Precis & Composition Paper 2010 - Page 5

AUDACIOUS · #41 Sunday, March 07, 2010

Q.6(b) Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech.

(i) On Monday he said, "My son is coming today."
(ii) They wanted to know where he was going the following week.
(iii) He said, "Did she go yesterday."
(iv) 'By God', he said, "I do not know her nick name."
(v) He says that we are to meet him at the station.
(vi) He said, "I don't know the way. Ask the old man sitting on the ground."
(vii) My father prayed that I would recover from my illness.
(viii) He said, "How will you manage it?"

Seniors and Experts of Direct Indirect are Requested to change the narration.

Thanks

Regards

Princess Royal · #42 Sunday, March 07, 2010

Some members have solved them in this thread: http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-dates...er-2010-a.html

pureapak · #43 Sunday, March 07, 2010

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Originally Posted by AUDACIOUS

Q.6(b) Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech.

(i) On Monday he said, "My son is coming today."
(ii) They wanted to know where he was going the following week.
(iii) He said, "Did she go yesterday."
(iv) 'By God', he said, "I do not know her nick name."
(v) He says that we are to meet him at the station.
(vi) He said, "I don't know the way. Ask the old man sitting on the ground."
(vii) My father prayed that I would recover from my illness.
(viii) He said, "How will you manage it?"

Seniors and Experts of Direct Indirect are Requested to change the narration.

Thanks

Regards

1) On Monday he said, "My son is coming today."
On Monday he said that his son was coming that day

4) 'By God', he said, "I do not know her nickname."
He exclaimed with an oath that he did not knew her nickname

5) he says that we are to meet him at the station.
He says," We are to meet him at the station"

6) He said, "I don't know the way. ask the old man sitting on the gate."
He said that he did not knew the way and further suggested to ask the old man sitting on the gate.

8) He said, "How will you manage it?"
He asked that how he would managed it.

Last Island · #44 Sunday, March 07, 2010

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Originally Posted by mossavir

quite an easy paper i must say..i kept it simple as far as the precis title goes and my title was IS ENVY CURABLE?

1) On Monday he said, "My son is coming today."
On Monday he said that his son was coming that day

dear, i think you have mentioned the day which is monday two times.
i wrote....

he said that his son was coming on monday.

because monday is mentioned so u don't need to convert today to that day. this is what i think.

1) On Monday he said, "My son is coming today."
On Monday he said that his son was coming that day

Correctly converted.

Quote:

he said that his son was coming on monday.

This doesn't clarify what was the day when the person said so.

Change:

This to that
These to those
Now to then
Today to that day
Last night to on the previous night or the night before
Tomorrow to the next day or the day after
Here to there
Yesterday to the previous day or the day before
Thus to so; (in) that way

irshadsod · #45 Sunday, March 07, 2010

Some corrections:
Red color indicates errors.

Quote:

4) 'By God', he said, "I do not know her nickname."
He exclaimed with an oath that he did not knew her nickname

He swore to God and said he did not know her nickname.

Quote:

6) He said, "I don't know the way. ask the old man sitting on the gate."
He said that he did not knew the way and further suggested to ask the old man sitting on the gate.

He said that he did not know the way and advised/suggested (me) to ask the old man sitting on the gate.

Quote:

8) He said, "How will you manage it?"
He asked that how he would managed it.

He asked that how I would manage it (that).

irshadsod · #46 Sunday, March 07, 2010

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Originally Posted by umarabbas

this house is built of brick and stone----correct
He said, "How will you manage it"...

he asked me as to how will I manage it...the correct way

Change it from interrogative form. Change the tense to past.

He asked me as to (that) how I would manage it.

You can avoid "as to" and "that".

Quote:

Originally Posted by Last Island

4) Demise
b) End

[/SIZE][/FONT] 5) My friend is very ill, i hope he will soon die.
My friend is very ill, i hope he won't die soon.

6) He is waiting for better and promising opportunity.
He is waiting for a better and more promising opportunity.

[SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]

Demise = Death

Incorrect:My friend is very ill, i hope he will soon die.
Correct: My friend is very ill, i fear (I am afraid) he will soon die.

Incorrect: He is waiting for better and promising opportunity.

Correct: He is waiting for a better and promising opportunity.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nageen

1)
7) When I shall see her I will deliver her your gift.

I wrote "When I see her I will deliver to her your gift."
as deliver is followed by preposition "to".

Plz correct me if wrong.

You are right deliver is followed by preposition "to" but you have forgotten the sentence structure for that "to". Correct sentence structure for adding "to" after deliver will be as follows:

When I see her I will deliver your gift to her.

Now try to understand the sentence given in exam:
"When I shall see her I will deliver her your gift."

Here in this case "to" is not needed in between deliver and her. Sentence sounds correct without inserting "to". Error is in the usage of tense i.e. "shall" in the first part of the sentence.

Correct: When I see her I will deliver her your gift.

Note: Normally examiner includes only one error/mistake in the sentence. Don't suspect multiple errors in one sentence while solving such type of questions in the exam. Keeping in view this rule we can discard the possibility of 2nd error after rectifying the sentence by removing "shall" from the first part of the sentence. So possibility of missing "to" is remote in this sentence.

Last Island · #47 Sunday, March 07, 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by irshadsod

Demise = Death

I stick to what i said earlier. Demise is end.

Quote:

Incorrect: He is waiting for better and promising opportunity.
Correct: He is waiting for a better and promising opportunity.

He has a good and promising job or whatever and is waiting for a better and more promising opportunity.

umarabbas · #48 Sunday, March 07, 2010

In that case pen down antonym for "Demise"....

irshadsod · #49 Sunday, March 07, 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Last Island

I stick to what i said earlier. Demise is end.

He has a good and promising job or whatever and is waiting for a better and more promising opportunity.

I wont indulge into a debate over these two points but I differ on these solutions.

"more" is an addition from your side which can be omitted without affecting the correctness of sentence.

Quote:

Originally Posted by umarabbas

In that case pen down antonym for "Demise"....

Great question dear Umar. You have given a right direction to those who are confused in the meaning of demise. If they can answer the antonym of "demise" they can easily accept "death" as the exact synonymous.

Last Island · #50 Sunday, March 07, 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by umarabbas

In that case pen down antonym for "Demise"....

Demise is "End of an activity or something that used to exist" e.g imminent demise of the local newspaper; demise of a steercar, demise of a human life, imminent demise of the forces of evil.

Antonym: Entity, being, begin.

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