Let’s write good English
Comprehension questions… (Faqueer 3) with answers [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 Kabul could make hundreds of … Read more
Convert the following sentences as asked. From 3rd degree to 1st degree and 2nd degree without changing its meaning. Example …The cow gives the largest quantity of milk in the herd. 3rd degree 1st degree .. No cow in the herd gives as much milk … Read more
Convert the sentences as asked.. 1. The owner told his manager, “When I am abroad, it will be your responsibility to maintain the estate in tiptop form.” (Convert to Indirect form.) 2. “If I see your books strewn on the floor again, I will burn … Read more
The following passages were sourced from ‘The Economist’. The questions are at the end of the write up. Before his best race, at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958, Milkha Singh was under far too much stress to sleep. That day … Read more
Skill building for better English … Join the sentences…(Answers at the end) 1. He entered the cinema hall without a ticket. He was unceremoniously shown the door by the floor supervisor. 2. He entered the cinema hall without a ticket. He was unceremoniously shown the … Read more
Comprehension .. moderate difficulty .. (with answers).. 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 her lines, but kept shrinking away … Read more
Learn Current affairs and Creative Writing in one lesson .. Sudan – Mass civilian protests in city streets on the third anniversary of Bashir’s ouster Synopsys .. 1. Sudan is an oil-rich, big African country that has seen decades of internal strife, massacre of civilians, … Read more
Comprehension exercise – moderate difficulty—with answers [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 seeking an actress for one of … Read more
Creative writing exercise – (Passage taken from Washington Post) – Answers at the end Flowing from the capital, the highway begins without promise, a long, curving scar stretching across the navel of Afghanistan. Potholes. Ruts. A bridge destroyed in an airstrike, still unfixed. Visible symbols … Read more
Will WTO spoil farmers’ MSP party? Can other policy initiatives be adopted to assure the farmers of assured and remunerative returns without raising the hackles of the WTO? After a protracted agitation that ran for close to 15 months, the government revoked the three contentious … Read more