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Ye Children, Hearken Unto Me David, fresh from another close encounter with Saul’s men, shares his advice for living a charmed life.
Posted Today • The Copy Book
Look Upon This Picture Hamlet cannot understand what his mother could possibly see in his uncle Claudius.
Posted Yesterday • The Copy Book
Metaphors Rewrite these sentences, substituting each metaphor with another of similar meaning.
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Vocabulary Compose sentences to illustrate the meaning of these words.
Posted Yesterday • Think and Speak
Outbreak John Galsworthy shared his unease at the rise of two competing forms of national speech.
Posted January 26 • The Copy Book
Verbs and Nouns Separate these words into two groups, nouns, and nouns that are also verbs. Which one’s the odd-one-out?
Posted January 26 • Think and Speak
The Peacock Throne The dazzling throne of the Mughal Emperors has vanished from history, but not before Abdul Hamid Lahori had seen it.
Posted January 25 • The Copy Book
Description Think of three different kinds of clock or bag, and write sentences to distinguish them.
Posted January 24 • Think and Speak
Hat Think of three different kinds of clock or bag, and write sentences to distinguish them.
Posted January 24 • Think and Speak
Rich Harmony John Galsworthy urges the English to love their language as they love their country.
Posted January 23 • The Copy Book
Expression Compare these five ways of saying the same thing, and say what each one adds.
Posted January 22 • Think and Speak
Anything to Declare? When the residents of Miramont Place in Pimlico declare independence, they mean to be taken seriously.
Posted January 22
Servants of the People A US Congressman tells the House why they mustn’t censor the press.
Posted January 22 • The Copy Book
How the Cobra Got His Spectacles John Wood shares the wonder of the Indian cobra’s hood, in science and in myth.
Posted January 21 • The Copy Book
