How I Spent the Weekend Nothing extraordinary happened last weekend. It was just like any other ordinary weekend. I got up later than usual on Saturday morning. After breakfast, I went over to my friend Arun’s house and spent some time reading comics there. Arun has tons of comics. His father buys the latest for him. Being his friend, I get to read them too. We read comics till lunch time....

Preparing for an Examination The Final Examination is just a couple of months away. It is important that I do well. So I have to prepare for it. In other words I need to revise and study whatever I have learned through the year. First of all I have to prepare a time – table of study so that I can divide my time properly for the various subjects. I shall...

Teacher’s Day On 5th September every year, we celebrate Teachers’ Day in honour of the teachers who spend so much time teaching us so many things. This year, Teachers’ Day began with a school assembly in the where the headmaster delivered a speech. After that we adjourned to our classes, not to have lessons , but enjoy ourselves. My classmates gave a small party for the teachers who taught us. Each...

A Visit to the Market  I accompanied my mother to the central market to buy some groceries that she needed for the coming New Year. When we arrived at the market we could not find a place to park the car. So we waited patiently for about ten minutes before someone vacated a parking space and we moved in. Coming to the market just before a festive season was not a...

The Importance of Physical Exercise Each of us has a physical body made of muscles, blood, bones and various other living tissues. When any of these are injured  or not working properly, then we get ill. Nobody likes to be ill. So it is important that we keep our body healthy. Exercising the body is one way of keeping it healthy. If we do not exercise then our muscles become weaker...

The Newspaperman The newspaperman delivers newspapers to us and many other houses in the neighbourhood. I hear his motorcycle every morning when he comes to deliver the daily paper. He comes promptly at 6.30 a.m. every morning, rain or shine, unless something extraordinary prevents him from doing so. He is so regular and prompt that I do  not need any alarm clock to wake up. At six- thirty, the neighbours’ dog...

The Day I Won a Prize  I was never a great athlete but I managed to win a prize once. It happened on a school Sports Day when I was asked to represents my house in the Long Jump. There were no other suitable ones,  and I , being the tallest of my friends, was promptly sent to the Long Jump Pit. My House- master reckoned I might have a chance...