we D.E.I. TECHNICAL COLLEGE, DAYALBAGH, AGRA-S DIPLOMA IN AB/EE/MB/ELICE/ARCHILTIVoc-IT/Voc-A COURSE NO. DHU 101 FIRST SEMESTER COURSE TITLE: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION -I JON 2022-2023 QUESTION BANK Note: The aim is to let the students develop proficiency in communication skills with the knowledge of functional grammar as base. Unit-1 Ql Define Auxiliaries. What are their types? Discuss the functions of Primary auxiliary verbs. Give at least two examples of each Q2 What are Modal Auxiliaries? Taking at least two examples for each. Discuss the attitudes expressed by them. Q3 Fill in the blanks with appropriate question tags. (i) Suresh, you went to the jail last night... (ii) You've finished eating... Gi) You were fast asleep last night... (vv They should've left for meeting... (v) We must try to be as quiet as possible Q.4 Read the following sentences, adding the appropri (i) He broke the glass. (ii) 1 gave him a book. (iii) You are intelli are sure you've done it, (v) He might be ill. (vi) Your friend may com x) I shan't be ther fe question-tags. (iv) You (vii) She (x) They loves painting. (viii) have my lunch at two o'clock. should have been successful. (xi) I am ready. (xii) He used to play. (xiii) | don't like her. (xiv) We hadn't done. (xv) She is a player N: Qs Discuss the uses of any two of the following tenses with at least two examples of each. (i) Simple Present Tense/ Present Indefinite Tense. (ii) Present Continuous Tense. (iii) Present Perfect Tense. (iv) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. (v) Past Indefinite/ Simple Past Tense. (vi) Past Continuous Tense. (vii) Past Perfect Tense. (viii) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. tl)Q6 (ix) Simple Future/ Future Indefinite Tense. (x) Future Continuous Tense. (si) Future Perfect Tense. (xii) Future Perfect Continuous lense. Fill in the past tense or past participle of verbs given in bracket. (i) It is years since 1....... him. He has ........ his best days, (See) (ii) Of late the custom has ..... into disuse. The lot..... upon him. (fall) (iii) The toast was....... with great enthusiasm. (drink) (iv) He .... freely when he had drunk alcohol. Marathi is..... in - de Maharashtra. (speak) (v) My patience ...., out at last. The inscription has.... away in several places. (wear) (vi) In a fit of rage she... factions, (tear) .up the letter, The country is.......by : (vii) He has been .... by a scorpion. The remark ... him. (sting) (viii) You look as if you had ....... all the way home. He ....... for his life. (run) (ix) Once Sydney smith, being asked his name by the servant, found to his dismay that he had ..... his own name. (forget) (x) A better day fora drive could not have been.....:....(choose). (xi) Computer technology has....... a long way since the 1970s. (come). (xii) The old beggar was.... by amad dog. The mad dog ....him. (bite) (xiii) The boy has ..... across the Indus. (Swim). (xiv) I think he should have and told us. Honesty is ....... on his face. (write) (xv) He .... the book on the table. He had not..... a finger on him. Vhey heir heads together (lay) (xvi) We ....... beneath a spreading oak. He has long........under suspicion. (lie). (xvii) Someone has ..... my purse. She ... his heart, (steal) (xviii) You must reap what you have .. (sow). (xix) Ee had ........ his speech before we arrived. He ......... to talk nonsense. (begin). 7 (xx) Do as you are ..., He .... us good-bye. (bid). (xxi) Recently the price of sugar has ... up. The argument... home.(go) (xxii) ItUhas .... the last of time. (stand).QT You went to see an exhibition/Taj Mahotsav with your friends. Describe in Past Tense what you saw and did there? You can use its : variations, * * Q8 Develop a conversation between two friends about their future plan using Present Continuous Tense in as inany sentences as you can. However, where you are writing more than one sentence in a conversation, you can mix the variations of tenses. VERBALS: Q9 Name the three types of verbal and discuss the uses of each of them. Support your answer with sufficient (at least 10-12) examples. INFINITIVES Q. 10 | in the blanks with suitable infinitives. Ahmad was anxious. the queue. . eee . an animal is a cruel act. They like... . . new places .is to enjoy life you the house key. ..the money. Reena has forgotten 5. The President refused. Q.11 Complete the following sentences using clauses or phrases with infinitives. (. [told him many times but he never..... 2. They have been asking..... foc ; 3 SEE eT eTeee to you about this matter. 1. Can this be possible that you do not know ...... 3. You do not know. PARTICIPLES Q12 Combine each of the following pairs of sentences using the correct participles :- 1. He lifted his luggage He left the train 2. ‘The old man felt sorry for the beggar. He dropped a rupee coin into his begging bowl. 3, We decided to stay in the hotel longer ‘We unpacked ourbags. 4, He has completed the work. He has gone home. G)5. She left the child in the cradle. She went to get some water. Q.13. Fillin the blanks with suitable participles: 0 loudly, the dog bit the postman. (growl) @ Do you know the man........e--.--the paper. (Read) Gi) The party was........ (Bore) iv) The....se.ses.s-dog kept us awake all night. (Bark) (v) __ Did you see Deepak. .? (Dance) (vi) Away from the castle, Cinderella lost a shoe. (Run) ARTICLES Q4 Define Articles. Discuss with examples the rules concerning the use of Definite article Q.15 What do you mean by the term 'Article'? Discuss with examples the rules concerning the use of Indefinite articles. in the blanks with suitable articles. bank in my colony works on Sunday. -uutarget of mobilizing 1000 voluntcers for QU6 i We have set... the project brilliant research scholar in this batch. fi There is ... iv, Is there... _anjob vacancy in this office? v. Peter saw. girl at... sosengate of... school. girl was looking for. principal's office vi. Raj was eating........ ....Sandwich was made of bread and cucumber slices vii. I have ........ pen and...... - pencil, Cikee fly is insect ix. We decided to return after.... hour. x [bought.. umbrella yesterday umbrella is made of fine silk xi. She gave me..... apple and... orange. apple was rotten but........orange was good. xii ..old man was riding elephant old man was kind to elephant wii... instructor was present in swimming pool xiv... ssssea8mall child stood under apple tree, but his hand could not reach ...ebranches of. tree. (4) 3a rt egos we ote er wet (co-operation) wita) staat 4 aay an yee oF (paymentz eos ved ay Peay ort Fiat A ear afte (strength)? 1 ga afta frat afters (personal) #4 #4 o78 Tare (Solution) #23 ¥ t= (obstacles) 97 77 #1 UNIT V NOTES / Noting Q56 What are notes? Discuss the characteristics of good note.? What are the methods for making notes? Qs7 "Note-taking is an art". Discuss and bring out the advantages of taking notes. Support your answer analyzing smaller sertences Q58 What are the advantages of notes? Discuss 059 Exercise: Make Precis of the following paragraphs and .1Wve a suitable title for each The board examinations will commence on the 7th of April. They will begin each day at 8 a.m. They will be held in the University Hall. The University Hall is situated in the university cainpus The government secretariat 1s close by the Principal of Roorkee Engineering College will supervise the examinations Ram Singh is a very good boy He ts the son of Govind Ram Govind Ram is the principal of the Hindu College The c ilege 1s (1g)stuated in the viemity of Ammisar The principal 1s very popular among his students Ram Singh passed his High School examination in the first Division, All the teachers have a very good opimion about Ram Singh \gra, one of the most magnificen: cities of the East, stands at the iver Yamuna and built by the Emperor Akbar The central featuse ts the tort, the magnificent structure. containing the palaces and that triumphs of the Indian Architecture, the pearl mosque. But the gem that the traveller wants to see above all others ; is the Taj Mahal, built by Shah Johan, Grandson of Akbar, as a memorial to this wife When Ashoka was twenty one, hts great father died: and he was called upon to rule over a mighty Kingdom. His heart beat high with pride and exultation All his life he had waited dreaming of this hour. and now it was come. the power and the glory were his, and all his dreams should come true. And so he gathered a mighty army It was a host whose numbers seemed like the stars of the sky, or the pebbles upon the sea shore Books are the chief carner ot e1vilization, because of them, ideas live and spread How important books are, you can judge from the fact that very hot countries, ay 1s well known, have no civilization There are many reasons for this, but one of the most important is that the white ants, who live in the tropics, eat up all the books. For example, in tropical south America, there are no books more than forty or fifty years old. Where there are no books, there are no records and literature, the ideas and the knowledge of one generation are not handed over to the next and it is much more difficult for the race to progress and become civilized. But it is no use having books unless people read them and learning to read, 1s a part of what is called Education. Communication is the exchange of information, feelings and thoughts amongst human beings. Even when language was not developed ; man used other means of communication. He used signs and gestures to tell his companion what he wanted. When he did not know how to write, he drew diagrams or sketches on rocks and stones. Such sketches are still found in caves and they go back to the Stone Age. (9)Speeeh is so frmtliar a feature of daily tite that we rarely pause to dedlae it. [t seems ay natural to man as walking and only less 80 than breathing, IC news but a nroment's reflection to wonvinee Us, that this naturalness of speech is nothing but an illusory’ feeling. The process of acquiring speoeh ig, in sober fet, at Utterly ahitferent sort of thing trom the process of learning. The unequal distribution of wealth in socrety ts unjust and uonatural Everyone should have an equal share wall the products of soctal labour Everything belongs to all, The sun total of wealth should be ahstributed in the spirit of love and social servive as the income of ts members at present. The father ofa afamily is family does not starve some of his chuldren, while others are Pampered. The wealth of the world is the hentage of all who lve on spent amo the earth. The very poot, Who lack even the necessaries of life, are, therefore, unjustly deprived of their share. They are robbed of what is their due Some rich people are having too much, while the poor are given too little, Therefore, 1f you belong to the apper middle class the weather group of caprtalists and Landlords, you are called upon in the name of justice to make due restitution to those whom you have detrauded and swindled. You possess more than enough, Youcommand the necessaries, comforts and luxuries while others cannot obtain even the necessaries: of civilized I A part of what you call your money really belongs to them (20)Bs. Course Number: DHULOL, Course Title: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION I . Class: Diploma in Engineering, Status of Course: MAJOR, Approved since session: 2005-06 Total Credits:2, Periods(55 mts each)/woek: 3(L-2 7-0 FP/S-1), Min.pds./sem,:39 \ ‘ Tenses, Preparatory Mate ral, clementary grammar - sentence, kinds, formation, subject and predicate, i synonyms, antonms, translation of smail sentences, ote word substitutes and other basic items of English language UNIT 1: GRAMMAR (a) Use of Verbs-Auxillarlos and lrregular Verbs (b) Tenses-Uses and Contrast (c) Use of Verbals+ Infinitives, Participles & Gerunds (d) Use of Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions (e) Common errors in different parts of speech and their correction (f) Concord. UNIT 2: LISTENING AND SPEAKING (a) Practice In Listening Skills: Practice exercises based on component skills (predicting, guessing Meanings of unknown words and phrases, recognizing discourse markers and cohesive devices, distinguishing between relevant information and subsidiary detalls, understanding the Implications of different stress and Intonation patterns, etc.) (b) Global Listening Comprehension Practice: Understanding the meaning of (1) spoken sentences, (il) short dialogues, and (iil) longer discourse. (c) Practice In Speaking Skills: Practice exercises based on component skills (using appropriate Stress and intenation patterns, pauses, using appropriate words and phrases, construction of different types of sentences, using appropriate discourse markers and connecting devices, sequencing of ideas) (d) Integrated stenting Speaking Activities: (1) Meeting and greeting; starting and developing a Conversation (it) Descriptions of current and past events (iil) Reporting (iv) Glving and asking for directions (v) Arranging to meet friends and colleagues (vl) Making and responding to requests. UNIT 3: READING (a) Practice in Reading Skills: Practice exercises based on the component skills (Reading Strategies before, during and after reading; deducing the meaning and use of unknown words and phrases; distinguishing the main idea from subsidiary information; recognizing discourse markers-e.g. however, for instance, therefore; skimming; scanning to extract specifically required Information; basic reference skills (using an index, table of contents, layout ete. ). (b) Overall Reading Comprehension Practice: Comprehension of passages involving: (I) Extensive reading (comprehension of theme and main ideas) (il) Intensive reading (reading for detalls). UNIT 4: WRITING (@) Practice in Writing Skills: Practice exercises based on component skills (Correct use of punctuation, spellings, organizing ideas and facts into suitable paragraphs; constructing different types of sentences, etc,), (©) "wurlting short paragraphs and/or longer texts of different types (descriptive, persuasive, expressing one's own views etc) (c) Translation of passages from Hindi to English (preferal UNIT 5: INTEGRATED SRILL BRAC TICE Cash (Preferably based on office communication), (2) Reading relevant texts and making notes (b) Listening to a talk/discussion and taking notes (c) Reporting an event orally and in writing (d) Precis Writing (reading a document and writing ty } Ciseenany, (©), Ferforming other office related tasks requiring the integration of 2 or more skills 1 (listening, speaking, reading and writing) ‘SUGGESTED READING: REMEDIAL ENGLISH GRAMNER FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS: FT Wood Machillan BACHILIAN LIVING ENGLISH STRUCTURE: Standard allen (Orlent Longmans) ESSENTIALS OF BU: 101: Rajendra Pal & JS Korlahalli (Sultan Chand & Sons) Hn ORE Sinho (Bharatiya Bhawan) het, Delhi) ERSHSH COMMUNICATION: Technical Teacher's Training Institute Southeln Region, Madras (Oxford Univ. Press ENGUISH ConMUNICATION a Institute Southeln Region, Madras (Oxford Univ. Press)