You know the main difficulty people experience in CSS exams is in ENGLISH skills. Not just Grammar and Essay; other subjects can easily get compromised if you arent good at this part. And certainly, the examiners at the other end also bear this skill in mind the most.

1. If you arent already good at English, please begin your preparation from scratch 1-3 years in advance of exam year, depending on your level of proficiency at the moment. Get books. Visit and practice on online grammar sites. Make it a habit to only speak in english, to 'think' in english too instead of in native tongue. Doing so once a week just wont cut it if you arent already good at it. Dont feel ashamed even if u make enormous mistakes. Remember, that in the end, if u win this race-thats all thats gonna count.

2. Make it a habit to pick 2 words from dictionary everyday and write em down and memorize them. that way you wont be cramming through 2000 words 10 days before the exam.

3. Practice essay writing. Now, in my opinion, and to the detriment of several elements on the forum-the best way is to use the DISCUSSION section of this forum to the max. You're faced with many topics. Shoot. dont write one -liners for your opinion. do a paragraph at least. it wont matter if everybody isnt reading it. you're getting ur practice.

4.nothing will ever make up for your lack of reading however. you need to read extensively to develop your writing style. read fictional novels. read billboards. read package wrappers. watch english movies with subtitles on tv. Human nature doesnt like reading boring stuff. When something's interesting it will hold your attention while sub-consciously bucking you up. All this will imrprove ur english IMMENSELY. I challenge you to try this technique out for an year and judge yourself.

The next tough part is current affairs:

1. Sign up for Twitter. Subscribe to domestic and international current affair journals like Express Tribune, Time mag or The Economist. It will tweet everything to your page. Select the relevant material to read from each journal daily.

2. Every morning for at least an year, wake up and prepare a news brief for yourself on Word-as collected from at least 2 online newspapers-English of course. Divide your format into subheadings as follows: Foreign Policy, National, Politics, economics, social, Inside your province, Law & order/interior ministry, defence, international/miscellaneous, editorial/opinion.
Fill in news accordingly. Read 2 editorials or opinions. Save it with the date of the day. This cannot go wrong, I assure you.