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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost – Explanation with questions and answers CBSE/NCERT Class 9 syllabus About the poet Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was an American who scaled great heights of popularity among his native Americans, but among the vast number of English poetry … Read more
The Fun They Had Introduction on the book .. The story we shall read is set in the future, when books and schools as we now know them will perhaps not exist. How will children study then? The diagram below may give you some ideas. … Read more
1. ବାଘଟିକୁ ଗାଁ ବାଲା ଗୋଡ଼ାଇ ଗୋଡ଼ାଇ ଗାଁ ରୁ ବାହାର କରିଦେଲେ। The villagers chased the tiger out of the village. .. Active voice Or The villagers hounded the tiger from the village. .. Active voice Or The tiger was chased out of the village by the … Read more
Translate these Odiya sentences to English. 1. ମୋର ଚିକିତ୍ସାରେ ହଜାର ଟଙ୍କା ଖର୍ଚ୍ଚ ହେଲା। One thousand rupees were spent on my treatment. Or My treatment cost me one thousand rupees. 2. ମୋର ଚିକିତ୍ସାରେ ହଜାର ହଜାର ଟଙ୍କା ଖର୍ଚ୍ଚ ହେଲା। My medical bill ran to thousands of rupees. … Read more
Reciprocity… Model sentence… Sasmita presented a new flower painting to Monalisa. As a gesture of reciprocity, the latter (Monalisa) gave a big chocolate pack to the former (Sasmita) as a gesture of reciprocity. Or Israel exports a lot of its missiles and missile technology … Read more
Restraint … While arguing a matter in a court, both the lawyers and the judges show maximum restraint in their choice of words, and body language in order not to spoil the dignity of the chamber. Or All salaried employees exercise restraint while buying any … Read more
Flareup as noun .. The political leader’s fiery speech against a particular community led to a communal flareup in the town. Flare up as phrasal verb… Violence flared up in the village after a wicked Brahmin boy physically abused some Dalit women taking bath in … Read more
Read the whole piece, and understand it. Paraphrase the first two paragraphs. Choose any one paragraph and identify the words as noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb etc. (This piece appeared in The Economist magazine. We gratefully acknowledge it.) ————————————————————————————————.————————- Last month I was part of a … Read more
FIGURES OF SPEECH What are…. Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Oxymoron Metonymy … Read more
The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney Six humans trapped in happenstance In dark and bitter cold, Each one possessed a stick of wood, Or so the story’s told. Meaning .. By some coincidence, six humans find themselves trapped in an area that is … Read more