Q.No: 01 Make a précis of the following passage and give a suitable title:

Almost every sensible and responsible person has some goal to achieve. He takes it as a target to reach an aim to fulfill. Therefore, he makes some plan in right earnest and materialize his ain Or object. Goal is obviously a well-thought and well-planned purpose for which man strives, ultimately wins it, provided everything goes well and he does not give up.

Pursues it and Plan is a systematic arrangement of some object to achieve something in a given period o involves methods, steps, strategy and way out to get something for which man aspires. time. It upon the planner’s will power, determination and intelligence as to how he puts everything plan depends in right order at the right time. A proverb says, “Strike the iron while it is hot”. It means a good planner should make best of the opportunity as soon as he gets it. Another proverb says, “Make hay while the sun shines”. It means one should avail oneself of a favorable opportunity well in time. Another proverb says, “A bird in hand is worth two in the bush”. It means ‘whatever one has at one’s disposal it is the best and can do well – at least for the time being. A long waiting for a better chance and missing the good one, leaves one devoid of either. Such uncertain and hesitating situation tantalizes man and invokes frustration and unrest in him. It is, therefore, wise to utilize the available opportunity to its best, and whatever is at man’s disposal at the moment should be availed of, rather than sitting idle and wavering vain. 

Proper role at the proper time plays a vital part for a man of action. Since excess of everything is »bad, man should adopt moderation and prove himself determined and committed at all. When it comes to a positive action, he should be decisive and determined. leave him beaten or failed. His role as a wel slight hesitation and infirmity of willpower might -organized man of action can win him laurels. The moment he believes that he can win what he aspire and endeavors for he gets it. It is a state of mind and determination that enables man of action to paves way to a sure success that lies ahead achieve a brilliant success. So a moderate and definite plan plays part of a mover and potent doer of a man, who thinks he can make difficult things possible. He- who steals the show surprisingly. His goal is the destination that attracts him like a magnet and a beacon light that guides him to his most aspired aim of life.

02 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Natural wrifing is nonfiction or fiction prose or poetry about the natural environment. Nature writing encompasses a wide variety of works, ranging from those that place primary emphasis on natural history facts (such as field guides) to those in which philosophical interpretation predominate. It includes natural history essays, poetry, essays of solitude or escape, as well as travel and adventure writing. Nature writing often draws heavily on scientific information and facts about the natural world; at the same time, it is frequently written in the first person and incorporates personal observations of and philosophical reflections upon nature. Modern nature writing traces its roots to the works of natural history that were popular in the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th ‘. An important early figure was the “parson-naturalist” Gilbert White (1720 – 1793), a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist. He is best known for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789).

1. Why scientific knowledge is necessary for nature writing?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of ‘first person’ writing?
3. What kind of writing was Gilbert White interested in and why?

Write appropriate Synonym for any Five of the following words:

(i) Consecrate (il) Secede (iii) Munificence (iv) Gnash (v) Blather
(vi) Dissolute (vii) Brunt (vili) Tryst.

Write appropriate Antonyms for any Five of the following words:

(i) Bicker (ii) Gaiety (ili) Glacial (iv) Ignominious (v) Germane
(vi) Innocuous (vii) Vacillating (viii) Covetous

Correct the following sentences:

• few antiques are there of a rich widow’s are up for auction.
• I don’t identify what are they.
• According to my firm belief, a life after this life is there.
• Karachi is far away from Sukkur as compared with Hyderabad.
• the owner and manager of the estate are in their offices.
• Their deceased father said a will.
• She said here farewell and was leaving.
• I know what you are meaning.

Explain and use meaningfully any Ten of the following phrases and idioms
in your own sentences:

• To blow one’s own trumpet.
• To kill somebody in cold blood.
• To show somebody the door
• To beat somebody hollow.
• To face the music.
• To send somebody packing.
• To lead somebody by the nose.
• To lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen.
• To make hay while the sun shines.
• On the horns of dilemma.
• A catch- 22 situation.
• To look down on somebody.

Select one word substitution from the given list for the following expressions:

• A person who is above hundred years.
• A book published after the death of its author.
• A book written by an unknown author.
• A cinema show which is held in the afternoon.
• A citizen of the world.
• A contagious disease which spreads over a huge area
• A drug or other substance that induces sleep.
• A flesh eating animal.
• A game in which neither party wins.
• A thing no longer in use.

(Matinee, Soporific, Epidemic, Cosmopolite,
Centenarian, Obsolete, Posthumous,
Anonymous, Draw, Carnivorous).

Do as directed against each sentence:

1. He hurled a brick             the window? (Insert prepositions)
2. She rose                   the occasion. (Insert preposition)
3. Cut your coat (Complete the proverb)
4. Time and tide (Complete the proverb)
5. Tell me what you know about it (Change the voice)
6. She longs for                  of her husband who abandoned her long ago (Insert a suitable word).