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Note: Assignments change time by time. Students of different classes are given assignments at different level of learning. All assignments should be done according to the class instructions.

(Compound Essay)

100 Questions covered by the Compound Essay 

  1. Where do you live?
  2. What sort of place/city is that?
  3. What are the people like in your hometown?
  4. Is there any interesting place in your city?
  5. Which city would you prefer to live in future?
  6. What're the problems/challenges of your hometown?
  7. What about the housing societies in your home town?
  8. Have you ever found your hometown a boring place?
  9. Why do you think your city is a boring place?
  10. Do you like the area that you live in?
  11. What's the specialty of your area?
  12. What're the main features of your area?
  13. Do you live with your family or alone?
  14. Are you a diet conscious?
  15. How many siblings do you have?
  16. Say something about your brother/father/mother?
  17. What sort of diet does your family like more?
  18. Is there any habit of your family that you don’t like?
  19. Describe some qualities of your best friend?
  20. What's the best thing about your best friend?
  21. What's the difference between a friend and the best friend?
  22. Who is your best friend and how did you meet him first?
  23. Do you enjoy more with your family or friends? 
  24. How long do you spend with your friends and how do you feel with them?
  25. Are you a vegetarian?
  26. Do you like to eat at home or restaurant?
  27. Is there any restaurant in your area that you like the most?
  28. How often do you eat at restaurants?
  29. Does your best friend know all your moods and tones?
  30. How often do people prefer to take meals at restaurants in your area?
  31. Why should one not to take meal at a restaurant?
  32. Why is the trend of eating at restaurants increasing these days?
  33. When you are down, then you do what?
  34. Do you still remember your childhood?
  35. Which part of life do you still remember more?
  36. What days of your life you enjoyed the most?
  37. What was the purpose (motto) of life in your childhood?
  38. Who influenced you more in your childhood?
  39. Whom you spent most of your childhood time with?
  40. Do you still remember any of your childhood friends?
  41. Anything that you had been doing in your childhood but not now?
  42. Do you still remember any of your childhood trips?
  43. What is the unforgettable event of your childhood?
  44. What did you enjoy the most in your childhood?
  45. Have you ever visited a Museum?
  46. What do we learn by Museums?
  47. How can we save old cultures?
  48. Do you feel any inconvenience in gatherings?    
  49. What is your hobby?
  50. How often do you purchase gifts for your friends or family members? 
  51. What is the red letter day of your life?
  52. Do you celebrate your birthday?
  53. Do you enjoy parties more with your friends or family members?
  54. Do you remember any of the best days of your life?
  55. Do you have any gadget/device that you like the most?
  56. Does your cell play any role in your life?
  57. What do you use your cell phone most for?
  58. Do you like to receive or give gifts more?
  59. Have you ever been interested in sports?
  60. How often do you receive gifts from others?
  61. Do you sometimes talk with things rather than people around you?
  62. What do people keep cell phones for?
  63. How often do you receive gifts?
  64. What do you enjoy more with your friends?
  65. Do you still remember any of the gifts that you ever have received?
  66. What sort of gadgets do you use more to make your life easier?
  67. What is the best mean of communication these days?
  68. How often do you use internet?
  69. What do you use internet for?
  70. Do you use any social media?
  71. To what extent have computer/net or social media have affected our lives?
  72. What are your free time activities?
  73. What're the major benefits of physical activities/sports?
  74. How often do you communicate with your friends?
  75. How can we get help from internet for studies?
  76. What social media sites are popular nowadays?
  77. Do computer games play any role in our studies?
  78. If you are given more free time, how would you manage to spend?
  79. How much can we trust on social media?
  80. How do you get refresh after long hard work/studies?
  81. What sort of places you enjoy more to visit?
  82. Have you ever visited any most visiting place or hill station?
  83. Do you like long drive?
  84. How do/how often you usually travel?
  85. How often do your friends and family members celebrate any function/event together?
  86. What do you enjoy more while driving?
  87. What sort of places you enjoy more for driving?
  88. What do you enjoy more while on trip?
  89. Where do you enjoy more in a city or village area?
  90. Have you ever visited any river?
  91. What sort of weather do you like the most?
  92. Do you like adventurous roads to drive on?
  93. Is there any place that you visit and enjoy more?
  94. Have you ever to any historical place?
  95. Do you enjoy more at historical or other places?
  96. Which historical place did you visit last time?
  97. What do we learn by visiting historical places?
  98. What do you feel when you visit any historical place?
  99. Why should we care about monuments?
  100. Which monument in Pakistan you visit/visited many times?

First 50 questions' answers:

This is how to fabricate answers from the compound essay.

1. Where do you live?

I dwell in the 5th populated city of Pakistan, Gujranwala since my birth. Here we commonly find packed streets and tainted air. Although it’s a city of cordial people but on and off it seems a monotonous place.

2. What sort of place/city is that?

I dwell in the 5th populated city of Pakistan, Gujranwala since my birth. It is an industrial and the 5th largest city of Pakistan. Furthermore, it’s well known for wrestling and dieting as well. On and off it seems a monotonous place, and I think there is a dearth of interesting places and resources for recreation.

3. What are the people like in your hometown?

Well, what I have seen is that Gujranwala is a city of cordial people, and here we customarily find hardworking folk as they trying to work out a good life for themselves and their children as well.

4. Is there any interesting place in your city?

In the vicinity of my hometown there are copious housing societies with modern amenities. But honestly speaking, Gujranwala cantonment area is one of the largest and worth seeing cants of Pakistan, there are a lot to stay for.

5. Which city would you prefer to live in future?

I reside in Satellite town, Gujranwala. It’s the first rate area of the city. There are many emporiums, buildings, colleges and many more. I have a contented life in this city, so I am further intended to stay there.

6. What're the problems/challenges of your hometown?

I dwell in the 5th populated city of Pakistan, Gujranwala since my birth. Here we commonly find packed streets and tainted air. Although it’s a city of cordial people but on and off it seems a monotonous place. I think there is a dearth of interesting places and resources for recreation

7. What about the housing societies in your home town?

In the vicinity of my hometown Gujranwala there are copious housing societies with modern amenities. Many of the towns are developed but some are still developing.

8. Have you ever found your hometown a boring place? Or

9. Why do you think your city is a boring place?

Although Gujranwala is a city of cordial people but on and off it seems a monotonous place. I think there is a dearth of interesting places and resources for recreation

10. Do you like the area that you live in?

I reside in Satellite town, Gujranwala, it’s the first rate area of the city. There are many emporiums, buildings and colleges. Being the resident of the first rate area I have a contented life there.

11. What's the specialty of your area? Or

12. What're the main features of your area?

Gujranwala is an industrial and the 5th largest city of Pakistan. Furthermore, it’s well known for wrestling and dieting as well. Additionally, Gujranwala cantonment area is one of the largest and worth seeing cants of Pakistan.

13. Do you live with your family or alone?

In my household we are six. I grew up with my biological parents, one sister and three brothers.

14. Are you a diet conscious?

Yes, being a vegetarian, I opt to take well prepared fresh vegetables at home. I have cut out to take unhealthy foods but I snack on things like fresh fruits in between meals.

15. How many siblings do you have?

We are four, I am in between of one younger sister and two elder brothers.

16. Say something about your brother/father/mother?

My elder brother Mr. Javaid is a self-assured, ambitious and an upstanding guy. He is the one that I have ever been influenced by, he is my ideal and honestly speaking I want to be like him.

17. What sort of diet does your family like more?

In my family most of the members are vegetarians, so we opt to take well prepared fresh vegetables at home.

18. Is there any habit of your family that you don’t like?

Hmm… yes one thing conflicts, they usually watch Pakistani plays on TV till late night.

19. Describe some qualities of your best friend? Or

20. What's the best thing about your best friend?

I have many friends but Mr. Ali is my fast friend; we are well matched since kindergarten. We have never been drifted apart but always stood together through thick and thin. He is so kind and sympathetic, that I always has his shoulder to cry on.

21. What's the difference between a friend and the best friend?

What I think, a friend is someone that you share your feelings and enjoy the company but the best is more than a friend as the one is well matched and provides a shoulder to cry on. And that the best friend always stands through thick and thin. 

22. Who is your best friend and how did you meet him first?

I have many friends but Mr. Ali is my fast friend; we are well matched since kindergarten. We have never been drifted apart but always stood together through thick and thin. And I think, we first met when I was about 5/6 years old, actually we were neighbor as well.

23. Do you enjoy more with your family or friends? 

I feel better and relax with my friends than my family; little more, I share a lot and feel more open to friends.

24. How long do you spend with your friends and how do you feel with them?

Well, usually on weekends we friends get to gather and unwind by eating at a restaurant or a grocer. Well time… it really varies but could be some 3 to 5 hours every Sunday. I feel better and relax with my friends than my family. We keep open and share a lot.

25. Are you a vegetarian?

Yes, being a vegetarian, I opt to take well prepared fresh vegetables at home. I have cut out to take unhealthy foods but I snack on things like fresh fruits in between meals.

26. Do you like to eat at home or restaurant?

I rarely eat out, being a vegetarian, I opt to take well prepared fresh vegetables at home and I snack on things like fresh fruits in between meals.

27. Is there any restaurant in your area that you like the most? Or

28. How often do you eat at restaurants?

There is ABC an elegant restaurant downtown they offer a variety of delicious foods, Although I rarely eat out but once in a blue moon I unwind with my friends by eating there.

29. Does your best friend know all your moods and tones?

Mr. Ali is my fast friend; we are well matched since kindergarten. We have never been drifted apart but always stood together through thick and thin. He knows every temper of mine more than anybody else. Only he brings me up when I am down.

30. How often do people prefer to take meal at restaurants in your area?

As I dwell in the 5th populated city of Pakistan, Gujranwala which is well known for dieting. So I have mostly seen almost all the restaurant fill at evenings. It proves people really very opt to dine at restaurants in my town.

31. Why should one not to take meal at a restaurant?

Well, what I think is that at home we find more fresh, clean and nutritious food than at a restaurant.

32. Why is the trend of eating at restaurants increasing these days?

In my point of view people may lead busy life, so they may want to unwind with their family members or friends by eating out, so they spend time together and change a taste as well.

33. When you are down, then you do what? Or

34. Do you still remember your childhood? Or

35. Which part of life you still remember more? Or

36. What days of your life you enjoyed the most?

To be very honest, in my monotonous life when I am down, then I lose in the reminiscences of my childhood. It was a pleasant period that I ever spent in high spirits. The motto of life was to eat, drink, enjoy and fly in the open sky. However, charm of the childhood can’t be forgotten. As I am growing in age, I feel more attachment and attraction for those days’ acts.

37. What was the purpose (motto) of life in your childhood?

It was a pleasant period that I ever spent in high spirits. The motto of life was to eat, drink, enjoy and fly in the open sky. The haunting feelings of those days will never die.

38. Who influenced you more in your childhood?

I spent most of my time of my childhood with my elder bro Javaid, he is a self-assured, ambitious and an upstanding guy. He is the one that I ever been influenced by. He is my ideal, and honestly speaking I want to be like him.

39. Whom you spent most of your childhood time with?

I spent most of my time of my childhood with my elder bro Javaid, he is a self-assured, ambitious and an upstanding guy. He is the one that I ever been influenced by. He is my ideal, and honestly speaking I want to be like him.

40. Do you still remember any of your childhood friends?

I had many friends but Mr. Ali was my best friend. Actually he is still my best friend. we are well matched since kindergarten. We have never been drifted apart but always stood together through thick and thin.

41. Anything that you had been doing in your childhood but not now?

Interesting question, I was quite used to play cricket hours long under the open sky but now I am totally distant from it.

42. Do you still remember any of your childhood trips?

When I was about 10 years old my elder bro Javaid took me to the Lahore Museum, it was my ever first momentous trip to any museum. By the visit I assimilated that a museum is an important place for education as well as enlightenment.

43. What is the unforgettable event of your childhood?

It is an interesting question, I do remember that my 14th birthday party was held by my father. On that day my father came to me with good wishes and conferred a gift of a bag with a pack inside, what I found in it was a beautiful laptop machine. I was really more than happy to see the machine and it was my first laptop machine I used ever.

44. What did you enjoy the most in your childhood?

Well, everything, the motto of life was to play with friends, eat, drink, enjoy and fly in the open sky. The charm of the childhood can’t be forgotten.

45. Have you ever visited a Museum?

When I was about 10 years old my elder bro Javaid took me to the Lahore Museum, it was my first ever momentous trip to any museum. By the trip I assimilated that a museum is an important place for education as well as enlightenment.

46. What do we learn by Museums?

When I was about 10 years old my elder bro Javaid took me to the Lahore Museum, it was my first ever momentous trip to any museum. By the trip I assimilated that a museum is an important place for education as well as enlightenment.

47. How can we save old cultures?

I think a museum is an establishment that cares for cultures, collections of artifacts and other objects of artisticcultural, historical or scientific importance and makes them available for public.

48. Do you feel any inconvenience in gatherings?

With people sometimes I get aflutter but I may have internal fight and somehow managed to relax and do not let anyone to know.

49. What is your hobby?

I’m heavily reliant on my cell phone and the most I like is that, it allows access to the internet. Especially social media is my leisure pursuit. I share and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. So I really catch a big fun there.

50. How often do you purchase gifts for your friends or family members? 

As per my experience gifts produce a remarkable impact on all aspects of relationship. Gifts enhance the beauty of relationship and strengthen the bounds, so I opt to give presents especially on different occasions to my near to dear ones.

50 Long Talks covered by the compound essay

  1. Describe your city/home town.
  2. Describe the challenges/amenities of the area you live in.
  3. Describe your family.
  4. Describe the best friend/friendship.
  5. Describe about a person who ever have helped you and you want to give some return.
  6. Describe eating habits/eating at restaurants.    
  7. Describe your childhood.
  8. Anything of your childhood you still remember?
  9. Describe the most pleasant/unforgettable time period of your life.
  10. Describe a visit to a museum.
  11. Describe your like/favorite personality.
  12. Describe about a place that you learnt something by visiting.
  13. Describe the sports you like the most.
  14. Describe health activities/extra curriculum activities.
  15. How long do you give to social media?
  16. What about the trend of a social media?
  17. What sort of life (village or city) you like more?
  18. Describe a person you have been impressed by.
  19. Describe your role model.
  20. What do you want to be and why?
  21. Describe any historical visit you still remember.
  22. Describe a visit to a monumental place that you still remember.
  23. Describe a birthday/party that you enjoyed the most.
  24. Describe any unforgettable present/gift that you ever have received.
  25. Describe any special day/event of your life.
  26. Describe an unforgettable gathering of your life.
  27. Describe a thing you have as a pack of memories.
  28. Describe any gift/present that pushes you into the past.
  29. Describe any gift that is more than a gift for you.
  30. Describe any electronic gadget you use the most.
  31. Have the technological changes/advancement affected your living style?
  32. How technology made your/our life easier?
  33. Describe your first cell phone/computer.
  34. Describe your free time activities.
  35. How do you entertain yourself?
  36. Describe your hobby/a device as a friend.
  37. How long do you give to online activities?
  38. To what extent do you agree that technology has taken away family time?
  39. Describe any of your long drives that you ever enjoyed very much.
  40. Describe any unforgettable trip/tour of your life.
  41. Describe any interesting place that you visit/visited more.
  42. Describe the most visiting/tourist place in Pakistan.
  43. Describe the interesting time you ever have passed in a tour with friends/family members.
  44. Describe the most visiting place/area of your country.
  45. Describe any party you ever have attended at any hill station.
  46. Describe your first ever trip to a hill station.
  47. Do you still remember any of your school trips?
  48. Describe a film you watched and enjoyed a lot.
  49. Describe a TV drama/play you ever have watched and enjoyed.
  50. Describe a novel/story you ever have read and you want to read again.

TOPICS

  1. Person: Your favorite person, your role model, an intelligent person, friend, teacher, child …
  2. Place: Any favorite or memorable historical place…
  3. Borrowing things from people and lending things to people
  4. Party, function, wedding, program, birthday, gathering…
  5. Your country events, festivals, norms and culture…
  6. Famous social site, internet, email, social media good/bad effects…
  7. Free time games, hobbies, entertainment like shopping, clothing and dressings…
  8. Travelling, Public transport, trend, benefits…
  9. Health and foods, health sciences, diet, fitness, game and exercise…
  10. Memorable photograph, picture, statue, scene…
  11. Any specific artist or famous person’s life, challenges, role…
  12. Entertainments, favorite movie, music, other piece of entertainment…
  13. Families’ living style, problems and challenges...
  14. Crime, justice, law, youth crime, crime with age...
  15. Influence of politicians, teachers, scientists on society and their role…
  16. Gifts receiving, trends changes in gifts giving and taking...
  17. Advertising, effects, trends, feelings, products, types…
  18. Any large famous company of your area (as your future company, business, and management)...
  19. Cities and Roads congestion, rush, roads, and parking problems, road safety…
  20. Role of parents and elder in society, business, home…
  21. Plants and animals, human effects, rare, care, zoos…
  22. Technological changes, development, effects…
  23. Childhood and adulthood etc (memories, entertainment, games, learning)...
  24. News media electronic and printed, newspaper, magazine…
  25. Reading habits, any subject you enjoy, enjoyed…
  26. Job (present/future, people like to do, good, bad)…
  27. Development (in any field, in any area)…
  28. Globalization, global warming, global weather change, global common trends and issues…
  29. Your country economical conditions and political effects…
  30. Educational trends, facilities, in your area, county globally …
  31. Study room, classroom, an institution, library etc favorite, facilities…
  32. City and village life, favorite, trends, challenges…
  33. Tourism in your country, trends, benefits, famous place…

 

Types Of Sentences

 

 

Types of a sentence:

1.      A simple sentence has only one clause.

2.      A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses or complete sentences.

3.      A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

4.      A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

 

1-     SIMPLE  SENTENCE:

A simple sentence has a subject and ONLY ONE verb, and can stand alone with a complete idea.

·         The dog ran off.

·         I am tall.

 

2-     COMPOUND  SENTENCE:

(When two or more sentences are connected)

When two independent clauses or complete sentences are connected with a coordinating conjunction is called a Compound Sentence.

Coordinating conjunctions are easy to remember if you think of the words "FAN BOYS":

For , And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

Examples:

1.      I like bananas and I like grapes

2.      Ali waited for the train, but the train was late.

3.      My husband was working, so I went shopping.

4.      I want hamburgers, but Ali wants pizza.

5.      Our team tried hard, but we lost the game.

 

3-     COMPLEX  SENTENCE:

A complex sentence is made up of an in-dependent clause and one or more dependent clauses connected with subordinating conjunctions.

 Independent clauses are simple sentences; they can stand alone as a complete idea.

 

Example:

·         She loves her brother.

·         The dog ran off.

·         I am tall.

 

Dependant clauses are not complete sentences, although they do contain a noun and a verb.

Dependent clauses cannot stand alone as a sentence, but they can be added to an independent clause to form a complex sentence.

 Example:

·         When I come home

·         If you sell this car

·         Because she is so smart

 

Complex Sentence Examples

 

The teacher asked for his homework after she noticed it missing.

Although he was wealthy, he was still unhappy.

She returned the computer after she noticed it was damaged.

As she was bright and ambitious, she became a manager in no time.

Although it was very long, the movie was still enjoyable

 

 

Spoken English Section

 

            Meeting 2 un-known people

  1. Why do you seem so excited?
  2. What does your uncle do?
  3. Does my brother bother you?
  4. Where is your friend from?
  5. What’s your brother?
  6. Hi, what’s your full name?
  7. How many younger brothers do you have?
  8. How old is your elder brother?
  9. What do you do for fun?

 

                                Meeting 2 friends

  1. Hey, you look like worried?
  2. How is your brother today?
  3. Excuse me, How are things going over at your college?
  4. Are you waiting for guests?
  5. How’s everyone?
  6. I’d like to meet your father please.
  7. Where do you off to every morning?
  8. Today should we go to Lahore?
  9. Who’s that old man next to the chair?

 

                        Free Time

  1. Do you like music?
  2. How long do you spend with your family in a month?
  3. Is your best friend an outdoor man or homebody?
  4. Do you like driving?
  5. What sort of events you enjoy more?
  6. What sort of TV programs do you watch more?
  7. Do you watch movies?
  8. What is your favorite T.V program?
  9. Are you a shopping enthusiast?

                   

                       Feelings

  1. How is your brother like?
  2. Do you know about the class test?
  3. What makes you down?
  4. Is Ali a boring friend?
  5. When you are excited then you do what?
  6. What’s wrong with your computer?
  7. What is the good habit of your friend?
  8. How do you deal with tension?

 

                     Direction

  1. Excuse me, Is there any Medical Store?
  2. How long will it take to start?
  3. Are you from Lahore?  
  4. Where is your office?
  5. Excuse me, Is this the UCL College?
  6. Excuse me, You are on the wrong way.
  7. Is this the way to Murree?
  8. Excuse me, where is the parking area?
  9. Is it safe to park here? 
  10. Excuse me Sir, how can I access to the clock tower?

 

                      Weather 

  1. What’s it like in Islamabad?
  2. Do you have snow?
  3. What would be the weather like in Lahore?

 

               Business Meeting

  1. How to receive someone to deliver presentation? 
  2. How to announce that one of the guests is absent?          
  3. How to ask if someone is free tomorrow?
  4. How to disagree with someone?
  5. Excuse me, when is the next class due?