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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
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
My trip to London’s ‘The Garden at 120’ It was mid March. My Class 11 academic year and my younger sister’s Class 7 year had drawn to a close. My father works as a captain in merchant navy, and he returns to our Bengaluru home … Read more
Writing a composition .. Example of a Story .. .. A page from a Salt-harvester’s diary I am a woman born to fight the odds of life, smilingly. I live in a village about five kilometers off the Ganjam coast in Odisha on the Bay of … Read more
Developing a story .. Opening lines …..It was the last class before the summer vacation. We heard the rumbling sound of bulldozers and earth movers approaching our school. ———————————————————————————.———————————————————————– Curtains come down on our school. It was the last class before the summer vacation. We … Read more
Write the précis of the following passage. The passage …[253 words] For centuries, people have been playing kicking games with a ball. The game of soccer developed from some of these early games. The English probably gave soccer its name and its first set of … Read more