The Assimilators

‘While I don't want to  turn this book into an advertisement for service agencies, I do have to say that my experience of adopting children through the mail has been extremely positive. No, you don’t actually adopt a child, but you do get to help out while, at the same time, getting to know them. The experience has brought tremendous joy and satisfaction to my entire family. My six year old daughter has an adoptee, and has enjoyed and learned from the experience a great deal. My daughter and her pal regularly write to each other, and draw pictures that we hang up. They enjoy hearing about each other’s lives.  Each month you contribute a very small amount of money to the agency in charge of helping the children. The money is used to help the children and their parents with the necessities of life, which makes sending the children to school and caring for their needs a little easier.  I think that the reason we enjoy this type of giving so much is that it’s interactive. So often, whe

Sometimes learners often have problems distinguishing between them. ‎ Refuse: Say firmly that you will not do it. Roman: Inkar kar dena / mana karna, Example: 1. She refused to go with me. Usne mere sath jane se inkar kar dia. 2. We offered him a car but he refused it. Hum ne use car offer ki lekin mana kar dia. Deny: To say that something is not true. Roman: Manne se inkar karna. Example: 1. He denied the truth. Us ne such manne se inkar kar diya. 2. He denied his son's fault. Us ne apny betey ke ghalti manne se inkar kar diya. Note:‎ One useful way of remembering the difference between 'refuse and deny' is to look at their opposite meanings. Opposite  of ' Refuse ' is ' Accept '. Opposite of  'Deny' is 'Admit'. Written By Miss Yusra Zia (ESL teacher)