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La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad by John Keats About John Keats … John Keats (1795-1821) died young leaving behind a blazing trail of rich romantic poetry. Although his poems didn’t receive the acclaim and appreciation during his short life span of just 25 … Read more
The Fall of the House of Usher by Poe About the author … Edgar Allan Poe (1809 -1849) was born in Boston. His childhood was not a happy one. His father David Poe Jr. abandoned his mother, the British Actress Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. She … Read more
On the Decay of the Art of Lying by Mark Twain About the author .. In our childhoods, almost all of us read ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ with great delight. In fact, for most of us reading these books … Read more
The Perils of the Peak – Climbing Everest no child’s pastime In 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary scaled Mount Everest for the first time in history. Since then, scores have followed their trail, and climbed the tallest point on Earth. No matter how many … Read more
On Being Idle Now, this is a subject on which I flatter myself I really am au fait. The gentleman who, when I was young, bathed me at wisdom’s font for nine guineas a term—no extras—used to say he never knew a boy who could … Read more
ISC – Grammar – 2 English Skill Building – 26 Some of the sentences below might have grammar errors. Correct them. Questions 1. In summer, wherever you will go in Uttar Pradesh, you will find luscious mangoes. 2. The disciple told his Guru, “I will … Read more
ISC – Grammar – 1 English Skill Building – 25 Modify the sentences, so that they can have the starting word or phrase as indicated Questions 1. My colleague is a bit loquacious. He is loved by one and all for his altruism. Modified – … Read more
ISC Unseen Comprehension exercise 2 Read the following very carefully. On 1 June 1999, a piece of computer software was released that changed the way we listen to music forever. Line 1 to 2 Napster didn’t exactly sound like something that would cause consternation in … Read more
ISC Unseen Comprehension Model Question set 1 Read the following write-up taken from Washington Post and answer the questions a, b, and c. After weeks of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States, national security adviser John Bolton’s visit to Abu Dhabi this week signaled that … Read more
ISC Composition specimen… 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 the boat made its … Read more