English Confluence By CL Gautam

A few tips and tricks to solve Narration  Sure! Here are some tips and tricks for understanding and using direct and indirect speech: 1. Direct speech: Direct speech is when you report someone's exact words within quotation marks. For example, "She said, 'I am going to the store.'" 2. Indirect speech: Indirect speech is when you report someone's words without using their exact words. It involves changing the tense, pronouns, and sometimes the structure of the sentence. For example, "She said that she was going to the store." 3. Pay attention to verb tense changes: When changing from direct to indirect speech, you often need to adjust the verb tense. For example, present simple changes to past simple, present continuous changes to past continuous, etc. 4. Use reporting verbs: Reporting verbs such as "say," "tell," "ask," "explain," etc., are commonly used to introduce indirect speech. These verbs can...

Active and passive  In grammar, active and passive voice are two different ways of constructing sentences. Here are the basic rules for active and passive voice: Active Voice: 1. The subject of the sentence performs the action. 2. The structure of the sentence is usually Subject-Verb-Object (SVO). 3. Active sentences are generally more direct and straightforward. Example: Active Voice: The cat chased the mouse. Passive Voice: 1. The subject of the sentence receives the action. 2. The structure of the sentence is usually Object-Verb-Subject (OVS) or Object-Verb (OV). 3. Passive sentences are often used when the focus is on the action or when the doer of the action is unknown or less important. Example: Passive Voice: The mouse was chased by the cat. It's important to note that while both active and passive voice can be used in writing, active voice is generally preferred for its clarity and directness.

Directions: Select the most appropriate alternative in each of the following questions:   1………he satisfies me, he cannot get promotion.   (1) Unless  (2) If  (3) Because (4) Although 2. Table, book and other lifeless gender are… (1) masculine gender (2) neuter gender (3) feminine gender  (4) common gender 3. Please wait……….longer.   (1) little (2) a little (3) a few (4) few 4. We must do….duty. ( 1) our (2) your (3) his (4) their 5. There is not….truth in it. (1) many (2) much(3) some(4) several 6. You needn't….books. (1) less (2) some (3) many (4) any 7. Pt. Nehru was popular…..the people.   (1) with(2) for (3) by (4) on 8. I sold....... books I had. (1) some(2) much(3) a few(4) the few 9. He works hard…… . he may win some position. (1) lest (2) in order that (3) as (4) after 10. He walked with care............. he should slip on the ground. (1) lest (2) as (3) so that4) because 11. We were amazed…..his insolence. (1) at (2) with (3) off (4) from 12.Y...

Ch-2- LOST SPRING BY ANEES JUNG Directions: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow: Extract -1 1. Unaware of what his name represents, he roams the streets with his friends, an army of barefoot boys who appear like the morning birds and disappear at noon. Over the months, I have come to recognise each of them. "Why aren't you wearing chappals?" I ask one. "My mother did not bring them down from the shelf," he answers simply. "Even if she did, he will throw them off," adds another who is wearing shoes that do not match. When I comment on it, he shuffles his feet and says nothing. "I want shoes," says a third boy who has never owned a pair all his life. Traveling across the country I have seen children walking barefoot, in cities, on village roads. It is not lack of money but a tradition to stay barefoot, is one explanation.  (a) What is the writer's purpose in allowing the boys to speak for themselves, via., dia...