Write a précis of the following passage and also suggest a suitable title: I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and too little to the positive merit of enjoying their company. If you have the sort of liking for children that many people have for horses or dogs, they will be apt to respond to your suggestions, and to accept prohibitions, perhaps with some good-humoured grumbling, but without resentment. It is no use to have the sort of liking that consists in regarding them as a field for valuable social endeavour, or what amounts to the same thing as an outlet for power-impulses. No child will be grateful for an interest in him that springs from the thought that he will have a vote to be secured for your party or a body to be sacrificed to king and country. The desirable sort of interest is that which consists in spontaneous pleasure in the presence of children, without any ulterior purpose. Teachers who have this quality will seldom need to interfere with children's freedom, but will be able to do so, when necessary, without causing psychological damage. Unfortunately, it is utterly impossible for over-worked teachers to preserve an instinctive liking for children; they are bound to come to feel towards them as the proverbial confectioner's apprentice does towards macaroons. I do not think that education ought to be anyone's whole profession: it should be undertaken for at most two hours a day by people whose remaining hours are spent away from children. The society of the young is fatiguing, especially when strict discipline is avoided. Fatigue, in the end, produces irritation, which is likely to express itself somehow, whatever theories the harassed teacher may have taught himself or herself to believe. The necessary friendliness cannot be preserved by self-control alone. But where it exists, it should be unnecessary to have rules in advance as to how "naughty" children are to be treated, since impulse is likely to lead to the right decision, and almost any decision will be right if the child feels that you like him. No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.
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English (Précis & Composition) · all yearsQ. 2 · Write a précis of the…Q. 4 · Correct only FIVE of the…Q. 5 · Punctuate the following text, where…Q. 6 · Use ONLY FIVE of the…Q. 7 · Translate the following into English…With this paperPart-I MCQs20← 20182020 →Not yet checked 2 of 5 questions have not yet been compared with the official paper.
Part II
Correct only FIVE of the following:
- (i)He enjoyed during the holidays.
- (ii)None of the boys had learnt their lesson.
- (iii)He is abusing the money of his father.
- (iv)I regret at the delay.
- (v)I could not help but laugh.
- (vi)I always have and always shall be your friend.
- (vii)I was out walking when I saw the new moon in the garden.
- (viii)He cried as if he was mad.
- (a)Punctuate the following text, where necessary: a hungry lion slipped out of the forest into a barnyard one evening when he saw a plump donkey his mouth began to water but just as he was ready to jump on the donkey a rooster crowed he was frightened and so turned away into the forest again hey look at that cowardly lion the donkey brayed to the rooster i am going to chase him and the donkey ran after the lion wait the rooster shouted you dont know that but it was too late the lion had turned and killed the donkey ah my poor stupid friend the rooster said as he watched the lion eating the donkey the lion wasnt afraid of you but of my crowing
- (b)Re-write the following sentences ( ONLY FIVE ) after filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions: (i) What time do we arrive ______our destination? (ii) We are flying ______some rough weather; please fasten your seat belts. (iii) It is warming up; ______noon we should be able to go swimming. (iv) My parents are not responsible ______my actions. (v) This pan is ______cooking omelettes. (vi) ______ poor attendance, this course is being cancelled. (vii) The police took the men in ______questioning. (viii) The woman you gave the book ______is my aunt
Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meanings.
- (i)To cast pearls before swine
- (ii)To step into one's shoes
- (iii)Stuff and nonsense
- (iv)A wild goose chase
- (v)To be ill at ease
- (vi)Sit on the fence
- (vii)In a jiffy
- (viii)To preen oneself
Translate the following into English by keeping in view figurative/idiomatic expressions. پاکستان، افغانستان میں امن کے لیے پر عزم ہے کیونکہ افغانستان میں امن، پاکستان کے لیے انتہائی اہم ہے۔ تاریخی تناظر میں دیکھا جائے تو پاکستان اور افغانستان پڑوسی بر اور اسلامی ملک ہونے کے ناتے تاریخی، ثقافتی، لسانی رشتوں میں جڑے ہوئے ہیں۔ یہ رشتے اٹوٹ ہیں، دونوں کا انحصار ایک دوسرے پر ہے اور دونوں الگ الگ رہ بھی نہیں سکتے۔ پاکستان کا موقف روز اول سے یہی رہا ہے کہ افغان مسئلے کا سیاسی حل نکالا جائے۔ اس موقف کی حمایت چین بھی کرتا ہے۔ اس ضمن میں چین نے کہا ہے کہ افغان تنازع کا افغان قیادت میں ہونے والے امن مذاکرات سے ہی حل ممکن ہے۔ پاکستان اور چین اسٹریجک شراکت داری کے لیے افغان تنازع کو مذاکرات کے ذریعے حل کرنے میں اپنا کردار ادا کریں گے۔
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