1st Year English Guess Paper 2023 Punjab Boards
1-Button Button
- Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?
- What message did Norma receive after pressing the button?
- What were the reasons Norma gave to her husband to accept the offer?
- What is the significance of Arthur’s life insurance policy?
- Why did Mr,Steward continue persuading Norma?
- Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?
- Why did Norma persuade her husband to agree with her?
2-Clearing in the Sky
- Why had the old man planted his secret garden?
- What had the doctor told the old man?
- How many years did the old man take to improve the old worn-out land?
- Where did the old man take his son?
- Why did the old man take the steep path?
- Why was the writer reluctant’ for a walk with his father?
- Describe the physical appearance of the old man.
3-Dark they were and Golden Eyes
- What was the condition of Bittering family on hearing the news of War on earth?
- How much dangerous a Martian virus can be?
- What was the advice Harry gave to the people on the Mars?
- Why did Harry want to go back to earth?
- What did they want to grow?
4-Thank You M’am
- What is the reaction of the women when the boy tried to snatch her purse?
- What happened to the boy when he tried to snatch the purse?
- How did the boy look physically?
- What was the nature of the women’s job?
- What did Mrs. Jones ask the boy to do to look presentable?
5-The Piece of the String
- What made Hubert shameful?
- What did George give the pocket-book to his employer?
- Why did the people make fun of Hebert’s innocence?
- Why did Hubert claim his innocence before death?
- Why did the Mayor not believe the innocence of Hubert?
- What reward was announced for the finder?
6-The Reward
- What was the view point of the parents of Gorgios?
- What was the subject discussed at the club?
- What were the feelings of Gorgios on the occasion of inauguration?
- Why did Gorgios take part in politics?
- For how long Gorgios had to stick to get his ambition achieved?
- Describe the scene of the inauguration of Gorgios.
7-The Use of String
- How did the doctor succeed in examining the throat of child?
- Why did the parents keep the sick child in the kitchen?
- Why did the parents rebuke the sick child?
- What was the behavior of child with the doctor?
- What was the condition of the tonsils of the sick girl?
8-The Gulistan of Sa’adi
- Why did the boy look to the sky and smile?
- What should be role of Qazi?
- How did the king recover?
- What was the remedy suggested by the physicians for the disease of king?
9-The Foolish Quack
- What did the quack do with the old woman?
- What was the punishment inflicted upon the quack by the villagers?
- What was the result of the cure?
- How did the quack come to realize his error?
- Why did the quack come back to the camel men?
10-A Mild Attack of Locusts
- Why did farmers throw wet leaves on fire?
- Why are locusts compared with bad weather?
- What was the condition of trees at the attack at locusts?
- What are locusts?
11-I have a Dream
- What should be the faith of Negroes?
- What should be the criterion of judgment for a person?
- What was the cause of Negron’s discontentment?
- What is the dream of Martin Luther King jr?
12-Poems
- What is worse than slavery? (Ruba’iyat)
- Why does a person feel helpless the death of a friend? (My neighbor friend
- What does the night mail bring?
- What does the post tell about the gap in ‘O where are you going’?
- Write down the theme central idea of poem “Ozymandias”?
- Why does the poet call modern men as hollow men?
- What has made efforts of Muslims fruitless? (Ruba’iyat)
- How many attributes of God have been mentioned in the poem?
- Where did the traveler see the statue of “Ozymandias”?
- Describe the gait of the Sindhi-women?
- Which is the place the night mail passes by?
13-Plays
Prepare First and Second Play “OR”
- What kind of play “The Oyster and the Pearl” is?
- Why does the girl feel fainting when the second man asks her about her nervousness?
- Why is Kreton interested in earth?
- Who is Mr. Spelding?
- What does the writer do with the Oyster?
- Why does Clark Larrabee return?
- Give the gist of Spelding’s announcement?
- Few lines about Kreton.
- What is purpose of Kreton’s visit?
- Why couldn’t the girl describe the killer?
- Why did Clark Larrabee and his wife quarrel?
- Why couldn’t she accompany the second man?
- Why did Harry wear various hats?
- What does Clark go to put in the local newspaper?
- Why is Harry sitting in the barber’s chair?
- Why was the girl frightened to tell the details of the incident?
- Who buys the oyster and how much does he pay?
- Why do they want Wozzeek to come?
- What is the theme of the study of Kreton?
- Can the people of the earth compete with the people of Kreton?
- How much damaging is violence in life?
- What did the man do when the light went out?
- What was the condition of weather? (Heat Lighting)
- Why did the girl ask for help from the first man?
- How did the girl realize the truth?
- Why didn’t the girl accompany the second man?
- Why is Harry sitting in barber’s chair?
- Why has Clay’s father left his house?
- How long has Harry been in O.K. by the sea?
- What kind of haircut does Miss McCutcheon want?
- Describe Harry’s barber shop in few lines.
- When and for how much money did Harry buy his shop?
- Why don’t Kreton’s people travel much?
- What is the significance of storm, rain, lightning and the thunder in the play?
Applications
- Write an application to the principal of your college for re-admission.
- Write an application to the principal for the grant of a character certificate.
- Write an application to the principal of your college requesting him to allow you to change your subject(s).
- Write an application to the principal of your college for remission of fine.
LETTERS
- Write a letter to your father requesting him to enhance your pocket money.
- Write a letter to your father about your progress in studies.
- Write a letter to your friend condoling with him on the death of his mother.
- Write a letter to your friend requesting him/her to land you his/her camera for a week.
STORIES:
- A bag of gold and three friends.
- Kindness never goes unrewarded.
- Greed is a curse (A Strange Hen).
- Honesty is the best policy (A Wood Cutter and his axe).
- All that glitter is not gold.
- United you stand, divided you fall.