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Grammar Exercise – 9 English Skill Building – 49 Examine your fundamental understanding of English language in this exercise Tell which of the sentences are correct. In some cases, both might be correct or both wrong. a. 1. Underprepared for the Test match, Raman’s scores … Read more
Comprehension check …. Q1. What is the difference between English of yesterday and English of today? Answer: The British were the foremost colonial powers in the nineteenth century onwards. To project their imperial power, and to effectively administer the vast swathes of land under their … Read more
Playing the English Gentleman About the author, M. K. Gandhi.. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) had a very modest start in his life. Born in a Gujarati family, he went to an ordinary village school, but made the most of it by not only acquiring modern … Read more
Grammar Exercise – 8 English Skill Building – 48 Examine your fundamental understanding of English language in this exercise Point out which of these sentences are wrong, and which are right. a. A doctor needed to attend to his patient immediately.1. The doctor biked along … Read more
In this Letter Writing Exercise, you’ll learn to write a letter to write a letter to a friend inviting him to spend some days during the upcoming summer vacation. If you haven’t read our previous Letter Writing Exercise yet, click here to do so now. … Read more
In today’s Letter Writing Exercise, you’ll learn to write a formal letter to the BDO requesting for sanction of fund to repair of the village road. If you haven’t read our previous Letter Writing Exercise yet, click here to do so now. Letter to the … Read more
This is the third part of our brand new Vocabulary Exercise Series meant for Civil Service Aspirants. If you haven’t practiced the previous one yet, click here to do so now. Fill up the gaps with the suggested words given at the bottom. The words … Read more
General rules: The precis should ideally have one third the number of words in the passage. All important facts of the original passage must be there in the précis. Use vocabulary and expressions in the précis to convey the sense of the main passage. Passage … Read more
Question and Answers for the chapter ‘Festivals of North East India‘ from BSE Odisha Class 10 Textbook: 1. What is North East India? Which states are called the land of seven sisters? Ans. India is a large country with 29 states and 7 union territories. … Read more
THE PLEASURES OF IGNORANCE A word about the author.. Robert Wilson Lynd (1879-1949) was born in Belfast (Northern Ireland). After his college education, he started his working life as a journalist writing for New Statesman. He was a political activist and was deeply involved in … Read more