CBSE CLASS 11 ENGLISH

  Class 11 English Hornbill  Notes Lesson-1 The Portrait of a Lady Question 1: The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad. Answer: The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad are: childhood – when he went to the village school and the grandmother helped him to get ready and went to school with him. boyhood – when he went to the city school in a bus. He shared a room with grandmother but she could no longer help him in his studies. early youth – when he went to the university and was given a his own room. Thus,The common link of friendship was snapped.   Question 2: Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school. Answer: The three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school are: 1-She hated western Science and learning. 2-She was sad to know that there was

  CLASS-11 ENGLISH GRAMMAR   Determiners Exercises for Class 11 CBSE Determiners are words which come before nouns. They contain several classes of words, including pronouns and adjectives. They determine or limit the noun by giving some additional information about it. Determiners show whether a noun refers to is a general or a specific object, person, or place. They indicate which or how many things the noun refers to. Determiners define or limit a noun to the singular or plural. They indicate the amount or quantity. Determiners and nouns together make noun phrases. They make noun phrases with adjectives too. Determiners may precede numerals too. Determiners do not describe a noun; they determine or point it out. Look at these: the child every boy some politicians his picture my house those trees no politician some people The words in bold letters are determiners. ♦ Some Important Distinctions Adjectives and Determiners: An adjective is used to limit the application of a nou