PAF Aeronautical Engineering English Syllabus

English syllabus — full chapter and topic list

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1. 1

   Parts of Speech

   5 topics

   • Nouns and Pronouns
   • Verbs and Adverbs
   • Adjectives
   • Prepositions
   • Conjunctions and Interjections
2. 2

   Tenses

   4 topics

   • Present Tense
   • Past Tense
   • Future Tense
   • Subject-Verb Agreement
3. 3

   Voice and Narration

   2 topics

   • Active and Passive Voice
   • Direct and Indirect Narration
4. 4

   Word Forms

   3 topics

   • Singular and Plural
   • Masculine and Feminine
   • Degrees of Comparison
5. 5

   Vocabulary

   5 topics

   • Synonyms
   • Antonyms
   • One-Word Substitution
   • Idioms and Phrases
   • Analogies
6. 6

   Sentence Correction

   4 topics

   • Common Grammatical Errors
   • Articles and Determiners
   • Punctuation
   • Spelling Correction
7. 7

   Comprehension

   3 topics

   • Reading Passages
   • Inference and Main Idea
   • Sentence Completion

English flashcards for PAF Aeronautical Engineering

23 of 50 cards from the English deck — real questions with worked answers.

1. What is a noun?

   A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, thing, idea, or quality (e.g., teacher, Lahore, dog, table, honesty).

2. Name the main kinds of nouns with an example of each.

   Proper (Ali), Common (boy), Collective (team), Material/Concrete (gold), and Abstract (bravery).

3. What is a pronoun, and why is it used?

   A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid its repetition (e.g., he, she, it, they, we, you, I).

4. List the main types of pronouns.

   Personal (I, he), Possessive (mine, yours), Reflexive (myself), Demonstrative (this, those), Relative (who, which), Interrogative (who? what?), and Indefinite (someone, all).

5. What is a verb?

   A verb is a word that expresses an action (run), an event (happen), or a state of being (is, seem).

6. What is the difference between a transitive and an intransitive verb?

   A transitive verb needs an object to complete its meaning ('She wrote a letter'), while an intransitive verb does not take an object ('He sleeps').

7. What is an adverb? Name its main kinds.

   An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Kinds: manner (quickly), time (now), place (here), frequency (often), and degree (very).

8. Which question words do adverbs of manner, time, and place answer?

   Manner answers 'How?', time answers 'When?', and place answers 'Where?'

9. What is an adjective?

   An adjective is a word that describes or qualifies a noun or pronoun, telling its quality, number, or quantity (e.g., tall, three, some).

10. List the main kinds of adjectives.

    Quality (beautiful), Quantity (much, little), Number (five, many), Demonstrative (this, that), Possessive (my, your), and Interrogative (which? what?).

11. What is a preposition?

    A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation (of place, time, or direction) to another word, e.g., in, on, at, under, between.

12. Give the correct prepositions of time: ___ Monday, ___ June, ___ 5 o'clock.

    on Monday, in June, at 5 o'clock.

13. What is a conjunction? Name its two main types.

    A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses. Types: Coordinating (and, but, or) and Subordinating (because, although, if, when).

14. What is an interjection? Give examples.

    An interjection is a word that expresses sudden or strong emotion and is usually followed by an exclamation mark, e.g., Oh!, Alas!, Hurrah!, Wow!

15. What are the three forms of the Present Tense?

    Present Simple/Indefinite (I write), Present Continuous (I am writing), Present Perfect (I have written), and Present Perfect Continuous (I have been writing).

16. What is the structure of the Present Continuous tense?

    Subject + am/is/are + verb + -ing (e.g., 'She is reading a book').

17. What helping verbs and verb form are used in the Present Perfect tense?

    has/have + the past participle (third form) of the verb, e.g., 'They have finished the work.'

18. What is the structure of the Past Continuous tense?

    Subject + was/were + verb + -ing (e.g., 'I was studying when he called').

19. What auxiliary and verb form are used in the Past Perfect tense?

    had + the past participle (third form), e.g., 'The train had left before we arrived.'

20. How is the Simple Future tense formed?

    Subject + will/shall + base form of the verb (e.g., 'I shall go', 'He will come').

21. What is the structure of the Future Perfect tense?

    Subject + will/shall have + past participle (e.g., 'By Friday I shall have completed the report').

22. State the basic rule of Subject-Verb Agreement.

    A verb must agree with its subject in number and person: a singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb (e.g., 'He runs', 'They run').

23. In subject-verb agreement, what verb form do two singular subjects joined by 'and' take?

    They usually take a plural verb (e.g., 'Ali and Sara are friends'), unless they denote one idea/person (e.g., 'Bread and butter is my breakfast').

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