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MODEL QUESTION PAPER
FIRST SEMESTER
BA, BSC, BCOM, BBA DEGREE EXAMINATION
ENG1A02:
FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR & COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
Time: 2 Hours Maximum: 60 marks
Section A
Do as directed (2 marks each)
1. He pleaded ignorance of the law
(Change into a complex sentence)
He pleaded that he was ignorant of the law. OR
He pleaded that he didn’t know the law. OR
2. Neither of them ready to undertake the journey.
(Use the appropriate form of ‘be’)
Neither of them is/was ready to undertake the journey.
Neither of them are/were ready to undertake the
journey.
3. It was a sunny day January that she got married.
(Fill in with prepositions)
It was on a sunny day in January that she got married.
4. No other metal is as precious as Gold.
(Use the superlative form)
Gold is the most precious metal.
5. That must have been a experience.
(Use the appropriate form of ‘terrify’)
That must have been a terrific experience. (or terrifying)
6. He had closed the window.
(Rewrite into passive form)
The window had been closed.
7. The proposal was accepted by unanimous vote.
(Use an appropriate article)
The proposal was accepted by a unanimous vote.
8. Hardly had I reached the station the train steamed off.
(Use the appropriate connective)
Hardly had I reached the station when the train steamed off.
9. You play tennis, ?
(Use the correct form of the tag)
You play tennis, don’t you?
10. Do you speak Tamil?
(Convert into negative sentence)
Don’t you speak Tamil?
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11. You are lucky. You came car but I came foot.
(Identify the missing prepositions)
You are lucky. You came by car but I came on foot.
12. It rain tonight. Look at those dark clouds.
(Use either ‘may’ or ‘might’)
It may rain tonight. Look at those dark clouds.
(“may” implies strong certainty about hypothetical events. “Might’ expresses a lesser degree
of certainty.)
(Ceiling – 20 marks)
Section B
Answer the following (5 marks)
13. Rewrite in Indirect speech:
When I finished my lunch I asked the waitress, “Do you know the girl who was
sitting over there?”
“No sir, I do not know her to speak of. I notice she has lunch here on
Saturdays” “Doesn’t she come any other day”
“I never see her on other days”
Answer
When I finished my lunch, I asked the waitress whether she knew the girl who had been
sitting over there.
The waitress replied in the negative and said that she did not know her to speak of. She
added that she noticed the girl had lunch there on Saturdays.
Then I further asked the waitress whether the girl didn’t come any other day.
She told me that she never saw her on other days.
14. Punctuate the following:
Once three men met in the course of the conversation one of them turned to the other
and said what would you do if you woke up one fine morning found yourself a
millionaire soon came the reply from the first man i would build a big house the
second man thought for a while and said i would take the next flight to paris and
enjoy my life the third man said i would go to sleep again and make another million
Answer
Once, three men met. In the course of the conversation, one of them turned to the
other and said, “What would you do if you woke up one fine morning found yourself
a millionaire?”
Soon came the reply from the first man, “I would build a big house.”
The second man thought for a while and said, “I would take the next flight to Paris
and enjoy my life.”
The third man said, “I would go to sleep again and make another million.”
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