[BA 3rd Sem Question Papers, Dibrugarh University, 2015, Communication Skill, Arts]
UNIT – I
(Essay Writing)
1. Answer any one of the following questions:
- What are the three steps that most good writers follow in organizing their writing? Explain each step briefly. 2+3=5
- Write a paragraph on ‘punctuality’. 5
2. Write an essay on any one of the following topics: 10
- National Integration.
- Women Empowerment.
- My Favourite Author.
UNIT – II
(Conversational English)
3. Supply the missing utterance to complete the following dialogue: 5
Rajiv: Hello Arun! How are you?
Arun: I’m fine, thanks. What a pleasant surprise!
Rajiv: It’s a long time since we met.
1.______________________________
Arun: In Delhi
2._____________________________
Rajiv: I’m the manager of Tata Steel here. Last time I saw you, you were still studying. When did you graduate?
Arun: In 2002.
Rajiv: 3.____________________________
Arun: Actually, I’ve come to take up a new job with Hindustan Motors. I’m the new production engineer.
Rajiv: 4.____________________________
Arun: I have to report at 10.00 a.m. today. The office is on Sardar Patel Road. I was thinking of calling a taxi when I saw you.
Rajiv: What a coincidence!
5.____________________________
Arun: Thank you so much.
4. Write a dialogue on any one of the situations given below: 10
- Two fiends discuss their career plans and tell each other how they are preparing themselves to achieve their goals.
- Two friends discuss the pros and cons of using the Internet.
[Each person must have at least five turns of dialogue]
5. Read the situations given below and write two sentences each in response to any five of them: 2x5=10
- You arrange to meet some friends but you are twenty minutes late.
- You are at the hotel reception and are planning to leave in fifteen minutes. What could you ask the receptionist?
- You are campaigning for your friend and have to ask for votes.
- You have to enquire about educational loan facilities.
- You are working on your computer when suddenly the document disappears from the screen. You have to phone your computer technician and ask for help.
- You have to tell your friend why you like a particular television show.
UNIT – III
(Common Mistakes in English)
6. Correct the following sentences: 1x5=5
- He succeeded to win the prize.
- He was absent at the meeting.
- They pelted stones at the frog.
- He is a reputed headmaster.
- I shall inform this to him.
7. Complete the passage given below by filling in the blanks with the appropriate forms of verbs given in the brackets: 5
Biological Pest Control ____ (use) a natural enemy of the pest to keep its numbers down. A good example ____ (occur) in Australia in the 1920s. A cactus called Prickly Pear ____ (bring) to Australia in the 1820s. It quickly ____ (establish) itself in Australia and became a weed pest. Removing the cactus with weed killers would have been very expensive. Scientists, therefore, ____ (begin) looking for ways of controlling the cactus biologically. Eventually, they ____ (discover) a moth Cactoblastis cactorum, which ____ (lay) its egg on the cactus. When the caterpillars hatch out, they eat away at the cactus and ____ (destroy) them. Millions of eggs of the moth ____ (release) onto the cacti by farm workers and within five years most of the cacti ____ (destroy).
8. Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions: 5
It was past midnight and the street was deserted. Suddenly, a small truck came into view. It moved slowly, making its way ____ the end of the road. When it reached the junction, it turned left into Holly Street and stopped ____ a small bungalow. Two men jumped out of the truck and hurried ____ the house. They came out carrying a crate between them and loaded it ____ the truck. Suddenly, a voice rang out, “Put your hands up. This is the police.” The two men dashed ____ the road before the police could stop them.
9. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternatives: 1x5=5
- The ruins of Pataliputra are still ____ near Patna.
(extant/extent)
- His ____ manners pleased us all.
(urban/urbane)
- He came ____ to see me.
(specially/especially)
- She decided to ____ to America
(immigrate/emigrate)
- The Government issued a new ____.
(ordinance/ordnance)
UNIT – IV
(Grammar in Communication)
10. Give synonyms for any five of the following words: 1x5=5
Alacrity; humiliate; candid; fallible; guile; ludicrous; progeny; quixotic.
11. Provide one-word substitutes for the following: 1x5=5
- One who works for money only
- A hand-written document
- Excessive love of money
- General release of criminals
- One who bears the same name as another
12. Use any five of the following idioms in sentences: 1x5=5
A wild-goose chase; to come of age;
to bury the hatchet; on the brink of;
at the zenith; to follow suit; black and blue.
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13. Rearrange the following sentences in the proper order to form a meaningful paragraph: 5
- In that event, we should be dooming ourselves to wipe each other out.
- Physically we are now all neighbours, but psychologically we are still strangers to each other.
- How are we going to react?
- We have never been so conscious of our variety as we are now that we have come to such close quarters.
- We are living in an age in which technology has suddenly ‘annihilated distance’.
- Are we going to let this consciousness of our variety make us fear and have each other?
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