नकार दिला
• Reluctance - unwillingness नाखुशी
• Legal - authorized कायदेशीर
• beaming - grinning आनंदाने हसत
• Documents legal papers कायदेशीर कागदपत्र

Margin Questions

Q.1. Why was the mason a very good workman?

Ans. The meson was a very good workman because he gave an excellent and appealing finish to whatever he built.

Q.2. What sudden decision did the mason take?

Ans. The mason took the sudden decision of retirement.

Q.3. What was the contrast in the workmanship of the last house?

Ans. The mason did not put his careful attention in his work. His work was rough and was done without interest or dedication. His building material was of low quality. He had completed his work hastily and roughly. Because of rough structure, weak walls, poor finish the workmanship was not good at all, as designed. It was far away from his original workmanship.

Q.4. What shock awaited the mason?

Ans. The last house that he had built very roughly and carelessly, without interest and dedication which his contractor had planned to give him as a gift. This was awaited shock for mason

ENGLISH WORKSHOP

Q.1. Find the story the Noun forms of the following.

Ans.

• Dedicate - Dedication
• Measure - Measurement
• Decide - Decision
• Perfect - Perfection
• Own - Ownership
• Give - Gift
• Responsible - Responsibility
• Persist - Persistence

Q.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 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 laborer's income was not sufficient to meet the 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. 

Q.3. Read the story and answer in your words.

(a) The owners of the new house built by the mason would be extremely pleased WHY?

Ans. The owner of the houses built by the mason would be extremely pleased because he used to give an excellent and appealing finish to every house.

(b) The contractor compensated for the mason's good work. HOW?

Ans. The contractor compensated handsomely with a very good salary for the mason's good work.

(c) The mason made a firm decision to retire. WHEN?

Ans. The mason made a firm decision to retire when he became a grandfather.

Q.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. )

Q.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.

Ans.

• waist - waste
• knew - new
• lose - loose
• maid - made
• grate - great
• won- one
• sight - site
• week - weak
• would - wood
• sea - see

Q.5. (B) Select any three pairs of homophones from above and make simple sentences of your own to show the difference in their meaning.

Ans. 

• (i) Mahesh knew the answer very well.

          (ii) Ram was a new student in the class.

• (i) Seven days are in a week.

          (ii) Her little is very weak.

• (i) I see birds on the tree.

          (ii) The river meets the sea.

Q.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. Every morning when we get up, decide to do the best because being positive and doing the little best everyday build our personality. If we want to build our future we must start it from today.

I remember the story of Dasharath who is from Bihar. When he failed to hospitalized his wife and he lost her. The only reason was that he had to travel the distance of 70 kilometers to walk around the mountain to reach the hospital. He could not do so and lost his wife. Dasharath decided to carve the road through the mountain. People called him Madman because they thought that he wouldn't be able to do so. But Dasharath's firm determination and positive attitude of doing the best every day made his dream came true.

He worked hard for 22 years in carving the road through the mountain and he became a legend. His best resulted in sweet fruits to the coming generations. Thus, A madman became A mountain man. 

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