Mohammed Suleman

  DETERMINERS Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. INDEFINITE ARTICLES Use ‘a’ when the next word starts with a consonant, or before words starting in ‘u’ and ‘eu’ when they sound like ‘you’ . Use ‘an’ when the next word starts with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) or with a mute ‘h’ . Examples: An apple A ball A cat An elephant A European A unit An hour   THE DEFINITE ARTICLE Nouns in English are preceded by the definite article when the speaker believes that the listener already knows what he/she is referring to   Use ‘the’ to refer to something which has already been mentioned: -           I saw a fruit seller near my school. The fruit seller was very old and weak.   Use ‘the’ when you assume there is just one of something in that place, even if it has not been mentioned before: -           Go to the library. Use ‘the’ in sentences or clauses where you define or identify a particular person or

   COMPARISON Adjectives can be compared in different ways. Look at the following examples: Sujata is tall. (Positive Degree) Sujata is taller than Anju. (Comparative Degree) Sujata is the tallest girl in the class. (Superlative Degree) The positive degree of an adjective is the adjective in its simplest form. It is used to denote mere existence of some quality of what we speak about. One way of describing a person or thing is by saying that they have more of a particular quality than someone or something else. To do this, we use comparative adjectives, which are formed either by adding     -er at the end of the adjective, or placing more before it, e.g. She’s more intelligent than her sister. This is a bigger piece of cake. It is also possible to describe someone or something by saying that they have more of a particular quality than any other of their kind. We do this by using superlative adjectives, which are formed by adding -est at the end of the adjective and plac

                                                              Journey to the end of the Earth  (1) What is Phytoplankton? Phytoplankton is grass of the sea that nourish and sustain the entire Southern Ocean’s food chain. (2) How were the Himalayas formed according to the author? Million years ago India pushed northwards, jamming against Asia to buckle its crust and formed the Himalayas. (3) What does the author compare stretching and running of Crab eater seals to? The author compares stretching and running of Crab eater seals to stray dogs resting under the banyan tree. (4) Why is Phytoplankton necessary for the survival of bio-diversity in Antarctica? These single-celled plants use the sun’s energy to assimilate carbon and synthesise organic compounds in that wondrous and most important of processes called photosynthesis. Scientists warn that a further depletion in the ozone layer will affect the activities of phytoplankton, which in turn will affect the lives of all

  How He Lied to Her Husband By G.B. Shaw Answer the following questions in 15-20 words each: 1. Why is Aurora worried for the lost poems? Answer: Aurora is worried for the lost poems as her name was clearly mentioned in those poems. She feared that her sister-in-law Georgina would read them to her husband. 2. Why did Aurora deny going to play after learning about the ticket? Answer: Aurora wanted to see the play ‘Lohengrin’ but Henry brought the tickets for the play ‘Candida’ which she had already seen. 3. Why did Aurora ask Henry to lie to her husband? Answer: Henry addressed his poems to Aurora. She feared that her husband would know the reality so she urged Henry to lie that the Aurora in the poems was someone else. 4. Why was her husband late for the dinner? Answer: Her husband was late for the dinner as Georgina, Teddy’s sister, had sent a messenger to call him to meet her.    Answer the following questions in 40-50 words each: 1. What are ‘growing pains’ ac

  Eveline by James Joyce Eveline Hill, a 19-year-old woman who works in a Dublin shop, sits inside her family's house recalling childhood, including some happy memories as well as her father's drunken brutality to her and her siblings. Eveline thinks about people she has known who have either left Ireland (a priest who has traveled to Melbourne, for example) or died (her mother and her brother Ernest), and of her own plans to leave the country with a man named Frank. She recalls meeting Frank, an Irish sailor now living in Argentina, and dating him while he visited Dublin on vacation. Eveline also thinks about her father's disapproval of Frank, and of her promise "to keep the home together as long as she could" before her mother grew deranged and died. Later, gripped by fear of the unknown and probably guilt as well, Eveline finds herself unable to board the ferry to England, where she and Frank are scheduled to meet a ship bound for South America. He leaves wit