ASSIGNMENTS B. A. 1st Semester Summer Drive 2012 B.A. (Economics) Subject Name: Functional English.

h. Subject code: BAC 101 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: 1294) Set 1 ___________________________________________________________________

Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.

Explain the history of the origins and development of English Language.

What do you mean by exclamatory sentences? Is there any syntax that they follow?

What are the rules to be followed while writing/ talking in active voice?

Explain the types of adjectives with examples.

I. Recognize the type of tense and write. (3 marks) a. They have been shouting for a few hours before their parents arrived b. Are you working since morning? c. Is he awake or sleeping?

II. Choose the right word to be filled in the blank. (3 marks) a. What doing when the war broke out. (had you been/ were you) b. If I working on that project, we would have been successful. (were/ had been) c. The children were soaking wet. I knew they .. in the lake. ( had swam/ had been swimming) III. Fill in the suitable degree of comparison of the words given in the brackets (4 marks) a. Bulgaria is an .European state founded in 681. (old, older, oldest) b. Of the two spa hotels, the Revlon Spa Palace is the . (friendly, most friendly, friendlier) c. English is than German. ( easy, easier, easiest) d. My nephew works in an office building which is .. than ours. (modern, more modern, most modern)

Convert the following direct to indirect speech. (10 marks) a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. I said,' I like sweets'. She said, He is singing well'. He said. I have done my work'. I said,' I killed the rat'. She said,' I have been working hard'. He said,' I can do it'. We said,' We are quite happy now'. She said,' My mother cooks well. I said,' He is sleeping'. I say,' I am happy'.

ASSIGNMENTS B. A. 1st Semester Summer Drive 2012 B.A. (Economics) Subject Name: Functional English. Subject code: BAC 101 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: 1294) Set 2 ___________________________________________________________________

Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.

Discuss various types of prepositions.

Discuss the various uses of articles.

Explain the various rules related to various forms of tenses.

What are the various types of vocabulary that can be used at different situations? Give 5 examples of each.

Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions (10 marks)

a)

Heat and light radiate _______ the sun.

b) c) d)

Photographic film is sensitive _____ light. I hate it when people speak loudly on their mobiles _______ public places. They arrived ______ the airport three hours before the flight was due to leave.

e) f) g) h) i) j)

Do you concur _________ my conclusions. I have known him ________ three years. The boss got angry and started shouting _______ everyone. We rely ______ the city bus service. My brother is very keen ____ watching cricket. The report should shed some light _____ the situation.

6 Answer the questions following the passage given below. Apply the techniques of effective Comprehension (10 marks) Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie's amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of the atom. Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At the early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women. Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she earned her master's degree and doctorate in physics. Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon

in 1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heartbreaking anguish. Despondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress. Curie's feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world. 1. The Curies' ____ collaboration helped to unlock the secrets of the atom. A. friendly B. competitive C. courteous D. industrious 2. Marie had a bright mind and a ______personality. A. strong B. lighthearted C. humorous D. strange 3. When she learned that she could not attend the university in Warsaw, she felt_____. A. hopeless B. annoyed C. depressed D. worried 4. _____she remembered their joy together.

A. Dejectedly B. Worried C. Tearfully D. Happily 5. Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never ____. A. troubled B. worried C. disappointed D. sorrowful