Terrible Time Management - Page 4

raziwaqar · #31 Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by Cotton candy

Yes it was a very lengthy paper.

I myself couldn't manage time and didn't do justice to the comprehension passage.

I also made blunder of PUNCTUATING Q5 B whereas it was supposed to be converted into indirect speech from direct. I lost straight 5 marks there because I made this blunder due of lack of time and confusion.

It is people like me, who converted it into indirect speech, who made a blunder, not you. Despite it sounding unbelievably easy, that was probably what the question meant. So worry not you are among the lucky few who convinced themselves in the paper that fpsc could actually give 5 marks for simply adding full stops. And pray for the rest of us that we pass despite not being able to comprehend the question correctly.

Anum Zara · #32 Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by Ammarrashid

Yes that is what I did.

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Dialogue is a kind of direct speech and to convert it into paragraph, one needs to change it in indirect speech. There were not any punctuation marks because while writing a dialogue, we do not write it in inverted commas.
Example:
In direct sentence:
Saad said, "I am working."
In dialogue form:
Saad: I am working.

raziwaqar · #33 Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by Anum Zara

Dialogue is a kind of direct speech and to convert it into paragraph, one needs to change it in indirect speech. There were not any punctuation marks because while writing a dialogue, we do not write it in inverted commas.
Example:
In direct sentence:
Saad said, "I am working."
In dialogue form:
Saad: I am working.

exactly we were to convert Saad: I am working to Saad said, "I am working", see the 2016 paper Q5 b for clarity when it wanted indirect form the paper mentioned indirect form. this time it said direct form. So let us just hope that these 5 marks do not cost us the exam.

Anum Zara · #34 Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by raziwaqar

exactly we were to convert Saad: I am working to Saad said, "I am working", see the 2016 paper Q5 b for clarity when it wanted indirect form the paper mentioned indirect form. this time it said direct form. So let us just hope that these 5 marks do not cost us the exam.

It did not said to write it in direct form. It was said that dialogue is written in direct speech. We were not to write as
Said said, "I am working". We need to write it in indirect form that is
Saad told him that he was working.
Dialogue was already in direct form. It was not required to write it again in direct form in shape of paragraph by just decorating it with punctuations.

In 2016, question was exact opposite. It was already in indirect form. It was hell easy to convert it in direct form. In 2016, it was required to write as:
Saad said, "I am working".

If anyone still have any confusion, check following link:

https://www.atpeducation.com/view_st...grammar&page=1

raziwaqar · #35 Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by Anum Zara

It did not said to write it in direct form. It was said that dialogue is written in direct speech. We were not to write as
Said said, "I am working". We need to write it in indirect form that is
Saad told him that he was working.
Dialogue was already in direct form. It was not required to write it again in direct form in shape of paragraph by just decorating it with punctuations.

In 2016, question was exact opposite. It was already in indirect form. It was hell easy to convert it in direct form. In 2016, it was required to write as:
Saad said, "I am working".

If anyone still have any confusion, check following link:

https://www.atpeducation.com/view_st...grammar&page=1

Here is the link for 2016 paper: http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-past-...er-2016-a.html even then the dialogue was in direct form. dialogue is always in direct form. I agree the question was very confusing as had the question said rewrite the dialogue in a paragraph and in direct form qe would have grasped it more easily. I really wish you were right because i made the same mistake but Alas it was not meant to be and we are now devoided of the 5 easiet marks in the paper.

anabiya mughal · #36 Sunday, February 18, 2018

If anybody know how that qs was to be solved please anyone solve that indirect or direct qs of 2018 here, or after exams.

Aaqib Javed · #37 Sunday, February 18, 2018

Raziwaqar Sir, you are mistaken here. Miss Anam is correct. I am Writing the exact line written on the question paper: "Rewrite the following dialogue, written in direct speech, in a paragraph form". Here the phrase 'written in direct' speech is what's creating the confusion. But since the comma is after the word 'dialogue', this phrase is merely describing this word, and its not the command of the examiner. If examiner wanted you to write in direct speech then he should have used the command 'write' instead of 'written', which is a description.

raziwaqar · #38 Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by Aaqib Javed

Raziwaqar Sir, you are mistaken here. Miss Anam is correct. I am Writing the exact line written on the question paper: "Rewrite the following dialogue, written in direct speech, in a paragraph form". Here the phrase 'written in direct' speech is what's creating the confusion. But since the comma is after the word 'dialogue', this phrase is merely describing this word, and its not the command of the examiner. If examiner wanted you to write in direct speech the he should have use the command 'write' instead of 'written', which is a description.

I really hope I am mistaken.

Anum Zara · #39 Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by raziwaqar

Here is the link for 2016 paper: http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-past-...er-2016-a.html even then the dialogue was in direct form. dialogue is always in direct form. I agree the question was very confusing as had the question said rewrite the dialogue in a paragraph and in direct form qe would have grasped it more easily. I really wish you were right because i made the same mistake but Alas it was not meant to be and we are now devoided of the 5 easiet marks in the paper.

I have seen this paper. You should examine carefully that in paper, indirect was wrongly mentioned. Dialogue is clearly written in direct form. Also dialogue is type of direct speech. The only way to write it in a paragraph was by changing it in indirect form. No punctuation is required in dialogue. There way no other way of doing that.
Arguing on this issue is useless. Examiner will check according to his instructions and not according to our understanding.

Anum Zara · #40 Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by anabiya mughal

If anybody know how that qs was to be solved please anyone solve that indirect or direct qs of 2018 here, or after exams.

After exam, I will try. Cannot promise since my M.Phil classes are going to start soon.

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