Test 16 Write on one of the following. Use about 200 words. (a) An essay on For a greener tomorrow - say 'no' to polythene You may include the following • environmental issues non decaying material blocking of waterways and sewage system breeding grounds for mosquitoes harmful to animals emission of harmful gases when burnt minimise, reuse, recycle waste material practical solutions reforestration

Which link would readers of this dictionary entry click if they wanted more information about the historical origins of the word language

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Emily is reading her friend's story. it uses transition words like and emily can tell that this story's organization is a) sequence of events b) cause and effect c) compare and contrast d) question and answer