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UNIT 1 | Practicing Cleanliness
Cleanliness means that there is no dirt, no dust, no stains, and no bad smells. The goals of cleanliness are health, beauty, absence of offensive odor, and avoiding the spreading of dirt and contaminants to oneself and others. Cleanliness gives rise to a good character by keeping the body, mind, and soul clean and peaceful. Maintaining cleanliness is the an essential part of healthy living because it is the cleanliness only which helps to improve our personality by keeping clean externally and internally.
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1.1 Reading Comprehension A Visit to the Park
02:05
1.2 Speaking: Seek and Respond
05:53
1.3 Language Practice: Must, Must not, Should, Should not | Modal Verbs
05:15
Grammar Lessons | Present Continuous Tense
05:01
1.5 Study Skills: Cloze Passage
02:03
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
00:58
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Modals & Auxiliaries
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 2 | Understanding Physical Well Being
"What is wellbeing? Wellbeing is personal and subjective, but it also universally relevant. Wellbeing encompasses the environmental factors that affect us, and the experiences we have throughout our lives. These can fall into traditional policy areas of economy, health, education, and so on. But wellbeing also crucially recognizes the aspects of our lives that we determine ourselves: through our own capabilities as individuals; how we feel about ourselves; the quality of the relationships that we have with other people; and our sense of purpose."
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2.1 Reading Comprehension: A Dream that Brought a Big Change
02:06
2.2 Speaking: Showing Willingness and Unwillingness to do Something
16:04
2.3 Language Practice: Pronouns as Reference Words
05:54
Past Continuous Tense
05:23
2.4 Writing: Describing an Object
00:00
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
03:04
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Past Continuous Tense
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 3 | Patience
"Patience is the ability to wait calmly for or through something. If it is a virtue, it seems likely that there must be some element of suffering in the waiting, even if the suffering is only boredom and not necessarily physical pain. Some commentators have suggested that patience is not a single virtue, but a combination of others, including: Self-control, to be able to control our own reactions to the situation, and endure it without complaint; Humility, to accept that you are no more important than anyone else, and there is no particular reason why you should not wait; and Generosity, to smile at the world even when it seems to be conspiring against you."
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3.1 Reading Comprehension: Try Again
01:21
3.2 Speaking: Agree or Disagree Politely
00:00
3.3 Language Practice: Nouns
00:00
3.4 Writing: Describing an Animal By Using Simple Present
06:44
3.5 Study Skills: Cloze Passage
04:47
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
01:14
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Simple Present Tense
10:00
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 4 | The Value of Labor
"Every individual on earth deserves equal respect and harmony to be catered to. This vast topic deals with the importance of labor hood, the dignifying role of labor & their determination & devotion towards society. The value of labor can only be understood when their endless efforts will be recognized globally."
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4.1 Reading Comprehension: Diary Entry
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4.2 Language Practice: Noun Gender
11:20
4.3 Writing: Narrative Writing
00:00
4.4 Writing Practice: How to write a story
00:00
4.5 Basic Grammar | Using Conjunctions
05:30
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
07:13
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Story Elements
15:00
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 5 | Knowing Children From Other Nations
"Child development is a dynamic, interactive process. Every child is unique in interacting with the world around them, and what they invoke and receive from others and the environment also shape how they think and behave. Children growing up in different cultures receive specific inputs from their environment. For that the reason is there’s a vast array of cultural differences in children’s beliefs and behavior."
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5.1 Language Practice: Preposition of Time
00:00
5.2 Writing: Autobiography
03:29
5.3 Reading Comprehension | Children From Different Countries
00:00
5.4 Fun with Verbs
05:04
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
01:29
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Prepositions
10:00
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 6 | Learning Through Personal Interests, Abilities And Hobbies
"I’ve always maintained that the only way to learn something properly is to get out there and do it. No one learned surfing by, pardon the pun, surfing the web. Sportspeople don’t learn new skills and advantages by reading instructions from a book; they train and make mistakes. Hobbies are a fantastic way of learning, simply because people get out there and actually practice their chosen discipline and experience trial and error, whether it is flower arrangers, woodworkers, or people who tinker with old tape players."
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6.1 Reading Comprehension: Yes, You Can
02:26
6.2 Language Practice: Wh Question Words
05:24
6.3 Writing a Descriptive
09:03
6.4 Grammar: Parts Of Speech
00:00
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
01:19
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Descriptive Basics
10:00
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
English – VI
About Lesson

About The Poet

William Edward Hickson (7 January 1803 – 22 March 1870), commonly known as Richman Hopson and W. E. Hickson, was a British educational writer. He was the author of “Time and Faith” and was the editor of The Westminster Review (1840–1852). He wrote part of the Official Peace Version of the British national anthem, approved by the Privy Council, found in the 1925 edition of Songs of Praise and, with one line changed, in the 1933 edition.

Life

William was the son of Edward Hickson, a boot and shoe manufacturer of Smithfield, London. Having studied schools in The Netherlands and Germany, he retired from the family business in 1840 to concentrate on philanthropic pursuits: particularly the cause of elementary education.[1] He became editor and proprietor of The Westminster Review which was notable for its commitment to legislative reform and popular education.

Hickson died at Fairseat, Stansted, Kent, where he was buried.

Legacy

Hickson is credited with popularizing the proverb:

‘Tis a lesson you should heed:
Try, try, try again.
If at first you don’t succeed,
Try, try, try again.

The proverb can be traced back to the writings of Thomas H. Palmer in his Teacher’s Manual, and The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat.[3]

Works
  • The singing master (1836)
  • Dutch and German schools (1840)
  • Part Singing (1842)
  • Time and faith – 2 vols. (1857)
Try Again
By William Hickson

‘Tis a lesson you should heed–
            Try again;
If at first, you don’t succeed,
            Try again.
Then your courage should appear;
For if you will persevere,
You will conquer, never fear,
            Try again.

Once or twice though you should fail,
If you would at last prevail,
            Try again.
If we strive, ’tis no disgrace
Though we did not win the race–
What should you do in that case?
            Try again.

If you find your task hard.
            Try again;
Time will bring you your reward,
            Try again;
All that other folk can do,
Why with patience should not you?
Only keep this rule in view,
            Try again.

Try Again – Summary
“Try again: you have millions of alternatives. Fill yourself with the bullets of hope and you will kill failure with one shot.”

“Try Again” is written by W.E. Hickson. The poem teaches us a lesson of trying again and again. The poet says that we should not give up trying again and again. It is the only key to success. The message of the poem is universal. If we fail to get our goal, we should not lose heart. We shall succeed if we continue trying again and again. Remember, a person fails only when he admits that he has failed. It takes time to learn.

The poet is of the view that when the world says, “Give up”, hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places. So, we should keep up trying again and again to cross this road. We should not be worried about failure. Failure is a good teacher. Failure is not a disgrace because we learn from our mistakes. In this way, we try again and succeed. That is why we should keep on trying until we succeed.

“To succeed, you must never stop trying.”

The language of the poem is simple but the message of the poem is unique and thought-provoking. In short, ‘try again’ is the golden rule to succeed.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

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