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Choose a learning path

Build one useful ability through a short sequence of free lessons. English and Hindi, with worked examples and answers.

Choose the ability you want to build. Open any lesson directly, or follow its series in order. Read one explanation, try the task on paper, and compare your reasoning with the answer before moving on.

Stacks of books, wooden catalogue drawers and bookshelves inside the State Central Library in Hyderabad.
State Central Library, Hyderabad; photographed in December 2024. · Saiphani02 · CC BY 4.0

4 LESSONS · SELF-PACED

Read carefully. Express an idea.

Find the main idea, revise a paragraph, take faithful notes and discuss a disagreement.

Start with everyday reading; no specialist vocabulary is assumed.

  1. Read for meaning: main idea, evidence and inference
  2. Write a clear paragraph and revise it
  3. Listen, take useful notes and summarise faithfully
  4. Ask useful questions and disagree respectfully
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A dark grey graphite specimen with a black mechanical pencil laid diagonally across it.
A graphite specimen with a mechanical pencil, from the Auckland Museum collection. · Auckland Museum Collections · CC BY 2.0

4 LESSONS · SELF-PACED

Understand everyday materials

Use particles, properties and bonding to explain materials and their uses.

Begin with the linked atoms lesson if elements and compounds are new to you.

  1. Acids, bases and what indicators can tell us
  2. The periodic table: reading patterns and making predictions
  3. Metals, non-metals and choosing a material
  4. Carbon bonding and everyday compounds
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The circular historic Parliament House in New Delhi behind trees, a road and landscaped gardens.
The historic Parliament House in New Delhi, photographed in 2014. · Nikhil B (Nikhilb239) · CC BY-SA 4.0

4 LESSONS · SELF-PACED

Make sense of public life

Follow a law, identify a local body, read a budget and understand representation.

Beginner explanations; each process has a worked example.

  1. How Parliament makes a law: follow an ordinary Bill
  2. Local government: panchayats, municipalities and everyday services
  3. Read a public budget and ask evidence-based questions
  4. Elections and representation: find reliable voter information
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Make the path fit your circumstances

You can switch between English and Hindi at any lesson. Print a page or save it as a PDF from your browser for later study. For a shared device, take turns explaining one step; a notebook is enough to keep your attempts. Your pace is your own, and reading is never conditional on a donation.

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