Let’s write good English
The Happy Man by William Somerset Maugham Explanation, summary with Questions and Answers for the Short Story included in the CHSE +2 Alternative English book ‘Approaches to English – II’. Click here to download the PDFs of Approaches to English I & II free of … Read more
Comprehension Exercise – 32 Creative Writing – 90 Comprehension Exercises for school students (CBSE, ICSE, BSE) Text sourced from Washington Post The protesters of Hong Kong and Moscow aren’t backing down. In two world cities, a defiant brand of people power is standing tall against … Read more
Comprehension Exercise – 31 Creative Writing – 89 Comprehension Exercises for school students (CBSE, ICSE, BSE) Article – 1 : sourced from BBC Chinese authorities have declared a red alert as a powerful typhoon heads towards the eastern coast. Typhoon Lekima is currently battering Taiwan … Read more
Editorial Analysis – 6 Creative Writing – 88 How does Taliban get money to fight its wars? Taliban emerged as a fighting force in Afghanistan in 1994, when the country seemed to have been plunged in an interminable fratricidal conflict. Since then, it has fought … Read more
The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde About the author … Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin. His literary life flourished in England. In his short span 0f 45 years, Oscar Wilde rose to great fame as a playwright and novelist. His novel, … Read more
After Twenty Years by O. Henry Text … THE COP MOVED ALONG THE STREET, LOOKING strong and important. This was the way he always moved. He was not thinking of how he looked. There were few people on the street to see him. It was … Read more
Glimpses of India A Baker from Goa .. Bakers have been part of a Goan’s life since the time of the Portuguese. The Portuguese have left long since, but the practice of making and selling fresh breads everyday to loyal customers still persists. Most villages … Read more
Civil Service Essay – 1 U.N.’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30 Trafficking of weak and gullible human being, and their subsequent exploitation as slaves, prostitutes, child labor have long been the subject of intense debate, introspection, and agitation to stop it. However, … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 22 Creative Writing – 87 Read the following write-up of 402 words and write its precis in 144 words Text sourced from the blog of Amitav Ghosh To read The Babarnama is constantly to ask oneself what could possibly have prompted … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 21 Creative Writing – 86 Learn the ideal steps to write good precis and write them yourself Precis writing steps First step Read the passage very carefully, and capture its central thought. Second step Count the number of words. For this, … Read more