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Bachelor's Degree Programme

(BDP)

ASSIGNMENT
2011 - 2012
(For July 201 1 and January 2012 sessions)

ELECTIVE COURSE IN ENGLISH -02

The Structure of Modern English

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School of Humanities
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068

Elective Course in English-02 (EEG-02)/(BEGE-102)

Programme Code: BDP
Course Code: EEG-02tBEGE-102/2011-12

Dear Student.
You need to attempt one assignment for the Elective Course in English-02. This assignment is
Tutor Marked (TMA) and carries 100 marks. The TMA is concerned mainly with assessing your
application and your understanding of the course material. It aims to teach as well as to assess
your performance.
Instructions: Before attempting the assignment please read the following instructions carel'ully.

1.

Read the detailed instructions about the assignments given in the Programme Guide for
Elective Courses.

2.

Write your Roll Number, Name, Full Address and Date on the top right comer of the first
page of your response sheet(s).

3.

Write the Course Title, Assignment Number and the Name of the Study Centre you are
attached to in the centre of the first page of your response sheet(s).

4.

Do not plan to take the terminal examination for the course if you have not done the
assignment set for it first. You will not be permitted to do so.

The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this:
Roll No. ...............................
Name: .................................
Address .................................
Course Title: .........................
Assignment No: .....................
Study Centre .........................

Date:

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5.

Use only foolscap size paper for your response sheets and tag all the pages carefully.

6.

Write the relevant question number with each answer.

7.

You should write in your own handwriting.

8.

Submission: Remember to keep a copy o f your assignment with you and to take a
receipt from your Study Centre when you submit the assignment. The completed
assignment should be sent to the Coordinator at the Study Centre allotted to you. Last
Date for Submission of Assignment is:
For June Exam
For December Exam

31 st March
3othSeptember

Good luck!

Note:

Remember the submission of assignment is precondition of permission of appearing in1

examination. If you have not submitted the assignment in time you will not be allowed to
appear in examination.

Assignment
Assignment Code: EEG-OZIBEGE-I021
TMA/2011-12
Max. Marks: 100
Note: Answer all questions

Write short notes on the following:

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11
...

111

iv
2a

Nasal consonants in English

Stress and rhythm in connected speech
Auxiliary verbs
Conversion

Write down the phonetic symbol for the diphthongs represented by the underlined
letter(s) in the following words according to British R.P.
(10)
v
vi
vii

...

VIII

2b

Give examples of the following descriptions of English consonants. The first one is done
(5)
for you.

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II
...

111

iv
v
vi
2c

air
PWr
chajr
id=

Voiced bilabial stop/plosive 4 b /

Voiced palate-alveolar affricate
Glottal fricative
Voiceless alveolar fricative
Bilabial nasal
Velar nasal

Divide the following words into their constituent morphemes:

I

ii

...

111

iv
v

multinational
miscalculation
unbearable
comparative
receptionist

3a

What do you understand by derivational and inflectional affixes? In what respects are
they different and similar? Give examples.
(15)

3b

Add prefixes to the following words. Write what type of prefix (negative, reversative,
number, degree, etc.) it is:
(5)

.1.
.11..

111

4a

able
national
compose

iv
v

noon
associate

Make sentences on the following patterns (one sentence for one pattern):
1

11

...
III
iv
v

S
S
S
S
S

V
V
V
V

O
10
DO
DO

C A
DO

OC

4b

Read the passage and insert alan, the at the appropriate place.

(10)

Hina: You all know why I've called this meeting. The Funtime Park has had .............
serious drop in income over .............. last 6 months. Liza has circulated ......... report
in which she makes it clear that she feels this is only ........ temporary setback and she
expects ............ Park to return to profitability in ......... first half of next year. Now,
we have three options facing us: one is to close ............ Park completely; ...........
second is to keep it open but on ........... much reduced scale and therefore cut cost and
......... third, is to continue as before. 1 think we've all had time to analyze the figures so
I'd like to confine this meeting to your assessment and conclusions. Hiten, how do you
see it?
Hiten: Very dimly, I'm afraid. I see no evidence that the Park will return to profitability
next year or for that matter at any time in the foreseeable future...
5a

Supply the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets:

.1.

11

...

111

iv
v
5b

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

.I .
11
...

111

iv
v
5c

Radha is sitting
the front row.
A window
the master bedroom is broken.
The notification will be obeyed
all.
He died
T.B.
He was killed
a sword.

Use the following words in sentences as directed:

1

..

11

...

111

iv
v
5d

He was having his lunch when the bell

(ring).
She usually gets up at 5 but this week she
holidays. (get up)
I married him and
to England. (go)
He
this house in 1950. (build)
. (come)
John had come before Mary

Rain (verb)
Water (verb)
Light (adjective)
Trip (noun)
Air (noun)

Label the following sentences as simple, complex, and compound:

.1.

11

...
111
iv
v

She likes tea.

My brother is an athlete.
Everybody knows that the Earth is round.
He is the one whom I like most.
You can go by train or you can take a bus.

(5)
late because she has