FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH Suggested Answers Foundation Examination - Spring 2012 A.

1 (a) (b) (i) (iii) (v) (vii) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) take it with a pinch of salt no use crying over spilt milk in the blink of an eye like showing a red rag to a bull (ii) (iv) (vi) (viii) the apple of their eyes not my cup of tea gets on my nerves a piece of cake

A.2

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

adverb verb adjective adverb adjective

potable miscreant reprimand autonomous recapitulate clandestine

anything that is drinkable an evil person to warn someone officially that something wrong has been done an organization/territory which is free to function independently to repeat something in concise form anything that is secret or hidden (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) verb adjective adverb adverb verb

A.3

Conversion of Sentences from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.

(a) Samia inquired/(asked me) if I knew where Mrs. Ishrat would be staying in Karachi. (b) Mr. Khoker told/informed the reporters that they had made major organisational changes and the company was in a much stronger financial position then. (c) My mother told/informed me that our neighbours Mr. and Mrs. Dilawar had had an accident. (d) The supervisor told us that they might start a van service for their office staff very soon. (e) Adnan told Kashif that he had worked very hard to earn his masters degree. (f) The employer asked/(inquired from) Shahid if/whether he could work on Saturdays. (g) Jamal told/(said to) me that he had gone to London last month. (a) (i) (ii) (iii) Simple Sentence: A simple sentence is composed of one subject, one predicate and a verb. Example: We had a wonderful time in Murree last September.

A.4

Compound Sentence: A compound sentence is composed of two or more independent clauses which may be connected by a coordinating conjunction. Example: We visited Lahore in October, but my brother went to China on a business assignment. Complex Sentence: A complex sentence is composed of one independent clause (the main clause) and one or more dependent clause(s).

(b)

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Insert appropriate prepositions in the following sentences : through before with at (v) for (vi) up (vii) in, of

Example: While we were shopping in the Liberty Market, we suddenly met our former
neighbour Ahsan and his family.

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FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH Suggested Answers Foundation Examination - Spring 2012 A.5 (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) was traveling have resulted has been growing shall/should/will/would have reached will be issued long deep vacant wise poor sane length depth vacancy wisdom poverty sanity (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) is going will be working/will work happened / had happened would ride was sitting

(b) Convert the following Adjectives into Nouns:

(c)

State the Superlative form of the following words: good courageous fat less difficult proud

best most courageous fattest least most difficult proudest

A.6

(a)

Re-write the following sentences after making necessary corrections:

(b) Punctuate the following sentences:

The trial was postponed to a future date because of lack of sufficient evidence. Mr. Fawad is presently hiring managers, programmers and accountants. The President, as well as his staff, was not able to attend the meeting. All our highly trained drivers are given instructions to drive slowly. The finance manager implemented the rules most seriously. We are convinced that written comunication skills are important. The forest is on fire. Look! I have two tickets for the one day cricket match. This is Rashids cellphone. One must put in ones best efforts if one wishes to suceed in the examinations. Adnan said, Ajmal didnt eat the cake.

A.7 A.8 A.9

No Suggestion No Suggestion (a) No Suggestion (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(b) A good government should achieve the following objectives at all times:

it should maintain rule of law it should look after its citizens without discrimination it should fulfil their needs it should work towards establishment of welfare programs for the people.

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FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH Suggested Answers Foundation Examination - Spring 2012 (c) The important qualities which citizens normally expect from their government are: (i) (ii) (iii) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (ii) it should be representative it should provide a reasonable degree of stability it should look after the well-being of its citizens. monarchies military dictatorships civilian dictators democracies.

(d) The various forms of governments stated in the passage are:

(e)

A good government should strive to meet the following present and future requirements of its citizens: defence requirements economic development requirements education requirements employment requirements. the people

(f) A.10

(g) No Suggestion No Suggestion

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