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English Skill Building – 105 Breaking sentences Break the following long sentences to short and simple sentences [Sentences taken from NYT article] 1. The team’s ability to clinch a record fifth under-19 title despite a Covid outbreak underscored the vast pool of talent in India … Read more
Creative Writing – 141 Comprehension Exercise Sports bank helps Arunachal town kick the habit New facilities have weaned youth away from drugs in Miao. The fight against drugs in a small town in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh is riding on a bank of … Read more
Creative Writing – 140 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercises with answers [Source : WP] Two Israeli military officers were removed from their positions immediately and a third will be formally censured in the death of a 78-year-old Palestinian American man who was detained at a checkpoint … Read more
Creative Writing – 139 Essay Essay for high school students Tourism – Boon or Bane for India Every year, millions of people travel to other countries for vacations, recreation and pleasure spending billions of dollars. India, unfortunately, gets a miniscule fraction of this burgeoning global … Read more
Creative Writing – 138 Precis Writing Text taken from ‘The Adivasi will not dance’ Question Passages Our aunt Panmuni-jhi began to eat regularly in restaurants after moving to Vadodara in 2000. In Bhubaneshwar where she had lived before Vadodara with her husband Biram and sons … Read more
Creative Writing – 137 Precis Writing Precis concised to one third word count Question Passages During a busy A-shift—the shift from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.” at the Sadar Hospital, when I was simultaneously in charge of four departments: the outpatient, the emergency, the male … Read more
Creative Writing – 136 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise for senior students Question Passage Source – The Washington Post As Sikka Khan tells it, he was struck by tragedy, but also fortune, in 1947. He was a 6-month-old orphan, the son of Muslim laborers caught in … Read more
Creative Writing – 135 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension questions for senior school Question Passage Source – TIME The results of fossil-fuel-based, centralized, power-plant strategies of the past 50 years speak for themselves: high levels of pollution and slow rollouts due to high construction and fuel costs. … Read more
Creative Writing – 134 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise for senior school Question Passage Sourced from TIME You bring your feverish baby to the hospital in the middle of the night. The nurse asks you to go home to get a flashlight. When the flashlight batteries … Read more
English Skill Building – 104 Rewriting Sentences Sentence breaking exercise with answer [Source – NYT] Question Sentences a. Plans to expand lithium mining in Chile, the world’s second largest producer, hit political roadblocks this week, raising new questions about supplies of a metal that is … Read more