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Comprehension Exercise – 18 Creative Writing – 65 Study the passage and answer the questions that follow Passage sourced from Washington Post Worldview China’s democratic dream was snuffed out as night fell on June 3, 1989. In mid-April, thousands of idealistic university students had gathered … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 17 Creative Writing – 64 They write-up has a total of 401 words. Write the summary of the same in not more than 140 words. Passage sourced from Betrand Russel’s book ‘Values of Scepticism I wish to propose for the reader’s … Read more
Comprehension Exercise – 17 Creative Writing – 63 Model ISC unseen comprehension question set. Read the following write-up and answer the questions. Write-up sourced from BBC On 1 June 1999, a piece of computer software was released that changed the way we listen to music forever. … Read more
Comprehension Exercise – 16 Creative Writing – 62 Model ISC unseen comprehension question set. Read the following write-up and answer the questions. Article taken from Washington Post After weeks of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States, national security adviser John Bolton’s visit to … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 16 Creative Writing – 61 The following write up has 381 words. Write its precis in not more than 135 words. Passage sourced from BBC On 27 March, the 19-year-old accused the headmaster of the madrassa she attended of calling her … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 15 Creative Writing – 60 The following passage has 378 words. Your precis should ideally be within 135 words. Passage from the story ‘Home’ by Somerset Maugham The farm lay in a hollow among the Somersetshire hills, an old-fashioned stone house … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 14 Creative Writing – 59 The following passage has close to 310 words. Write its summary in no more than 110 words. Passage from stories by Ruskin Bond I started out by saying that nature and the railways had little or … Read more
Composition – 4 Creative Writing – 58 When you were 10 years old, you had to accompany your father for a journey to a village a few kilometers away. You had to cross a wide river by a ferry boat. Describe how you felt as … Read more
Comprehension Exercise – 15 Creative Writing – 57 Study the article below and answer the questions underneath Excerpt from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys’ … Read more
Comprehension Exercise – 14 Creative Writing – 56 Study the article below and answer the questions underneath Write-up sourced from BBC “I was told I didn’t look like a gymnast. I was told I looked like I’d swallowed an elephant, or looked like a pig.” … Read more