Notes/Meanings: Vocabulary Meanings from ‘His First Flight’ Expression from the Text Meaning when he had taken a little run when he ran a small distance flap his wings move his wings up and down to fly the great expanse of sea stretched down beneath the big wide sea was far below He failed to muster …
Summary: The poem “A Tiger in the Zoo” by Leslie Norris describes the difficult situation of a tiger kept in a cage within a zoo. The poet starts by showing the tiger walking back and forth in its cage, its colourful stripes standing out against the dullness of its captivity. The tiger’s movements are described …
Summary: In the story, a young narrator admits to being a thief when he meets Anil, a kind and simple man about 25 years old. Despite the narrator’s experience in theft, he tries to gain Anil’s trust by engaging him in a conversation about wrestling. Anil, seeming friendly and easy to manipulate, offers the narrator …
Long Walk to Freedom – Lesson Notes Class X · English · First Flight · Chapter 2 Long Walk to Freedom An extract from the autobiography of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Background 01About the Author Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918–2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and statesman who served as the first black President …