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Comprehension Questions from BBC article on Muslim marriage and an aggrieved wife’s prayer before Delhi high court for redress BBC article … Polygamy: Muslim women in India fight ‘abhorrent’ practice A 28-year-old Muslim woman’s petition to a court, seeking to prevent her husband from taking … Read more
Learn to write like a Coloumnist .. The portions marked in red are from the TIME magazine of April 21. The parts in black are the paraphrased versions of the original. These are written by us. Compare them to learn the art of effective writing. … Read more
Miscellaneous Grammar exercises to banish your hesitation to write… Convert from Passive to Active. 1. Great danger is posed to civilians by unexploded land mines. 2. Due to the lurking danger of left-over landmines, refugees returning home have been advised by authorities in Kyiv to … Read more
Comprehension exercise.. Then, read the following paragraphs and answer the short questions … Last month, as bombs rained down on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, Anna Horodetska locked up her rented apartment and fled to India, carrying just a couple of T-shirts and a coffee machine – … Read more
Convert from Passive to Active. Q1. All my forays into the goal area of the rival side were thwarted by their two defenders. Q2. My captain and I were utterly dismayed by our failures. Q3. Surprisingly, two quick goals were clinched by one of our … Read more
Learning good English writing skills .. 1. A woman burst onto the set of Russian state TV’s flagship evening news program, chanting “stop the war” and denouncing government “propaganda” — a striking moment of public protest as the Kremlin cracks down on any criticism of … Read more
Learning good English from Hindu dt. March 14, 2022 Sports Page.. Shreyas, Pant’s knocks leave Lanka with near-impossible chase Former’s 67 and the latter’s blistering 50 help India set a mammoth target of 447; Bumrah’s first five-for at home bundles out the visitors for 109 … Read more
Common Flaws in English syntax –Their correction Some of the many writing flaws of students —young and old Flaw type 1 …..Excessive repetition of pronouns like ‘It’. ….. 1a. Read the following write-up, examine the defects and remove them by suitable modification. 1b. Faulty text … Read more
Shale gas — Basic info –America’s readiness to sell it to India Shale gas, is the last god-given life line to the human race before the we equip itself to switch to renewable sources of energy in large scale. What is shale gas ? It … Read more
Joining and splitting (breaking) of sentences. 1. My closest friend’s father contracted Covid. He isolated himself in his small room. Answer .. On contracting Covid, my closest friend’s father isolated himself in his small room. 2. My closest friend’s father contracted Covid. He isolated himself … Read more