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  William Shakespeare Sonne ts About William  Shakespeare :- William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His many works are about life, love, death, revenge, grief, jealousy, murder, magic and mystery. He wrote the blockbuster plays of his day - some of his most famous are Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. William Shakespeare Portrait Sonnet-116 Text:- Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's...

  What is Clause ? The clause expresses a complete thought and stands on its own as a sentence. Clauses शब्दों का वह समहू है जिसमे subject और verb दोनों ही होते हैं । Clause पूरा अर्थ व्यक्त करते हैं। Types of Clause एक complete sentence में दो तरह के Clauses होते है - 1) Independent Clause 2) Dependent Clause/ Subordinate clause Example - I bought a book. मैंने किताब खरीदी। इस sentence में simple sentence या clause के जरूरी तीन elements है - Subject = I ,Verb = bought ,Object = a book अब इस sentence में एक और sentence/ clause जोड़ देते हैं - While my mother drank her tea, (I bought a book.) जब मेरी माँ ने अपनी चाय पी। अब इस sentence में दो clauses है - 1) While my mother drank her tea और 2) I bought a book. पर ये दोनों clauses एक जैसे नहीं हैं, इनमे कुछ difference है। जो हमारा पहला clause था (I bought a book) वो अपने आप में complete था। उसका एक पूरा अर्थ है- मैंने किताब खरीदी। इसे अकेले भी use कर सकते हैं।इसलिए यह एक independent clause है। जबकि दूसरा clause "Whi...

  John Donne's Poem "The Anniversarie" Introduction and Text of the Poem The Anniversary by John Donne is a dramatic lyric in which the poet celebrates his love which is now one year old. In this three-stanza poem, the poet commemorates the first anniversary of seeing his beloved. The poet is the speaker and his beloved is the silent listener in the poem. The central theme of the poem 'The Anniversarie'  is the immortality of true love which transcends death itself.   The poem 'The Anniversary' has thirty lines; ten lines in three stanzas. The rhyme scheme is AABBCCDDDD.  Text :- All Kings, and all their favourites All glory’ of honors, beauties, wits The Sun it selfe, which makes times, as they passe, Is elder by a yeare, now, than it was When thou and I first one another saw: All other things, to their destruction draw, Only our love hath no decay; This, no to morrow hath, nor yesterday, Running it never runs from us away, But tr...

  Use of Already, Still and Yet Already पहले कुछ हुआ था E.g. He has already done the homework, he is watching TV. वह पहले ही होमवर्क कर चुका है, वह टीवी देख रहा है। I have already seen that movie, I don’t want to see it again. मैंने वह फिल्म पहले ही देख ली है, मैं उसे दोबारा नहीं देखना चाहता। Still कुछ ऐसा है जो चल रहा है / समाप्त हो गया है जब यह अपेक्षित था। E.g. Are you still working in the same company? क्या आप अभी भी उसी कंपनी में काम कर रहे हैं? The baby is still crying. बच्चा अभी भी रो रहा है। Yet जो अपेक्षित था वह कुछ हुआ या हुआ नहीं। E.g She won’t have sent the letter yet. उसने अभी तक पत्र नहीं भेजा है। He hasn’t done his homework yet. उसने अभी तक अपना होमवर्क नहीं किया है।

  How to refer to someone's personality Chatterbox Meaning - A person who talks a lot. एक व्यक्ति जो बहुत बातें करता है। Ex :- Your sister's a real chatterbox! 

  Food-related words FOOD TEXTURES The texture is the way food feels when you touch it or eat it. 1. Creamy - मलाईदार Creamy foods are smooth, soft and thick. 2. Crumbly - भुरभुरा Crumbly describes food that falls apart into small pieces when you eat or break it. 3. Crunchy - कुरकुरा Crunchy foods have a hard texture and make a loud sound when chewed. 4. Greasy - चिकना Greasy foods taste very much of oil, and usually leave oil behind. 5. Gooey - लसीला Gooey describes foods that are wet and sticky, often in a positive way. 6. Moist - नम Moist describes foods that are slightly wet and soft. 7. Mushy - गूहेदार Mushy also describes foods that are soft and wet, but usually it is used for food that is not meant to be soft. FOOD FLAVORS Flavors / Flavours are the particular tastes of a food. 1. Sweet - मीठा Sweet foods have a sugary flavor, such as cake, ice cream, chocolate, lollipops and mangoes. 2. Salty - नमकीन Salty is used to describe food that tastes too muc...

  Answer to Common Questions 1. What time is it? कितने बजे हैं ? It's half-past four. (4:30) It's quarter past four. (4:15) It's quarter to 4. (3:45) It's four o'clock. (4:00) I am sorry but I don't know. 2. Why are you studying English? तुम अंग्रेजी क्यों पढ़ रहे हो ? I love learning new languages. So that I can communicate when I travel. For work. 3. So, what have you been  up to lately? और क्या हाल है/ क्या चल रहा है ? Well, have you heard that I moved to a new apartment? What can I say? Nothing too exciting. Things are good—how about you? 4. Would you mind giving  me a hand with this ? क्या आप कृप्या मेरी मदद करेंगें? Sure thing! You got it! I’m afraid I can’t. Maybe (sonam) could, though. 5. What sort of stuff do you do on the weekends? आप weekends पर क्या किया करते हैं ? I usually spend my weekends watching Netflix at home. How about you? For such more basic english knowledge subscribe to englishwithshivani.blogspot.co...