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  1. When Amanda imagines herself as a mermaid, what does the image primarily reveal about her inner desire? Freedom from control Desire for luxury Fear of isolation Need for attention Correct Answer: Freedom from control 2. Why is the contrast between the speaker’s commands and Amanda’s fantasies especially significant? It shows her physical strength It shows her dislike of nature It proves her careless behaviour It reveals her mental escape Correct Answer: It reveals her mental escape ...

Question 1 of 16 Score: 0 1. Combine the following sentences using “whom”. The teacher praised the student. The teacher had taught the student. The teacher praised the student whom she had taught. The teacher praised the student whom she had been taught. The teacher praised the student whom had won the debate. The teacher praised the student whom she has taught. Correct Answer: The teacher praised the student whom she had taught. 2. Change the following sentence into passive voice. The students prepare science models every year. Science models were prepared by the students every year. Science models are prepared by the st...

The Ball Poem — Complete Understanding Central Idea The poem describes a little boy who loses his ball in the harbour. Although the ball is inexpensive and can easily be replaced, the boy experiences deep grief. The poet understands that the boy is ‘not merely mourning the loss of a ball’. He is experiencing, perhaps for the first time, the painful truth that ‘some things once lost cannot simply be brought back by money’. The lost ball becomes a symbol of the things we possess and eventually lose in life. Through this small incident, the boy begins learning the difficult ‘epistemology of loss’—the knowledge and understanding of what it means to lose something and still learn to stand up and continue living.  Why is the boy so upset? The ball itself is not valuable in terms of money. The poet says: A dime, another ball, is worthless. The boy's grief comes from something deeper. The ball has an ‘emotional val...