1st Year English Unit 10 Notes (New Book 2025-26): The Punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the Builder – All Punjab Boards
Unit 10 has one of the longest titles in the new Class 11 English textbook, and its style can feel quite different from the informative lessons around it. Older, story-like prose often uses formal and unusual words, which can make a first reading slow. These notes are meant to help you through it. Packed into the file are four sections: the tale in Urdu, worked solutions to the exercise, a list of unusual words with MCQs, and grammar and composition practice.
Everything in the file is based on the textbook Punjab adopted for the 2025-26 session. Notes made for the old Class 11 book were not prepared for this textbook, so check that anything else you use follows the new edition.
These notes are intended for students of all Punjab boards: Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Sahiwal and Dera Ghazi Khan. On this page you can see what each part of the file offers, how it relates to exam questions and how to organise your preparation. There is no charge to take a copy.
About Unit 10 in brief
“The Punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the Builder” is a prose tale by George Meredith. It tells of a Persian ruler and the builder he punishes. Only that outline is given here, since the purpose is to describe the notes, not to retell the tale.
What you get in the 1st year English Unit 10 notes
The file has four parts, each linked to a particular kind of question. Knowing what each part does will help you decide where to start.
Urdu translation of the lesson
Part one is an Urdu version of the tale. Tales written in an older style often use long sentences, formal expressions and words that are rarely heard today. Even when you know most of the words, the way a sentence is put together can hide its meaning. Moving between the Urdu and the English helps you keep hold of the story line and each turn of the plot.
The translation also helps you prepare for the exam task of translating an English passage into Urdu. Have a go at a paragraph before consulting the notes. Then compare your attempt and check whether you understood the old-fashioned phrasing correctly and expressed it in clear, modern Urdu.
This is good practice for the translation question too. Learning to untangle a difficult sentence and restate its sense is a skill the translation question rewards.
Exercise question answers (short and long)
Next, the file takes you through the Unit 10 exercise, including the quick questions and the essay-style ones.
Questions on a tale often ask about characters, events and what the story shows. The short answers demonstrate how to reply briefly: answer what is asked in the first sentence, then support it with a detail from the story.
The longer answers show how to build a fuller response around a character or the message of the tale. They begin by addressing the question, discuss a few points in order, and conclude with a sentence that ties the answer together. You can reuse this outline for questions that ask you to describe, explain or comment.
Learn the reasoning behind the answers, then practise writing your own. When a question asks about a character, mention what that person does in the tale and what it reveals about them, rather than only repeating the name and title. Knowing the sequence of events and the role of each character lets you answer even when a question is worded in an unexpected way.
Vocabulary, word meanings and MCQs
The third part decodes the tale’s unfamiliar vocabulary and sets a batch of multiple-choice questions.
This is likely to be one of the most useful parts for Unit 10. Older prose can include words connected with royal courts, building and formal speech that do not appear in everyday English. Learning them before you read the lesson closely saves time and confusion, and it prepares you for objective items on meanings, synonyms and usage. Writing each new word with its meaning in a small notebook, and saying it aloud once or twice, helps it stay with you.
Use the MCQs to test yourself after studying the word list. Mark your answers using the tale and the glossary, and go back over any item you got wrong.
Grammar and writing practice
The fourth part targets the composition and grammar questions in the paper, with practice in areas such as:
- punctuation
- pairs of words with confusing similarities
- letters and applications
- stories
These areas depend on regular practice rather than memory. Punctuation and word pairs check accuracy; letters, applications and stories check how well you organise your ideas in a set format. Reading a tale like this one can also give you ideas about how a story is built, which may help when you practise writing your own.
Why these notes are useful
- Matched to the 2025-26 textbook. The file follows the tale as the new book presents it.
- Support for a demanding text. The translation and word meanings make the older style of the tale easier to follow.
- Four sections, one download. You do not have to search separately for the translation, answers, MCQs and writing practice.
- Helps with both parts of the paper. The vocabulary and MCQs prepare you for the objective section, while the other parts prepare you for the subjective one.
- Free. The notes cost nothing.
The notes work best alongside the textbook and your teacher’s guidance. They organise your preparation, but understanding comes from your own reading and practice.
Which exam questions these notes help with
Each part of the file matches a familiar type of question in the intermediate English paper. Patterns, choices and marks are fixed by the board, so look at your board’s official pairing scheme and paper pattern before the exam season.
| Part of the notes | Related exam question |
| Urdu translation | Translation of an English passage into Urdu |
| Exercise question answers | Short and long questions about characters and events |
| Vocabulary and MCQs | Objective questions on meanings, word use and lesson details |
| Grammar and writing practice | Punctuation, pairs of words, letters or applications, and stories |
You may find lists of important Unit 10 questions online or in guess papers. They vary and are not official. Prepare the whole exercise, and use your board’s pairing scheme to choose where to spend extra time.
How to study with these notes
Because of the lesson’s style, it helps to prepare the vocabulary early. One possible sequence:
- Go through the word list first. Learn the unusual words before reading closely.
- Read the tale in your textbook. Follow the main events and note what each character does.
- Turn to the Urdu version for difficult passages. Attempt a paragraph on your own, then check it.
- Work on the solved questions. Study the short answers before the long ones, then write a few of your own.
- Attempt the MCQs. Mark them and revisit every word you got wrong.
- Try some composition work. Work through some punctuation and confusing word pairs, then handwrite a story, letter or application.
- Revise before tests. Shortly before you are tested, look again at the unusual words, the MCQs and your own answers.
Handwritten practice is valuable because the exam is on paper. It improves speed and helps you notice spelling and punctuation slips.
Who should use these notes
The file is for Class 11 students in Punjab reading English from the new 2025-26 textbook. English is studied by every intermediate group, so the file serves students of FA, ICS, I.Com and FSc (pre-medical and pre-engineering).
Private candidates using the same book can use them too. When in doubt about the prescribed book, check with your college or board before you begin.
Download the notes
The 1st year English Unit 10 notes are ready for you on this page. You can save the file free here without visiting another website.
Keep it with your notes for the other units so your English material is easy to find during revision.
Frequently asked questions
Are these notes for the new book?
Yes. They are prepared for the Class 11 English textbook that Punjab boards follow from the 2025-26 session onward.
The language of this lesson is difficult. How do the notes help?
The Urdu translation helps you follow the meaning of long or old-fashioned sentences, and the vocabulary section explains the difficult words before you test yourself with MCQs.
Is the file free?
Yes. You can take a copy from this page without paying.
Do the notes include grammar practice?
Yes. Along with the translation, exercise answers and vocabulary with MCQs, a separate section gives grammar and writing practice.
Can I use these notes for any Punjab board?
Yes. They suit any Punjab board that has moved to the new textbook. Your board’s pairing scheme will show its own paper layout.