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On Umbrella Morals By A.G. Gardiner Introduction .. A. G. Gardiner is obviously sad at the way dishonest and immoral people bring disgrace to the society and demean human values. To drive home his point, he has cited a couple of real-life situations where honest … Read more
Questions Q1. Convert the following Active sentences to Passive form. The cruel Hamas kidnappers starved, threatened, and abused the Israeli hostages in the most inhuman manner. The parents of the freed hostages have given details of such ill-treatment to the media. The details of the … Read more
Unit 1 … Q1. What impression of Sri Moharana do you get from the story? Answer .. Sri Moharana, despite being the most affluent person in the village, was neither arrogant, nor scornful towards the underprivileged people around him. His pucca house received a fresh … Read more
Fast-track your English skill building.. Q1. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words. An old truck was loaded with nearly 15 tons of iron ore minerals. It was heading towards a steel plant. From the opposite side, a mini truck was coming. It was loaded … Read more
Of Seeming Wise by Francis Bacon IT hath been an opinion that the French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. But howsoever it be between nations, certainly it is so between man and man. Meaning … There is … Read more
Comprehension exercise.. Read the following news and answer the questions marked red.Army’s Fort William in Kolkata set to be known as Vijay Durg ————————————————————————————–.————————– Passage —– In the latest step toward eliminating colonial practices and mindsets within the armed forces, Fort William in Kolkata, the … Read more
Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats First stanze of the poem … Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fring’d … Read more
Fast-trackyour English skill building ….. Convert the following Active sentences to Passive form. 1. Navy divers have recovered the helicopter’s Black Box. 2. The flight safety engineers will examine the Black Box very intently. 3. The U.S. aviation authorities will completely overhaul the air traffic … Read more
Vocabulary building.. Fill in the blans with the best-fitting words… Q1. In the last seven days, I have seen two very disturbing images about human suffering that drove me to tears. Both are —————– (aerial, sky-high, tree-top) photos of scores of people in utter distress. … Read more
Kabuliwallah Unit 11 Appreciation Q1 A combination of sadness and satisfaction The Kabuliwallah The relationship between Mini and the Kabuliwallah —————————————. Q2. Mini Rahuman Afghanistan Dry fruit selling She looking much more grown up was bedecked like a bride Large-framed, Fearsome, Alien-looking Calcutta Autumn Parbati … Read more