Friday 2 December 2011

Keep Your Promise?

 What does it mean to keep your promise? It means that if you tell someone that you will do something, you will do it.

Read the following situations. Circle 'Y' if the situation shows that a promise has been kept. Circle 'N' if the situation indicates that a promise has been broken.



1.  Karpal went to the dentist and found that he had several cavities. He told  the dentist he would brush his teeth every day. He made a chart and marked it off every day after he brushed his teeth. So far he has not  missed a day.


Y

N
2.  Sheila’s mother asked if she would lock the door before she left  for school each morning. Sheila knew it was important and agreed to do that. The school bus came early morning and Sheila rushed out the door without locking it.


Y

N
3.  Mandy told her best friend Ray that she would let him borrow her bicycle for the weekend. When the weekend came, Mandy told Ray that she had changed her mind.


Y

N
4.  Shin Loong’s mother made him promise that he would let his little brother borrow his camera to take pictures of the football team. Shin Loong did not want to let his brother borrow his camera, but he found another old camera that did not always work right and gave that one to his little brother.



Y


N
5.  Rose and Kyle were going to watch a  movie at the cinema. Rose told  Kyle that she would probably get there first, so she promised to save Kyle a seat. Sure enough, Rose got there early, got her ticket,  went into the cinema and saved Kyle seat. When the movie started, Kyle came right in and took the seat.



Y


N
6. Alison’s teacher asked her whether she would spend her recess going around to other classrooms to help deliver the school newspaper. Alison told the teacher that she would do it, but forgot about it when recess came around.


Y

N
7.  Kuruvilla made a deal with his parents that he would finish all his homework before he went to the park with his friends. He sat down at his study table and diligently did his homework until he completed  it. Then, he cycled to the park with his friends. 


Y

N


Quotable quotes :

"A promise made is a debt unpaid." - Robert Service, English born Canadian poet and writer

"An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise." - Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach, American basketball coach

"One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes." - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, poet and composer


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