American English and British English  (Sahil Sharifdin Bhat ) Things to be learnt  Introduction  Difference in Spelling  Difference in Words/vocabulary Difference in Grammar  Difference in Pronunciation /accent   Introduction   English language is more than 1400 years old . Its seeds were sown in 5th century AD by some Germanic people (Also called Anglo-Saxons ) who came from Central Europe and Scandinavia [ now those areas are called northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands ] . They spoke various dialects . All dialects spoken by them and later by the natives of Britain from 5th to 11th century AD are collectively known as Old English . Remember, The people of Britain spoke Celtic languages and possibly Latin before they began to speak Old English. Moreover , When William conquered England in 1066 , English language began to be influenced by French language and it marked the beginning of Middle English . Middle English last...

    Most Girls are Biggest Liars    Read what Kamal Das writes about girls and herself : Book : My Story Writer : Kamala Das Chapter : 12 The Boarders On holidays there were three study sessions for the boarders. One hour in the morning, two hours in the afternoon and one hour between seven and eight in the evening after supper. All that was expected of the students was total silence. The nun in charge of the session sat sewing but slyly watched the girls who dared to raise their eyes from the books to look at one another. On fortunate days we had the mild Sister Thecla who never bothered about what was going on, but read her book or mended old veils, without once looking up from her work. The girl who sat near me one day at study was fifteen and was called Annie. She kept reading and re-reading a letter and when she saw me glance at her, she whispered that she wanted me to read the letter that she had received from a boy. A rich and handsome boy, who was ver...

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  Note : I update this list of questions annually .  41 Important Questions of General English for 11th class 1. Mention the three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad? 2. Mention three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up? 3. Character sketch  of the grandmother ? 4. How does the story suggest that optimism helps to “endure the direst stress”? 5. Howard Carter’s investigation was resented? 6. What were the results of the CT scan? 7. What does the notice “The world’s most dangerous animals” at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify? 8. How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted? 9. 'The Address' is a story of human predicament that follows war. Explain?  10. Explain the following from the play 'Mother's Day'?  a] Role reversal  b] Challenge to traditional gender roles c] Concept of empathy  11. You have passed through a...

The pregnant elephant 🐘 and the pregnant dog 🐕 🐘 An elephant and 🐕 a dog became pregnant at the same time. Three months down the line,  the dog gave birth to six puppies. Six months later the dog was pregnant again, and nine months after,  it gave birth to another dozen puppies. The pattern continued. On the eighteenth month the dog approached the elephant questioning: "Are you sure that you are pregnant? We became pregnant on the same date, I have given birth three times to a dozen puppies and they are now grown to become big dogs, yet you are still pregnant. Whats going on, didi ?". The elephant replied: "There is something I want you to understand:  What I am carrying is not a puppy but an elephant. I only give birth to one in two years. When my baby hits the ground, the earth feels it. When my baby crosses the road, human beings stop and watch in admiration, what I carry draws attention. So what I'm carrying is mighty and great.". MORAL :  Don't los...

  All About Adjective By sahil Sharifdin Ëñglísh INTRODUCTION I have read somewhere that we should take care of the small things and the big things will naturally fall into place . Similarly, if we understand words properly , we will naturally understand big books . Small grains of sand make big Islands . Little drops of water make big oceans . Likewise, small words form voluminous books.     There is a huge craze in the world for English language . Those who cannot speak English are not even considered literate in in our region . Among the things which the people of this region use to impress one another are government job , car , bike , branded products and particularly English language .    The people of this region can give anything   in order to become the fluent   speakers of English language . It is almost a matter of honour for them .   Keeping the same thing in mind, I have tried my level best to teach you almost everyth...