Question

Read the following passage carefully. What is the event described in the passage? Guess when it took place. Underline and name the tenses in the following passage. This is a good place to enrich ourselves about plant species which are environment friendly. The residents could gather a lot of information about horticulture at the event. Several states from north India are represented at this event and the florists showcase the best of their horticulture at the show. The organisers said that several events are lined up for Sunday and these include dance, drawing, painting and a fashion show competition, among others. As many as 85 stalls have been put up by florists, gardening equipment wholesalers and seed retailers. Entry to the show has been made free for all. However, this year, it’s the pollution control plants that have been grabbing all eyeballs. All plants emit oxygen, but it was established in a study conducted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration back in 1989 that some indoor plants could be extremely useful in controlling the air pollution by acting as a ‘vacuum cleaner’ against the pollutants and absorbing them. Detox plants, which act as ‘vacuum cleaners’ inside the house, are a hit in the ongoing event. Nature enthusiasts are preferring them for pollution control as well as interior decoration. (Source: Hindustan Times, Saturday, 24 Feb. 2018)

Answer 1

Answer:

According to Oxford Living Dictionaries, to listen is to give attention to sound or action.[1] When listening, one is hearing what others are saying, and trying to understand what it means.[2] The act of listening involves complex affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes.[3] Affective processes include the motivation to listen to others; cognitive processes include attending to, understanding, receiving, and interpreting content and relational messages; and behavioral processes include responding to others with verbal and nonverbal feedback.

What is listening? Edit

Listening differs from obeying. A person who receives and understands information or an instruction, and then chooses not to comply with it or not to agree to it, has listened to the speaker, even though the result is not what the speaker wanted.[4] Listening is a term in which the listener listens to the one who produced the sound to be listened. A Semiotician, Roland Barthes characterized the distinction between listening and hearing."Hearing is a physiological phenomenon; listening is a psychological act." [5] We are always hearing, most of the time subconsciously. Listening is done by choice. It is the interpretative action taken by someone in order to understand and potentially make meaning of something they hear. [6]

Answer 2

This passage describes about various plant species which are environment friendly.

Explanation:

• This passage basically describes about an event that took place based on horticulture. In this event various plant species which are considered as environment friendly are shown.
• Through this event the residents can gather various information based on horticulture. Several events were organized such as drawing, dance, fashion show competition, painting competitions.
• This event mainly focused on those plant which can control pollution. All plants produce oxygen. They act as vacuum cleaner.
• This event took place on 24th of February 2018 that was Saturday. This information was provided in the newspaper Hindustan Times.