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horses with the greatest ease.

When you see a steamboat, a steam mill or a locomotive, remember that it would
never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone.
A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa when he saw a
chandelier swaying to and fro. This set him thinking, and it led to the invention of the
pendulum.

James Ferguson was a poor Scottish shepherd boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch,
he was filled with wonder. "I should make a watch," he thought.
But how was he to get the materials to make the wheels and the mainspring? He soon
found out how to get them. He made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. He
then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a
pen and portraits with oil colors. In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned enough
money to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of
the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lectures. His motto
was, "I will think of it," and he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.
When you have a difficult lesson to learn, don't feel discouraged, and ask someone to
help you before helping yourselves. Think; and by thinking you will learn how to think
to some purpose.

1. Which best describes James Ferguson?
a. Rich
b. Gives up easily
c. Clumsy
d. Curious

2. What is the passage trying to teach you?

a. Thoughts are not important since we can see or touch them.
b. It is important to try a challenge on your own.
c. Ask for help right away when things get hard.
d. Great people have great teachers.

3. Which idea from the passage is an opinion?

4. How do you think the author feels about the people he describes?

a. Bored
b. Sad
c. Confused
d. Impressed

5. Explain how can you make your thoughts useful for overcoming a difficult situation.

6. Write the differences and similarities between Text A and B on the basis of narration,
language features, aim and audience.

7. Choose your favourite personality and research about him to write the following