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English Skill Building – 116 Vocabulary Word exercise to learn new useful words Fill in the blanks of the following paragraph selecting the right word from the list given at its end. A proposal was mooted in the village high school to take the final … Read more
English Skill Building – 115 Vocabulary Words that sound similar Learn the use of these similar-sounding words Source as noun, Source as verb, Resource, Resourceful, Scare as noun, Scare as verb, Score as noun, Score as verb, To settle a score, Scarce, Scanty Source [Noun] … Read more
English Skill Building – 114 Vocabulary Inserting the right word at the right place Fill in the blanks in the paragraph by selecting the right word from the list given at the end of the paragraph. My grandmother loved Indian classical music very much. In … Read more
English Skill Building – 113 Grammar Miscellaneous Grammar exercises to banish your hesitation to write a. Convert from Passive to Active. 1. Great danger is posed to civilians by unexploded land mines. 2. Due to the lurking danger of left-over landmines, refugees returning home have … Read more
English Skill Building – 112 Grammar and Vocabulary Active – Passive Conversion and Filling in the Blanks a. Convert from Passive to Active. 1. All my forays into the goal area of the rival side were thwarted by their two defenders. 2. My captain and … Read more
English Skill Building – 111 Vocabulary Learn good English Vocabulary 1. A woman burst onto the set of Russian state TV’s flagship evening news program, chanting “stop the war” and denouncing government “propaganda” — a striking moment of public protest as the Kremlin cracks down … Read more
English Skill Building – 110 Vocabulary Learning good English from Hindu dt. March 14, 2022 Sports Page Shreyas, Pant’s [knocks] leave Lanka with [near-impossible chase]. Former’s 67 and the latter’s [blistering] 50 help India set a [mammoth] target of 447; Bumrah’s first five-for at home … Read more
English Skill Building – 109 Common English Errors Common Flaws in English syntax and their correction Flaw type 1 – Excessive repetition of pronouns like ‘It’ Read the following write-up, examine the defects and remove them by suitable modification. Faulty text – When I was … Read more
English Skill Building – 108 Rewriting sentences Exercise – 1 Join the following question sentences in any way you prefer. 1. My closest friend’s father contracted Covid. He isolated himself in his small room. 2. My closest friend’s father contracted Covid. He isolated himself in … Read more
English Skill Building – 107 Vocabulary Learn the word ‘Scale’ comprehensively The many uses of the word ‘scale’ As Noun 1. When we cut a fish, we remove the scales from its surface. We then cut to pieces to cook it. In Odiya, it’s called … Read more