Creative Writing – 131 – Comprehension Exercise

Creative Writing – 131 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension questions with answers Question Passages taken from NYT “Something wrong” was a euphemism for working with the Americans. Billions of dollars in foreign-aid money were pouring into Afghanistan to promote “democracy-building” and other U.S. projects. Young women in … Read more

Creative Writing – 130 – Comprehension Exercise

Creative Writing – 130 Comprehension Exercise Answer the questions at the end of the write-up The following passages were sourced from ‘The Economist’. Before his best race, at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958, Milkha Singh was under far too much … Read more

Creative Writing – 129 – Comprehension Exercise

Creative Writing – 129 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise of moderate difficulty Question Passages On the day of the BBC’s open auditions, she took a bus across town. Eight women and girls sat waiting to try out, all of them poised and evidently experienced. Faqeer read … Read more

Creative Writing – 127 – Comprehension Exercise

Creative Writing – 127 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise of moderate difficulty Question Passage taken from NYT In July, 2001, Zarmina Faqeer, a sixteen-year-old Afghan refugee living in the Pakistani border town of Peshawar, learned that the BBC radio soap opera “New House, New Life” was … Read more

Creative Writing – 126 – Comprehension Exercise

Creative Writing – 126 Comprehension Exercise Study the passages carefully and answer the questions Question Passages taken from The Washington Post Flowing from the capital, the highway begins without promise, a long, curving scar stretching across the navel of Afghanistan. Potholes. Ruts. A bridge destroyed … Read more