VELTECH MULTITECH DR.RR& DR.

SR ENGINEERING COLLEGE TECHNICAL ENGLISH UNIT I (FEB 2014)

SUB CODE: HS 6251 DURATION: 2 HRS MAX MARK: 50 DATE: 03/02/14

PART A (20 MARKS) I.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II.

Rewrite the following sentences into passive voice (5*1=5)

You must tidy up this room. The researchers will publish their results in the next issue of the journal. They are repairing the streets this month. The plastic engine components consume less power. Can we send our scooter by train? Frame two sentences for each of the given homonyms using their different meanings.(5*1=5) 1. Collector 2. Close. 3. Charge. 4. Call 5. Lead

III.
1. 2. 3. 4.

Fill in the blanks using the correct homophones in the following sentences.

(5*1=5)
He had a quick ____________ (brake/break) for lunch. The wind _________ (blow/blew) the tree over. My favorite _________ (flower/flour) is the daisy. I _______ (read/red) twenty pages in an hour. 5. We didnt know which _____ (road/rode) to take.

IV.
V.

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb forms. (5*1=5)

present
Bring

past
_______________

Present/past participle
________________

_____________

Hid

Hidden

hurt

______________

________________

PART B (30 MARKS)

V. 1. Answer the following questions (10)

(a) Write a SMS to your friend who was absent for college today and inform him that todays lab has been postponed to tomorrow and remind him to bring his observation and record note.(6) (b) Frame sentences on each of the following homophones.(4) 1. Meat, Meet 2. Feat, Feet 2. Write an email to your friend apologizing him for not being able to attend his birthday party. Use the appropriate emoticons for giving expressions. (10) VI. Change the following sentences into active as well as to passive voice 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. I heated the beaker on a Bunsen burner. He operated the electric motor carefully. The author wrote the book under a great pressure of time. The driver starts the engine. We must lubricate bearings. (5*2=10)