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Making notes is a useful practice as it often helps students during lectures, while preparing for exams and revising for them. It also helps condense long chapters into short, to the point material, which further helps one to remember the gathered information. Moreover, texts are better understood with the help of the notes. How to Make Notes :  ►  Read the passage carefully   and understand the main/general meaning of the passage. You must comprehend the theme and subject of the passage. ►  Once you know what the passage is all about, mark the main components  or sub parts of the passage. Look for details,  points, opinions or conclusions drawn from the passage. Make sure, no important point is missed out . ►  Give your notes a title , make sure it's short and crisp . It should be based on the central idea of the passage. ►  Next, frame, main headings and subheadings  to put across crucial components given in the passage. It shou...

Comprehension literally means the ability to understand. Therefore, in this section, students are required to read and understand the given passages thoroughly. It is to test one's ability to comprehend unseen passages and answer the following questions in one's own words. The variety of questions in this section range from multiple choice questions to short questions to very short questions. How to Attempt : While reading unseen passages, it is common to get distracted by unimportant details and lose focus of the main idea. As a result, the answers are either too vague or too general. All the answers must be specific, brief and complete in all sense. Therefore, ► Get the basic idea of the passage by giving it a quick reading. ►  Next, read every question carefully. ► Re-read the passage thoroughly this time, and mark the portions containing the probable answers. ► Avoid writing long, descriptive and generic answers. Be to the point. ► Since, this section t...

1. Introduction to Adverbs An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb . For example: Gini drives carefully . (The word ‘carefully’ is an adverb. It is describing the verb ‘drives’. It is telling us how Gini drives .) It is a very beautiful painting. (The word ‘very’ is an adverb. It is describing the adjective ‘beautiful’. It is telling us how beautiful the painting is .) The team won the match quite easily. (The word ‘easily’ is an adverb. It is telling us how the team won the match . The word ‘quite’ is also an adverb. It is describing ‘easily’. It is telling us how easily the team won the match .) Sometimes, an adverb can also modify an entire clause that follows it . For example: Luckily , the boy reached home in time. (The word ‘luckily’ is an adverb. It is describing the clause ‘the boy reached home in time’.) Sometimes a clause can perform the role of an adverb in a sentence. For example: The movie started be...

1. Introduction to Adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun . For example: The quick cat caught the mouse. (The word ‘quick’ is an adjective. It is describing the noun ‘cat’. It is telling us of what kind the noun is.) She is intelligent . (The word ‘intelligent’ is an adjective. It is describing the pronoun ‘she’. It is telling us of what kind the pronoun is.) Sometimes a phrase can perform the role of an adjective in a sentence. For example: The cupboard is full of clothes . (Here, the phrase ‘full of clothes’ is describing the noun ‘the cupboard’. It is telling us of what kind the noun is. Hence, the phrase is working as an adjective in this sentence.) Sometimes a clause can perform the role of an adjective in a sentence. For example: Roshan Singh, who had last played a test match in 2003 , is playing in today’s match against Australia. (Here, the clause ‘who had last played a test match in 2003’ is describing the noun ‘Rosha...

1. Personal Pronoun as the Subject A pronoun is any word that can be used in place of a noun . For example: Johnny runs fast. He has won an Olympic gold. (Here. ‘Johnny’ is a noun and ‘he’ is a pronoun. This pronoun is used in place of the noun ‘Johnny’.) There are different categories of pronouns. Let us begin with one of them—the personal pronoun. Personal Pronouns These pronouns refer to one of the three persons of English. The persons in English language are classified as first person, second person and third person. The first person refers to the person or persons speaking . The second person refers to the person or persons being spoken to . The third person refers to the person or persons being spoken of . Each of these personal pronouns functions as the subject of a sentence. I am working right now. (Here, the first person singular pronoun is used.) You are invited to the party. (Here, the second person singular pronoun is used.) He is a naughty boy...

1. Introduction to Nouns A noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea. For example: He is Ram . (‘Ram’ is the name of a person.) He lives in Kanpur . (‘Kanpur’ is the name of a place.) He likes ice cream . (‘Ice cream’ is the name of a thing.) He thinks honesty is the best policy . (‘Honesty’ and ‘policy’ are the names of ideas.) Sometimes a phrase can perform the role of a noun in a sentence. For example: I saw a ghost in the bed . (Here, the phrase ‘a ghost in the bed’ answers the question ‘what?’. It is the object of the verb ‘saw’. Hence, it is acting as a noun.) Sometimes a clause can perform the role of a noun in a sentence. For example: He saw that you were hiding from your wife . (Here, the clause ‘that you were hiding from your wife’ acts as the object of the verb ‘saw’. You can ask the question ‘He saw what ?’ and get the clause as the answer. Hence, in this sentence, the clause acts as a noun.) 2. Proper, Common, Co...

Author and The Book About the Author :-  Herbert George “H.G.” Wells was a prolific English writer in many genres, including fiction, history, politics, social commentary and even textbooks.  He was born on 21 September 1866 in the United Kingdom. He is remembered for his science fiction novels, which include  The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man  and  The Island of Doctor Moreau . The Invisible Man  is a science fiction novel published in 1897. The title character is  Griffin , a scientist, who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to become invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse the procedure. Book Review :-  The  Invisible Man  is a fascinating piece of science fiction by H. G. Wells. It was first published in 1897. The plot centres on a chemist turned physicist, Griffin, who hits upon a for...