Directions - First, you have to read the paragraph silently to yourself. Then, you will have one minute to read the paragraph aloud with expressions which is given below:
1. The Coffee Incident
I once tried to give up coffee for a week. By day two, my
brain was staging a protest. I was holding full conversations with my mug, apologizing
to it
like we'd broken up over something petty. On day three, I swear I could smell coffee
three
houses away. By day four, I was googling “Can caffeine withdrawals cause hallucinations
of
espresso machines?” Day five? I ran out of excuses and dignity. I crawled back to the
kitchen, whispering, “I'm sorry. I was wrong. Take me back.”
2. Zoom Meeting Realities
Zoom meetings are a special kind of chaos. You spend half the time pretending your mic
“isn't working” and the other half watching someone forget theirs is working. There's
always that one person whose background is suspiciously tropical, even though they swear
they're “still working.” And don't get me started on people talking while muted — it's
like modern mime art. Everyone's nodding politely while no one hears a thing'
3. The Universal Sock Mystery
Where do the other socks go? I start with two, put them in the washing machine, and poof
— one vanishes. I'm convinced there's a sock dimension out there, just overflowing with
perfectly good left socks. Somewhere, a scientist is trying to explain dark matter, and
the answer is literally just socks. Meanwhile, my drawer is a graveyard of unmatched
loners living in hope.
Here are 2 exercises which will test your vocabulary.
1. Read the following statement carefully and fill up the blanks from the given options:
1. As _________ evolved and eventually moved to cities, close proximity _______ how we
viewed
and assessed each________ .
2. _________, medicine has been operated by trial and error, in other words, _______.We
know by now that there can be entirely ________ connections between symptoms and treatment,
and some medications succeed in medical trials for mere random reasons.
3. While start-ups have _______reach, they introduce ________ products, they open-up
_________markets.
4. The students __________the teacher on teacher's day for twenty years of dedicated
teaching.
5. What is the fear of open spaces called?
Correct Answer :
1. Generations, changed, other
2. Historically, arbitrarily, fortuitous
3. Limited, when, innovative, new
4. Felicitated
5. Agoraphobia
2. Read the words below and check your pronunciation skills:
Correct Answer :
Leh-shur
Mis-chuh-vuhs
Nich
Zhahn - ruh
Joo-uhl-ree
Wenz-day
Ar-kahyv
Ath-leet
Keen-wah
Boo-kay
Klee-shay
Kur-nuhl
Koo-pon
Dih-zurt
Feb-roo-ar-ree