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It’s raining.
If it has not started raining, but it is likely to, it’s going to rain(soon) / it’s about to rain. When the first raindrops are falling, or are about to fall, it’s beginning/starting to rain, and you need to grab your brolly. The simplest way to tell others about the falling of rain at the…
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Lesson 14: Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur, born in humble surroundings in France, became a pioneering scientist whose work revolutionized medicine. He disproved spontaneous generation, saved France’s silkworm industry, and developed vaccines for anthrax, cholera, and rabies. His patriotism and discoveries inspired future breakthroughs in treating diseases like tuberculosis and typhoid.
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Lesson 13: Sir Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming is best known for his discovery of penicillin. Fleming was born on a farm near Darvel, in Ayrshire, on August 6, 1881. His father died when he was seven years old. At ten, he went to Darvel School from the village school and stayed there till he was twelve. At fourteen, he went…
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Lesson 12: Hitch-Hiking Across the Sahara
When Christopher was a child, every time he was naughty, his foster mother threatened to send him to Timbuktu. Instead of alarming him, the idea aroused in him a keen desire to see distant places.
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Lesson 11: First Year at Harrow
Sir Winston S. Churchill Q. The writer says that the examiners ask questions which students cannot answer and not those that they can answer. Is the complaint just? A. The complaint is fairly just. The examiners try to expose the ignorance of students rather than knowing their knowledge. Q. What sort of questions are asked…
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Lesson 10: The Jewel of the World
Philip K. Hitti Q. Give an account of the early career of Abd-al-Rahman I, his dramatic escape and his adventures in Africa. A. Abd-al-Rahman I belonged to the Umayyad family. When the Abbasids came to power, he and his younger brother escaped to the Euphrates River. The two dashed into the river. The younger brother…