Important Idioms and Phrases

Idiom	Meaning	Phrase
Century	صدی	This century will make our life modern and easier.
Conquest	فتح	The conquest of Makkah is an important event in history of Islam.
Influential	موثر	Quaid-e-Azam was an influential political leader.
Determination	عزم	Saad has succeeded by his determination.
Delegation	وفد	Our country sent an industrial delegation to Turkey.

Active Passive Voice (Present Indefinite Tense)

Active / Passive Voice (Present Indefinite Tense)
A	You take a bath daily.	P	A bath is taken by you daily.
A	Khurshid helps Noshaba.	P	Noshaba is helped by Khurshid.
A	The boy makes the picture.	P	The picture is made by the boy.
A	She loves her cat very much.	P	Her cat is loved by her very much.

Ch # 10 Drug Addiction

1: Are drug addicts aware of the dangers of drugs?

Ans: Yes, drugs are aware of the mental and physical anguish caused by drugs.

2: Which environment factors are responsible for drugs addiction?

Ch # 09 All is Not Lost

1: What is an ICU in a hospital? 

Ans: an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Critical Care Unit (CCU), Intensive Therapy Unit of Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU), is a highly specialized department of a hospitall that provides intensive-care medicine. 

Effects of Land Pollution on Human Health

Pollution is an undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substance as a consequence of human activities. Pollution is one of the major problems of the modern world. There are different types of pollution and land pollution is one of them.

Patriotism

Patriotism is an asset everyone must own it. A country is incomplete without this feeling. The feeling of patriotism must be taught to every child. The young generations are the future of the nation, they should be aware of our history and the sacrifices made by our great patriots.

Allama Iqbal

Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot, a city in Pakistan in November 1877. He got his education from well-known educational institution. After receiving education he became a lecture in Oriental College. He was not a poet, philosopher and a teacher too.

An Industrial Exhibition

 An industrial exhibition was arranged in March last year. The intention of the organizers was to exhibit industrial products at one place. The trading community and the general public showed keep interest in the products.

A Scene at a Railway Station

The scene of the railway station is always very interesting and exciting for me. Last week I had to go to Multan to see my cousin. I decided to go by train. I reached the railway station and bought ticket.

The Scene of My School

At full time my school presents a scene of great hustle and bustle. There are about one thousand students in my school. My school is situated in a big city. Full time is the busiest part of the day are called peak hours.

Fashion

Fashion can be defined as generally dressing sense which is prevailing in their culture. Fashion is different from gender to gender. The old and the young know well the importance of fashions. Everybody wants to be smart and up to date. Women follow fashions blindly.

A Street Quarrel

Yesterday, I went to the market to buy a book. There was a great rush. A vendor was selling fruit. From the other side a young man came on his bicycle. He dashed against the vendor.

Pakistani Women

Women in Pakistan are almost half of the total population of the country. The / are as important as men in the development and progress of Pakistan. They are doing a lot in this respect.

The Teacher I like Best

There are many teachers in my school. They all are good teachers. They teach us well. We like them very much. But my best teacher is Mr. Aslam. He is the Headmaster of our school.

Inflation

 Inflation is an economic term which describes a specific term which the demand for goods and services exceeds the available supply. As a result, prices go up.

Corruption

Corruption is one of the deadliest evils of the society. Though corruption has developed up too much extent in recent years, but it is not a new phenomenon.

Computer

Computer is an electronic device which is used for calculation and many other complicated processes. It is the most wonderful invention of the modern age.

Terrorism

The calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature. This is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear. It is very important to understand that today.

Discipline

Human beings are the larger parts of a social framework and for any framework to function, rules and regulations are an absolute necessity. When these regulations guide human behavior and devise a sense of organization, a system or an individual is said to be disciplined.

Octopus Life Cycle

Introduction

An octopus is an eight armed cephalopod organism that falls under the order Octopoda. The size of these sea creatures vary in size. The smallest octopus measures up to 5 cm in length and the largest octopus measures up to 6 meters in length. Octopuses generally appear to have a pouch-like head, which is slightly separated from the body, has compound eyes and eight arms.

Sea Turtle Life Cycle

Introduction

Sea turtles are a group of species that fall under the family Dermochelyidae and the family Cheloniidae. Dermochelyidae is leatherback sea turtles and Cheloniidae are green turtles, flatback sea turtles, hawksbills, loggerhead sea turtles and so on. Sea turtles vary in size but share common stages in food consumption and habitats.

Snake Life Cycle

Introduction

Snakes are reptiles who have an elongated body, no legs or wings and are carnivorous in nature. Snakes fall under the order Squamata and then under the suborder Serpentes. These reptiles are able to scare the living soul of human beings as some species are venomous, but not all.

Grasshopper Life Cycle

Grasshoppers are flying insects belonging to the order Orthoptera and fall under the suborder Caelifera. Around 11,000 species of grasshoppers exist as of today and the majority of grasshoppers are herbivores; however, some species are omnivorous as they also consume animal tissues and faeces.

Lizard Life Cycle

Introduction:

Lizards are scaly skinned reptiles that fall under the order Squamata and the suborder Sauria. Lizards comprise more than 5,500 species that range in size from 2 cm to 3 meters in length with a slender tail. This species of reptiles has survived for approximately 200 million years. The weight of lizards can sometimes be as low as 0.5 gms to more than 150 kgs in certain species. Snakes, which are also reptiles, arose from lizards and are known to be a group of limbless lizards.

Cockroach Life Cycle

Introduction:

Cockroach falls under the category of menace causing insects, and we all have experienced our fair share of household infestation with cockroaches. Cockroaches or roaches fall under the suborder Blattodea which is under the super order Dictyoptera. Insects under Dictyoptera are cockroaches and mantids; both characterized for having oval shaped flat bodies, leathery wings and long antennae.

Snail Life Cycle

Introduction

Snails are gastropod animals which have an enclosing shell, into which it is able to retract entirely, for protection. Snails are a different category of animals that fall under the phylum Mollusca. In household situations, snails tend to destroy fruits and vegetables. Snails are active during the wet season and inactive during the winter season.

Ant Life Cycle

The ants are found in tropical forests during the summer season with the remaining insect community. Ants are divided into three groups, namely – queens, worker and male. The life cycle of an ant varies from weeks to months, depending upon the environmental conditions.

Reproduction in Ants

Ants are social insects and have a social system where tasks are divided among the queen and worker ants.

Honey Bee Life Cycle

From filling the honeycombs with sweet honey to stinging us if we dare take them, honeybees have always amazed us with their ability to create the best food substance – honey. They belong to the insect order Hymenopterans, which comprises the majority of the insects. Amongst the insect order, bees are considered to be social insects as they live in colonies. Bees are paramount for agriculture as they facilitate pollination, in fact, ⅓ of the world’s food supply pollinated by the bees.

Dragonfly Life Cycle

Introduction to Dragonfly

With the ability to live as an aquatic larva under-water for almost 2 years, the insect dragonfly belongs to the insect order Odonata. Dragonflies from the order Odonata are physically large, robust, and stouter looking members belonging to the suborder called Anisoptera. Dragonflies falling under the sub-order of Anisoptera are also considered as ‘true dragonfly’.

Dog Life Cycle

Introduction:

Dogs are the most popular and omnipresent domestic organisms in the world. These mammals have lived parallely with human beings as hunting buddies for over 12,000 years now. Since dogs have a keen sense of smell and taste, they are great companions for hunting purposes. Overtime, human beings identified these characteristics and created new breeds, based on need and want. Dogs are domestic mammals that fall under the family Canidae and the order Carnivores.

Ladybird Life Cycle

Everyone in their life must have seen a tiny, colourful red with black polka-dots ladybird, mostly stationary on a leaf or walking on soil. It is known to be one of the most fascinating bugs to human beings. A ladybird beetle or a ladybug falls under the family Coccinellidae and the order Coleoptera. Ladybirds are a huge clan and comprise around 5,000 species all across the world.

Pinworm Life Cycle

Introduction:

Pinworms, also known as Enterobius vermicularis are parasitic worms that fall under the family Oxyuridae, the phylum Nematoda and the order Rhabditida. Pinworms are most commonly found in the human intestine, and more prominent in children. These worms are also called seat worms or threadworms and they measure up to 13 mm in length. They appear to be thread-like, white in colour and thin in shape. The male pinworms measure up to 5 mm and the female pinworms measure up to 13 mm length in size.

Jellyfish Life Cycle

Introduction:

Once in a while, we all go to the beach and if we are lucky enough, we spot a jellyfish. As beautiful as they are in their appearance, it is just as painful if a jellyfish stings you. Jellyfish are bell-shaped, jelly-like creatures with long trailing tentacles that are found at shores.

Jellyfishes are marine invertebrates with around 200 species that fall under the class Scyphozoa and the phylum Cnidaria.

Tapeworm Life Cycle

Tapeworms are parasitic flatworms that fall under the class Cestoda and Phylum Platyhelminthes. They comprise approximately 5000 different species of invertebrates that measure from 1mm to 15 m in size. Tapeworms are internal parasites that attack vertebrates like human beings, cats, dogs and fish. The disease caused by tapeworm is known as cestodiasis. Physically the tapeworm has an elongated body segment, head and suckers or hooks for attaching themselves to the host.

Insect Life Cycle

Insects hail from the largest category of phylum Arthropoda and fall under the class Hexapoda or Insecta. In appearance, insects have a segmented body, jointed legs and exoskeleton. Insects have distinctive features that include three major parts namely the head, the segmented thorax and abdomen where the digestive, respiratory, reproductive and excretory organs are found. The head has the eyes, pair of antennae and mouthparts. The segmented thorax consists of three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings.

Fungi Life Cycle

Introduction:

Fungi are organisms belonging to the kingdom Fungi that includes 144,000 species of organisms such as yeasts, rusts, mildews, mushrooms and so on. Fungi are the most widely distributed organism on the globe as it has medicinal properties. Fungi are found free living in the soil or water. Some of these organisms create parasitic or symbiotic relationships with plants and animals.

Tick Life Cycle

Introduction:

Ticks are invertebrates that fall under the suborder Ixodida and the subclass Acari. Ticks are parasites that comprise about 825 species. They are part of a large group of domestic parasites that attack human beings sometimes. The most popular tick is the hard tick called American dog tick, that feeds on the dog for several days.

Lice Life Cycle

Introduction:

Everyone goes through an itchy, blood-sucking and skull scratching episode of lice in their hair. It’s prominent in the human scalp as it gets body heat from that area. Lice fall under the order Phthiraptera that includes chewing louse (Amblycera) and sucking louse (Anoplura). Chewing louse resides on birds and some other mammals like cattle.

Pollution

Pollution is an undesirable state of natural environment being contaminated with harmful substance as a consequence of human activities.

Co-Education

Co-education means the education of boys and girls in the same institute in the same class. Those who are in favour of this, they claim that it helps boys and girls to gain confidence and give them a chance to understand each other.

Over Population

There is no doubt that world is full of problem. Over population is one of the biggest problems of the world today. The developed countries have overcome the issue up to much extent.

Tolerance

Tolerance means to bear pain and hardships. It also means to bear those things which one does not like. Islam teaches us to practice tolerance as much as possible.

Sports and Games

Sports and games play an important role in the development of human personality. They are no less important than food and fresh water. The developed countries like England, Germany, France and USA have made games an essential part of education at the school level.

My Last Day at School

The first and the last days at school are the unique significance for students. While the first day at school, may cause anxiety, fear and nervousness, the last day is a day of hope, confidence and preparedness.

The Value of Scientific Education

In the ancient times education meant literacy education only. Grammar philosophy and literature comprised the syllabus teaching of astronomy and medicine was neither scientific nor comprehensive.

Health is Wealth

“Health is wealth” is a well known proverb often quoted by our parents and teacher. When people meet, they usually ask one another “How are you”, “How are you getting on”

Health is precious and certainly a great blessing of Allah Almighty.

Life in a Big City

Life in a big city is exciting and ever evolving. There a lot of opportunities to learn and grow for people residing in a big city. Daily life in a big city like Lahore is every so busy and exciting.

A Rainy Day in Summer

A rainy day in summer always brings a lot of delight for all the people. In summer there is extreme heat and scarching winds. The sky was clear, and the bright sun burnt the earth men, beasts and birds gasped for breadth.

Advantages of Library

Libraries attract people to read and develop habit of reading and learning. It increases their thirst for reading and expanding knowledge. A public library has the widest range of influence. There are many advantages of libraries.

How can we avoid accidents

It is a sad fact of the modern life that in our big cities thousands of men, women and children die every year in road accidents. Most of the road-side accidents occur either because of the ignorance of traffic rules

A Road Accident

The other day I witnessed an accident on the Lahore – Narowal road. It was a very sad spectacle. The road at the spot was littered with broken glass, bits of wooden frames and iron bars.

An Industrial Exhibition

An industrial exhibition was arranged in March last year. The intention of the organizers was to exhibit industrial products at one place. The trading community and the general public showed keen interest in the products.

How to Keep our Town Clean

Cleanliness is next to godliness. We must give a serious though to this golden truth. Neat and clean environment has a cheerful effect, it is a sure sign of civilization. Knowledge is a great blessing of Allah.

A Visit to a Hospital

 A visit to a hospital does not give us any kind of pleasure. It leaves a depressing effect on who visits it. A clash took place between two rival parties in which three persons received bullet injuries.

A Visit to a Museum

A visit to a museum is interesting as well as educative. The Lahore Museum is an important place where work of art, and other objects of historical value are kept and displayed. It is an old importing building with a high ceiling.

My School

School is the place where we learn to read and write. It is the most crucial place for a student. It helps us to learn new things. Some of the walls are massive and ceilings are very high.