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No Learning without Feeling Claire Needell Hollander Questions and Answers (AECC BLOCK – 02) 1. What according to Hollander should determine an English teacher’s choice of suitable reading for adolescents? Answer – Adolescents generally like to read literature that packs high-octane emotion-gripping power. Stories and …
Water – The elixir of life Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Questions and Answers (AECC – Block 02) Q1. State the different functions of water that makes it the most important liquid on earth. Answer – Nearly 65% of a human being’s body is constituted of water. …
An Educated Person by Harold Nicolson Questions and Answers (AECC – Block 01) 1. What means and methods do you think one has to adopt in order to be educated truly? Answer- There can be quite a few ways to determine if a person is …
Deadly earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan. A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the eastern province of Khost, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, killing at least 1,000 people. The earthquake was felt across Pakistan, including in the capital, Islamabad. Afghanistan suffered the greatest damage and will need significant help from …
English Skill Building – 115 Vocabulary Words that sound similar Learn the use of these similar-sounding words Source as noun, Source as verb, Resource, Resourceful, Scare as noun, Scare as verb, Score as noun, Score as verb, To settle a score, Scarce, Scanty Source [Noun] …
Editorial Analysis – 21. A nuclear-powered, volatile Pakistan should not drift to be a vassal state of China — it’s against U.S. and India’s interests The ousted Pakistan premier, Imran Khan has gone hammer and tongs at the newly formed coalition government in Islamabad led …
English Skill Building – 114 Vocabulary Inserting the right word at the right place Fill in the blanks in the paragraph by selecting the right word from the list given at the end of the paragraph. My grandmother loved Indian classical music very much. In …
Creative Writing – 146 Comprehension Exercise Study the passage and answer the questions Comprehension Questions from BBC article on Muslim marriage and an aggrieved wife’s prayer before Delhi high court for redress Polygamy: Muslim women in India fight ‘abhorrent’ practice [BBC] A 28-year-old Muslim woman’s …
Exercises for improving syntax skills… Join the following sentences to make a single sentence.. My uncle is the vice-principal of my college. I was sick four days. I couldn’t pay the fees before the due date. I thought I would face no difficulties if I …
Creative Writing – 145 Writing Like a Columnist Learn to write like a Coloumnist The portions marked in blue are from the TIME magazine of April 21. The parts in black are the paraphrased versions of the original. These are written by us. Compare them …