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English Grammar Lesson English Skill Building – 165 Lie and Lay – The correct way to use them without any confusion Removing the confusion in the use of the words “lie’ and “lay’ The confusion arises because of the meanings of the two words in …
Writing Skill Enhancement English Skill Building – 160 Short reading and writing exercise to improve your syntax and grammar skills. 1. What does the following sentence mean? Explain in your own words. Russia’s efforts to wear down Ukraine’s air defenses and incapacitate its energy infrastructure …
Vocabulary Exercise English Skill Building – 158 Read the BBC article whose link is given below https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64035715 Make sentences with the following words appearing therein Beef as noun, Beef up as phrasal verb, Scale up as phrasal verb, Scale down as phrasal verb, Scale as …
Vocabulary Exercise English Skill Building – 158 Read the following BBC article and make sentences with the words https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-63790655 Make sentences with these words Gruesome, Copycat, Altercation, Stuff as noun, Stuff as verb, Marsh, Remains as noun, Scavenge, Yank, Bog, Dismember, Rash as noun, Rash …
Vocabulary Exercise English Skill Building – 156 Fit the following words in the gaps in the sentences given below Words Refute, ratcheted up, legitimate, thrive, reiterates, comprehend, adheres, austere, anonymity, wheeled out, litany, slashed, regime, reigns, flogging, amid, anguish, regressive Questions After the AAP became …
Retranslation Exercise – 2 English Skill Building – 154 Retranslate the following lines taken from a BBC article to any of the three languages – Odiya, or, Hindi, or Kannada The drums kept on beating. The whistles kept on shrieking. Morocco’s players kept on coming, …
Vocabulary Exercise English Skill Building – 153 Learn many new words along with example sentences Fester 1. His wounds festered for days before he got medical attention.[verb] 2. Resentments are starting to fester. [verb] 3. The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in. 4. …
Rewriting Sentences English Skill Building – 152 Break down the passages to cimole sentences (News article sourced from the Washington Post) Passage 1 At the U.S. penitentiary in Marion, Ill., in a special unit so restrictive that it has the nickname “Little Guantánamo,” a broad-chested, …
Retranslation Exercise – 1 English Skill Building – 150 Retranslate the following lines taken from a BBC article to any of the three languages—Odiya, or, Hindi, or Kannada Iran’s morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country’s Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the …
Vocabulary Exercise English Skill Building – 145 Learn to use the right word in the right place Questions 1. The Odisha High Court has sanctioned strength of 30 judges. Sadly, there are just 12 of them now. As a result, the Curt is functioning in …