Figures of Speech
FIGURES OF SPEECH What are…. Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Oxymoron Metonymy …
English Skill Building
Vocabulary challenge for the young English learners Exercise -3-
Fit the right word in the right place. Choose the right word from the list off three words given at the end of each sentence. It was the first visit of the 8-year-old girl to the zoo. Her mother took her to the wire-fenced cage …
Fast track English skill building Exercise 8
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 …
Fast track English Skill building exercise -4-
Fast-track your English skill building. …. Q1. Fill in the gaps with the best-fitting words. President Trump was sworn in as President of the United States of America. It makes him the 4th president of the country. As expected he gave a ———– (momentous, …
Fast track English skill building exercise –3
Skill building exercise – 3 Q1. Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate word….. From my childhood, I had ———- (aspired, cherished, demanded) to go to the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj to take a dip in the Holy Ganga. I needed a lot …
Writing skill and Current Affairs -1
Exercises to improve your writing skills and Current Affairs. (Sourced from CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East) Join the following small sentences to form a single sentence. Palestinian Alaa Al-Shawish is trying to fetch some clean water for her family. It’s very cold in Gaza …
Vocabulary learning for students -1
Make sentences with the following words in their different forms. … Stomach as noun Stomach as verb Trip as noun Trip as verb Age as non As as verb Craft as noun Craft as verb Decline as noun Decline as verb Imply as verb Implication …
Comprehension exercise for CAT, CS aspirants, and undergraduate students
Centre aims to make Andaman & Nicobar Islands a tuna export hub A concept note prepared by the Fisheries Department says that the Exclusive Economic Zone around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is home to a range of tuna species, with substantial untapped fishery resources …
Knowledge enhancer -1 .. for all readers young and old
Cargo carrier structurally stable and operational after fire: Coast Guard Indian Coast Guard carries out fire-fighting operations on m.v. Maersk Frankfurt off Goa coast.PTI THE HINDU BUREAU NEW DELHI The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has deployed five ships, two helicopters, and one Dornier aircraft …
Feature writing — Election results
Modi to get a third term as the Prime Minster, but suspicion, mistrust and doubts fill the air in the swearing ceremony venue The post is written by Ansuman Tripathy. (The views are that of the author. This blog posts it as an English lesson.) …