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A leading journalist leaked out the famous wheat scandal and the names of five top
culprits in his article; it moved high officials to take immediate action. Which trait
Accuracy
Credibility
Concreteness
Congeniality
a.........
fact
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theme
unity
a)......
b)....
C)...
D)pormanteau
A)anonymous
B)?????????
14)fill in the blank with suitable suffix mark 3 (ye fill in the blank mai ayee ge or app ko sentece ke mutabik
suffix daine hai)
child
econmey
meangment
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i have many jobs but it ..... any.i am ...it.i .... controlling the cost.it is hard work. i feel... a holiday.i am not
...........before i have invited.(mujhe jo thore bohat yaad the wo likhe diye jumle)
► They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
► They exclaim with joy that they had win the match.
► They cry with joy that they did won the match.
► They cried with joy that they will won the match.
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►1
►2
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Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the correct option.
What a rainy day!
► Exclamatory sentence
► Imperative sentence
► Interrogative sentence
► Declarative sentence
► Collective noun
► Concrete noun
► Countable noun
► Non-countable noun
► Conjunction
► Adverb
► Adjective
► Verb
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► He said, “I have accept your offer.”
► He said, “I will accept my offer.”
► He said, “I will accept your offer.”
► He said, “I will accept his offer.”
º Precision
º Consideration
º Courtesy
º Conciseness
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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
Time: 60 min
Marks: 35
The indirect
narration of 'Hurrah! We have won the match' is:
► They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match. Correct
► They exclaim with joy that they had win the match.
► They cry with joy that they did won the match.
► They cried with joy that they will won the match.
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Which verb can be
both singular and plural?
► Is
► Am
► Has
► Do correct
► what he mean
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► what he meant correct
► Exclamatory sentence
► Interrogative sentence
► Declarative sentence
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The persons who use
their voices (pitch, rhythm, stress) and their bodies to communicate their message are:
► Speakers correct
► Writers
► Readers
► Listeners
Using various
symbols to represent sounds is called:
► Pronunciation correct
► Syllabication
► Etymology
► Derivation
► To be tightly structured
► To be syntactically correct
► To be substantive
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Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
► Wordiness correct
► Creativity
► Verbosity
► Brevity
Popular
expressions which may not be considered proper in formal use are called:
► Formal speech
► Slang correct
► Timeline
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What are
Compound Sentences?
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 conjunction (with or without a comma), a
correlative conjunction (with or without a comma), or a semicolon that functions as a conjunction.
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.
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 first lifeboat in the water was only half full (independent)
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3. 'often' is a signal word for Present Perfect Progressive.
Adjective Adverb
Happy Happily
Thirsty Thirstily
Boring intensely
Loud Loud
Easy Easily
While writing he always think about his readers and he use to make sentences with which he can clear
the points. Good writer always focus on the surround nature and time if the is writing about a journey.
For example: if he is traveling from US to Canada. He will mentioned like this: when we start journey the
climate was good, there were no sign of clouds and rain, but when we reached Sioux City the fuel tank
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was almost finished and then we refuel it from Sioux, there were heavy clouds but with drizzling, the
distance from Sioux to CANADA is 400 miles. Etc
His readers get all answers and can understand the situation by his writing.
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By this writer convert all his experiences in written form so when he start writing he follow the incidents
and facts in proper way, so the possibility get reduce that might be while writing he can miss the point. In
this way it will help writer to refine his piece of writing.
► They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
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Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
► Her
He said …..
► Speakers
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Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary is:
► an Abridged dictionary
A noun naming a
group of things, animals, or persons is called:
► Collective noun
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Which one of the
following options is not a "Readability Test"?
► SMOG index
► Friendly people
► precooking
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Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which type of
pronoun does change its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case?
► Demonstrative pronoun
Questions starting with who, what, when. How, where and why.
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Question No: 13 ( Marks: 3 )
A misplaced modifier
is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it describes.
Indicate the error of misplaced modifier in the sentence from options given below
a. Misplaced phrases
2. The bus station was located by a river which was made of red brick.
b. Misplaced words
3. A fish was found in the Pacific Ocean that had been considered extinct.
c. Misplaced clauses
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it means that when writer is writing something he or she should think who his reader is. What they want to read.
The piece of writing should not be too hard or complicated for his readers to understand. It should have verity and
interesting elements to keep the reader captivated.
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5. To and fro rode the girl on the horse.
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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A message’s
success depends upon the fulfillment of the following points:
► They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
► They exclaim with joy that they had win the match.
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► They cry with joy that they did won the match.
► They cried with joy that they will won the match.
►0
►1
►2
►3
► Exclamatory sentence
► Imperative sentence
► Interrogative sentence
► Declarative sentence
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Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A noun which
names anything (or anyone) that you can perceive through your physical senses is:
► Collective noun
► Concrete noun
► Countable noun
► Non-countable noun
► Conjunction
► Adverb
► Adjective
► Verb
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Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
► Add a subject
► Add a verb
► The subject and verb are present, but it doesn't express a complete thought.
Detestable
Odious
Offensive
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Considerate
Precision
Consideration
Courtesy
Conciseness
What is a
dictionary?
What are
Compound Sentences?
Ans: compound sentence mean a sentence which have two independent clauses togather.
Example:
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I am a student and my brother is a policeman.
What is meant by
free morpheme? Explain with examples.
Ans: The free morpheme mean the linguistic unit which can stand alone.
Example:
Ernest Hemingway
once said that good writing was one-tenth inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration. He also said that to be
a good writer, you need a "built-in, shockproof crap detector." Both of his statements point to the importance
of the hard work of revising and rewriting in producing good writing. Discuss.
Ans: Learning to write is not a natural extention of learning to speak. Following are some differences
between writing and speeking skill.
Speech writing
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Speakers pronounce. Writers spell.
Speech is usually informal and repetitive. Whiting on the other hand is more formal
and compact.
Seekers draw own their listeners reactions Writers are often solitary in there
to know how or wheter to continue. process.even they d’nt know where are
their readers
Speakers can gauge the attitudes, beliefs Writers must consider what and how much
nad fealings of their audience by there there audience needs to know about a
verbal and non verbal reactions. given topic.
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3) Sue puts the rucksack on the floor.
Indirect narration of
sentence given below is,
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► Sang said that he was writing a letter to his family in Thailand.
► Sang said that he had already written a letter to his family in Thailand.
► Interesting
► Monotonous
► Dreary
► Tedious
►0
►1
►2
►3
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Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
He said …..
A list of technical
words or expressions used in a field of study or book is:
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► Etymology
► Glossary
► Syllabication
► Derivation
Using various
symbols to represent sounds is called:
► Pronunciation
► Syllabication
► Etymology
► Derivation
► cooking
► precooking
► recook
► uncook
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Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
► form
► by the form
► in the form
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Question No: 13 ( Marks: 3 )
A misplaced modifier
is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it describes.
Indicate the error of misplaced modifier in the sentence from options given below
a. Misplaced phrases
b. Misplaced words
c. Misplaced clauses
2. The bus station was located by a river which was made of red brick.
a. Misplaced phrases
b. Misplaced words
c. Misplaced clauses
3. A fish was found in the Pacific Ocean that had been considered extinct.
a. Misplaced phrases
b. Misplaced words
c. Misplaced clauses
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Subordinating Conjunctions
A subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship
The most common subordinating conjunctions are "after," "although," "as," "because," "before," "how,"
"if," "once," "since," "than," "that," "though," "till," "until," "when," "where," "whether," and "while." Each
The subordinating conjunction "after" introduces the dependent clause "After she had learned to drive."
Gerald had to begun his thesis over again when his computer cras
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What are some of the
differences between writing and speaking skills?
Differentiate between
countable nouns and concrete nouns. Discuss with examples.
Concrete Nouns
A concrete noun is a noun which names anything (or anyone) that you can perceive through your physical
Senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell. A concrete noun is the opposite of an abstract noun.
The highlighted words in the following sentences are all concrete nouns:
Countable Nouns
A countable noun (or count noun) is a noun with both a singular and a plural form, and it names anything
(or anyone) that you can count. In each of the following sentences, the highlighted words are countable
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