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English Skill Building – 97 Rewriting Sentences Convert the following sentences as asked without changing their meaning Questions From 3rd degree to 1st degree and 2nd degree Example – The cow gives the largest quantity of milk in the herd. [3rd degree] 1st degree – … Read more
English Skill Building – 96 Rewriting Sentences Convert the sentences as asked Questions 1. The owner told his manager, “When I am abroad, it will be your responsibility to maintain the estate in tiptop form.” [Convert to Indirect form] 2. “If I see your books … Read more
Creative Writing – 130 Comprehension Exercise Answer the questions at the end of the write-up The following passages were sourced from ‘The Economist’. Before his best race, at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958, Milkha Singh was under far too much … Read more
English Skill Building – 95 Rewriting Sentences Skill building for better English Join the sentences 1. He entered the cinema hall without a ticket. He was unceremoniously shown the door by the floor supervisor. 2. He entered the cinema hall without a ticket. He was … Read more
Creative Writing – 129 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise of moderate difficulty Question Passages On the day of the BBC’s open auditions, she took a bus across town. Eight women and girls sat waiting to try out, all of them poised and evidently experienced. Faqeer read … Read more
Creative Writing – 128 Skillful Writing Learn Current affairs and Creative Writing in one lesson Sudan – Mass civilian protests in city streets on the third anniversary of Bashir’s ouster Synopsys 1. Sudan is an oil-rich, big African country that has seen decades of internal … Read more
Creative Writing – 127 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise of moderate difficulty Question Passage taken from NYT In July, 2001, Zarmina Faqeer, a sixteen-year-old Afghan refugee living in the Pakistani border town of Peshawar, learned that the BBC radio soap opera “New House, New Life” was … Read more
Creative Writing – 126 Comprehension Exercise Study the passages carefully and answer the questions Question Passages taken from The Washington Post Flowing from the capital, the highway begins without promise, a long, curving scar stretching across the navel of Afghanistan. Potholes. Ruts. A bridge destroyed … Read more
Will WTO spoil farmers’ MSP party? Can other policy initiatives be adopted to assure the farmers of assured and remunerative returns without raising the hackles of the WTO? After a protracted agitation that ran for close to 15 months, the government revoked the three contentious … Read more
English Skill Building – 94 Vocabulary Learn new words by placing the words at appropriate places Fill in the gaps with the right word 1. Strangely, all the computers in the bank broke down simultaneously. The manger suspected some __________ [nuisance, foul play, notorious] 2. … Read more