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Time: 3 hours

2002
Max.Marks.75

1. Write an essay of 120 to 150 words on any One of the following topics:(10) i) ii) iii) iv) Importance of Computer Education. An Interesting Journey. A Hot Day in Karachi. Pakistan Day Celebrations.

2. Write an application to the Headmaster/headmistress of your school to allow your class to visit a historical place. OR Write a letter to the Executive District Officer Education, City Government Karachi requesting him to preside over the annual function of your school. OR Write a dialogue between a father and his son on getting up early in the morning. 3. Do as directed:i) ________ word to ________ wise is sufficient. (Insert suitable articles). (Ans: A word to the wise is sufficient.) ii) We are accountable ________ God ________ our actions. (Insert appropriate preposition) (Ans: We are accountable to God for our actions.) iii) You are requested to the right. (Change the voice) (Ans: Please walk to the right.) iv) The Major said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening." (Change the form of narration) (Ans: The Major said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that evening.) v) She congratulated me on my brilliant success. (Change the verb into past perfect tense). (Ans: She had congratulated me on my brilliant success.) vi) You are not playing cricket. (Change the voice). (Ans: Cricket is not played by you.) vii) He proposed that they should wait for the award. (Change the form of narration). (Ans: He said to them, "you should wait for the award.") viii) He reads round the clock. (Make the sentence interrogative) (Ans: Does he read round the clock?) (15) (8)

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I went home. (Make the sentence negative). (Ans: I did not go home.)

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He has passed the examination. (Change the verb into present indefinite tense). (Ans: He passes the examination.)

xi)

The teacher said, "Man is mortal." (Change the form of narration). (Ans: The teacher said that man is mortal.)

xii)

He did not tell a lie. (Change into affirmative form). (Ans: He told a lie.)

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One who can neither read nor write. (Suggest one word for the expression) (Ans: Illiterate.)

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May God protect us ________ all harms. (Insert a suitable preposition) (Ans: May God protect us from all harms.)

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we require honest obedient healthy educated young men (Punctuate and use capital letters, where necessary) (Ans: We require honest, obedient, healthy, educated young men.)

4. (a) Answer any Six of the following questions in two to three sentences each:i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) vii) viii) ix) How did the Caliph discover the real owner of the horse? What are the natural resources of Saudi Arabia? What do you learn from the life of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)? When do we use metre, kilogram and litre? How old is the civilization of the valley of Mehran? What arc the famous crafts of this valley? Why is the name 'Punjab' given to that province? Why do the bush dwellers use wood for lighting and heating purposes? What does everyone do in China? What is the difference between old and modern methods of farming?

4. (b) Answer any Four following two to three sentences:i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) What did God advise the poet? Who wrote the poem, 'Little Things'? What makes our world Eden? Who is a tramp? What was the tramp doing when the railway carriage passed by? What kind of men can lift their country to the sky? Why does the poetess compare mother's hands to a rainbow? What future does the poet promise for us in the poem 'There is a Good Time coming'?

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5. Fill in any Five blanks choosing the correct answer for each from the brackets:i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) Brave men who work while others ________ (sleeps, weep, smile). The rocky area is mostly ________ (agricultural, barren, narrow) Sultan Nasir-ud-Din earned his living by making ________ (caps, maps, bats) Success begins with a fellow's will It's all in the state of ________ (mind, kind, find). Charles Mackay was born in the year ________ A.D. (1828, 1889, 1814) The highest place along the Pass is ________. (Jamrod, Landikotal, Torkham) 6. Use any Three of the following idiomatic structures in sentences of your own:(3) i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) To save for a rainy day, To see eye to eye with someone, Under one's nose, To be at a loss, With open arms, To nip in the bud. (5) . 1. 2. 3.

7. Translate the following sentences into English:-

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.4. .5. Answer: i) ii) iii) iv) v) It has been drizzling since morning today. Pakistan will prosper. Let us open our books. May God bless you with success. By this time, tomorrow, you would have reacted home.

8. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:This universe is a very strange kind of place. The empty spaces in the universe are immeasurable. The distance from our sun to the nearest star is 4.2 light years. This is in spite of the fact that we live in a very crowded part of the universe, namely Milky Way which is a collection of about 300,000 million stars. About 30 million similar collections are known to exist in the universe.

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i) ii) iii) iv) v)

What is immeasurable in the universe? What is the distance between the sun and the nearest star? What do you mean by the Milky Way? How many Milky Ways are known to exist? Write the noun forms of 'measure' and 'exist'.

9. Write the summary of the following passage reducing it to about one-third of the original length:The word victory is generally associated in our mind with war and calls up vision of battles, bloodshed and conquest by force, and we think of war as a glorious thing because of its famous victories and splendid triumphs. But when we think of the achievements of great man ----- statesmen, scholars, social reformers, scientists, explorers, discoverers, and honest workers for the betterment of the human race and the progress of civilization of the world, we realize that the victories of peace are even more glorious than the victories of war.

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