ENG501 Final Term Past Papers by Adeel

By 1783 the 13th colonies in America lost Britain

Varandah is a/an………… vernacular. Indian

We know and understand that standard English is not...... Identical

French word is…… Champagne

Word photograph origin is 1839

Origin of acne.. Greek

Improvement of eng.. Jonathan swift

First half of 18 century called... Augustan age

Language of court in Europe in 18th century.. Frence

DVD stands for..... Digital video disc

Barbeque is ……… Spanish word

Writer of Governor………. Sir Thomas elyot

The characteristics sounds of Australian speech is found in…… Vowels

Elements come via modern Latin…. Greek

Considering its geographical spread Australian English is remarkably….. Uniform Q:name 5 countries where english is.used as 1st language..

USA, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, several Caribbean countries.

Q: Which word in not in Johnson dictionary?

The words SLANG is not in Johnson dictionary.

Q: Ram, Rom, Dos stands for what?

RAM= Random access memory ROM= Read only memory DOS= Disk operating system LCD=liquid crystal display HD=high definition LED=light emitting diode

Q. Define the term conjugation Conjugation is the change that takes place in a verb to express tense, mood, person and so on. In English, verbs change as they are used, most notably with different people (you, I, we) and different time (now, later, before). Conjugating verbs essentially means altering them into different forms to provide context.

Q:how vocabulary expended in modern age?

Vocabulary expended by:

• Coined
• Not all coined
• Borrowed
• Root borrowed
• New meaning given
• Blended
• Chopped off

Why vocabulary expended:

• Changing times
• Need of the times
• Inventions
• Technology
• Science
• Traveling
• Communication
• Media

Q: syntax of South Asian countries?

Sytax

• Not ungrammatical but unidiomatic sentences are used.
• Discourse adverbials are common.
• There is a tendency to form information questions without changing the position of the subject and auxiliary items:
• Reduplication is the most common aspect of syntax of South Asian English
• The use of present progressive with stative verbs is quite common.

Q. Name five countries through which borrowing are happened?

1. Mexican words: chili, chocolate, tomato etc.
2. From Cuba and the West Indies: Barbecue, hammock, hurricane, maize, potato, tobacco etc.
3. From Brazil and Other South American regions: Poncho, Tapioca etc.
4. From India: Bangle, bungalow, cashmere, China, coolie, cot, curry, jungle, jute, loot, mandarin,

nirvana, polo, punch, rajah, rupee, sepoy, thug, toddy, tom-tom, and verandah

Q. After word war 1 which words are considered English language words and from which language English has borrowed?

Some of the words that came into English between 1914 and 1918 as a direct consequence of World War I. Some of these were military terms representing new methods of warfare, such as air raid, antiaircraft gun, tank, and blimp. Gas mask and liaison officer were new combinations. Camouflage was borrowed from French. Where it had formerly been a term of the scene-painter’s craft, but it caught the popular fancy

Q: Spread of English in South Asia?

The worldwide spread of English is an unprecedented phenomenon for which we do not find any example in human history. English was brought to the subcontinent in the early seventeenth century by British colonialism. Today, it is spoken as a second language by 3 percent of the population of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In numerical terms, we can safely say that there are approximately 33 million English speaking