AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, SIVAKASI

MODEL EXAMINATION      March – 2014

SUB                     : COMMUNICATION ENGLISH – II                         MARKS: 75

YEAR / SEM       : I YEAR / II SEMESTER                             

Part – A (Grammar) (24 + 6=30)

1.   Answer any twelve of the following as directed:

a.   Change the following sentences into plural form:                                  (2)                                                        

1.    Atom bomb was dropped over Nagasaki.

2. Convert the following interrogative sentences into assertive ones:      (2)

                  

1.   Who cannot predict that first ECE & EEE will get centum in English?

3. Convert the following exclamatory into assertive sentences:                 (2)             

1.   How clever our college students are!

d.   Answer  the verbal questions first in the affirmative and then in the negative:                                                                                                        (2)    

1. Will you help me?

e.   Identify the Main Clause in the following sentences:                                (2)                             

1.   Unless you study well, you will not pass.

f.     Identify the Subordinate Clause in the following sentences:                   (2)

                   

1.   If you use cell phones, you will be punished.

g.   Combine the following simple sentences to form compound and complex sentences:                                                                                      (2)

                                            

1.   My mother is very old

She cannot walk.

h.   Change  the  following  sentences  into  negative  without  changing  the meaning                                                                                                        (2)

1.   Only a fool will fail in the English exam

9. Change it into comparative degree                                                     (2)

1.   Mech is the best branch in the college.

10. Change it into superlative degree                                                       (2)    

1.   No other subject is so easy as English.

k. Convert the dialogues into reported speech:                                              (2)

Teacher         :         Do you like the subject English?

Student                   :         Yes, I love the subject English.

l.     Rewrite the following sentences filling in the blanks with suitable homophones:                                                                                                (2)

                                                                                                                            

1.   Children always make ______ (minor / miner) mistakes.

2.   The ______ (some / sum) of expenditure is high.

13. Give at least two instructions to Ms.Rekha for reaching Bus Stand            (2)

                                                       A J

                      Coffee Shop             Road     Bus Stand

 

You are here                        M G Road

 

                                                              Theatre

                                                           

2. Use the following idioms and phrases in sentences of your own bringing out their meanings:                                                                                            (6)

1.   On and off

2.   Gift of the gab

3.   Read between the lines                                                      

Part – B  (6x5=30)

1.   Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:     (5)

                     Teaching is the noblest of all professions. A teacher has a sacred duty to perform. It is he on who rests the responsibility of moulding the character of young children. Apart from developing their intellect, he can inculcate in them qualities of good citizenship, remaining neat and clean, talking decently and sitting properly. These virtues are not easy to be imbibed. Only he who himself leads a life of simplicity, purity and rigid discipline can successfully cultivate these habits in his pupils.

                     Perpetual contact with budding youths keeps him happy and cheerful. There are moments when domestic worries weigh heavily on his mind, but the delightful company of innocent children makes him overcome his transient moods of despair.

Complete the following:

1.    _______is the noblest of all professions

2.    These virtues are not easy to be_________

3.   A teacher has a _______duty to perform.

4.   Find the words from the passage which are the opposites of 

(a)  Indecently ( para 1 )                  (b) sad ( para 2 )

5.   Find the words from the passage which means the same as

(a)  Say over and over ( para 1 )                  

(b)   develop (para2)

2.  Read the following newspaper report carefully and answer the questions:        (5)

Hindu Mar 6:

                         The Hindu celebrates this Women’s Day with a host of events titled ‘The World of Women’ in Madurai on March 8.

‘The World of Women’, the maiden edition of the programme, will have an all-women two-wheeler rally, a treasure hunt and much more. Named ‘Heels on Wheels’, the all-women two-wheeler rally will be flagged off from Teppakulam at 8 a.m. and the women on wheels will take the route via Anna Nagar, K.K. Nagar, Tallakulam, Pudur and Surveyor Colony before reaching V. Grand Hotel, the venue of the programme. A driving license, RC Book and helmet are mandatory for the participants.

An exciting treasure hunt organised by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) will begin at the Thirumalai Naicker Mahal at 7 a.m. on March 8. Participants are expected to register in teams of three consisting of two women and a child (above 5 years of age) preferred.

This will be a unique opportunity to explore and learn about the heritage that the city has. Participants shall bring a camera as all clues should be photographed. A host of events will follow at V Grand Hotel near Maatuthavani from 10 a.m. onwards which will include a panel discussion by eminent women from the city and a cultural programme.

Women who wish to register for the two-wheeler rally or the treasure hunt can pick up registration forms from Pink Fitness Centre at Anna Nagar, The Hindu office at K.K. Nagar or the Anjali Oil Factory at Uthangudi.

Questions:

1.   Where will be the rally flagged off?

2.   What is the mandatory for the participants?

3.   Who organize the treasure hunt?

4.   When will the treasure hunt begin?

5.   Where can women get the registration forms?

3.     Read the following advertisement and answer the questions          (5)

                                                                                                                         

                 

               

Questions:

1.   What is the advertisement about?

2.   Who are the eligible persons to apply for?

3.   Who has given the advertisement?

4.   What is the salary per annum?

5.   Where is the showroom?

4.   Make a précis of the following passage with topic sentence and note-making:  (3)

                            

                       Unemployment arises from a variety of causes. One that is always recurring, and of the effects, of which we have had a recent example, is the disorganization of industry resulting from a long war: this is a serious problem admitting of no easy solution at the best of times. Again, there is the unemployment, which follows a marked diminution in the quantity of any raw product. Such as cotton: fewer hands are required in the mills and factories. We may call this cause ‘bad harvest’. Similar but more serious is the effect of changes in industry due to the invention of machinery which does more work and requires fewer workers. And yet another serious cause is a strike or lock-out and this is the more to be deplored because such a stoppage sometimes is due to a very trivial matter, perhaps the fact that men are working half an hour longer than the regulations of their union permit.

5.   Imagine you are R.Vinayak of Erode. Write a letter to M/s Palani Brothers (Booksellers), Salem ordering books and stationery.

6.     Study the following table chart carefully and convert it into a passage         (2⅟₂)

Lead Questions:

1.   What is the given table -chart about?

2.   How many varieties are given in the table?

3.   What is the highest percentage in the table?

4.   What is the lowest percentage in the table?

5.   Present your overall comment on the table?

Part – C   (Marks 15)

a)  Answer any three of the following in one or two sentences each:

 (3 X 2 = 6 marks)

1.   She filled Macbeth's mind with dreadful thoughts and deeds.

a)   What was the character of Macbeth's wife?

2.   The hymns, we all sang together, the Maoris singing in their

          language, while the rest of us sang in English.

a)             Name the language spoken by the Maoris.

3.   But they do not absorb significant amounts of infrared radiation, and

         thus do not contribute to the greenhouse effect.

a)     What does the term “they” refer to?

4.   No, Your Highness, we wish to be your sons. We are not interested in

         ascending the throne.

a)     Who spoke this passage ?

b) Fill up the blanks and rewrite:                                                     (5x1=5 marks)

1.   But it is this ______________and it is misleadingly called greenhouse effect that makes life on earth possible.

2.   “What a tongue twister”. I could not help saying. “Oh, we call it ________ for short,” said my host.

3.   But isn't it very ___________ to live here at all?

4.   Using the two daggers placed by his wife, he killed the king in his _________.

5.   All signs now suggest that a major ______ change is happening again.
 

c) Answer any two of the following in one or two sentences each:

(2x2=4marks)

1.   I told it not, my wrath did grow

a.   What and whom did he not tell?

2.   We wake to hear the storm come down

a.   What are the effects of storm?

3.    Will distant space look down on orb that's bald.

a.   Why does the poet say 'orb that's bald'?

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