List of top English Questions

What did the dogs in Galle do?
What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?
How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?
Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?
Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?
What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?
What is Connie’s Christmas present? Why is it “the best Christmas present in the world”?
Why do Jim and Hans think that games or sports are good ways of resolving conflicts? Do you agree?
For how long do you think Connie had kept Jim’s letter? Give reasons for your answer.
Why do you think the desk had been sold, and when?
Who did Connie Macpherson think her visitor was?
How old was Mrs Macpherson now? Where was she?
Why did the author go to Bridport?
Had Hans Wolf ever been to Dorset? Why did he say he knew it?
What jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson have when they were not soldiers?
Why was the letter written — what was the wonderful thing that had happened?
What did the author find in a junk shop?
How do you usually understand the idea of ‘selfishness’? Do you agree with Kisa Gotami that she was being ‘selfish in her grief ’?
Match the phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
 
AB
(i) broke out(a) an attitude of kindness, a readiness to give freely
(ii) in accordance with(b) was not able to tolerate
(iii) a helping hand(c) began suddenly in a violent way
(iv) could not stomach(d) assistance
(v) generosity of spirit(e) persons with power to make decisions
(vi) figures of authority(f) according to a particular rule, principle, or system
What does Chubukov at first suspect that Lomov has come for? Is he sincere when he later says “And I’ve always loved you, my angel, as if you were my own son”? Find reasons for your answer from the play.
Why do you think Kisa Gotami understood this only the second time? In what way did the Buddha change her understanding?
What does Kisa Gotami understand the second time that she failed to understand the first time? Was this what the Buddha wanted her to understand?
Kisa Gotami again goes from house to house after she speaks with the Buddha. What does she ask for, the second time around? Does she get it? Why not?
When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?
What does Valli mean when she says, “I was just agreeing with what you said about things happening without our knowledge.”