Category: English (Precis and Composition)
English (Precis and Composition)
Total marks: 100
Check each of these sentences for faulty use of adjectives and adverbs. Write the correct word in the spaces provided. Some sentences are correct.
1. The nurse felt bitterly that she had contracted AIDS from a patient.
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2. There is simply no justification for the judge’s ruling.
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3. Meredith’s bike is old, but it rides smooth.
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4. The soprano sang the aria beautiful, in spite of her head cold.
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5. The black Mercedes drove slow up the gravel driveway.
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Find nonstandard, colloquial, and redundant usages in the following sentences. Write the standard words or phrases in the spaces provided. Some sentences may be correct; some may contain more than one error.
1. A bale of hay dropped off the truck on the way to Dover.
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2. Bruno flunked his driving test three times before he secured a licence.
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3. Mrs. Grant felt plenty scared to go into that cave because of the snake.
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4. This plate is an exactly identical replica of those that Willie stored in the attic.
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5. At the reunion, a dozen people sat in a circle and told stories about each other.
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What is the synonym of PONDER?
(a) Increase
(b) Anticipate
(c) Evaluate
(d) Think
Answer: (d).
Ponder and Think meaning غور کرنا سوچنا تدبر کرنا
What is the synonym of Wary?
(a) Tired
(b) Distorted
(c) Vigilant
(d) Sad
Answer: (c).
Wary and Vigilant meaning خبردار محتاط چونکنا چوکس
What is the synonym of TENACITY?
(a) Ingratitude
(b) Tendency
(c) Perseverance
(d) Splendour
Answer: (c).
Tenacity and Perseverance meaning ثابت قدمی استقامت
What is the synonym of REPUGNANCE?
(a) Loathing
(b) Renewal
(c) Tenacity
(d) Belligerence
Answer: (a).
Repugnance and Loathing meaning شدید نفرت تنفر حقارت کے ساتھ نفرت انتہائی نفرت ناگوار ی نفرت
What is the synonym of ADMONISH?
(a) Reprimand
(b) Dismiss
(c) Curse
(d) Punish
Answer: (a).
Admonish and Reprimand meaning سرزنش کرنا جھاڑنا لتاڑنا ڈانٹنا
English Grammar: Idioms And Phrases (“Set-H/I”) | for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS
Hang one’s head:
(To look ashamed or embarrassed) – we all hung our heads when our team was last in the competition.
Hard and fast:
(Strict) – There are some hard and fast rules in every walk of life, and we must follow them.
Have a bone to pick:
(Have a cause of complaint) – I’ve a bone to pick with you about your behaviour yesterday.
Have one’s back to the wall:
(To be in a very difficult or desperate situation) – He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.
Head or tail:
(Any sense) – I could not make head or tail of his account of the accident.
High and Dry:
(out of water; in a dry place; safe) – Just where the eastern curve begins stands Kingscliff, a cluster of white cottages, fronted by a white beach, whereon some half-dozen of stout fishing-smacks are hauled up high and dry.
English Grammar: Idioms And Phrases (“Set-G”) | for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS
Generation gap
(The difference between the attitudes of young and old people) – The generation gap often causes young boys and girls run away from home.
Get off the track
(Be diverted from the main subject of discussion) Let’s not get off the track. We’re talking about films, and not TV programmes.
Get on one’s nerves
(Annoy one to the extent of causing nervous irritation) – The constant howling of that dog gets on my nerves.
Get the better of
(Overcome, defeat, win) – My wife always gets the better of our quarrels.
Get to the bottom of
(To discover the explanation of the real facts of (a mystery etc.) – I’ll get to the bottom this affair if it takes me a year!
List of Irregular Verbs
| Present | Past | Past Participle
(Add have, has, or had) |
| Awake | awoke | awakened |
| Bear | bore | borne |
| Beat | beat | beat |
| Begin | began | begun |
| bid (to command) | bade | bidden |
| Bite | bit | bitten |
| Break | broke | broken |
| Bring | brought | brought |
| burn | burnt or burned | burnt or burned |
| burst | burst | burst |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| dive | dived or dove | dived |
| dream | dreamt or dreamed | dreamt or dreamed |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drown | drowned | drowned |
| dwell | dwelt or dwelled | dwelt or dwelled |
| fight | fought | fought |
| flee | fled | fled |
| fling | flung | flung |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| get | got | got or gotten |
| hang(a thing) | hung | hung |
| hang(a person) | hanged | hanged |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| lend | lent | lent |
| lie(to recline) | lay | lain |
| lie (to tell an untruth) | lied | lied |
| put | put | put |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| set | set | set |
| shine (intransitive) | shone | shone |
| shrink | shrank or shrunk | shrunk or shrunken |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| slay | slew | slain |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spit | spit or spot | spit or spot |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| sting | stung | stung |
| strive | strove or strived | striven or strived |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| swim | swam | swum |
| swing | swung | swung |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tread | trod | trod or trodden |
| wake | woke or waked | waked or woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| write | wrote | written |
English Grammar: Idioms And Phrases (“Set-E/F”) | for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS
Eat one’s heart out:
(To make oneself ill by being unhappy, by longing for something one cannot have etc.) – The little girl was eating her heart out because she was not allowed to have a dog.
Every now and then:
(frequently, after the lapse of short intervals) – Every now and then a countryman would burst into tears.
Last Hour Revision Plan
Before English Precis & Composition paper
1.Precis Making Rules
Go through all the rules of precis making.
2. Conversion of Narration Rules
Go through all the rules of conversion of narration once again.
3. No need to prepare for things like paragraph comprehension, translation, sentence correction and punctuation etc you will do great in them.
4. After doing the above things dedicate all the remaining time on preparation of vocabulary for that no need to read words rather go to Youtube and listen/watch various CSS related vocabulary videos as much as you can in the left over time. The chances of retention via watching+listening+reading a video are far greater than only reading through any book or list. Watch a video twice if you think it has very important words but not more than that. Remember these solid 30 marks (20 for objectives and 10 for pair of words/idioms) which are related to vocabulary are crucial on how well you perform in the paper. Try to take maximum marks out of them.
5. Have faith in Allah and your hard work, you will perform well.
6. Take a good 7 to 8 hours sleep before exam. It is of paramount importance to go in paper with fresh mind.
Good Luck!
Regards
Malik Hassan Ali (CSS-2018 Written Qualifier)
Precis Writing Rule 1
Read the given passage carefully at least three times in order to be able to grasp what the writer has said or grasp the main idea.
Precis Writing Rule 2
Underline the important points to be included in your précis. A point is important if it is intimately connected with the main subject and if it is essential for a clear exposition of the theme.
Precis Writing Rule 3
Use your own language in the précis. While words and phrases from the original may be used in the précis, whole sentences should never be left out of the original to be included in it.