Knowledge is Power

  About the Author Kate Chopin (1851 to 1904)

A. Find the words from the text and solve the puzzle.  Clues are given below. ACROSS 1. the custom of having more than one wife at the same time: Polygamy 5.  to find an acceptable way of dealing with opposing ideas, needs etc.: Reconcile

  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 He had won The Australian Literary Award for the best unpublished novel manuscript for An Open Swimmer in 1982.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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