GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY
Range Road, Sabzazar, Rawalpindi Cantt.
ENGLISH COMPULSORY HSSC–I (FLP 2026)
Total Marks 20 Time allowed:
25 Minutes
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SOLUTION
SECTION – A (Marks 20)
Section – A is compulsory. Deleting/overwriting is not allowed. Do not use
lead pencil.
Q. 1. Fill the relevant bubble for each part. Each part carries one mark.
1. “Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!”
Which one of the following poetic devices is used in the poetic line?
(A) simile (B) personification
(C) anti-thesis (D) metaphor
2. Which kind of noun is “audience”?
(A) countable (B) collective
(C) uncountable (D) both A and B
3. “The chocolate melted on my tongue, rich and creamy, leaving a sweet,
lingering delight.” The sentence is an example of:
(A) auditory imagery (B) tactile imagery
(C) olfactory imagery (D) gustatory imagery
4. “The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or “folk” as handed
down by word of mouth” is called:
(A) poetry (B) folklore
(C) short story (D) mythology
5. Which one of the following sentences has an adverb clause?
(A) Who is the man you are talking to?
(B) I wonder if he is coming with us.
(C) Even though the sun was shining, it was still very cold.
(D) I doubt he can do it.
6. “The captain boasted confidently about victory; however, the team is now
out of the tournament.” The underlined conjunction is:
(A) cumulative (B) adversative
(C) alternative (D) illative
7. “I would rather go there myself.” The underlined word is a/an:
(A) bare infinitive (B) auxiliary
(C) linking (D) simple infinitive
8. “Even when each of his brothers and his little sister ran to the brink,
flapped
their wings, and flew awayDEPENDENT 1, he failed to muster up courage to take
that plungeINDEPENDENT
which appeared to him so desperateDEPENDENT 2.” The sentence is:
(A) simple (B) compound
(C) complex (D) compound complex
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9. “I know that she wants the pen, and I will give her that that belongs to me.”
Recognize the underlined words.
(A) conjunction; conjunction; adjective
(B) conjunction; pronoun; adjective
(C) pronoun; conjunction; adjective
(D) pronoun; adjective; conjunction
10. “The old, dusty book with torn pages and a faded cover belonged to my
grandfather.” The sentence contains a/an:
(A) direct object (B) indirect object
(C) object of preposition (D) all three
11. Which one of the following sentences contains the example of gerund?
(A) Loudly knocking at the door, he demanded admission.
(B) Squeaking doors evoke great fear when one is alone at night.
(C) The rain came pouring down in torrents.
(D) Please finish cleaning the room before the arrival of the guests.
12. Choose the correct spelling.
(A) girafe (B) girrafe
(C) girraffe (D) giraffe
13. “I will give the award to whosoever deserves it most.” The sentence contains
a/an:
(A) adverb clause (B) adjective clause
(C) adjective phrase (D) noun clause
14. Which one of the following sentences has two finite verbs?
(A) He is trying to score the decider and help his team win.
(B) She let him go and speak freely.
(C) My friend has scrutinized and arranged his books on the shelf.
(D) Ali not only studies but also teaches at the same college.
15. Which one of the following sentences is exclamatory?
(A) Quiet! Do not make a noise. (B) Long live Pakistan!
(C) May you succeed this time! (D) How cute the baby is!
16. “The player kicked the ball really hard.” Which adverb is used in the sentence?
(A) degree (B) quality
(C) quantity (D) frequency
17. “Columbus was one of _____ first people to cross _____ Atlantic.”
Choose suitable group of articles.
(A) the; no article (B) no article; the
(C) the; the (D) the; an
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18. “Jim was implicated _____ a false case.” Supply the correct preposition.
(A) for (B) from
(C) by (D) in
19. “The fire-brigade truck was reduced to ashes.” The sentence is an example of:
(A) euphemism (B) irony
(C) symbolism (D) hyperbole
20. “While receiving his degree, Pasteur commented that the sight of the
parchment looked odious to him.” The synonym of the underlined word is:
(A) agreeable (B) hateful
(C) appealing (D) delightful