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       English (Precis & Composition)
       By: SAJID SAEED Date: March 4, 2016, 1:12 am
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       Total Marks: 100
       Time Allowed: 3 hours
       The examination in this subject will be based upon a paper
       carrying 100 marks to test the candidate's abilities to handle
       Precis Writing, Reading Comprehension, Sentence Structuring,
       Translation, Grammar and Vocabulary.
       I. Precis Writing (20 marks)
       A careful selected passage with an orientation of generic
       understanding and enough flexibility for compression shall be
       given for précising and suggesting an appropriate title. Out of
       the total 20 marks allocated to this question, 15 shall go to
       précising the text and 5 to suggesting the title.
       II. Reading Comprehension (20 marks)
       A carefully selected passage that is rich in substance but not
       very technical or disciplinespecific shall be given, followed by
       five questions, each carrying 4 marks.
       III. Grammar and Vocabulary (20 marks)
       Correct usage of Tense, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions,
       Punctuation, Phrasal Verbs, Synonyms and Antonyms etc.
       IV. Sentence Correction (10 marks)
       The sentences shall be given each having a clear structural flaw
       in terms of grammar or punctuation. The candidates shall be
       asked to rewrite them with really needed correction only,
       without making unnecessary alterations. No two or more sentences
       should have exactly the same problem, and 2-3 sentences shall be
       based on correction of punctuation marks.
       V. Grouping of Words (10 marks)
       A random list of twenty words of moderate standard (neither very
       easy nor utterly unfamiliar) shall be given, to be grouped by
       the candidates in pairs of those having similar or opposite
       meaning, as may be clearly directed in the question.
       VI. Pairs of Words (10 marks)
       Ten pairs shall be given of seemingly similar words with
       different meanings, generally confused in communication, for
       bringing out the difference in meaning of any five of them by
       first explaining them in parenthesis and then using them in
       sentences.
       VII. Translation (10 marks)
       Ten short Urdu sentences involving structural composition,
       significant terms and figurative/idiomatic expressions shall be
       given, to be accurately translated into English.
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