WHY STUDENTS FAIL IN ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPREHENSION) IN CSS Dear students, Every year about 10,000 students appear in CSS exams but almost 75-80 % students fail in English (Précis & Comprehension). Most of them prepare hard for the exams but being unaware of the expectations of the examiner, unknowingly commit some common mistakes, which lead to their failure. I strongly believe, if students know about these common mistakes and work on their grey areas, they can easy get through the English (Précis & Comprehension) paper. For this, I would like to quote the remarks and observations of FPSC examiners on the performance of CSS students in English (Précis and Comprehension). I hope this will help the students The Examiners have made the following observations on the candidates' performance on English (Précis & Composition):” The Précis writing ability of the candidates was poor. Some basic mistakes related to not writing in third person or past tens