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English Skill Building – 98 Rewriting Sentences Convert the following sentences as asked Questions 1. Mumbai police has banned New Year celebrations to curb the spread of Omicron. [Convert to Passive form] 2. The Indian side piled up a staggering 500 runs in the first …
Creative Writing – 131 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension questions with answers Question Passages taken from NYT “Something wrong” was a euphemism for working with the Americans. Billions of dollars in foreign-aid money were pouring into Afghanistan to promote “democracy-building” and other U.S. projects. Young women in …
English Skill Building – 97 Rewriting Sentences Convert the following sentences as asked without changing their meaning Questions From 3rd degree to 1st degree and 2nd degree Example – The cow gives the largest quantity of milk in the herd. [3rd degree] 1st degree – …
English Skill Building – 96 Rewriting Sentences Convert the sentences as asked Questions 1. The owner told his manager, “When I am abroad, it will be your responsibility to maintain the estate in tiptop form.” [Convert to Indirect form] 2. “If I see your books …
Creative Writing – 130 Comprehension Exercise Answer the questions at the end of the write-up The following passages were sourced from ‘The Economist’. Before his best race, at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958, Milkha Singh was under far too much …
English Skill Building – 95 Rewriting Sentences Skill building for better English Join the sentences 1. He entered the cinema hall without a ticket. He was unceremoniously shown the door by the floor supervisor. 2. He entered the cinema hall without a ticket. He was …
Creative Writing – 129 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise of moderate difficulty Question Passages On the day of the BBC’s open auditions, she took a bus across town. Eight women and girls sat waiting to try out, all of them poised and evidently experienced. Faqeer read …
Creative Writing – 128 Skillful Writing Learn Current affairs and Creative Writing in one lesson Sudan – Mass civilian protests in city streets on the third anniversary of Bashir’s ouster Synopsys 1. Sudan is an oil-rich, big African country that has seen decades of internal …
Creative Writing – 127 Comprehension Exercise Comprehension exercise of moderate difficulty Question Passage taken from NYT In July, 2001, Zarmina Faqeer, a sixteen-year-old Afghan refugee living in the Pakistani border town of Peshawar, learned that the BBC radio soap opera “New House, New Life” was …
Creative Writing – 126 Comprehension Exercise Study the passages carefully and answer the questions Question Passages taken from The Washington Post Flowing from the capital, the highway begins without promise, a long, curving scar stretching across the navel of Afghanistan. Potholes. Ruts. A bridge destroyed …