NCERT Class 11 English The story

The Story E.M. Forster ) Look for these expressions and guess their meaning from the context atavistic shock-heads ingenious We shall all agree that the fundamental aspect of the novel is its story-telling aspect, but we shall voice our assent in different tones, and it is on…

CBSE Class 12 Writing Short Stories

  End of the Unit Review Questions 1. Comprehension and Vocabulary. (a) What are the elements of fiction? What is their significance vis-a-vis short stories. (b) Define the following    (i) round characters    (ii) flat characters    (iii) setting    (iv) point of view 2. Give…

CBSE Class 12 Writing Reviews

  Writing Reviews Recapitulation Activity 1 I. We studied Reviews last year. Work with a partner and discuss the questions that follow. Then, compare your answers with those of other students in the class. Activity 2 : Read the review of a famous film “Mary Poppins” that…

CBSE Class 12 Writing Essays

    Activity 1 : Let us see how much you still remember. Tick the statements which are relevant. Activity 2 : Given below are few newspaper articles on Coping with Stress : Article 1 Coming out of the Cocoon Introduction Body comprising of supporting paragraphs Concluding…

CBSE Class 12 Understanding Short Stories

  Understanding Short Stories Activity 1 : Monkeys Don't Have A Sense Of Humour My brother Sonu and I studied in the rather plebian central government school which made perfect sense to my parents because as a government servant, my father could get posted to any part of the…

CBSE Class 12 Translations of Business Registers

  Translations of Business Registers Increasing globalization and internationalization has enhanced the demand for the expertise in business studies and skills in using business registers. Therefore, the translation of business registers has become a reality for people…

NCERT Class 11 English The Ailing Planet

  The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role The following article was written by Nani Palkhivala and published in The Indian Express on 24 November 1994. The issues that he raised regarding the declining health of the earth continue to have relevance. ONE cannot recall any…

NCERT Class 11 English The Adventure

  The Adventure THE Jijamata Express sped along the Pune-Bombay* route considerably faster than the Deccan Queen. There were no industrial townships outside Pune. The first stop, Lonavala, came in 40 minutes. The ghat section that followed was no different from what he knew.…

NCERT Class 11 English The Browning Version

  The Browning Version This is an excerpt from The Browning Version*. The scene is set in a school. Frank is young and Crocker-Harris, middle-aged. Both are masters. Taplow is a boy of sixteen who has come in to do extra work for Crocker-Harris. But the latter has not yet…

NCERT Class 11 English The Ghat of the Only World

The Ghat of the Only World THE first time that Agha Shahid Ali spoke to me about his approaching death was on 25 April 2001. The conversation began routinely. I had telephoned to remind him that we had been invited to a friend’s house for lunch and that I was going to come by…

NCERT Class 11 English The Portrait of a Lady

  The Portrait of a Lady MY grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she had once been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My…

NCERT Class 11 English The Address

  The Address This short story is a poignant account of a daughter who goes in search of her mother’s belongings after the War, in Holland. When she finds them, the objects evoke memories of her earlier life. However, she decides to leave them all behind and resolves to move on…

NCERT Class 11 English The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse

  The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse ONE day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream, my cousin Mourad, who was considered crazy by everybody who…

NCERT Class 11 English Summarising

  Summarising SUMMARISING follows note-making. The purpose of note-making is usually for one’s own personal reference. If the main points are to be reported we present a summary. It is not as severely shortened as note-making. Summarising is the selection and paraphrasing of…