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The moral of the poem The Frog and the Nightingale Lesson 1…Naivety is a negative trait. It tempts the crooks to manipulate and exploit a naive individual, often leading to very fraught consequences for the latter. In this poem, the gifted nightingale needlessly genuflected before …
Two Gentlemen from Verona .. Q1 .. What are the qualities of a “gentleman”? Work with your partner and complete the following web-chart by listing the qualities of a gentleman. Answer … In my view, a gentleman ought to be polite, gracious, un-assuming, courteous towards …
The Solitary Reaper By William Wordsworth Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound …
Comprehension Exercise – 5. Read the article thoroughly and answer the questions that follow. The article from BBC A rare Asiatic black bear has been spotted in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), South Korea’s government says. It was captured on video in the eastern part of …
Villa for Sale by Sacha Guitry Maid: Won’t Madame be sorry? Juliette: Not at all. Mind you, if someone had bought it on the very day I placed it for sale, then I might have felt sorry because I would have wondered if I hadn’t …
Comprehension Exercise – 4. Comprehension exercise for Class VIII and IX CBSE, BSE, ICSE board students. Question Passage When Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a recent election meeting in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he was compelled to make a promise relating to …
The Comedy of Errors (Page 217 –237) There was a lot of bad blood between two city-states – Syracuse & Ephesus. The duke of Ephesus passed a law that virtually closed the gates of his dukedom to the traders from the rival Syracuse. The law …
Notice Writing – 2 Creative Writing – 38 Writing a notice for the school notice board Date: The much-awaited inter-school science exhibition for the year 2015 is going to be held in the 1st week of November in the R.K. College premises. There will be …
The Lotus-Toru Dutt (1856-1877) Love came to Flora asking for a flower That would of flowers be undisputed queen, The lily and the rose, long, long had been Rivals for that high honour. Bards of power Had sung their claims. “The rose can never tower …
Her Head by Joan Murray Near Ekuvukeni, in Natal, South Africa, a woman carries water on her head. After a year of drought, when one child in three is at risk of death, she returns from a distant well, carrying water on her head. Explanation …