Let’s write good English
Composition – 5 Creative Writing – 73 Model composition for ISC, CHSE, CBSE Class students upto class XII 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. … Read more
Grammar Exercise – 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 go, … Read more
Grammar Exercise – 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 – Although … 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
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
Developing a story – 1 Creative Writing – 26 Learn how to develop a story skillfully. Important for ISC and ICSE students. Opening lines It was the last class before the summer vacation. We heard the rumbling sound of bulldozers and earth movers approaching our … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 3 Creative Writing – 25 Write the precis 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 … Read more
Composition – 3 Creative Writing – 17 A short composition on grasshopers Grasshoppers: A Quick Snack or a Disgusting Insect? Written by – Mrida Pradhan, Class 9 Believe it or not, Ugandans have a strange fondness for the (usually) green creepy-crawlies that are grasshoppers. And … Read more
Composition – 2 Creative Writing – 14 Writing a composition based on a story. For CBSE, CHSE, ISC Class XII students. 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 … Read more