English Five Years.

ENGLISH 2001
Time: 3 hours Max.Marks.75

1. Write an essay of 120 to 150 words on any One of the following topics:-
(10)
i) An Evening at Seaside
ii) My Last Day at School
iii) Importance of Computer in the Modern Life
iv) Earthquakes 2

2. Write an application to the Director of School Education for the post of a teacher.
OR (8)
Write a letter to your friend telling him/her what you did during the summer vacation.
OR
Write a dialogue between two friends discussing the consequences of foreign economic
aid or water shortage in the country.

3. Do as directed:- (15)
i) The rising sun is worshiped by everyone.
(Change the voice.)
(Ans: Everyone worships the rising sun)
ii) Did he fail to notice you when he entered the room?
(Change into Assertive form.)
(Ans: He failed to notice you when he entered the room)
iii) They had already changed their mind.
(Change the voice.)
(Ans: Their mind had already been changed)
iv) He said to the boy. "What are you doing here so far from home?"
(Change into Indirect form)
(Ans: He asked the boy what he was doing there very far from home.)
v) He said to the audience, "Lean talk sound sense whenever I choose."
(Change into indirect form.)
(Ans: He told the audience that he could talk sound sense whenever he chose.)
vi) He longed for a life free from cares and anxieties.
(Make the sentence Interrogative.)
(Ans: Did he long for a life free from cares and anxieties.)
vii) He is not your enemy.
(Make the sentence Affirmative.)
(Ans: He is your enemy.)
viii) The cunning man is deceiving you.
(Change the Voice.)
(Ans: You are being deceived by the cunning man.)
ix) I follow the rules.

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(Change the verb into Present Perfect tense.)

(Ans: I have followed the rules.)
x) A few scholars left Karachi.
(Change the verb into Future tense.)
(Ans: A few scholars will leave Karachi.)
xi) He fell ________ his horse and was killed.
(Insert a Preposition.)
(Ans: He fell from his horse and was killed.)
xii) I poured some water ________ the glass.
(Insert a Preposition.)
(Ans: I poured some water into the glass.)
xiii) I asked my friend if he would join me that evening.
(Change into Direct narration.)
(Ans: I said to my friend, "Will you join me this evening?")
xiv) ________ horses of Arabia are very strong and fast.
(Insert an Article.)
(Ans: The horses of Arabia are very strong and fast.)
xv) he said to his teacher where do the people get their water from
(Punctuate arid use capital letters where necessary.)
(Ans: He said to his teacher, "Where do the people get their water from?")

4. (a) Answer any Six of the following questions in two to three sentences each:-
(12)
i) How did the beggar try to rob the rich man of his horse?
ii) Why did the people of the East have always had a very high regard for teachers?
iii) How do they get such a high produce per hectare from the model farm?
iv) What is meant by dignity of work? How did our Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) set the
examples of dignity work?
v) What were the different entertainments for the people in the village fair?
vi) How is a Nigerian village different from a Pakistani village?
vii) Where is Landikotal? Write a short account of Bilal's and his friends' stay there.
viii) What are the famous crafts of Sindh?
ix) How did King Faisal develop his country?

4. (b) Answer any four of the following questions in two to three sentences each:-
(8)
x) What is the message of the poem "The Voice of God"?
xi) Who wrote the poem "A Nation's Strength"? According to the poet, what makes
a nation strong and respectable?
xii) Who does the poetess praise in the poem 'Beautiful Hands' and why?
xiii) Why should we speak gently to all?
xiv) What lesson did King Bruce learn from the spider?
xv) Write in brief the qualifies of character of young Casablanca.

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5. Fill in any Five blanks choosing the correct answers from the brackets:-
i) Thomas Moore was an________ poet (American, Indonesian, irish)
ii) But the noblest thing which perished there, was that young ________ heart!
(faithful, dutiful, noble)
iii) Khyber Pass is a busy trade ________ (rude, route, root)
iv) The bush area, consists of ________ trees and heavy undergrowth. (shattered,
scattered, withered)
v) In the northern areas of Pakistan are silvery waterfalls and ________ lakes.
(pool, cool, tool)
vi) But earth shall________ in the ray. (listen, mission, glisten)

6. Use any Three of the following idiomatic structures in sentences of your own:-
(3)
i) to run out of;
ii) to make fun of;
iii) to shed crocodile tears;
iv) far and wide;
v) in black and white;
vi) to wind up

7. Translate the following sentences into English:- (5)

.‫ ﺗ ﻢ اﭘﻨ ﺎ وﻗ ﺖ ﺑﺮﺑ ﺎد ﮐ ﺮرﮨﮯ ﮨﻮ‬.1

.‫ زﻟﺰﻟ ہ ﺑﮩ ﺖ ﺷ ﺪﻳﺪ ﺗﻬ ﺎ‬.2
‫ ﮐﻴ ﺎ ﺗ ﻢ ﻧ ﮯ ﺑﻬ ﯽ ﮐﺴ ﯽ ﮐ ﯽ ﻣﺪد ﮐ ﯽ؟‬.3
‫ﻮﻳﮟ ﺻ ﺪﯼ ﻣﻴ ﮟ داﺧﻞ ﮨ ﻮﭼﮑﮯ ﮨﻴ ﮟ‬ ‫ ﮨﻢ اﮐﻴﺴ‬.4
‫ ﮐﻴ ﺎ وﮦ ﮐ ﺎﻟﺞ ﻣﻴ ﮟ داﺧﻠ ہ ﻟ ﮯ رﮨﺎ ﮨﮯ؟‬.5

Answer:-
i) You are wasting your time.
ii) The earthquake was very severe.
iii) Did you, too, help anybody?
iv) We have entered the 21st Century.
v) Is he taking admission in the college?

8. Read the following passage and answer the given questions:- (5)
Often men without worth or merit gain popularity. They please masses by appealing to
their sentiments. Somebody praises them. Then others praise them. Thus they become
popular. The masses are brainless, they blindly follow others. They don't have time and
intelligence to test the merit of others. Persons without merit often get popularity by
continuous propaganda. Against this person of merit often fails to get popularity because
they do not flatter people to please them nor do they carry on propaganda to gain
popularity.
i) What sort of people often gain popularity?

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ii) How do they do so? Explain.

iii) Why does the writer say that masses are brainless?
iv) Why do people of merit often fail to gain popularity?
v) Write the adjective form of 'popularity' and the noun form of 'please'.

9. Write the summary of the following passage reducing it on third of its length:-
Reading is a welcome escape from dullness of daily life. It is an excellent recreation which
rich and poor alike can afford. Moreover a large number of public libraries makes reading
cheaper and easier than ever before. A man who has developed a taste for reading asks
nothing more of life, besides the means of physical well-being if he is provided with books
and time to read them. Reading of newspapers, history, geography, accounts of travels,
drama and above all fiction is a source of keen delight. Millions of men and women
nowadays find delight in reading.

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