(For All Punjab Boards)Includes Book I, III, Grammar & Composition ✅ SECTION A – Objective (MCQs) Prepare the following topics: 📌 From Book I (Short Stories) 📌 From Book III (Plays and Poems) 📝 Tip: Learn all glossary words, author names, and central ideas. ✅ SECTION B – Short Questions Prepare short questions from these…

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📘 1st Year English Book Guess Paper 2025

(For All Punjab Boards)
Includes Book I, III, Grammar & Composition


SECTION A – Objective (MCQs)

Prepare the following topics:

📌 From Book I (Short Stories)

  • The Dying Sun
  • Clearing in the Sky
  • Thank You, Ma’am
  • Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
  • The Piece of String
    (MCQs from bold words, character names, moral points)

📌 From Book III (Plays and Poems)

  • Play I: Heat Lightning
  • Poem: The Rain
  • Poem: Night Mail
  • Poem: Ozymandias
  • Poem: Leisure

📝 Tip: Learn all glossary words, author names, and central ideas.


SECTION B – Short Questions

Prepare short questions from these stories and plays:

📘 Book I (Short Stories)

  1. The Dying Sun
  2. Thank You, Ma’am
  3. God Be Praised
  4. The Use of Force
  5. The Piece of String
  6. The Gulistan of Saadi

🎭 Book III (Plays)

  1. Heat Lightning
  2. Visit to a Small Planet
  3. The Oyster and the Pearl

📜 Book III (Poems)

Prepare central ideas & important lines from:

  • The Rain
  • Ozymandias
  • Night Mail
  • Leisure
  • A Sindhi Woman
  • The Hollow Men

📝 Tip: Attempt any 6 out of 9 short questions, so prepare at least 8 chapters thoroughly.


SECTION C – Long Questions (Q.6, Q.7)

Prepare these combinations for long questions:

  • Q.6 from Book I (Prose):
    • Thank You, Ma’am
    • God Be Praised
    • The Use of Force
    • The Gulistan of Saadi
  • Q.7 from Book III (Plays/Poems):
    • Play I: Heat Lightning
    • Play II: Visit to a Small Planet
    • Poem: The Rain
    • Poem: A Sindhi Woman

📌 Learn summary + questions + theme/idea for each of these.


GRAMMAR SECTION Guess

🔹 Important Pairs of Words (any 10 of these):

  • Accept / Except
  • Affect / Effect
  • Quiet / Quite
  • Loose / Lose
  • Advice / Advise
  • Principal / Principle
  • Access / Excess
  • Buy / By
  • Desert / Dessert
  • Break / Brake

🔹 Translation (Urdu to English)

  • Practice present, past, future tenses
  • Learn 10 general sentences from previous board papers

🔹 Change of Voice & Narration

  • 5 practice sentences from each
  • Focus on statements, questions & imperative forms

Composition Section

🔹 Essay / Article (Learn 3 to 4 well)

  1. My Aim in Life
  2. Role of Youth in Nation Building
  3. A Visit to a Historical Place
  4. Science and Our Life
  5. My Favourite Personality (Quaid-e-Azam or Allama Iqbal)

🔹 Letter Writing (Learn 3 well)

  • To your father about your studies
  • To your friend inviting for holidays
  • To the editor about load shedding or street crimes

🔹 Dialogue Writing

  • Between two friends about the importance of education
  • About making a program for picnic
  • About preparations for exams

Exam Tips

  • Prepare summaries and questions from 5–6 important stories and plays
  • Attempt past board papers (last 3 years)
  • Focus on neat writing and correct grammar
  • MCQs + Grammar = 30 easy marks if prepared well

✅ 1st Year English Guess Paper 2025

According to Punjab Board Pattern


📘 Important Essays / Articles

(Learn any 4–5 well for long question)

  1. My Aim in Life
  2. My Best Friend
  3. Role of Youth in Nation Building
  4. Importance of Education
  5. Science and Our Life
  6. A Visit to a Historical Place
  7. The Life of a Great Man
  8. My Favourite Personality (Quaid-e-Azam / Allama Iqbal)

📘 Important Letters

  1. Letter to your friend congratulating him on success
  2. Letter to your father about your studies
  3. Letter to your brother advising him to avoid bad company
  4. Letter to the editor about increasing street crimes
  5. Letter to your friend inviting him to spend holidays

📘 Important Stories

  1. Greedy Dog
  2. Honesty is the Best Policy
  3. Union is Strength
  4. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed
  5. The Lion and the Mouse
  6. The Fox and the Grapes

📘 Important Translations (Urdu to English)

  • Practice 10–15 sentences of daily life from past papers
  • Focus on tenses: Present, Past, Future
  • Examples:
    • وہ اسکول جا رہا ہے۔ (He is going to school.)
    • ہمیں وقت کی قدر کرنی چاہیے۔ (We should value time.)

📘 Important Comprehension Passages

From your textbook:

  • Lesson 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15
    (Practice solving comprehension questions)

📘 Important Pair of Words

  1. Accept / Except
  2. Affect / Effect
  3. Advice / Advise
  4. Loose / Lose
  5. Quiet / Quite
  6. Principal / Principle

📘 Grammar Practice Areas

  • Tenses
  • Active and Passive Voice
  • Direct and Indirect Narration
  • Prepositions
  • Use of Articles (a, an, the)
  • Correct use of verbs

✅ Paper Pattern (Punjab Board)

Section A (20 marks)

  • MCQs from Book I and Grammar

Section B (Short Questions – 40 marks)

  • From Book I (prose), Book III (plays & poems), and translation

Section C (Long Questions – 40 marks)

(For All Punjab Boards)
Includes Book I, III, Grammar & Composition


SECTION A – Objective (MCQs)

Prepare the following topics:

📌 From Book I (Short Stories)

  • The Dying Sun
  • Clearing in the Sky
  • Thank You, Ma’am
  • Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
  • The Piece of String
    (MCQs from bold words, character names, moral points)

📌 From Book III (Plays and Poems)

  • Play I: Heat Lightning
  • Poem: The Rain
  • Poem: Night Mail
  • Poem: Ozymandias
  • Poem: Leisure

📝 Tip: Learn all glossary words, author names, and central ideas.


SECTION B – Short Questions

Prepare short questions from these stories and plays:

📘 Book I (Short Stories)

  1. The Dying Sun
  2. Thank You, Ma’am
  3. God Be Praised
  4. The Use of Force
  5. The Piece of String
  6. The Gulistan of Saadi

🎭 Book III (Plays)

  1. Heat Lightning
  2. Visit to a Small Planet
  3. The Oyster and the Pearl

📜 Book III (Poems)

Prepare central ideas & important lines from:

  • The Rain
  • Ozymandias
  • Night Mail
  • Leisure
  • A Sindhi Woman
  • The Hollow Men

📝 Tip: Attempt any 6 out of 9 short questions, so prepare at least 8 chapters thoroughly.


SECTION C – Long Questions (Q.6, Q.7)

Prepare these combinations for long questions:

  • Q.6 from Book I (Prose):
    • Thank You, Ma’am
    • God Be Praised
    • The Use of Force
    • The Gulistan of Saadi
  • Q.7 from Book III (Plays/Poems):
    • Play I: Heat Lightning
    • Play II: Visit to a Small Planet
    • Poem: The Rain
    • Poem: A Sindhi Woman

📌 Learn summary + questions + theme/idea for each of these.


GRAMMAR SECTION Guess

🔹 Important Pairs of Words (any 10 of these):

  • Accept / Except
  • Affect / Effect
  • Quiet / Quite
  • Loose / Lose
  • Advice / Advise
  • Principal / Principle
  • Access / Excess
  • Buy / By
  • Desert / Dessert
  • Break / Brake

🔹 Translation (Urdu to English)

  • Practice present, past, future tenses
  • Learn 10 general sentences from previous board papers

🔹 Change of Voice & Narration

  • 5 practice sentences from each
  • Focus on statements, questions & imperative forms

Composition Section

🔹 Essay / Article (Learn 3 to 4 well)

  1. My Aim in Life
  2. Role of Youth in Nation Building
  3. A Visit to a Historical Place
  4. Science and Our Life
  5. My Favourite Personality (Quaid-e-Azam or Allama Iqbal)

🔹 Letter Writing (Learn 3 well)

  • To your father about your studies
  • To your friend inviting for holidays
  • To the editor about load shedding or street crimes

🔹 Dialogue Writing

  • Between two friends about the importance of education
  • About making a program for picnic
  • About preparations for exams

Exam Tips

  • Prepare summaries and questions from 5–6 important stories and plays
  • Attempt past board papers (last 3 years)
  • Focus on neat writing and correct grammar
  • MCQs + Grammar = 30 easy marks if prepared well

✅ 1st Year English Guess Paper 2025

According to Punjab Board Pattern


📘 Important Essays / Articles

(Learn any 4–5 well for long question)

  1. My Aim in Life
  2. My Best Friend
  3. Role of Youth in Nation Building
  4. Importance of Education
  5. Science and Our Life
  6. A Visit to a Historical Place
  7. The Life of a Great Man
  8. My Favourite Personality (Quaid-e-Azam / Allama Iqbal)

📘 Important Letters

  1. Letter to your friend congratulating him on success
  2. Letter to your father about your studies
  3. Letter to your brother advising him to avoid bad company
  4. Letter to the editor about increasing street crimes
  5. Letter to your friend inviting him to spend holidays

📘 Important Stories

  1. Greedy Dog
  2. Honesty is the Best Policy
  3. Union is Strength
  4. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed
  5. The Lion and the Mouse
  6. The Fox and the Grapes

📘 Important Translations (Urdu to English)

  • Practice 10–15 sentences of daily life from past papers
  • Focus on tenses: Present, Past, Future
  • Examples:
    • وہ اسکول جا رہا ہے۔ (He is going to school.)
    • ہمیں وقت کی قدر کرنی چاہیے۔ (We should value time.)

📘 Important Comprehension Passages

From your textbook:

  • Lesson 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15
    (Practice solving comprehension questions)

📘 Important Pair of Words

  1. Accept / Except
  2. Affect / Effect
  3. Advice / Advise
  4. Loose / Lose
  5. Quiet / Quite
  6. Principal / Principle

📘 Grammar Practice Areas

  • Tenses
  • Active and Passive Voice
  • Direct and Indirect Narration
  • Prepositions
  • Use of Articles (a, an, the)
  • Correct use of verbs

✅ Paper Pattern (Punjab Board)

Section A (20 marks)

  • MCQs from Book I and Grammar

Section B (Short Questions – 40 marks)

  • From Book I (prose), Book III (plays & poems), and translation

Section C (Long Questions – 40 marks)

  • Essay or Letter
  • Story or Dialogue
  • Translation or Paragraph writing
  • Pair of Words

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