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Shaw took the title for his play Pygmalion

from

the ancient Greek legend for the famous

sculptor

naming Pygmalion who could find nothing

good in women

and, as a result, he was resolved to remain

unmarried.

However, one day he was carving an ivory

statue of a woman

that was so beautiful and so perfect for he

fell in love

with his own creation. So he prayed for

Aphrodite

to bring the statue to life. When he reached

home, for his

amazement, he found that his wish had

fulfilled and

he proceeded to marry the statue, what he

called Galatea.

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This grammar worksheet is designed for students

of classes 9 and 10.

The peculiarity …….1……. ill temper is that it is

the vice of the …….2…….. It is often the one

blot …….3……. an otherwise noble character.

You know men ……….4…….. are all but

perfect, and women who would be entirely

perfect, …….5……. for an easily ruffled quick

tempered or ‘touchy’ disposition. This

compatibility of ill temper ………6……… high

moral character is one of ……7……… and

saddest problems of ethics.

The truth is that there ………..8……….. two

great classes of sins – sins of the body and sins of

Disposition. The Prodigal son may be

……..9…….. as a type of the first, the Elder

Brother of the second.

1. i) with; ii) of; iii) for; iv) to

2. i) virtue; ii) virtues; iii) virtuous; iv) virtuosity

3. i) on; ii) in; iii) with; iv) ofFill in the blanks.