Love and The Time Story
Read the text and choose the best option to complete these sentences. Say who the underlined pronouns refer to in the text.What are the feelings like? Complete the table with the proper adjectives.Justify all your answers by quoting from the text.Match the following words with their synonyms.Answer the questions.
Level:intermediate Age: 14-16 |
Love and The Time Story
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment. When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.” Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. “Vanity, please help me!” “I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat,” Vanity answered. Sadness was close by so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.” “Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!” Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. “It was Time,” Knowledge answered. “Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?” Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is.” |
1. Match the following words with their synonyms: 1. Valuable. 2. Capable. 3. Boat. 4. Wisdom. 5. Owe. 6. Arrive. 7. Damage. a) Vessel; b) harm; c) come d) knowledge; e) appreciated; f) be obliged; g) skilled.
2. Say who the underlined pronouns refer to in the text. 1. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. 2. There is no place here for you. 3. You are all wet and might damage my boat. 4. … I need to be by myself. 5. … she did not even hear when Love called her. 6. … I will take you.
3. Read the text and choose the best option to complete these sentences. 1. a) an island; b) a boat; c) Love would sink.
2. a) Love; b) all the feelings; c) Time constructed boats and left.
3. a) Sadness ; b) Love; c) Knowledge wanted to stay on the island.
4. a) All the feelings; b) Love; c) Knowledge asked for help.
5. a) Richness; b) Vanity; c) Happiness had a grand boat.
6. a) Sadness; b) Richness; c) Vanity had a lot of gold and silver.
7. a) Vanity; b) Happiness; c) Richness had a beautiful vessel.
8. a) Love; b) Time; c) Knowledge forgot to ask the elder where they were going.
9. a) Time; b) Love; c) Vanity was the elder.
10. a) Happiness; b) Time; c) Sadness understands the value of Love.
4. What are the feelings like? Complete the table with the proper adjectives selfish, delighted, helpful, arrogant, wise, depressed, carefree. Justify all your answers by quoting from the text.
Love |
Richness |
Happiness
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Sadness |
Vanity |
Knowledge |
Time |
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5. Answer the questions:
1. Why did all the feelings construct boats and leave the island? 2. Who did Love ask to help? 3. Why did Richness not take Love? 4. Why did Vanity not help Love? 5. Why did Sadness not let Love go with her? 6. Why did Happiness not even hear Love? 7. Who were the elders among the feelings? 8. Who took Love from the sinking island? 9. Why did Time help Love?
What is the moral of this story in your opinion?
All feelings are important. When we feel important, we forget love. Only with time we realize the importance of love.