English (Precis and Composition) CSS-2015

ENGLISH (PRECIS &COMPOSITION)

• Choose the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.

• Choose the works.that is nearly most opposite in meaning to the word in capital

CI Correct the following sentences

• Have either of you seen my pen?
• On attempting to restore the picture to its original condition, almost irreparable change was
• This child is the prettiest of the two.
• I was annoyed arriving late, also his rather insolent manner put me out of temper.
• He is anxious not only to acquire knowledge, but also eager to display it.
• If he was here now, we should have no difficulty.
• Due to unforeseen environments, we shall have to leave early.
• People have and still do disagree on this matter.

Solution:

• Has either of you seen my pen?
• Upon attempting to restore the picture to its original condition, almost irreparable change was
• This child is the prettier of the two.
• I was annoyed at his arriving late, furthermore his rather insolent manner put me out of temper.
• He is not only anxious to acquire knowledge, but also eager to display it.
• If he were here now, we would have no difficulty.
• Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have to leave early.
• People have been disagreeing on this matter.

CI Use the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning clear:

1. Itching palm –

Meaning: a desire for money; greed; avarice

Use in sentence: Whenever he sees expensive luggage, the hotel doorman gets an itching palm.

2. The primrose path

Meaning: an easy and pleasant life; a self-indulgent or hedonistic life

Use in sentence: Unaware of his doom, he continued down his primrose path.

3. Break one’s fall

Meaning: interrupt a tumble or descent

Use in sentence: When old lady slipped on the ice, a snow bank broke her fall otherwise she might get more injuries.

4. Wash one’s hands of

Meaning: disclaim responsibility for

Use in sentence: The prime minister cannot wash hands of the Panama Leaks scandal.

5. To become reconcile to

Meaning: to accept or be resigned to something not desired

Use in sentence: Afzal became reconciled to Safdar.

6. To militate against

Meaning: to make it difficult for something to happen

Use in sentence: These fundamental differences will militate against the two communities coming together.

7. To be cognizant of

Meaning: having knowledge or awareness

Use in sentence: Statesmen must be cognizant of the political boundaries within which they work.

8. Wages of sin — (21 Keel

Meaning: the results or consequences of evildoing

Use in sentence: Disasters are the wages of sin.

❑ Use five of the following pairs of words in sentences: (i)                plaintiff, plaintive             (ii)                                        valet, varlet

(iii) monitor, mentor                                                  (iv) complacent, complaisant

(v)          penitence, penance                                        (vi) crevice, crevasse
(vii) beneficent, beneficial

(i)                  Plaintive:

Meaning: expressive of suffering or woe

Use in sentence: We could hear the plaintive cry of a wounded animal in the woods.

Plaintiff:

Meaning: a person who brings a legal action

Use in sentence: The judge decided against the plaintiff.

• Valet:

Meaning: a man’s male servant who performs personal services (as taking care of clothing) Use in sentence: The valet opened the door, and he dropped into the passenger seat. Varlet:

Meaning: an attendant or servant; a king’s personal male attendant

Use in sentence: At one time he took service with a minstrel and was his varlet.

• Monitor:

Meaning: observer

Use in sentence: The monitor in November reported that more than 10 percent of the population uses Facebook in 51 countries.

Mentor:

Meaning: adviser

Use in sentence: Bad publicity surrounding Hasan’s mentor may rebound to Saleh’sembarrassment.

• Complacent:

Meaning: pleased, especially with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc.

Use in sentence: The unofficial rules that had kept Democrats in the majority with a complacent Republican minority were changing.

Complaisant:

Meaning: inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant Use in sentence: The most complaisant child I’ve ever met.

• Penitence:

Meaning: the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong

Use in sentence: The penitent sinner asked for forgiveness during his confessional statement. Penance

Meaning: self-inflicted punishment for a misdeed

Use in sentence: The man gave away all of his money to charity as penance for his greed.

• Crevice:

Meaning: a tight opening or gap

Use in sentence: The vacuum cleaner attachment is the perfect tool for cleaning the crevice between the front car seats.

Crevasse:

Meaning: a deep open crack, especially one in a glacier

Use in sentence: Once more an Alaskan snow machine rider has plummeted into a glacier crevasse.

(vii) Beneficent

Meaning: (of a person) generous or doing good.

Use in sentence: Doctors without Borders is a beneficent organization that travels around the world providing free healthcare to Third World countries.

Beneficial:

Meaning: resulting in good; favourable or advantageous.

Use in sentence: Some doctors suggest that taking vitamin pills is not really very beneficial to our health.