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English Skill Building – 107 Vocabulary Learn the word ‘Scale’ comprehensively The many uses of the word ‘scale’ As Noun 1. When we cut a fish, we remove the scales from its surface. We then cut to pieces to cook it. In Odiya, it’s called …
English Skill Building – 106 Rewriting Sentences Follow the instructions Rewrite the following sentences using the word ‘set’ as a noun, verb, or phrasal verb. 1. Harish has strong desire to become a software researcher, where as his sister, Namita, has a burning desire to …
English Skill Building – 105 Breaking sentences Break the following long sentences to short and simple sentences [Sentences taken from NYT article] 1. The team’s ability to clinch a record fifth under-19 title despite a Covid outbreak underscored the vast pool of talent in India …
Creative Writing – 141 Comprehension Exercise Sports bank helps Arunachal town kick the habit New facilities have weaned youth away from drugs in Miao. The fight against drugs in a small town in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh is riding on a bank of …
Creative Writing – 140 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercises with answers [Source : WP] Two Israeli military officers were removed from their positions immediately and a third will be formally censured in the death of a 78-year-old Palestinian American man who was detained at a checkpoint …
Creative Writing – 139 Essay Essay for high school students Tourism – Boon or Bane for India Every year, millions of people travel to other countries for vacations, recreation and pleasure spending billions of dollars. India, unfortunately, gets a miniscule fraction of this burgeoning global …
Creative Writing – 138 Precis Writing Text taken from ‘The Adivasi will not dance’ Question Passages Our aunt Panmuni-jhi began to eat regularly in restaurants after moving to Vadodara in 2000. In Bhubaneshwar where she had lived before Vadodara with her husband Biram and sons …
Creative Writing – 137 Precis Writing Precis concised to one third word count Question Passages During a busy A-shift—the shift from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.” at the Sadar Hospital, when I was simultaneously in charge of four departments: the outpatient, the emergency, the male …
Creative Writing – 136 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise for senior students Question Passage Source – The Washington Post As Sikka Khan tells it, he was struck by tragedy, but also fortune, in 1947. He was a 6-month-old orphan, the son of Muslim laborers caught in …
Creative Writing – 135 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension questions for senior school Question Passage Source – TIME The results of fossil-fuel-based, centralized, power-plant strategies of the past 50 years speak for themselves: high levels of pollution and slow rollouts due to high construction and fuel costs. …