Cambridge O Level First Language Urdu

Cambridge O Level First Language Urdu Book 1

This book comprises comprehension passages, four types of essays, and prose and poetry. Comprehension passages included in this book cover all the topics prescribed by CAIE. Similarly, questions asked for each comprehension passage are constructed with additional information on the pattern of CAIE. Besides this, one comprehension passage is provided with all its questions answered on the basis of given additional information as a sample unit.

In this book, not only four types of essays (Argumentative, Discursive, Descriptive, and Narrative) have been thoroughly explained but also contents to be included in each paragraph are elaborated through diagrams and charts. To enable the students to understand the specific type of content required for a specific type of essay, two sample essays have been provided for each type. For practice, a number of topics along with guidelines have also been provided with each essay type.

Unseen texts have been selected from classical and contemporary literature on a variety of topics. To fulfill the requirement of CAIE, selected prose texts have been summarized. For the guidance of students, one text of each prose and poetry has been included with answered questions in the light of the given points. This will enable students to base their answers on the provided points as required by CAIE.

Cambridge O Level First Language Urdu Book 2

In this book, text from poetry and prose have been included based on the requirement of CAIE. To facilitate students to achieve high in CAIE, each piece of text is provided with detailed critical comments. Writing style, thoughts, and tone of each poet and author included in the syllabus has been thoroughly described. With the help of different short and long questions, students are introduced to the literary aspect of the texts.

Symbols and marks have been added to the texts to enable students to pronounce words correctly and recite poetry with correct elocution and tone.

To prepare students for satisfactory performance in CAIE and to enrich their minds by developing in them a predilection for literature, following contents have been added in the book:

• Life history of poets and authors
• Historical, social, political, and literary background of the texts
• Thorough explanation of the different types of literature and literary terms
• English alternatives of important literary terms and difficult words