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Old Syllabus PH.1.1

1st Semester Back Examination 2016-17


COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
BRANCH: PHARMACY
Time: 3 Hours
Max Marks: 70
Q.CODE: Y511
Answer Question No.1 which is compulsory and any five from the rest.
The figures in the right hand margin indicate marks.

Q1 Answer the following questions: (2 x 10)


a) Define communication.

b) Which word will you use, during face-to-face communication, to ask someone

to repeat what he/she already said?

c) ‘Close the window’. (Change the voice)

d) Medicine, Tablet (Transcribe phonemically with stress)

e) I enjoyed reading your SMS. It was so funny. (Identify the communicative

focus.)

f) Content words are unstressed. (Correct/Incorrect)

g) Our examination begins tomorrow. (Find out Time, Tense and Aspect)

h) The fire brigade _________ the fire. (Use a correct phrasal verb)

i) If someone’s eyebrows are raised and eyes are wide open, what does it

mean?

j) Which of the following words have long vowels?

Foot, Food, Book, Boot

Q2 a) All communication should be people-oriented. Expand your idea with (5)

examples.

b) What do you understand by Dialects? Describe with examples. (5)


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Q3 a) What is Intonation? Discuss with examples. (5)

b) Face-to-face communication provides the exchange of information (5)


freely and fairly. Discuss its advantages.

Q4 Time, Tense and Aspect are not same. Explain with examples. (10)

Q5 a) What is Sentence Stress? Discuss with examples. (5)

b) What is Hypothetical or Unreal condition? Describe with examples. (5)

Q6 a) What is a Syllable? Write the formula and different structures of syllable (5)
division with examples.

b) What is the difference between Given and New Information and how do (5)
they act upon the receiver?

Q7 a) Communication Skill is described as Language Skill. Explain. (5)

b) Transcribe the following words phonemically with stress. (5)


Company, Psychology, System, Service, Young

Q8 Write short answer on any TWO: (5 x 2)

a) Concord

b) Information Loss

c) Diphthong

d) Redundancy

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