prolly charles dickens is too old for english language and expression these days...i would rather suggest concentrate on newspapers and go through anything in general (english)...from magazines to short stories...

to me i think that exploring the world of english, is the most comprehensive book for english paper and especially for grammer.. bt the seniors should advice in this regard..

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Thnaks for the help but how to prepare for the other subjects i have done masters in english and really do need help to prepare can u plz guide me

www.bbclearningenglish.com

Other subjects? you mean to say the compulsories or the optionals..

for the compulsories, there is no definite book....there are many and you need to enhance your vocab, analytical power, memory, etc etc to ensure good scores in them...

for islamiat, all you need to do is go through the "Friday feature" of Dawn...you can find these articles both in the Friday edition of Daily Dawn or on this forum..

Eds preferebly you should consult O'levels or Matriculation Bio, Physics and Chemistry books..

Current Affairs can be amply done from the daily newspaper...and i consulted the Jahangir World Times for its prep too..

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Transitional Expressions
ADDITION:

In addition, again, moreover, further,furthermore,finally,lastly,at last, in conclusion,first,second,third

CONTRAST:
But, however,,yet,still,nevertheless,on the other hand, after all,for all of that, on the contrary,notwithstanding,although

COMPARISON

Similiarly,likewise,in like manner

PURPOSE

To this end, with this object, for this purpose

RESULT

Accordingly,thus,consequentlyhence,therefore,where fore,because

EMPHASIS

In fact, indeed, in any event, certainly

EXAMPLE

For example, for instance, thuse, in this manner

SUMMARY

in brief, on the whole, in sum up, to sum up, summing up

TIME

at once, immediately,while,meanwhile,at length,in the meantime,at the same time, in the end, in the interim,when,as, before

PLACE
Near,beyond,opposite to,adjacent to, at the same place, here, there

Above are some expressions which are helpful for you in producing a brilliant piece of writing.These expressions are used for showing relationship between thoughts.Moreover,such words help reader to move from detail to detail and from sentence to sentence with a sense of direction.Further, Jump to the expansion's section and read expansions in which i have used several Connectors.Lastly, In case of any ambiguity feel free to ask.

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Dear, doing masters in English will help you deal with English paper but it is mandatory to concentrate on the rudiments of English, especially comprehension and Grammar. I suggest you should study "Intermediate English by Raymond Murphy" for grammar and "Exploring the world of English". These books are pretty useful ones for CSS preparation, if need be, Michael Swan can also be studied for covering the syntactic side of language.

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Faisal Khan
CSS 2006

In my openion Ripon english college composition, Jyanthi Dakhshina Muthi's contemporary english and Exploring are helpful books.I refer these books for English compostion and preci writting Paper...
Regards

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Wahin se aye thay Adam woh meray baap Ka ghar hai
(Allam Iqbal)

salam can some on have the best book of english grammer,

I want to improve my English grammar as I want to write essays and columns in English. Pleases suggest me a suitable book which contains the grammar exercises and their answers.

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