CREATIVE WRITING

MT Examination
Topics for Essay
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Role of Media
Education
Terrorism
Corruption
Co-education
Examination System
Fashion

PARTS OF SPEECH
NOUN
Noun is name of a person, place or thing:
Aslam, Multan, Table
Common Noun
Boy, City
Proper Noun
Khalid, Lahore
Collective Noun
A group of several persons or things:
Class, Committee, Army
Abstract Noun
A noun which explains an action, quality or state:
Speech, Softness, happiness
Material Noun
A noun which denotes the substance of which things are made:
Iron, Silk, Paper
Some nouns are singular in form but they are plural in use:
Cattle, People, Committee
Some nouns are plural in form but they are singular in use:
Politics, News, Mathematics
Some nouns are used as singular only:

Information, Vacation, Furniture, Advice, Food, Work, Poetry, Fruit

Some nouns are used as plural only:
Socks, Spectacles, Arms, Drugs, Thanks, Circumstances, Goods, Surroundings
Compound nouns are used as singular:
A five-rupee note
A hundred-foot tape
PRONOUN
Aslam is a good boy. Aslam lives in Islamabad. I like Aslam very much
because Aslam respects Aslams parents and Aslams teachers.
Aslam is a good boy. He lives in Islamabad. I like him very much because he
respects his parents and his teachers.
I, We, Thou, You, He, She, It, They
I

me

my

mine

It was he. (not him).

It is I. (not me).
Interrogative Pronouns and Relative Pronouns
Where, Whom, Who, Whose, Which, What, When, Whence
Where is he going?
I know where he is going.
What is your name?
Tell me what your name is.
One must perform ones duty if one likes to be successful in ones life.
ADJECTIVE
Adjective is a word which qualifies a noun.
Red, Good, Bad, Clever

Degrees of Adjective
Positive, Comparative, Superlative
Big, Bigger, Biggest
Tall, Taller, Tallest
He is taller than I.
My shirt is more beautiful than yours.
Senior Junior
Superior Inferior
A few, Few, A little, Little
VERB
Verb is a word which shows action, movement or existence.
The servant is making tea.
He is going to Lahore.
Akram is a player.
Transitive verb:
Intransitive verb:
Auxiliary verb:

We eat mangoes.
She walked.
He is my brother. (Verb to be/ helping verb)

Is, Am, Are, Was, Were, Shall, Will, Has, Have, Had, Be, Been, Being, Do,
Does, Did, Can, Could, May, Might, Should, Would, Must, Ought,
He must go.
He ought to go.
He gave me a pen.
ADVERB
Adverb is a word which qualifies:
- a verb:
He walks slowly.
- an adjective:
He is a very foolish man.
- an adverb:
He plays extremely well.
Adverb of time:
Early, Late, Always, Never, Soon, Once
Adverb of place:
Here, There, Away, Far, Near, Out, Below, Above
Adverb of manner: Well, Badly, Rightly, Quickly, Neatly

He runs fast.
PREPOSITION

Preposition is a word which shows relation between two nouns or pronouns:

The book is on the table.
He is walking with me.
In, at, with, by, of, from, up, to, after, over, under, on.
Into, from among, from under, from within.
Arrive Reach
In order to With a view to
CONJUNCTION
Conjunctions are used for connecting the words or sentences:
Naeem and Khalid went to Lahore.
I asked him to accompany me but he refused.
And, but, both, not only but also, as well as, otherwise, either or, neither
nor, yet, still, however, therefore.
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INTERJECTION
Interjection is a word which expresses spontaneous feelings:
Hurrah! Oh! Ah! Alas! Bravo! Hello!
ARTICLE
A, An, The
a, e, i, o, u
The
The
The
The
The

hottest day
daily Nawa-e-Waqt
sun, The moon
Quran, The Bible
Ravi, The Chanab

PARTS OF SPEECH
CORRECT INCORRECT
INCORRECT

CORRECT

Either you or I are in the wrong.

There is a few water in the cup.
He replied that he will attend the
meeting.
He entirely depends on your help.
I am proud at my country.
He and I am waiting for the teacher.
You must make your way in world.
Although it is raining, but I shall go.
The United States are a rich country.
My wife and myself attended the
function.
She is my oldest daughter.
Holy Quran is best book in the world.

Either you or I am in the wrong.

There is a little water in the cup.
He replied that he would attend the
meeting.
He depends entirely on your help.
I am proud of my country.
He and I are waiting for the teacher.
You must make your way in the world.
Although it is raining, yet I will go.
The United States is a rich country.
My wife and I attended the function.

He was promoted as director.

He was shivering from cold.
Pakistanis are brave nation.
Until he does not work hard, he
cannot succeed.
Two and two makes four.
One should do his duty.
Of the two routes, this is the shortest.
He is the governor of the Province
since three years.
He writes fastly.
I feel sorry at the poor.
Many a soldier were killed in the
battle.
The reason why the team lost is
because it played badly.
Your shirt is like Aslam.
I thought it is him.
I have not got some money.
He is in the habit to steal.
Do you know swimming.
He has taken on drinking.
She, as well as, I like reading good
books.
He is a right man in a right place.
I like such students who are
hardworking.

She is my eldest daughter.

The Quran is the best book in the
world.
He was promoted to director.
He was shivering with cold.
Pakistanis are a brave nation.
Until he works hard, he cannot
succeed.
Two and two make four.
One should do ones duty.
Of the two routes, this is shorter.
He has been the governor of the
Province for three years.
He writes fast.
I feel sorry for the poor.
Many a soldier was killed in the battle.
The reason why the team lost is that
it played badly.
Your shirt is like Aslams.
I thought it was he.
I have not got any money.
He is in the habit of stealing.
Do you know how to swim?
He has taken to drinking.
She, as well as I, likes reading good
books.
He is the right man in the right place.
I like such students as are hard
working.

Neither he works hard nor he

respects his teachers.
I, you and he attended the meeting.
He is a best student.
NNN Where you spent your last
evening?
I am very obliged to you.
She lacks in wisdom.
He is flying kite.
Either you play with us nor go home.
Give me a ten-rupees note.
These two boys help one another.
No less than ten boys are absent
from the class.
Sitting on the grass some insect
stung him.
Cricket is so uncertain.
He drank a cup full with milk.
Do not make noise.
Because he is lazy, therefore, he
does not get up early in the morning.
Indus is largest river in Pakistan.
I and you are to attend the function.
My horse is the most swiftest of all.
He is suffering from fever from
Monday.
He is very fat to run fast.
Write with ink.
Sun rises from East and sets in West.
He asked me that why had I gone to
Lahore.
I have to do an important work.
Let each of us do our work.
This book is more preferable than
that.
Being a fine day, we went to the
river-side.
I could not find him nowhere.
The teacher is pleased from me.
I read Nawa-i-Waqt daily.
Supposing if his father dies what will
he do?

Neither he works hard nor does he

respect his teachers.
You, he and I attended the meeting.
He is the best student.
Where did you spend your last
evening?
I am much obliged to you.
She lacks wisdom.
He is flying a kite.
Either you play with us or go home.
Give me a ten-rupee note.
These two boys help each other.
Not less than ten boys are absent
from the class.
While he was sitting on the grass,
some insect stung him.
Cricket is very uncertain.
He drank a cup full of milk.
Do not make a noise.
Because he is lazy, he does not get
up early in the morning.
The Indus is the largest river in
Pakistan.
You and I are to attend the function.
My horse is the swiftest of all.
He has been suffering from fever
since Monday.
He is too fat to run fast.
Write in ink.
The Sun rises in the East and sets in
the West.
He asked me why I had gone to
Lahore.
I have to do an important piece of
work.
Let each of us do his work.
This book is preferable to that.
This being a fine day, we went to the
river-side.
I could not find him anywhere.
The teacher is pleased with me.
I read the Nawa-i-Waqt daily.
If his father dies, what will he do?

PUNCTUATION
1. (.)
2. (:)
3. (;)
4. (,)
5. (?)
6. (!)
7. (-)
8. (.)
9. (
)
10.(-)
11.()
12.Capital Letters

(.)
Rashid is a brave man. He always speaks the truth.
Feb.
B.A.
M.N.A.
XX.
L.
(:)
Judge: What is your name?
Witness: Shahid, sir
Bacon says: Reading maketh a full man; writing an exact man and
conference a ready man.
Shakespeares great comedies are: As You Like It, The Tempest and Twelfth
Night.
Hanif is a fine opener: he made a century in West Indies, and is heading
towards one in this match too.
(;)

The coconut tree gives us food; it gives us oil; it gives us ropes and many
other things.
Mango is tasty; so is apple.
When it is all calm and quiet; no disturbance and no noise, then it is the real
time to study.
According to a Hadith, Prophet Muhammad has prohibited us from four evils;
namely Telling a lie, Abusing others, Breaking promise and Being dishonest.
(,)
Ladies and Gentlemen, lend me your ears.
When the train came, everyone started running.
He challenged, he fought, and he won.
She said, I am not taking examination.
That he is brave, every person knows.
The flight being delayed, he had to come back.
We must, tomorrow, leave for Karachi.
This order, however, must be carried out. (Therefore, Indeed, On the whole,
At last).
To err is human, to forgive divine.
September 9, 2009
(?)
Is he playing?
What is he doing?
(!)
What a beautiful scene!

What a horrible accident!

Alas! He is lost.
Hurrah! We have won the match.
O God! Bless me.
(-)
I wish he would have gone there but now nothing can be done.
She dwells with beauty beauty that must die. (Keats).
(..)
He said to me, I am going to Lahore.
Tess is Hardys best novel.
(

I told Aslam that he (Arshad) was not my friend.

(-)
Sister-in-law.
Step-mother.
Solved
()
It is all due to Aslams fate.
Capital Letters
Go to Lahore. Mind your own business.
Beginning of each stanza
Friday

March
He said to me, Please bring me some water.
Aslam
Babar Masood
Almighty
America
Pakistan
Multan

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Sentence

Answer

All living things will perish.

The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. expire B. flourish C. nourish D. enjoy

By looking at the facade of the building, I felt it

looked rather dreary.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. Front
B. architecture C. back D. design

Fruit vendors are in quite excess in this small town.

The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. exporters
B. eaters C. importers D.
sellers

The family cannot spend the rest of their life in this

wilderness.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. place
B. house C. wasteland D.
residence

Dont you think the designing of Taj Mahal is

ostentatious?
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. ugly B. pretentious
C. lavish
awesome

D.

The newly elected Vice Chancellor has a dogmatic

personality
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. authoritative B. nervous
C. jerky D.
angry

He is competent in mathematics.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. awkward B. skillful
C. inept
clumsy

I am not accustomed _______ such behavior.

A. on
B. for C. to D.
at

D.

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Most foreign students do not like American coffee, and

____________.
A. I dont too B. either dont I C. neither dont I
D. neither do I

_________ unknown quantities is the task of Algebra.

A. To found
B. Find C. The find D. Finding

Often a team of engineers is ____________.

A. work on one project
B. on one project work
C. working on one project D. to working on one
project

What may be considered ______ in one culture may be

considered _______ in another.
A. courteous----rude
B. light-----flimsy C.
bad-----clumsy
D. rude-----indecent

A seventeen year old is not _________ to vote in an

election.
A. old enough B. as old enough C. enough old D.
enough old as

Substitute the underlined phrase:

I was sure that he would bear a hand in my new
enterprise.
A. interfere B. assist
C. join
D. rejoice

Substitute the underlined phrase:

I cleared off all my debts with the large money paid
to me for my early retirement.
A. golden handshake B. gold mine C. lions share
D. windfall

Substitute the underlined word:

He wishes to hide his real nature.
A. show
B. pretense
C. reveal

Substitute the underlined word:

I am going on a voyage.
A. ride
B. journey
C. horse

D. camouflage
B

D. vehicle

Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :

Promote him to the next class.

A. He should be promote to the next class

B. Let
him be promoted to the next class
C. His
promotion is to be done in the next class D. He
promotes to the next class

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Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :

Haseeb will have scored sixty runs.
A. Sixty runs will have been scored by Haseeb B.
Sixty runs will score Haseeb C. Runs sixty will
Haseeb score D. Sixty runs will be scores of Haseeb

Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :

The thieves stole all his belongings.
A. All his belongings is stolen by the thieves. B. All
his belongings will be stolen by the thieves C. All his
belongings had been stolen by the thieves D. All his
belongings were stolen by the thieves.

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SENTENCE

All living things will perish.

The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. expire B. flourish C. nourish
D. enjoy
By looking at the facade of the building, I felt it looked rather
dreary.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. Front
B. architecture C. back
D. dAesign
Fruit vendors are in quite excess in this small town.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. exporters
B. eaters C. importers
D. sellers
The family cannot spend the rest of their life in this
wilderness.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A.
place
B. house
C. wasteland**
D.
residence
Dont you think the designing of Taj Mahal is ostentatious?
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. ugly B. pretentious
C. lavish**
D. awesome
He is competent in mathematics.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. awkward B. skillful
C. inept
D. clumsy
I am not accustomed _______ such behavior.
A. on
B. for C. to
D.
at
Most foreign students do not like American coffee, and
____________.
A. I dont too** B. either dont I C. neither dont I
D. neither do I
_________ unknown quantities is the task of Algebra.
A. To found
B. Find C. The find
D. Finding
Often a team of engineers is ____________.
A. work on one project
B. on one project work
C. working on one project
D. to working on one project
What may be considered ______ in one culture may be
considered _______ in another.
A. courteous----rude
B. light-----flimsy
C. bad-----clumsy
D. rude-----indecent

ANSW
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A

C
D

D
C

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A seventeen year old is not _________ to vote in an election.**

A. old enough B. as old enough
C. enough old
D. enough old as
Substitute the underlined phrase:
I was sure that he would bear a hand in my new enterprise.**
A. interfere B. assist
C. join
D. rejoice
Substitute the underlined phrase:
I cleared off all my debts with the large money paid to me
for my early retirement.
A. golden handshake B. gold mine C. lions share
D. windfall
Substitute the underlined word:
He wishes to hide his real nature.
A. show
B. pretense
C. reveal D. camouflage
Substitute the underlined word:
I am going on a voyage.
A. ride
B. journey
C. horse D. vehicle
He is competent in mathematics.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. awkward B. skillful
C. inept
D. clumsy
Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :
Promote him to the next class.
A. He should be promote to next class
B. Let him be
promoted to the next class
C. His promotion is to be done in
next class D. he promotes to next class
Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :
Haseeb will have scored sixty runs.
A. sixty runs will have been scored by Haseeb B. sixty runs
will score Haseeb C. runs sixty will Haseeb score D. sixty
runs will be scores of Haseeb
Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :
The thieves stole all his belongings.
A. All his belongings is stolen by the thieves. B. All his
belongings will be stolen by the thieves C. All his belongings
had been stolen by the thieves D. All his belongings were
stolen by the thieves.

A
B

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ANSW
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By going to K2, you are putting your life in jeopardy

The underlined word is closest in meaning to:
A. adventure
B. enjoyment
C. health
D.
hazard
God is omnipotent.
A. all- present
B. all- powerful
C. all- knowing D.
all- caring
Drive slow, there are pedestrians on road.
A. who walk on foot B. who crawl
C. small children
D. blind people
Canada and USA are cooperating in dealing with
contaminated lakes.
A. pure
B. dirty C. lovely D.
huge
A laser beam can penetrate even the hardest
substances.
A. pass through B. light up C. repair D. identify
When one is unfamiliar to the customs, it is easy to make
blunders.
A. commitment B. mistake
C. enemy D. injury
The salad won in the cooking competition because of the
garnish.
A.
taste
B.
colours
C. toppings
D.
crockery
What is the best option to fill in the blanks:
He was accused ______ murder.
A. on
B. for C. to D.
of
This plant is _____ big that it should be taken outside.
A. so
B. such C. too
D. very
To relieve pain caused by severe burns, _______________.
A. took immediate steps B. taking immediate steps
C. take immediate steps D. taken immediate steps
____________ in the world export diamonds.
A. Only little nations
B. Only few nations C. Only a
little nations
D. Only a few nations
Substitute the underlined phrase/word with any of

A
C

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the following:
A vacant apartment is very difficult to find in this town.
A. beautiful
B. tall C. empty
D. clean
Keep two pencils handy while taking the examination.
A. near
B. sharp C. extra
D. secret
To look quickly through a book is an important study
skill.
A. skim
B. outline C.
summarize
D. paraphrase
The ministry was hesitant to accept the appeal of the
applicant.
A. willing
B. reluctant C.
confused
D.
supposed
Choose the correct sentence:
A. We shall go for a walk in the evening.
B. We had been go for a walk in evening.
C. We have go for a walk in the evening.
D. We had gone a walk in evening.
Choose the correct sentence:
A. I said, you will write a letter.
B. I said, you would written a letter.
C. I said, you will wrote a letter.
D. I said, you had been written a letter.
Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :
She congratulated me on my success.
A. I congratulated her on my success
B. I had been
congratulated by her on my success
C. I will be
congratulated by her on my success
D. I was
congratulated by her on my success.
Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :
I was writing an interesting story.
A. an interesting story was being written by me
B. an
interesting story is being written by me
C. an
interesting story was being wrote by me
D. an
interesting story was being written
Choose the passive voice for the following sentence :
Open all these windows.
A. let me open all these windows. B. let all these
windows be opened C. these windows should be open
D. windows open please.

A
A