assignment I

COMMUNICATION ENGLISH – I

ASSIGNMENT - I

I. Answer any TEN of the following:                                                                      (10x4=40)

1.  Frame a sentence by using the parts of speech given below: 

a) Adjective: brilliant

b) Verb: live

c) Noun : office

d) Adverb: well

2. Frame a sentence for the first two patterns and write the patterns of the last two: 

a) S+V+O+A 

b) S+V+C+A 

c) She was tired. 

d) People elected him the new president. 

3. Make use of each of the following main verb or auxiliary verb to make four sentences of your own. 

a) bring 

b) have 

c) discuss 

d) is 

4. Frame four sentences by using the subject - Children and verb - play in 

The following tense forms: 

a) Simple Present 

b) Past Continuous 

c) Present Perfect 

d) Simple Future 

5. Frame four Yes/No questions for the given situations: 

a) Context: Talking to your friend about next week exam 

b) Context: Talking to your sister at home 

c) Context: Talking to your teacher about weekend classes. 

d) Context: Talking to your uncle about his arrival 

6. Ask four WH questions to the following people you contact: 

a) To the bus conductor 

b) To your HOD 

c) To your mother 

d) To your college librarian 

7. Fill in the blanks by writing suitable active or passive form of the verb given in bracket: 

a) The report……………. the Head of the Committee.(submit) 

b) He has ………………..from Delhi. (return) 

c) The data on computer ………………..by somebody in his absence.(access) 

d) About 150 injured people …………………in the hospital. (admit) 26 

8. Fill in the blanks by using suitable prepositions: 

a) The meeting will be held_________ Tuesday. 

b) His continuous lecture _____three hours bored everyone. 

c) Candidates _____hall ticket will not be permitted into the exam hall. 

d) I will be available here_____ Monday  _____Friday.

9. Write down any four possible derivatives of the following word.  

                                      collect

10. Match the following and form collocations: 

a) Heavy              -    Ambassador 

b) Fast                 -    a record 

c) bottle up         -    News 

d) Make              -    Food 

e) Have               -    your emotions 

f) Break               -    a difference 

g) Hot                  -    Rain 

h) Brand              -    a headache 

11. Frame a sentence for the homophones given below:     

                        Peace – piece

12. Write one word substitutes for the following: 

a. Rest or sleep in the early afternoon 

b. Statements which are ordinary, uninteresting, and unimportant 

c. Future generations especially the descendants of a specific person 

d. an undesirable event such as an accident 

13. Frame a sentence for each of the following idioms: 

a. Once in a blue moon 

b. At the eleventh hour 

c. Beat about the bush 

d. A fish out of water

14. Frame a sentence for each of the following phrasal verbs: 

a. Take care of 

b. Log in 

c. Go through 

d. Call off

II. Answer to all the following quesion:                                                             (2x5=10)

1. Write a( short message) to your friend asking him to send study materials for the forthcoming examinations.

2. Draft a letter to your HOD requesting him to issue bona fide certificate for opening a savings bank account.