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Book Back Questions 1. What disease is Holmes supposed to be suffering from and what are the symptoms? Holmes is supposed to be suffering from a rare and deadly Asian disease which he claims to have contracted during a case at Rotherhithe. According to H...

Book Back Questions 1. Write on the appropriateness of the title “The Death Trap”. The title “The Death Trap” is very appropriate to the play. Prince Dimitri is trapped by his own guards who plan to murder him with the support of Prince Karl. His helples...

Book Back Questions 1. Why did the sisters compete with each other to have the old man with them? The sisters competed with each other to have the old man with them because of selfish reasons. Both Mrs. Slater and Mrs. Jordan were interested in their fat...

Book Back Questions 1. Write an essay on how Little John rescued Robin Hood from the Sheriff’s castle. Little John rescues Robin Hood by using clever planning and disguise. When the Sheriff announces that Robin Hood is captured and will die at sunrise, L...

Book Back Questions 1. ‘Female company is uplifting’ – How is this disproved in the play “The Anniversary”? The play “The Anniversary” clearly disproves the idea that female company is always uplifting. Mrs. Tatiana, the banker’s wife, enters the bank at...

Using Affirmative Sentences Although not essential to conveying clear thought, it would be rather odd if you spoke in only negative sentences, arriving at a point only by denying all other options—such as saying, “The person isn’t a boy,” when you really mean...

The interrogative pronouns who, what, whom, whose, which and the interrogative adverbs where, when, why and how are used to frame information questions. The structure ‘how + an adjective/adverb’ may also be used to frame information questions. Example: Wh...

A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence. Prepositions are usually short words, and they are normally placed directly in front of nouns. In some cases, you’ll find prepositions in front of gerund verbs. ...

Methods of Error Correction 1. Certain nouns possess a singular form but still represent plurality and thus, take a plural verb when used in a sentence. E.g. Cattle, peasantry, people, clergy, police.Thus,The Police has come (Incorrect)The Police have co...

An analogy is a comparison of two things to highlight their similarities. Often the things being compared are very different, but an analogy highlights how they are alike.An analogy is used to compare two ideas in order to explain one. Examples: Cold is to...

A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and an adverb or preposition, for example ‘shut up’ or ‘look after’, which together have a particular meaning. Examples: Phrasal Verb Meaning Example Sentence abide by To respect or obey a decision,...

There are various ways of giving and asking permission. Type 1 May I (please)…? This is usually very polite, and used when you are asking someone who has authority over you for something. To make it even more polite, add the please after asking it. ...

In many languages, adjectives denoting attributes usually occur in a specific order. Generally, the adjective order in English is: Quantity or number Quality or opinion Size Age Shape Color Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, o...

A connective is a word or phrase that links clauses or sentences. Connectives can be conjunctions (eg but, when, because) or connecting adverbs (eg however, then, therefore). Connecting adverbs (and adverbial phrases and clauses) maintain the cohesion of a te...

What is a verb? A verb is one of the main parts of a sentence or question in English. In fact, you can’t have a sentence or a question without a verb! That’s how important these “action” parts of speech are. The verb signals an action, an occurrence, or a s...

Negative sentences state that something is false or basically the opposite of the truth. We are able to create negative sentences with the help of negative words and adding the word not after auxiliary verbs. The following are some of the negative words that w...

REGULAR NOUNS Most singular nouns form the plural by adding –s. EXAMPLES Singular Plural boat boats house houses cat cats river rivers A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding...

Summary Turn yourself into to a well dressed literary genius and learn how to rock it Ernest Hemingway style. When you think about Ernest Hemingway’s style the first thing that comes to mind is his style of writing. Dress is considered an aspect of non-v...