CBSE CLASS 8/9/10 English - Reading Comprehension - Set 11 (Unseen Passage)(#eduvictors) (#cbseNotes)

Unseen Passage (Set 11)

Reading Comprehension

Q: Read the following passages. Answer the multiple choice questions that follow. 

Passage 

The bulk of our population is poor and illiterate. Their sorry condition poses a problem. On the one hand there is a shortage of teachers for Adult Education and on the other, the adults feel shy of starting to learn at a late age and attend classes. Moreover, the adult villagers have little time to spare for attending classes as the job of a farmer is very strenuous. In addition, he finds that what is taught at adult centres of education has no bearing on his daily needs, therefore he has become cynical about adult education. 

It is necessary to make it more meaningful for farmers in the villages. In towns and cities also, emphasis should be laid at increasing literacy rate and encourage adult education. Though it can be made useful and work based to arise their interest. It should comprise types of system in which earning and learning go together. Efforts to enhance adult education will ultimately discourage tendency to migrate to towns for better earning.

MCQs

⑴ What is needed for Adult Education in villages?

a) It should be agriculture oriented
b) It should be free
c) It should be compulsory
d) It should be available in all villages

English Grammar - All About Coordinating Conjunctions (#cbseNotes)(#eduvictors)

English Grammar - All About Coordinating Conjunctions

One of the common use of conjunctions is to connect words or phrases that have the same grammatical function.



Coordinating conjunctions help in forming co-ordinate clauses. See the following sentences

1. He worked hard, but he failed each time.

2. He solved the entire assignment and submitted to the class teacher.


In the above sentences, 'but' & 'and' are coordinating conjunctions. Commonly used coordinating conjunctions are:

and
or / either - or
nor / neither - nor
but
yet
as well as
too
not less than
however
nevertheless
therefore
so


Types of Coordinating conjunctions are:

English Vocabulary: 30 Commonly Used Phrasal Verbs You Must Know (#cbseNotes) (#EnglishVocabulary)

30 Commonly Used Phrasal Verbs
You Must Know

A phrasal verb is a group of words that functions as a verb and is made up of a verb plus a preposition, an adverb, or both. Phrasal verbs are very common in English usage. Therefore it is important to learn about these verbs. Moreover, the meaning of a verb often changes significantly when it is used in a phrasal verb.


1. bring about : cause

2. bring up : rear children

3. call back : return a telephone call

4. call off : cancel

5. catch up : reach the same position or level

6. check in : register at a hotel

CBSE Class 10 - English (C) - Literature Reader - A SHADY PLOT (Summary) (#cbseNotes)

A SHADY PLOT
(Chapter Summary)

① John Hallock, a ghost story  essayist, is given the undertaking of composing another of the same 'genre’' by Mr Jenkins, the main publisher of his stories.

② An arrogant and over-confident John begins considering the 'plot' of his new story yet shockingly he discovers thoughts and new ideas missing his creative energy, at this very crossroads he sees an irregular, spooky and ghostly 'she' figure in his room.

③ The phantom/ghost claims that she has been the purpose for him composing his spooky stories that effectively by giving him thoughts and plots.


④ She informs John that she has no further intention to help him as she, along with other members of Writer’s Inspiration Bureau, is going on strike to protest against the misuse of ‘Ghost Calling Board’, i.e., Ouija Board by human beings.

CBSE Class 6 -10 - English Grammar - Practice Jumbled Up Sentences (#cbseNotes)

 Practice Jumbled Up Sentences

Try online exercise

Jumbled Up Sentences or Rearrange words to form meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. These questions are pretty common in question papers.

You may try the following links to practice this exercise.

English Vocabulary - Single Word Substitutions (#cbseNotes)

English Vocabulary - Single Word Substitutions

1. Shy, timid, unwilling to face a situation

2. One who gives direction from behind the scene on a stage

3. One who gets pleasure in others trouble and pain

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - September 22 2017 (Day 16)

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - September 22 2017 (Day 16)

The Indian Express

Graft

Ex-Judge in CBI net for graft,...

meaning: (verb) piece of living tissue or plant cut from one body and used to repair other body damaged part.
(noun) act of getting money through dishonest way ( कलम लगाना, घूस,  कठोर परिश्रम)


examples:
1. Although he denied graft charges, the judge found him guilty.
2. It was a skin graft operation which restored his face.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR: COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH USAGE (#cbseNotes)

ENGLISH GRAMMAR: COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH USAGE 

Identify the errors in the use of nouns.

1. Though my means is small, I help my younger sister with money.
2. My uncle's friend's son is a doctor .
3. The Jury was divided in its opinion.
4. One should do his duty honestly.
5. The wages of sin are death.

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - September 13 2017 (Day 15) (#EnglishVocabulary)

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - September 13 2017 (Day 15)

The Indian Express

Revenge

Sasikala out, nephew vows revenge

meaning: harm done to someone in return for an injury suffered at his/her hands (बदला)


Examples:
1. This movie is about a woman who took revenge on her unfaithful husband.
2.  After the loss, he demanded that he be given his revenge.

CBSE Class 10 - English (C) - Periodic Test 2 Paper (2017-18) (#cbsePapers)

CBSE Class 10 - English  - Periodic Test Paper (2017-18) 

English Writing Prompt: Can you make a full paragraph without the letter 'E'?

Can you make a full paragraph without the letter 'E'? 

Once Iswarchandra Vidyasagar jokingly  asked Michel Modhusudhan Dutt "As you are master in English can you make a sentence without using 'E' ".

He wrote this :

English Vocabulary - Word To use Instead of 'VERY' (#cbseNotes)(#EnglishVocabulary)

English Vocabulary -
Word To use Instead of 'VERY'

The frequent use of 'Very' word makes it annoying and often it does not fit appropriately in the sentence. Repeated use of 'very' word can make the text boring and sounds dull.

Following words you should use instead of 'very':


✗ very old ✔ ancient
✗ very rich ✔ wealthy
✗ very sad ✔ sorrowful
✗ very open ✔ transparent
✗ very short         ✔ brief
✗ very simple ✔ basic

English Vocabulary Check - IDIOMS AND PHRASES (Multiple Choice Questions) (#cbseNotes) (#EnglishGrammar)

English Vocabulary
IDIOMS AND PHRASESMultiple Choice Questions

Tick mark which gives the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase.

1. Of one's own record

(a) of one's own free will
(b) to agree to something
(c) to sign an accord
(d) to behave honourably


2. Accepted by

(a) to gain access
(b) to submit
(c) to receive
(d) agreed to



3. Acceptable to

(a) agreeable to
(b) to be accessible
(c) force to accept
(d) to behave humbly

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - September 6 2017 (Day 14)

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - September 6 2017 (Day 14)

The Indian Express

Sanitisation

Crackdown on Dera soon as HC allows sanitisation

meaning:  the act of making something clean, making something germ-free (स्वच्छता)

Examples:
1. The sanitisation process used by medical staff in not fool proof.
2. After the terrorist attack, the shopping mall has been closed for sanitisation.

English Grammar - Antonyms Quiz (#cbseNotes)

English Grammar - Antonyms Quiz

One of the choices provides suitable answer to the given question. Choose the correct option.
 

1. The antonym of prosperity is

(a) inprosperity
(b) disprosperity
(c) windfall
(d) adversity



2. The antonym of analysis is

(a) inanalysis
(b) synthesis
(c) unanalysis
(d) disanalysis




3. Pick out the opposite of progressive.

(a) retrogressive
(b) disprogressive
(c) unprogressive
(d) conservative

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - August 29 2017 (Day 13)

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - August 29 2017 (Day 13)

The Indian Express

To defuse

Doklam is defused.

meaning: making situation less tense or dangerous ( तनाव कम करना)

Examples:
1. Bomb diposal team defused 10kg bomb at the Metro Station.
2. India and Pakistam delegates will meet next week to defuse the border tension.

CBSE Class 10 - English (C) - Chapter 2 - MRS.PACKLETIDE’S TIGER - Chapter Summary (#CBSENotes)

MRS PACKLETIDE’S TIGER - Chapter Summary

Mrs Packletide was an English lady who was was an English woman who was overwhelmed with a powerful urge to shoot a tiger. Basically, she was not adventurous or brave but she was srather she was stricken with envy when her friend, Loona Barberton, had recently been carried in an aero plane. Mrs Packletide wanted to outshine her and longed to prove that she was no less. Her ultimate desire was to obtain a tiger skin and display it on the wall of her house. If she succeeded in killing a tiger her photographs would be published in the magazines and she would host a party in Curzon Street in Loona Bimberton’s honour, but the talk would be her hunting expedition. She also planned to present a tiger claw brooch on Loona’s next birthday. All her motives were largely dominated by her dislike of Loona.

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - August 22 2017 (Day 12)

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - August 22 2017 (Day 12)

To Purge

EPS and OPS are one again, move to purge Sasikala loyalists, all eyes on Dinakaran

meaning: to get rid of people from an organization (निकाल देना)

Examples:
1. Purge the data of those whose subscriptions have expired.
2. She is so superstitious that she hired an astrologer to purge evil spirits from her house.

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - August 16 2017 (Day 11)

Learn English Vocabulary From News Papers - August 16 2017 (Day 11)

The Indian Express 

To elevate

Trump, Modi agree to elevate strategic talks,...

meaning: To raise or lift something, to improve something (ऊपर उठाना, बौद्धिक व नैतिक स्तर पर उठाना)


Examples:
1. This diet will elevate your blood sugar level.
2. He is elevated to Joint Secretary level.

CBSE Class 10/9 - English Grammar - Dialogue Completion (#cbseNotes)

Dialogue Completion Exercise

CBSE Class 10/9 - English Grammar

Q1: Read the following conversation and complete the dialogue.

Vaibhav: May I talk to Saurabh Gupta? I am his brother from Jaipur.

Manish: (a) _____________________________

Vaibhar: Can you give him a message?

Manish: (b) _____________________________?

Vaibhav: I am reaching Delhi tonight by Puja Express for some important official work. He should
meet me at Nizamuddin.

Manish: I will tell him so. (c) ______________________________?

Vaibhav: Please tell him to confirm train timings.