Unit-1
[Link] is communication? What are the elements of communication?
[Link] a diagram of communication cycle /process and explain it briefly?
[Link] are the 7 C’s of communication?
[Link] are barriers to communication? How can you overcome the barriers to
communication?
Or What are barriers to effective communication? How can you make communication
effective?
[Link] are the barriers to communication? Explain Semantic Barrier and Physiological
Barrier in detail.
6. (A)Define Phonetics. Draw a diagram to represent organs of speech? What are the different
types of phonetics?
6 (B)Define Phonetics. Explain its parts.
7. Write the transcription of following:
(a) Fast (b) Cat (c) sheep (d) Thank (e) root
8. What are root words? Explain with two examples.
9.(A) Give one word for:
(a) A person who has skill to judge art, music, taste.
(b) A place where ancient objects are kept.
(c) A record of one’s life by oneself.
(d) A place where mad people are kept.
(d) The study of mountains.
(e) A man who has more than one wife at a time.
(f) The study of physical life.
(g) Government of, for and by the people.
(h) One who walks on foot.
(i) One who eats human flesh
(j) One who is gifted with many talents.
9(B) Give Synonyms
(i) Envy (ii) wasteful (iii) fertile (iv) desperate (v)generously (vi)intentionally (vii)abandon
viii)diligent
9(C) Give Antonyms:
i)captivity ii) vaguely iii) emigrant iv)blame v)legible vi)amateur vii) tenant viii)thrifty
10. Give five examples of homonyms(with their meaning) and homophones.
Unit 2
[Link] is sentence? What are the kinds of sentence.
[Link] are techniques of writing precisely?
3. (A)Recognise and state the kinds of sentence:
(a) I am sure you too will begin to speak English.
(b) What a beautiful girl is she!
(c) Bring vegetables from the market.
(d) May you never be in any trouble.
(f) How do you start the car?
3.(B) Fill in Blanks with suitable forms of the verb given in the brackets:
(a) He ……. (take) a walk every morning.
(b) Ritik …… (read) at this moment.
(c) I …….(write) a letter this morning.
(d) I have already …… (finish) the work.
(e) I …… (see) many a young man ruined by alcohol.
(f) Sanjit …. (finish) his home work at eight o’clock.
(g) The police ….. (catch) him yesterday.
(h) I …. (saw) that film before.
(i) By this time next year I …. (buy) a new car.
(j) My father ….(be) seventy in December.
4. Change the voice to Passive.
(a) He is writing a letter.
(b) I shall help you.
(c) Why do you insult the poor?
(d) I had not written a letter.
(e) You must obey your parents.
(f) He bought me a shirt.
(g) You must obey your parents.
(h) He could have done it earlier.
(i) They have nothing to gain.
(j)Who invented the Television.
5. Change the passive voice to active voice:
(a) Is a letter written by me?
(b) Are your friends not helped by you?
(c) The prize has not been won by him.
(d) By whom were you supported?
(e) My book had been stolen.
(f) He is a man to be admired.
(g) There is no time to be lost.
(h) He is a man to be admired.
(i) By which teacher were you taught English?
(j) The poor should be helped.
6. Change the sentences into indirect speech:
(a) He said to you,” You are writing.”
(b) Guddu says,” Ritu will do well.”
(c) Arpit said,” Chandan works very hard.”
(d) He says to me,” You are a good student.”
(e) He said to me,” I had no time for you.”
(f) My mother told me,” Honesty is the best policy.”
(g) “Do you know her?”, said he to me.
(h) She said to me,” Who are you?
(i) Mohan said to me,” Would you like to have a cup of tea with me?”
(j) He said to me,” Please bring me a chair.”
7. Write in proper punctuation:
(a)Alas i am ruined
(b) the baby cried milk
(c) ram the son of dasrath killed ravan
(d) ram is an Indian tom a british
(e) exactly so said Ali
8. What is coherence.
9. State whether the words in bold are phrase or clause.
(a) Faced with numerous challenges, I decided to take assistance from a psychologist.
(b) He came to work on time in spite of missing the bus.
(c) Before eating any supplement, I always talk to my nutritionist.
(d) In the dawn, it’s ideal to get up early.
(e) They were offended by the little kid yelling loudly.
(f) I like the educator who is wearing spectacles.
10. Change as directed
(a) Does anything succeed like success?
(Change into assertive sentence)
(b) It is a very charming face.
(Change into Exclamatory sentence)
(c) I hardly talk to him.
(Change into interrogative sentence)
(d) Cheating your friend is not good.
(Change into imperative sentence)
(e) She is beautiful girl.
(Change into exclamatory sentence)
(f) I met a crying girl.
(change into complex sentence)
(g) She is invited. She will attend the party.
(Combine the sentence using “if” or “unless”)
(h) She is so weak that she cannot life this bag.
(Change into simple sentence)
(i) I will go to the market. I will bring some vegetables.
(Change into compound sentence)
(j) Nobody loves him. He is very clumsy.
(Change into complex sentence using “because”)
Unit 3
1. What are the different techniques of writing precisely?
2. What is a Cliché? Explain with examples.
3. What is redundancy?
4. Subject verb agreement.
1) A number of people _____reported to have fallen sick after drinking the water from
the tube well. (was/were)
2) Neither Joseph nor his family ____ French. (speaks/speak)
3) Either Ross or Joey ____ broken the glass. (has/have)
4) The Olympics ____ held every four years. (is/are)
5) The people ___ lived without electricity for many years. (has/have)
5. Noun pronoun agreement.
1) Neither of the boys has done __________ homework.
2) Anybody who wants to come is welcome, but ________ must sign in first.
3) Some of the children held _________ mother’s hand.
4) None of the drivers have passed _________ driving test.
5) Several of the MPs have voted how ____________ want.
6. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition.
1) The dog jumped __ the sofa.
2) The horse is grateful __ its owner
3) The soldiers are ___ war.
4) I will have completed my task __ Friday. She lives in a small village ____ the
mountains.
5) I met my friend at the coffee shop __3rd Avenue.
6) We walked ____ the park
7) He is allergic __________ cats.
8) The cat jumped __________ the fence
7. Fill in the blanks with appropriate article.
1) What ______ shame! You have beaten ______ innocent child.
2) Here is __________ pen that you have been looking for.
3) ______wisdom of Tenali Ram is quite famous.
4) We went to____ beach and spent a wonderful day by ___ sea.
5) She is staying at ____hotel near ___ airport.
6) He bought ___ new laptop for his studies.
7) They live in ___ small house at the end of the street.
8) The teacher gave us ___ interesting assignment.
8. Fill in the blanks with suitable pronoun.
1) Please allow John and ___ to go to the movies.(I/me)
2) Each girl gave ___ own version of the story. (her/their)
3) I am not one of those who believe everything __ hear. (I/they)
4) The team celebrated __victory with a parade. (its/their)
5) My sister said she would join___ at the park later.(me/her)
9. Identify and eliminate the redundancies.
1) The three brothers had nothing in common with each other.
2) The accused was guilty of false misstatement.
3) He carefully examined each and every letter.
4) Frank was elected as Chairman unanimously by all members.
5) Do not return back home without completing the work.
10. Identify and place the modifiers correctly.
1) She arrived home and fell onto the sofa covered in sweat.
2) Most participants selected a lunch from the menu that was high in sugar.
3) Sam asked me to go for a ride on the telephone.
4) On her way to school, Marissa found a green woman's purse.
5) The clerk sold the scarf to the woman with the red print.
Unit 4
1. What is Precis Writing? What are the ‘Do’s’ and Don’ts of Precis writing?
2. What are the components of an email?
3. Write an application for a marketing position in a reputed company.
4. Write your resume.
5. Write a precis of the following passage and give the title of it.
A man in the east left all worldly thoughts and went to a wood, where he built a hut
and lived there. His only clothing was a piece of cloth that he wore around his waist.
But luckily, mice were plentiful in the wood; So he had to keep a cat. Cats need milk;
So he had to rear a cow. Cows needed tending, so a cowboy was hired. The boy
needed room to stay. So a house was built for him. A maid had to be employed to look
after the house. A few more houses had to be built to provide company for the maids,
and people were invited to stay in them. Thus, a small town sprung up in the lovely
woods.
6. You manage the supply of books in the college library. Write a letter for placing the
order for the books to the Vikas Publishing House Ltd.
7. Write essay on the following topics
a. Pollution due to Urbanization
b. Education should be free
c. Should Students get limited access to the Internet?
d. Selling Tobacco should be banned
8. What is a formal report?
9. What are the components and characteristics of formal report,?
10. Write a report in 150-200 words for your college magazine describing the various
programmes arranged in your college for the annual day celebration.
Unit-5
[Link] is Listening?
[Link] differences between Listening and Hearing.
[Link] differences between Active Listening &Passive Listening.
[Link] are the different types of listening? Explain in detail.
[Link] Passive listening is considered as ‘Hearing’?
[Link] are the barriers to Listening?
[Link] the process of Listening with diagrammatic representation.
[Link] is note making?
9. What is effective listening? What are the characteristics of effective listening.
[Link] are the characters of a good listener?