This document contains an examination for the Ordinary Level in Urdu. It consists of three parts that test language usage, summarization abilities, and reading comprehension. Part 1 contains vocabulary, sentence transformations, and a cloze passage exercise. Part 2 presents a 100-word passage and tests the ability to summarize it in 5 sentences or less. Part 3 includes two passages on different topics and questions to test comprehension of details, inferences, and identifying opinions in the passages.

1. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
3248/02
SECOND LANGUAGE URDU
Paper 2 Language Usage, Summary and Comprehension
October/November 2009
1 hour 45 minutes
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PART 1: Language Usage
Vocabulary
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Sentence Transformation
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PART 2: Summary
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PART 3: Comprehension
Passage A
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Passage B
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