Knowledge is Power

  Answer the following questions. a. Describe how the young couple’s house looked like. Ans: The young couple’s house looked like an elegant cottage because of its high ceiling and paned window despite being of a small size.

  About the Author Tim Winton (1960) He is an Australian author of both adult and children's novels that deal with both the experience of life and the landscape of his native country. He had won The Australian Literary Award for the best unpublished novel manuscript for An Open Swimmer in 1982. In 1997, he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia and had won the Miles Franklin Award four times. Background of the story "Neighbours" This story is taken from the book  Migrants of Australia.   It shows that having different cultures and languages does not stop from sharing love and compassion. It tells the story of a neighborhood where people of different cultures and languages live together. Characters Young Couple (Man and Woman):   They are newly married and happily living together for some time. They are used to living in a suburb where people scarcely interact with each other, but their new neighbourhood is full of noisy people who rant, scream and

  Grammar Question Tag Rules of Question Tag in English Grammar  Rule-1: Positive statements take negative question tags and negative statements take positive question tags. Some words are negative in meaning. E.g. hardly, seldom, scarcely, rarely, barely, etc. Hence they take positive question tags after them.

 Exercise of text "Know Thyself" from Unit 1: Critical Thinking A. Find the words from the text that match with the following meanings. a. Walking by dragging one’s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground: shuffling. b. Drawing pictures or patterns while thinking about something else: doodling

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About the Author Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren)  (1881-1936) He belonged to a family with a strong Confucian background. Confucianism is a philosophy developed by Confucius, a philosopher and teacher who lived from 551 to 479 B.C.E. It focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality. He is considered China’s greatest author of the 20th century. He is known for his satirical observations of early 20th-century  Chinese society and also a pioneer of modern vernacular Chinese literature. Vernacular literature means the literary work that consists of dialects spoken by ordinary people. Background of the Story This story presents a comparison between Xun’s childhood memories and the middle age scenario. It depicts the conflict between memories, expectations, and realities. After returning to his old home to sell it for ever, he observes the suffering of lower class people. Through his experiences, he presents the gap between higher class and lower class ironically.  Character Analysis Lu Xun

  About the Author Herbert George Wells (H.G. Wells) (1866-1946) He was an English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian, well known for science fiction novels. It is supposed that Wells used the concept of an atomic weapon in his 1914 book The World Set Free, which actually became true in the Second World War. He published his first fiction, The Time Machine, in 1895, which was immensely popular, which established him as a science fiction writer.  His science fiction novels include The Wonderful Visit (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) , The Invisible Man (1897) and others. Background of the story "The Treasure in the Forest" is a fictional story taken from the collection The Country of Blind and other Short Stories .  It is a story that represents the ominous adventure genre of fiction in which two men search for Spanish treasure, deceiving three Chinamen with the temptation of greed and crime. It shows how power and greed corrupt human beings. Characte