K.E.
COLLEGE MANNANAM
FIRST SEMESTER ENGLISH MODEL EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY 2023
Common Course - EN1CCT01 - ENGLISH - FINE - TUNE YOUR ENGLISH
Maximum Marks: 80 Time: 3 Hours
Part A
Answer any ten questions. Each question carries 2 marks
A.The boy stood on the burning
deck.(Identify the subject.) B.
Early bird catches the
worm.(Identify the predicate.)
A.The boy stood on the burning
deck.(Identify the subject.) B.
Early bird catches the
worm.(Identify the predicate.)
A.The boy stood on the burning
deck.(Identify the subject.) B.
Early bird catches the
worm.(Identify the predicate.)
A.The boy stood on the burning
deck.(Identify the subject.) B.
Early bird catches the
worm.(Identify the predicate.
A.The boy stood on the burning
deck.(Identify the subject.) B.
Early bird catches the
worm.(Identify the predicate.
1. a. The cackling of geese saved Rome. (Identify the subject.)
b. My friends and I went to the art fair. (Identify the predicate)
2. Fill in the blanks appropriately
a. ………………………, she went out for a walk. (Complete with an adverb clause)
b. ……….., he forgot himself and shouted at the Manager. (Use a past participle phrase)
3. Add appropriate noun suffixes a. edit b. account c. pay d. drain
4. Turn the sentences into active voice
a. He was arrested on charges of theft. b. My pocket has been picked
5. Negate the sentences
a. He calls his wife everyday b. She knows how to dance
6. Use in sentences of your own. A. to take the bull by the horn B. to shed crocodile tears
7. She sang (yesterday, in the town hall , at 2 o' clock , very sweetly) (Arrange the adverbs in
proper order).
8. She presented her argument……………………………… (Fill using appropriate adverb phrase)
9. Fill Up Using Appropriate Modals
i. Accidents ………… happen at any time.( theoretical possibility)
ii. In 1990 George met Mary whom he ………………. marry the next year. (future in past)
10. Use appropriate form of be:
a. There ……….. an art exhibition in the college tomorrow.
b. I …. the monarch of all I survey.
11. Fill in the blanks using the adequate idiomatic phrase as mentioned in the brackets.
i. The engine shuts off………………. (automatically)
iii. He ……………………………. to the task diligently. (pay attention to the task)
12. Fill in the blanks with a suitable article.
_____ movie is about ______ man who lives on _______ small island.
(10*2=20)
Part B
Answer any 6 questions. Each question carries 5 marks
13. Correct the following sentences
a. John and myself are good friends.
b. He gave me a few advice
c. The sceneries here are beautiful
d. She lives in Chennai in the suburbs.
e. He revenged him
14. Rewrite the following sentences in accordance with accepted usage.
a. If you start studying, you will definitely pass the exam (rewrite using unless)
b. John doesn’t play cricket; Jack also doesn’t play cricket (combining the two sentences using
neither…nor)
c. ___ the train was late, he arrived on time (though, even if)
d. He slept a_____________. (Supply a cognate object).
e. The circular says that eggs should be date-stamped as soon as they are laid by the farmers (rewrite
meaningfully)
15. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in the brackets.
Air and water a. ____________ (be) necessary for life. Air b. ____________ (contain) oxygen which
we inhale. Trees c. ____________ (act) as our friends because under sunlight, they d. ____________
(break) carbon dioxide into two components and e. ____________ (consume) carbon which f.
____________ (be) the basis of the food for all the plants.
16. a. Give a polite expression to conclude a telephone conversation.
b.) Form adverbs from these adjectives a. kind b. happy
c.) A.John remained inactive. B.What Mary said is true. (Identify the kind of adjective)
d.) Explain the difference between the following expressions. pass out; stand out
e.) B. The noise from downstairs prevented me _________sleeping. (Fill in the blanks using the
appropriate preposition).
17. Frame five rhetorical questions.
18. Insert the past or the present perfect tense (whichever is correct) of the verb given at the end.
1. We _______ to the theatre last evening (go)
2. It ____ every day this week.(rain).
3. It ______ me nearly an hour to get here this morning.(take)
4. No one __________ from him for the past six months.(hear).
5. We came here in 1935 and ________here ever since.(live)
19. Bring out differences between the given pairs by using them in meaningful sentences
Back up, back out
Turn up, turn over
20. Give five popularly used expressions with animal phrases with meanings
21. Frame tag questions
a. He went to the party last night, _____?
b. They'll be arriving soon, ______?
c. She doesn't have any children, ___________?
d. I am right, __________?
e. Have some more rice, _________?
(6*5=30)
Part C
Answer any 2 questions. Each question carries 15 marks
22. Write an application for the post of a Personal Secretary to the CM. Enclose your resume
23. a. Write a letter from a boy at a boarding-school to his parents on the approaching vacation.
b. Write an essay stating your views on the impact of social media on contemporary social events
24. Prepare a talk on “Hazards of Plastic” to be delivered as part of the Environment Day
Celebrations.
25. Frame a telephone conversation between you and your friend about the efficacy of online classes
in the context of COVID -19 pandemic.
(2*15=30)
