K L E F UNIVERSITY

Freshman Engineering Department

A. Y. 2009-10

Semester I

Time: 3 hours Comprehensive Subject: Advanced Communication Skills - 1

Examination
Max. Marks: 100 Date: -12-2009 Code: ENG 1014

Note: Answer question 1 and any five from the remaining. Write your answers
sequentially.

Question 1
A. Choose the best answer from the alternatives given. 10 x 1 =10M

a). A single unit of speech sound is called

A. Stress B. Intonation C. Syllable D. diphthong
b). A ‘howler’ may mean
A. A joke that seems extremely funny
B. A glaring blunder
C. A loud cry of dogs, monkeys, wolves etc.
D. All these three
c) The following word consists of the phonetic sound / J /
A. Jungle B. Youth C. Job D. Gob
d). Mother tongue often interferes with the usage of English, as “You finishedaa?”
The correct usage is
A. You finishedaa? B. Have you finished?
C. You finished no? D. Finishedaa?
e). The president and secretary attended the meeting. This could mean
A. One person holds the post of president only
B. One person holds the post of secretary only
C. One person holds the post of president and secretary
D. Different persons hold the post of president and secretary
f). The foreign expression ‘kindergarten’ belongs to the language
A. Latin B, French C. German D. Greek
g). Pay my money. ............... you eat........... not. I don’t care.
A. provided that B. Whether ... or
C. So..... that D. Rather ...than
h) . I’m writing to you ........................ Your letter dated 1.12.2009.
A. with reference to B. in reference to
C. In regard to D. The options A, B, and C
i) . The synonym of the word ‘purge’ is
A. rise B. Fall C. Cleanse D. Pervert
j) . The antonym of “tall’ is
A. short B. Dwarf C. Low D. High

B Write essay in not more than 200 words on any one of the following: 10 M
a. The menace of TERRORISM in all its forms hinders the development of India

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 b. “An infusion of young blood” on the excerpt taken from the “WINGS OF FIRE”
an autobiography by APJ Abdul Kalaam [abridged]
c. Write a belief summary of “I HAVE A DREAM” a legendary speech by Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. [Aug. 28, 1963]
d. “CLIMATE CHANGE” is responsible for the aberrant floods as well as drought in
the State of A.P. This is the talk of the town today. How do we justify?

Question 2
A. Write the expanded forms of the concise words underlined below:
1. God omnipotent
2. Having lost everything in business Mr. Hari became bankrupt.
3. The voters were marked on their fingers indelible ink
4. In Tamil Nadu 1, 72, 000 workers who went on sabotage during strike were dismissed
at once by the Jaya Lalitha government.
5. The accused used the defense of alibi to save him.

B. Use the following words in sentences of your own:

6. Indices; 7. Adieu; 8. Vice versa; 9. Communiqué; 10. Kindergarten

C. Insert suitable articles in the blanks provided:

11. My mother stays at ................home
12. ………….poor always suffer
13. My husband is in prison. I go to ------------prison to see him every week
14. I had strife with .................... Indian in 2005
15. ... .............apple I bought yesterday is very tasty.
16. Mount Everest is …………highest peak in the world.

QUESTION 3

A. Fill in the blanks using the most appropriate words:

1. The appropriate combination of words can be termed as ................
2. 'Seize' and 'cease' can be grouped into a class of vocabulary called .............
3. The study of body's physical movements is ……
4. Scientists found it difficult to .........the information from the cockpit voice recorder
of the crashed helicopter.
5. Why didn't you throw fresh flowers? You should have thrown the ……………..

B. Collocate the following list numbered 6 -10 with those that follow:
Ex: abide by
Abide; 6. ashamed; 7. addicted; 8. comply; 9. congratulate; 10. abstain

by; on; with; from; of; to

C. Answer the following in brief: (6m)

11 - 12. Why is it wrong to say: " This house is belonging to me"
13 – 14. What does the word bat (n) differ from bat (V)
15 - 16. What is the difference between the ‘simple past’ and the ‘present perfect’
tense

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QUESTION 4

A. Write the meanings and their plural forms of following:

1 - 2. Quarter 3 – 4. Manner

B. Identify the grammatical errors in the following sentences and correct them.
5. I saw all of them
6. Bread and butter are my favorite food
7. I am thinking to go to the U.S.
8. Yesterday I thought I will submit my records

B. Write the correct form of the words influenced by the mother tongue:
9. Yagenest
10. koombing

D. Answer the following:

11 – 12. How does the word converse (adj) differ from converse (V)?
13 – 14. How does the word 'hung' differ from the word ‘hanged’?
15 – 16. Why are the words ‘principle’ and ‘principal’ called homophones?

QUESTION 5

A. Make sensible sentences without changing the meanings using

the words as directed in the brackets:

1. We should keep our temple premises sacred (antonym)

2. We have ample rains this year (antonym)
3. I can not believe in the falsehood of the statement (antonym)
4. What a gorgeous performance it is! (synonym)
5. Killing the innocent is a barbarous act (synonym)
6. Balli sings very loudly (antonym)

B. Identify the grammatical errors in the following sentences and correct them.
7. I am not understanding what you say.
8. Please kindly submit your laboratory records to the lab coordinator

C. Supply the homophones of the following words and use them in sentences:
9 - 10. Alter 11 – 12. Ordinance

D. Supply the homonyms of the following words and use them in sentences:
13 – 14. Grave 15 - 16. Will

QUESTION 6

A. Identify the grammatical errors in the following sentences and correct them:
1. I saw both of them
2. I'm marrying on the 10th of this month. Your presence is must and should.

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 3. I not only studied Physics but also Chemistry
4. The floodwater has flown over the bridge.

B. Fill in the blanks with suitable auxiliary verbs:

5. We........ not commit stealth
6. I .......... smoke cigars when I was in high school ( I discontinued the habit)
7. ............... you please lend me your laptop?
8. We ................ help the poor (as a moral obligation)
9. How ............. you touch my lap top without my consent!
10. You …………… come for it is not necessary now.

C. Write the other forms of comparisons without changing the meanings:

11 – 12. KLU is one of the best universities of all in India

D. Write the other forms of gender of the following:

13. Dog 14.Niece 15. Milkman 16. Spinster

QUESTION 7

A. Choose the best answer:

1. The college remains closed between 12 pm .......3 pm.
A. to B. and C. at D. by
2. I lent Karthik a book. The passive form of this sentence could be
A. Karthik was lent a book by me B. A book was lent Karthik by me
C. The statements A and B are correct D. Both the statements A and B are wrong
3. Tomorrow will be a holiday.................... Christmas
A. owing to B on account of C. on the verge of D. Options A and B
4. I am going to the U.S for further studies next March 2010. This is denoted by the tense
A. Future continuous tense B. Present continuous tense
C. Future perfect tense D. Future perfect continuous tense

B. Make sentences using any FIVE of the following words or phrases:

5. Computer-aided 6. Vice versa 7. Amputated hand 8. Rapport

C. Write the other forms of comparisons without changing the meanings

9 – 10. Ragging is the worst form of evils in the society today

C. 11- 16. Justify why study of ESL is inevitable for a developing country like India.
OR
Give a brief summary of the essay “Of Studies” by Francis Bacon

QUESTION 8
A. Fill in the blanks using the most appropriate words:
1. To my surprise, I received ..................... instead of getting honor. It was humiliating.
2. I appreciate you. you have said it ……………(appropriately)
3. My mother is a .................. (Housewife)
4. Active voice is changed in to passive voice using the basic formula. .............

B. Identify the parts of speech of each word underlined in the following sentences:

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 Solomon (5) is the wisest man in (6) the world (7) but his (8) death is inevitable.

C. Choose the best answer:

9. We are the proud students of
A. / / B. / / C. / / D. / /
10. Gullible person means
A. who cannot be altered B. who can be easily be fooled or tricked
C. Of person fond of talking D. one who can not be fooled or cheated easily

D. Collocate the following in list numbered 11 - 13 with those that follow:

Ex: Sun stroke
Sun 11. Mal 12. Iso 13. Red [topic; stroke; hot; warm; function]

E. Answer the following:

14. Konark train left when Navajeevan had arrived. Which is the former event?
15 – 16. Ganesh is one of the most widely adored gods in Asia.

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