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The Waste Land Explanation with Quiz

The Waste Land Epigraph Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Sibylla ti theleis; respondebat illa: apothanein thelo. [I have seen with my own eyes the Sibyl hanging in a jar, and when the boys asked her “What do you want?” She answered, “I want to die.”] —Petronius, Satyricon Myths and Comments Cumaean Sibyl was the most famous of the Sibyls, the prophetic old women of Greek mythology; she guided Aeneas through Hades in the Aeneid. She had been granted immortality by Apollo, but because she forgot to ask for perpetual youth, she shrank into withered old age and her authority declined.] Let’s Check our Knowledge Who is the narrator of the epigraph?  Ans: Encolpious, He quotes Trimalchios boast Who had become the shrunken insect? Ans. Cumaean Sibyl  What did she deliver from the cave? Ans. Aeneid (The gatekeeper of the hell) and Oracles. Q. What do you know about Sybil?  Old woman Sybil is hanged upside down and...
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Present Simple Tense Affirmative Sentences Video Present Simple Tense Affirmative Sentences  Subject + V-1/V-1(s, es, ies) + Object/Adj. 1st Person : I, We 2nd Peerson: You Third Person: He, She. It. Ram, Sita, Students,People  They V-1 (s, es, ies): 3rd Person and Singular He writes a Letter. They write a letter. Do/ Does +not +V-1 He does not write a letter. I do not write a letter. 1. They wish to speak to you. (He) He wishes to speak to you. 2. Buses pass my nouse every hour. Bus passes my house every hour. 3. They help their father. (He) 4.We change planes at Heathrow. She changes planes at heathrow. 5.  You watch to much TV. (He) 6. They worry to much. (He) worries 7. I cash a cheque every month. (He) cashes 8. I always carry an umbrella. (She)  always carries  9. They wash the floor every week. (She) washes 10. His sons go to the local school. His son  goes 11. These hens lay brown eggs. This hen lays……. 12. Rubber balls bounce. Rubber ball bounces 1...

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Put in the correct prepositions or adverbs. 1 He broke... completely on hearing of his daughter's death. 2 Hè wasn't rich by any means, but he never turned...one who needed help. 3 On his way to work he called... the florist's and ordered a dozen red roses. 4 Burglars broke..the house and stole some jewellery. I turned... (refused) the job because it was badly paid. 6 We called...a specialist when he grew worse. 7 When the police questioned him he broke... and confessed.  8 Turn the radio if you're not listening. 9 War broke...1939. 10. The secretary was then called... to read the minutes. 11. he carried on the business alone for years before his health broke.... 12 The lion turned..the lion-tamer and knocked him senseless.  13 Can you be ready at six? He is calling... us then to take us Out. 14 Mary has broken... her engagement to Charles.  15 I haven't much time for housework butI try to turn... one room in in the house every week. 16. She called... for a few minu...

The Waste Land

  Epigraph •        Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Sibylla ti theleis; respondebat illa: apothanein thelo. •        [I have seen with my own eyes the Sibyl hanging in a jar, and when the boys asked her “What do you want?” She answered, “I want to die.”] •        —Petronius, Satyricon Myths and Historical Comments •        Cumaean Sibyl was the most famous of the Sibyls, the prophetic old women of Greek mythology; she guided Aeneas through Hades in the Aeneid. She had been granted immortality by Apollo, but because she forgot to ask for perpetual youth, she shrank into withered old age and her authority declined.] Burial of the Dead         Epigraph, The Sybil of Cumae •     ...