Examius
🇵🇰 Matric (SSC) · flashcards
Matric (SSC) English Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering English as it is examined in Matric (SSC). 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What are the three main tenses in English, and what time does each refer to?
Present (action happening now or habitually), Past (action that already happened), and Future (action that will happen).
What are the four forms of each tense?
Simple (indefinite), Continuous (progressive), Perfect, and Perfect Continuous.
Give the structure of the Present Continuous tense.
Subject + is/am/are + verb-ing (e.g., 'She is writing a letter').
Give the structure of the Present Perfect tense.
Subject + has/have + past participle (third form of verb) (e.g., 'They have finished the work').
Give the structure of the Past Perfect tense and when it is used.
Subject + had + past participle. It shows an action completed before another past action (e.g., 'He had left before I arrived').
Give the structure of the Simple Future tense.
Subject + will/shall + base form of verb (e.g., 'I shall go tomorrow').
What is the 'voice' of a verb, and what are its two types?
Voice shows whether the subject performs or receives the action. The two types are Active Voice and Passive Voice.
In Active Voice versus Passive Voice, what is the role of the subject in each?
In Active Voice the subject does the action; in Passive Voice the subject receives the action and the doer becomes the agent (often introduced by 'by').
What is the general rule for changing a sentence from active to passive voice?
The object of the active sentence becomes the subject, the verb changes to a form of 'be' + past participle, and the original subject becomes the agent (by + agent).
Convert to passive: 'The teacher punished the boy.'
'The boy was punished by the teacher.'
In passive voice, what form of the verb is always used?
The past participle (third form) of the main verb, combined with the appropriate form of the verb 'to be'.
What is 'narration' (direct and indirect speech)?
Narration is reporting someone's words. Direct speech quotes the exact words in inverted commas; indirect (reported) speech reports the meaning without quotation marks.
When changing direct to indirect speech, how do present tenses generally change?
Present tenses in the reported clause usually shift back to the corresponding past tense (e.g., present simple to past simple).
In indirect narration, how do 'this/these', 'here', 'now', and 'today' change?
'this'→'that', 'these'→'those', 'here'→'there', 'now'→'then', 'today'→'that day'.
How is a direct question changed into indirect speech (reporting verb and word order)?
The reporting verb becomes 'asked/inquired', 'said' is dropped, the question word order changes to statement order, and 'if/whether' is used for yes/no questions.
Change to indirect speech: He said, 'I am ill.'
He said that he was ill.
What is the main purpose of punctuation in writing?
Punctuation marks organize sentences, show pauses and stops, and make the meaning clear and easy to read.
When is a 'full stop' (period) used?
A full stop is used to end a declarative (statement) sentence and after many abbreviations.
What is the function of a 'comma'?
A comma marks a short pause, separates items in a list, and divides clauses or phrases within a sentence.
When are 'inverted commas' (quotation marks) used?
They are used to enclose the exact words of a speaker in direct speech and to mark titles or quoted words.
When is the 'apostrophe' used?
The apostrophe shows possession (e.g., 'Ali's book') and marks omitted letters in contractions (e.g., 'don't' for 'do not').
What is a 'synonym'? Give an example.
A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word (e.g., 'happy' and 'glad').
What is an 'antonym'? Give an example.
An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word (e.g., 'big' and 'small').
Give the antonyms of: ancient, victory, and arrival.
ancient → modern; victory → defeat; arrival → departure.
What this deck covers
The English deck follows the Matric (SSC) English syllabus — 6 chapters and 20 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 8.5 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 104 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
English flashcards FAQ
How many English flashcards are in this Matric (SSC) deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these Matric (SSC) flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the English cards cover?
They follow the Matric (SSC) English syllabus — 6 chapters and 20 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.