Voice Change Level 1 Verb Transformations General Rules: 1. If there is only a 'main verb', use 'am/is/are' for Present Tense and 'was/were' for Past Tense. 2. If the verb has '-ing', use 'being'. 3. If the verb is …
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The Bet Anton Chekhov Summary The Bet tells the story of a wealthy banker and a young lawyer who argue about whether the death penalty is better than life imprisonment. To prove his point, the banker bets two million that the lawyer cannot live in solitary co…
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The Night Train at Deoli RUSKIN BOND When I was at college, I used to spend my summer vacations in Dehra, at my grandmother’s place. I would leave the plains early in May and return late in July. Deoli was a small station about thirty miles from Dehra; it mar…
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OUR CASUARINA TREE TORU DUTT LIKE a huge Python, winding round and round The rugged trunk, indented deep with scars, Up to its very summit near the stars, A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound No other tree could live. But gallantly The giant wears the sc…
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The Sun Rising By John Donne Busy old fool, unruly sun, বয়স্ক ব্যস্ত বোকা সূর্য, তুমি এক দুষ্ট শাসনহীন প্রাণী Why dost thou thus, কেন এমন করছো, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? জানালা আর পর্দার ফাঁক দিয়ে আমাদের ডেকে তুলছো কেন? Must to th…
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Sonnet CXXVII William Shakespeare In the old age black was not counted fair, প্রাচীন কালে কালো রংকে সুন্দর বলে গণ্য করা হতো না, Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name; আর যদি কখনও সুন্দর ধরা হতো, তবু তাকে ‘সৌন্দর্য’ বলা হতো না। But now is black…
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Amoretti LXVII: Like as a Huntsman By Edmund Spenser Like as a huntsman after weary chase, যেমন একজন শিকারি দীর্ঘ ও ক্লান্তিকর শিকারের পরে, Seeing the game from him escap'd away, দেখে যে শিকারটি তার হাতছাড়া হয়ে পালিয়ে গেছে, Sits down to rest him in so…
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