ENG001 Midterm Past Paper Spring 2010

MIDTERM EXAMINATION · Spring 2010 · ENG001- Elementary English (Session - 3) · Ref No: 1378494 Time: 60 min

Q1. The (1 marks)

indirect narration of ' Hurrah! We have won the match' is:

1. They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.

Correct

1. They exclaim with joy that they had win the match.
2. They cry with joy that they did won the match.
3. They cried with joy that they will won the match.

Q2. Which verb can be both singular and plural? (1 marks)

1. Is
2. Am
3. Has
4. Do correct

Correct answer: Do correct

Q3. Choose the best way to complete the sentence given below: (1 marks)

I didn't know what he meant. (?)

1. what he mean
2. what did he mean
3. what did he meant
4. what he meant

Correct answer: what he meant

correct

Q4. My friend Ken will come with me to Metro town. (1 marks)

1. Declarative sentence

aisa statement

correct

1. Interrogative sentence ????
2. Imperative sentence advise,request,order
3. Exclamatory sentence aurah!!

Q5. Listen carefully. (1 marks)

1. Exclamatory sentence
2. Interrogative sentence
3. Imperative sentence

Correct answer: Imperative sentence

correct

1. Declarative sentence

Q6. The persons who use their voices (pitch, rhythm, stress) and their bodies to communicate their message are: (1 marks)

1. Speakers

correct

1. Writers
2. Readers
3. Listeners

Q7. Using various symbols to represent sounds is called: (1 marks)

1. Pronunciation

correct

1. Syllabication
2. Etymology
3. Derivation

Q8. Choose the option that best defines 'Clarity': (1 marks)

1. To be tightly structured
2. To express a clear point

Correct answer: To express a clear point

Correct

1. To be syntactically correct
2. To be substantive

Q9. Choose the option that best defines the 'Conciseness': (1 marks)

1. Wordiness

correct

1. Creativity
2. Verbosity
3. Brevity

Q10. Popular expressions which may not be considered proper in formal use are called: (1 marks)

1. Formal speech
2. Slang

Correct answer: Slang

correct

1. Timeline
2. Antonyms

Q11. What are Compound Sentences? (2 marks)

A compound sentence is composed of at least two independent clauses. It does not require a dependent clause. The clauses are joined by a coordinating co co mma), a correlative conjunction (with or without a comma), or a semicolon that functions as a conjunction.

Q12. Does a dictionary tell about the part of speech to which a word belongs? (2 marks)

No, dictionary only tells us that pronunciation and meaning of a word, in addition also tells us that how we can utilize it in different sentences or when we can use the same.

Q13. Define the term 'clause' with examples? (3 marks)

A group of words that contains a subject and verb, there are two types of clauses: independent and dependent (sometimes called subordinate). In discussing aspects of language, such as sentence variety, the word "clause" is valuable. The following groups of words are clauses: the ship sank (independent) just before the iceberg struck the ship (dependent) the first lifeboat in the water was only half full (independent)