Understanding English well

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For non-native English learning students and candidates, four sections of understanding English well are designed and presented here for your real improvement. The four sections of understanding English well are reading well, learning well, understanding well and grasping text well. Although the page titles or subsection titles look different but practice of all these four sections improves the understanding skill well.

Grasp text well (subsec 1):

Learning English well (subsec 2):

Reading English well (subsec 3):

Understanding English well (subsec 4):

If you are not native English learners; I strongly advice and insist you practice the four lessons and repeat them when you require. The practice helps you acquire the skill of understanding English well. Many have written theories and steps to improve the reading skill, but I designed practical lessons to improve the students and candidates understanding skill well. Although the practice lesions of the understanding English looks time consuming; but, it certainly improves the understanding skills extraordinarily. You too will be surprised after practice of the subdivided sections of the understanding English well.

25.Read the following passive sentences with their transformations into Wh-questions.

* The snake was killed by Arjun.

What was killed by Arjun? The snake.

By whom was the snake killed? By Arjun.

* The babies of birds are given feed by the parent birds..

Who is given feed by the parent birds? The babies of birds.

What is given to the babies of birds by the parents? Feed.

By whom is the babies of birds given feed? The parent birds.

* Mr. Maharjan was appointed the general manager of the bank by the board of directors.

Who was appointed the general manager of the bank? Mr. Maharjan.

What was Mr. Maharjan appointed? The general manager.

By whom was Mr. Maharjan appointed the general manager of the bank?

By the board of the directors of the bank.

26.Make questions about the object complement in the following sentences and give short answer to them like the example (*).

* Mr. Devkota was nominated a participant by the professor.

What was Mr. Devkota nominated by the professor? A participant.

a) Dipti was declared the beauty queen by the team of judges.

b) Mr. Maharjan was designated the general manager and chairman of the bank by the board.

c) Mr. Sharma was entitled a doctor by the Examination Section of the university.

d) Mr. Acharya was appointed a teacher by the principal of the school.

e) Mr. Upadhyaya was selected the general manager of the company by the board.

f) Gopal was declared an excellent student of the school by the teacher's committee.

g) Mr. Maharjan was made the general manager of the bank by the board.

h) Albert Einstein was declared the most genius scientist by American Scientists' Society.

i) The orchard was declared the largest fruit producing one by the fruit growers' society.

27.Make Wh-questions for the passive subject of the following sentences like the examples.

The babies are cared by their parents birds.

Who are cared by their parent birds? The babies.

All the teachers are instructed and guided by the principal of the school.

Who are instructed and guided by the principal of the school? All the teachers.

a) Nectar are collected by field workers.

b) Honey is made by the workers bees.

c) Royal jelly is consumed by queen bee.

d) Vegetables and food grains are grown by all the farmers in the rural areas.

e) Vegetables are brought to cities by farmers and middlemen.

f) Interest rate is determined by the central bank of the country.

g) Dairy products are kept in sale by government and private dairy farms.

h) The dairy products such as cheese, ice cream and yoghurt are made by the government and private dairy factories.

i) The food grains were damaged by the insect population.

j) The eggs are laid by female birds.

28.Make questions for the objects of the sentences of exercise 27 like the examples (*).

The young birds are fed by their parent birds.

By whom are the young birds fed? By parent birds.

Eggs are laid by female birds.

By whom are the eggs laid? By female birds.

29.Make Wh-questions for the direct object of the passive sentences like the examples.

Queen bee is fed royal jelly by workers.

What is the queen bee fed by the workers? Royal jelly.

The bike was given some petrol by the owner.

What was the bike given by the owner? Some petrol.

a) The room was given good cleaning by the Maiya.

a) The men were given the job by their office manager.

c) The dog was given a bath by the children.

d) The pigeons were fed grains by the owner.

e) The children were told folk stories by their father.

f) The watch repairing man was given a few table watches by Gopal.

g) The travellers were asked "where do you belong?" by a policeman.

h) I was presented a watch by Father.

i) The young birds are given feed by their parents.

k) The students are taught English by the principal of the school.

l) The guests were served a very delicious breakfast and supper by the house owner.

m) My friend was given some notebooks, textbooks, a school bag, pencils and erasers by the father.

30.Practice orally to make question and answer them in short.

The following is the important information about Devi's fall. It is called "Patale Chhango" in Nepalese. It is written on the board of Devi's fall in Pokhara, Nepal. This waterfall is underground waterfall. On the 31st of July 1961 while a Swiss couple were having a bath in the stream just above the fall, in the afternoon a sudden flood from Phewa dam swept one of the couple Mrs. Devi away along with the fall and died. Since then this fall has also been called "Devi's fall." The source of the fall is Phewa lake which is situated about 2 km to the north. We can get a big fall during the rainy season (June – September). There is a little water in winter. The depth of the fall is about 100 metre. The water flows through the underground way and out to meet Furse River to the south. The income of this fall has been used in the service and construction work of the fall as well as Shree Chhorepatan Higher Secondary School, Chhorepatan, Pokhara 17.

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