Acing Urdu Syllabus B

This subject consists of two papers.

Paper 1: It comprises of two questions, both of which are completely based on writing.
Paper 2: It's relatively easier and more of an objective paper.

Many of you you might think of this as more of a conceptual subject since it's a language. But let me tell you. Most of it is all about cramming. Especially paper 1. Get yourself some solved papers from somewhere (like those by Riffat Noreen) and start cramming all the directed writings, reports, dialogues, speeches and letters.

Cramming is not recommended just because the topics will be repeated. There is a chance but in case that doesn't happen, don't think your efforts have been wasted. Sometimes, the topics are somewhat similar. For example, you appear for a paper in which you are asked to pen down a directed writing on the topic 'Library'. Now there might've been a topic quite similar to it in the past papers. For example, a report describing the facilities required in a library.

As you can see, both the questions are different. But you can definitely use the material you learned for the report and add it to your write up. You can even lift some phrases you liked which show use a
great play on words and add it there. BUT DO STICK TO THE THREE BULLET POINTS.

Translation is really tough and requires loads of practices. Don't just stick to the past papers for that. Do the ones found in Batool Ali's book as well. Follow a pattern:
Solve them.
Look word up in the dictionary (since there's no mark scheme for them).
Add those you don't know the translation of to the list.
Revise the words on the list before you move on to the next passage.
Repeat.
Trust me as you go on with solving more and more questions like this, you will find yourself making some progress.
BUT THIS WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU KEEP REVISING THE INCREASING LIST OF WORDS.

And just a pro tip: Start learning idioms from day 1. Grab any books you know. I would recommend one by Mujib Ur Rehman and one by Batool Ali. They total up to make around one thousand. So you need to start right from the beginning for obvious reasons.

For doing well in summary writing and comprehensions, you just need a lot of practice. Do as many past papers as you can and go as far as 2002. Same goes for sentence transformation and close passage but for them, even papers starting from 2010 will do.

I believe that that's all that's needed to get an A* in Urdu B (because that's what I did too lol).