📌 Source note: This chapter was built from the official PCTB English Grade 4 book (SNC 2020) PDF: Unit 12, book pages 111–120, including the unit's reading text, vocabulary, grammar and writing sections, read from the official PDF. The lesson text is summarised and explained here in the guide's own words, not copied from the book; the exercise questions follow the book's exercise sections (reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and writing) and the answers are the guide's solved model answers.
📌 ماخذ: یہ باب سرکاری پی سی ٹی بی انگریزی جماعت 4 کی کتاب سے بنایا گیا ہے۔ سبق کا خلاصہ اور وضاحت گائیڈ کے اپنے الفاظ میں ہے، کتاب کا متن نقل نہیں کیا گیا۔ مشق کے سوالات کتاب کی مشق کے انداز پر ہیں اور جوابات گائیڈ کے حل شدہ نمونہ جوابات ہیں۔
This unit, Time to Think!, is about traffic rules and a letter. Ahsan reads a brochure about road safety and writes a letter to the head of the traffic police about the traffic jam near his school. The lesson teaches us that traffic rules make us safe, and that a good citizen writes politely to solve a problem.
یہ سبق، سوچنے کا وقت!، ٹریفک قوانین اور ایک خط کے بارے میں ہے۔ احسن سڑک کی حفاظت کے بارے میں ایک بروشر پڑھتا ہے اور اپنی اسکول کے قریب ٹریفک جام کے بارے میں ٹریفک پولیس کے سربراہ کو خط لکھتا ہے۔ یہ سبق سکھاتا ہے کہ ٹریفک قوانین ہمیں محفوظ رکھتے ہیں، اور اچھا شہری مسئلہ حل کرنے کے لیے مہذب انداز سے لکھتا ہے۔
One day, Ahsan took out a brochure from his bag and showed it to his father. It had very interesting information about road safety. Today, I am going to school, and I will read it on the way, said Ahsan. His father read the brochure and said, That is really nice. Everyone should follow traffic rules. These make us safe while travelling.
But everyone does not follow the rules. There is always a traffic jam in front of Ahsan's school, because there is no traffic police there. That is not good. We should inform the traffic police about this issue, said his father. So Ahsan wrote a letter to the Inspector General of Traffic Police, asking him to solve the traffic jam problem near his school.
ایک دن احسن نے اپنے بیگ سے ایک بروشر نکالا اور اپنے والد کو دکھایا۔ اس میں سڑک کی حفاظت کے بارے میں بہت دلچسپ معلومات تھیں۔ Today, I am going to school, and I will read it on the way, احسن نے کہا۔ اس کے والد نے بروشر پڑھا اور کہا، That is really nice. Everyone should follow traffic rules. These make us safe while travelling.
لیکن ہر کوئی قوانین پر عمل نہیں کرتا۔ احسن کے اسکول کے سامنے ہمیشہ ٹریفک جام رہتا ہے، کیونکہ وہاں کوئی ٹریفک پولیس نہیں ہے۔ That is not good. We should inform the traffic police about this issue, اس کے والد نے کہا۔ اس لیے احسن نے ٹریفک پولیس کے انسپکٹر جنرل کو خط لکھا، جس میں اسکول کے قریب ٹریفک جام کا مسئلہ حل کرنے کی درخواست کی۔
Citizen means a person living permanently in a particular society or country. Headquarters means the main offices. Traffic police means an official who controls traffic, and specific means a person who walks, especially for exercise or enjoyment.
Learn the spellings: citizen, travelling, brochure, strange, traffic, enquired, inform, vehicles. Then learn regular plurals (adding s: car → cars, house → houses; adding es: bus → buses, match → matches; changing y to ies: story → stories, party → parties) and irregular plurals (goose → geese, wolf → wolves, ox → oxen, mouse → mice, child → children, foot → feet, city → cities).
Citizen یعنی کسی خاص معاشرے یا ملک میں مستقل رہنے والا شخص۔ Headquarters یعنی مرکزی دفاتر۔ Traffic police یعنی وہ اہلکار جو ٹریفک کو کنٹرول کرتا ہے، اور specific یعنی وہ شخص جو چلتا ہے، خاص طور پر ورزش یا تفریح کے لیے۔
ہجے سیکھو: citizen, travelling, brochure, strange, traffic, enquired, inform, vehicles۔ پھر باقاعدہ جمع سیکھو (s لگا کر: car → cars, house → houses؛ es لگا کر: bus → buses, match → matches؛ y کو ies بنا کر: story → stories, party → parties) اور بے قاعدہ جمع (goose → geese, wolf → wolves, ox → oxen, mouse → mice, child → children, foot → feet, city → cities)۔
Some words have weak forms: they are said quickly in a sentence, like and, of, or and but. Pronounce the weak forms in the given sentences: We feed some sugar and tea leaves. The food is tasty but the quantity is less.
In speaking, practise dialogues about feelings and needs: Sa'ad: Assalamu Alaikum, Usman. Where are you going? Usman: Wa Alaikum Assalam. Actually, my grandfather is not feeling well. I am going to get medicine for him. Sa'ad: Oh, sad to know. Do not worry. He will get well soon. Usman: Thank you. Where are you going? Sa'ad: My brother needs watercolours for his painting. I am going to buy them. Then read dialogues and express your needs, joy, sadness and anger.
کچھ الفاظ کی کمزور آوازیں ہوتی ہیں: وہ جملے میں جلدی بولے جاتے ہیں، جیسے and, of, or اور but۔ دیے گئے جملوں میں کمزور آوازیں بولو: We feed some sugar and tea leaves. The food is tasty but the quantity is less.
بولنے میں احساسات اور ضروریات کے بارے میں مکالموں کی مشق کرو: Sa'ad: Assalamu Alaikum, Usman. Where are you going? Usman: Wa Alaikum Assalam. Actually, my grandfather is not feeling well. I am going to get medicine for him. Sa'ad: Oh, sad to know. Do not worry. He will get well soon. Usman: Thank you. Where are you going? Sa'ad: My brother needs watercolours for his painting. I am going to buy them. پھر مکالمے پڑھو اور اپنی ضروریات، خوشی، غم اور غصہ ظاہر کرو۔
Pointing words point to people and things: this, that, these, those. This is my favourite breakfast. That dress is beautiful. I like these vases. Those apples are very juicy. Use this/these for near things and that/those for far things.
Past continuous tense shows an action going on in the past: Subject + was/were + verb + ing. Sahar and Sofia were playing. He was not writing a letter. We were getting late for the flight. They were running for a race. Connectors show order: firstly, secondly, finally. Hyphens join words: twenty-one floors, one-fourth of the bread, well-known, mind-blowing. Prepositions of position: on, between, under, in front of, behind, right, left — use them to describe a picture.
اشارہ کرنے والے الفاظ لوگوں اور چیزوں کی طرف اشارہ کرتے ہیں: this, that, these, those۔ This is my favourite breakfast. That dress is beautiful. I like these vases. Those apples are very juicy. قریب کی چیزوں کے لیے this/these اور دور کی چیزوں کے لیے that/those استعمال کرو۔
ماضی جاری ماضی میں جاری کام کو ظاہر کرتا ہے: Subject + was/were + verb + ing۔ Sahar and Sofia were playing. He was not writing a letter. We were getting late for the flight. They were running for a race. جوڑنے والے الفاظ ترتیب بتاتے ہیں: firstly, secondly, finally۔ ہائفن الفاظ جوڑتا ہے: twenty-one floors, one-fourth of the bread, well-known, mind-blowing۔ جگہ کی حروف جار: on, between, under, in front of, behind, right, left — ان سے تصویر کی وضاحت کرو۔
A guided letter has parts: the writer's address, the date, the receiver's address, the salutation (Respected Sir), the body, and the closing (Yours sincerely). Ahsan's letter: House No. 123, Sector A, Islamabad. 22 February 2018. Inspector General, Traffic Police Headquarters, Islamabad. Respected Sir, I am writing this letter to inform you about the traffic jam issue near my school. Nobody follows the traffic rules, because there is no traffic police on this road. I often see people violating safety rules on this road. They also risk their lives and create problems for others as well. I request you to solve this issue for the citizens of this area. Yours sincerely, Ahsan.
Then write a letter to your friend sharing traffic and safety rules for pedestrians, and write a short expository paragraph (a paragraph that explains a process step by step) on how to pack your bag for a trip or how to set up a new computer.
رہنمائی والے خط کے حصے ہیں: لکھنے والے کا پتہ، تاریخ، وصول کرنے والے کا پتہ، سلام (Respected Sir)، متن، اور اختتام (Yours sincerely)۔ احسن کا خط: House No. 123, Sector A, Islamabad. 22 February 2018. Inspector General, Traffic Police Headquarters, Islamabad. Respected Sir, I am writing this letter to inform you about the traffic jam issue near my school. Nobody follows the traffic rules, because there is no traffic police on this road. I often see people violating safety rules on this road. They also risk their lives and create problems for others as well. I request you to solve this issue for the citizens of this area. Yours sincerely, Ahsan.
پھر دوست کو ٹریفک اور پیدل چلنے والوں کے حفاظتی قوانین کے بارے میں خط لکھو، اور مختصر وضاحتی پیراگراف (وہ پیراگراف جو کسی عمل کو مرحلہ وار سمجھائے) لکھو: سفر کے لیے بیگ کیسے پیک کریں یا نیا کمپیوٹر کیسے سیٹ کریں۔
The questions below follow the book's exercise sections for this unit: reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and writing. Answers are solved model answers — read them, then try each question yourself with the book closed.
MCQ 1: The traffic rules make us safe while:
(a) travelling. Traffic rules make us safe while travelling.
MCQ 2: Ahsan wrote a/an ___ to the head of the traffic police.
(d) letter. Ahsan wrote a letter to the Inspector General of Traffic Police.
MCQ 3: Ahsan took out a ___ from his bag.
(b) brochure. The brochure was about traffic rules.
MCQ 4: Choose the correct pointing word: ___ apples are very juicy. (far away)
(d) Those. 'Those' is used for far things in plural.
MCQ 5: Which is in past continuous tense?
(b) They were running for a race. Past continuous is was/were + verb + ing.
The brochure was about traffic rules and road safety.
Ahsan wrote the letter to the Inspector General of Traffic Police, to ask him to solve the traffic jam problem near his school, because nobody follows traffic rules there.
Citizen means a person living permanently in a particular society or country.
Cars, buses, stories, geese, children.
Dear Ahmed, I hope you are fine. I am writing to share some traffic and safety rules for pedestrians. Always walk on the footpath, cross the road at the zebra crossing, look left and right before crossing, and never run on the road. Follow the traffic signals and the instructions of the traffic police. These rules keep us safe. Take care. Your friend, Ali.
To pack your bag for a trip, first make a list of the things you need: clothes, shoes, toothbrush, towel and water bottle. Secondly, fold your clothes neatly and put them at the bottom of the bag. Then put small things like the toothbrush and towel on top. Finally, check your list again and close the bag. Now you are ready for your trip.
Time to Think! teaches road safety: Ahsan reads a traffic brochure and writes a letter to the traffic police about a jam near his school. The unit teaches words like citizen and headquarters, regular and irregular plurals, pointing words, past continuous tense, connectors, hyphens and writing a guided letter and an expository paragraph.
Revision tip: Write the parts of a letter in order, then write three sentences in past continuous tense.
سوچنے کا وقت! سڑک کی حفاظت سکھاتا ہے: احسن ٹریفک بروشر پڑھتا ہے اور اسکول کے قریب جام کے بارے میں ٹریفک پولیس کو خط لکھتا ہے۔ اس سبق میں citizen اور headquarters جیسے الفاظ، باقاعدہ و بے قاعدہ جمع، اشارہ کرنے والے الفاظ، ماضی جاری، جوڑنے والے الفاظ، ہائفن اور رہنمائی والا خط و وضاحتی پیراگراف لکھنا سکھایا گیا ہے۔
دہرائی کی رہنمائی: خط کے حصے ترتیب سے لکھو، پھر ماضی جاری میں تین جملے لکھو۔
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