Tips For Attempting First Question of Composition Paper

[Ainuddin Kibzai]

The English Composition paper of CE-2012 has really dented the confidence of the aspirants to a huge extent. Most of the aspirants who scored quite heavily in other papers were merely able to score less than 20 and even 10 in the Composition paper.I was fortunate as well as tactical enough to accumulate 64 marks in the paper this paper. As per promised, I'm going to share my strategy for approaching each and every question one by one.The very first question of the paper comprising Synonyms, Antonyms and Blanks really decides the fate of the paper since they embody quite solid marks.I have seen different students adopting various strategies approaching this very portion. They have tried to cram the 500 GRE words which doesn't guarantee you sure success.You are to select the right option, not to write down its meanings or making sentences. Therefore, one must understand the difference between FLUKE and GUESS. The former is a mere strock of luck whereas the latter is a bit more educated in nature and treatment.You just have to guess the right answer which is no issue whatsoever provided that you are acquainted with ETYMOLOGY. Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.If you have just a little bit of know-and-how of Etymology then you can easily guess the MOST PROBABLY right answer instead of banking on mere FLUKE.You will be surprised to know that the real English words are merely 50 % while the remaining are composed with the addition of either a prefix ( the word that is written before the original word. e.g. un, in, im, etc.) and suffix ( the word that is written after the original word. e.g. less, ale, ily, etc.)
The main thing you need to learn is the root word which gives birth to numerous words.
For instance, the word "vid" generally refers to "view". If you know this thing then you can easily understand meanings of the words you have never heard or read before. e.g. video. vision, visual. evidence. and many more such words which will give you the sense of the word.
Here again I quote that I had never studied etymology at all but had good common sense of comparing different words and taking out the similarities.
Nothing is easy or difficult to study. All I know is easy to me and vice versa.
It also needs one's personal interest as well to develop the skill.
Developing the skill of etymology needs your keen observation along with little effort.
Another example for etymology is as follows.
The words such as spectacle, spectrum, prospect, aspect, spectacular, inspection, inspector, etc, have some thing in common and that is "spec". So one can easily develop the sense that all these words have more or less the similar meanings having a common word among them. All have some connection, one way or the other, with the meaning "VIEW".
Hence, one can easily guess the meanings of various bizarre words which one comes across during composition paper.I have also arranged a test that will sharpen your Guessing ability keeping in view the Etymology practice.
Regards,
Ainuddin Kibzai.

[Ainuddin Kibzai]

ETYMOLOGY TEST




Question 1:
Volcan : ?
A. Explosion
B. Earth
C. Change
D. Fire
E. Territory

Question 2:
Trans : ?
A. Across
B. View
C. Similar
D. Water
E. BAit

Question 3:
Trib : ?
A. Animal
B. Street
C. House
D. Solve
E. Give


Question 4:
Tox : ?
A. Vehicle
B. Time
C. Poison
D. Clever
E. Earth


Question 5:
Syn : ?
A. Answer
B. Struggle
C. Serious
D. Severe
E. Same


Question 6:
The, Theo : ?
A. Paradise
B. Road
C. God
D. Church
E. Hell

Question 7:
Sept : ?
A. 4
B. 8
C. 5
D. 2
E. 7

Question 8:
Sol : ?
A. Slim
B. Sharp
C. Swift
D. Amazing
E. Alone


Question 9:
Spir : ?
A. Unhappy
B. Annoyed
C. Notorious
D. Breath
E. Powerful


Question 10:
Proto : ?
A. First
B. Act
C. Surpass
D. Apply
E. Supply

Question 11:
Pod : ?
A. Earthquake
B. Floods
C. Productivity
D. Foot
E. Famine

Question 12:
Phil : ?
A. Elegy
B. Epic
C. Roads
D. Portrait
E. Love


Question 13:
Onym : ?
A. Army
B. Horse
C. Spear
D. Name
E. Helmet

Question 14:
Every : ?
A. omni-
B. octa-
C. poly-
D. carn-
E. anglo-


Question 15:
Mort : ?
A. death
B. philosophy
C. ethics
D. semantics
E. grammar


Question 16:
Manu : ?
A. attentive
B. automatic
C. pluto
D. time
E. hand

Question 17:
-ist : ?
A. stove
B. person
C. pricipal
D. burner
E. boss

Question 18:
Infra : ?
A. Sleep
B. suprise
C. support
D. beneath
E. synonym

Question 19:
helio : ?
A. galaxy
B. labyrinth
C. planet
D. sun
E. moon

Question 20:
demo : ?
A. society
B. poeple
C. country
D. village
E. surroundings


Question 21:
Circum : ?
A. Plasma
B. Vapors
C. solid
D. around
E. pool

Question 22:
bibl : ?
A. library
B. pen
C. laboratory
D. head
E. book

Question 23:
Bar : ?
A. Patient
B. Walk
C. fatigue
D. Pressure
E. Sleep

Question 24:
Anthrop : ?
A. man
B. arena
C. warfare
D. battle
E. sword

Question 25:
Arch : ?
A. pistol
B. alarm
C. castle
D. rule
E. arrow


Question 26:
Carbo : ?
A. heat
B. coal
C. night
D. sky
E. Steam

Question 27:
Deci : ?
A. third
B. sixth
C. seventh
D. tenth
E. foirth

Question 28:
Cav : ?
A. Stars
B. Dogs
C. Chickens
D. hollow
E. Fish


Question 29:
dic : ?
A. Command
B. Cruelty
C. Speak
D. Strength
E. Nadir

Question 30:
dome : ?
A. village
B. country
C. city
D. street
E. house

Question 31:
Gyn : ?
A. Father
B. Son
C. Man
D. Women
E. Short

Question 32:
Demi : ?
A. Across
B. View
C. Similar
D. Water
E. Half

Question 33:
Haemo, Hemo : ?
A. Animal
B. Blood
C. House
D. Gas
E. Plasma


Question 34:
Hypno : ?
A. Vehicle
B. Time
C. Poison
D. Clever
E. Sleep


Question 35:
Lact : ?
A. Answer
B. Struggle
C. Serious
D. Milk
E. Same


Question 36:
Leg : ?
A. Simple
B. Road
C. God
D. Law
E. Thought

Question 37:
Lumin : ?
A. stop
B. light
C. dark
D. thunderous
E. sky

Question 38:
Mar : ?
A. Slim
B. Sea
C. Swift
D. Amazing
E. Alone


Question 39:
Meta : ?
A. Unhappy
B. Annoyed
C. Notorious
D. Breath
E. Aboves


Question 40:
Myth : ?
A. Sudden
B. Surprise
C. Surpass
D. Apply
E. Story

Question 41:
Nema : ?
A. Steam
B. Crowd
C. Hair
D. Food
E. Famine

Question 42:
Nov : ?
A. Epic
B. Critical
C. Railway
D. New
E. Hatred


Question 43:
Oct : ?
A. 7
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
E. 9

Question 44:
Opt : ?
A. eye
B. skin
C. head
D. shoulder
E. feet


Question 45:
Ora : ?
A. space
B. sea
C. mouth
D. semantics
E. vision


Question 46:
Phob : ?
A. fare
B. automatic
C. fair
D. fear
E. hand

Question 47:
Pluto : ?
A. stove
B. law
C. rule
D. wealth
E. boss

Question 48:
Sanc : ?
A. stimulate
B. suprise
C. distant
D. holy
E. synonym

Question 49:
Selen : ?
A. galaxy
B. labyrinth
C. planet
D. sun
E. moon

Question 50:
Somn : ?
A. research
B. study
C. country
D. tired
E. sleep

[ravian786]

I am attempting in given order
explosion
across
animal
poison
same
road
7
alone
powerful
first
productivity
love
name
poly-
death
hand
principle
beneath
galaxy
people.................

[ravian786]

21 - around
book
pressure
man
rule
coal
tenth
hollow
command or speak
house
women
half
blood i guess
sleep
milk
law ...perhaps
light or sky
dnt know
abbove
story
dnt know
new
8
eye
mouth
fear
rule
dnt know
dnt knw
sleep...............

[Zahoor Marri]

@Ainuddin Kibzai:

I passed essay (not expecting) and got 46 without hope but flunked composition paper badly got just 13 ( i was expecting 60 at least).
Brother I also live in Quetta, can we have group study for at least English.
You can send me your cell number on my email from my profile.

[Ainuddin Kibzai]

Here are the right answers of Etymology Test.
fire
across
give
poison
same
God
7
alone
breath
first
foot
love
name
omni
death
hand
person
beneath
sun
people
around
book
pressure
man
rule
coal
tenth
hollow
speak
house
women
half
blood
sleep
milk
law
light
sea
above
story
hair
new
8
eye
mouth
fear
wealth
holy
moon
sleep

[ssara]

Ainuddin Kibzai really good work. Sir would you please give us the links for more and further words. Where we can get these sort of things for improving our Eng comp's paper.

Thanks

Regarde

[Ainuddin Kibzai]

Originally Posted by ssara

Ainuddin Kibzai really good work. Sir would you please give us the links for more and further words. Where we can get these sort of things for improving our Eng comp's paper.

Thanks

Regarde

There are several sites relating Etymology.
And as far as attempting the rest of the questions are concerned, I'm going to share my strategy regarding every single question of the EPC paper, inshaAllah.

[jillia89]

Originally Posted by Ainuddin Kibzai

There are several sites relating Etymology.
And as far as attempting the rest of the questions are concerned, I'm going to share my strategy regarding every single question of the EPC paper, inshaAllah.

Thanks alot Bro.... Stay Blessed
All you are doing is really helpful and your way of making us understand is really appreciable We 'll be anxiously waiting for remaining questions

[misbah62]

Originally Posted by Ainuddin Kibzai

The English Composition paper of CE-2012 has really dented the confidence of the aspirants to a huge extent. Most of the aspirants who scored quite heavily in other papers were merely able to score less than 20 and even 10 in the Composition paper.I was fortunate as well as tactical enough to accumulate 64 marks in the paper this paper. As per promised, I'm going to share my strategy for approaching each and every question one by one.The very first question of the paper comprising Synonyms, Antonyms and Blanks really decides the fate of the paper since they embody quite solid marks.I have seen different students adopting various strategies approaching this very portion. They have tried to cram the 500 GRE words which doesn't guarantee you sure success.You are to select the right option, not to write down its meanings or making sentences. Therefore, one must understand the difference between FLUKE and GUESS. The former is a mere strock of luck whereas the latter is a bit more educated in nature and treatment.You just have to guess the right answer which is no issue whatsoever provided that you are acquainted with ETYMOLOGY. Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.If you have just a little bit of know-and-how of Etymology then you can easily guess the MOST PROBABLY right answer instead of banking on mere FLUKE.You will be surprised to know that the real English words are merely 50 % while the remaining are composed with the addition of either a prefix ( the word that is written before the original word. e.g. un, in, im, etc.) and suffix ( the word that is written after the original word. e.g. less, ale, ily, etc.)
The main thing you need to learn is the root word which gives birth to numerous words.
For instance, the word "vid" generally refers to "view". If you know this thing then you can easily understand meanings of the words you have never heard or read before. e.g. video. vision, visual. evidence. and many more such words which will give you the sense of the word.
Here again I quote that I had never studied etymology at all but had good common sense of comparing different words and taking out the similarities.
Nothing is easy or difficult to study. All I know is easy to me and vice versa.
It also needs one's personal interest as well to develop the skill.
Developing the skill of etymology needs your keen observation along with little effort.
Another example for etymology is as follows.
The words such as spectacle, spectrum, prospect, aspect, spectacular, inspection, inspector, etc, have some thing in common and that is "spec". So one can easily develop the sense that all these words have more or less the similar meanings having a common word among them. All have some connection, one way or the other, with the meaning "VIEW".
Hence, one can easily guess the meanings of various bizarre words which one comes across during composition paper.I have also arranged a test that will sharpen your Guessing ability keeping in view the Etymology practice.
Regards,
Ainuddin Kibzai.

sir please think about the online classes for english so that we can take benefit of your knowledge and please post atleast 10 etymology words for members because i couldn't find any easily understandable site for this. please its humble request .think about it.