Past Perfect and Simple Past
Iswaran the storyteller
Summary of the text ‘Iswaran the storyteller’. The story revolves around a young man named Mahendra, who works as a junior supervisor for a firm that provides supervisors for …
Using either-or
Advanced English – 5 am Club
The little girl
Summary of the text ‘The little girl’ written by Katherine Mansfield The story revolves around a young girl named Kezia and her complex relationship with her father. Kezia is …
Wind (poem)
Summary of the poem ‘Wind’ by Subramania Bharathi: In this poem, the speaker directly addresses the wind, pleading for it to be gentle. The opening lines illustrate the speaker’s …
The Adventures of Toto
Summary of the text: Grandfather bought Toto, a mischievous little red monkey, from a tonga-driver for five rupees. The tonga-driver had kept Toto tied to a feeding-trough, but Grandfather …
The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan
Bismillah Khan and the Shehnai’s Journey Emperor Aurangzeb banned the musical instrument “pungi” due to its harsh sound. However, a barber, belonging to a family of musicians, transformed the …