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1583 Q.P. Code : [E 121/E 1 C 21]

(For the candidates admitted from 2021 onwards)

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2022.

First Semester

Part II — English

ENGLISH - I

Time : Three hours Maximum : 50 marks

SECTION A — (10 × 1 = 10 marks)

Answer this section continuously.
Choose the correct answer.

1. American English pronunciation is marked by the

rolling of –––––––––––– sound.
(‘z’, ‘s’, ‘r’, ‘t’)

2. The adjectival form of ‘fruit’ is ––––––––––––

(fruition, fruitful, fruited, fruit-like)

3. It is the –––––––––––– that decides the meaning

of one’s speech/talk.
(sentence, word, tone, pronunciation)
4. In reading a poem –––––––––––– words need to be
pronounced clearly.
(grammatical, semantic, synonymous,
antonymous)

5. A great fire is described as ––––––––––––

(accident, disaster, tragedy, conflagration)

6. Uncertainty is conveyed by the modal ––––––––––

( could, may, might, would)

7. ––––––––––––, meaning to tell again, is the word

people use if they do not properly hear what one
says in a situation.
(please, pardon, forgive, excuse)

8. A vegetarian is a person who never ––––––––––––

meat.
(eaten, eating, eat, eats)

9. When the sentence “He is reading the Ramayana”

is converted into passive voice, “is reading”
changes into ––––––––––––.
(is read, was read, was being read, is being read)

10. –––––––––––– graph is a hundred percent graph

used to display data in terms of relative language.
(Bar, Surface, Pie, Scatter)

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 SECTION B — (5 × 3 = 15 marks)
Answer the following in about 50 words each.

11. (a) How will you use a dictionary?

Or
(b) Give an Adjective each for Quality, Quantity
Demonstration, Distribution, Interrogation
and number.
12. (a) Write a paragraph on being safe during
heavy rains.
Or
(b) Supply agreeable auxiliary verb in the
blanks.
(i) One of my friends –––––––––––– gone
to Zambia.
(ii) Each of the boys –––––––––––– given a
computer.
(iii) The new –––––––––––– too good to be
true.
13. (a) Write a letter to the Editor of a reputed
Daily the human need to change food habits.
Or
(b) Use the following modals in sentences of
your own
(i) should
(ii) ought to
(iii) dare

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14. (a) Frame a small dialogue between A and B.
The latter asks A for information on the
natural spots abounding in wild life and
plants in Coimbatore district.
Or
(b) Write a sentence each in the following
tenses:
(i) Past perfect
(ii) Future continuous
(iii) Present perfect continuous

15. (a) Change the voice of the following sentences:

(i) We must go into this matter
(ii) I don’t like being looked at
(iii) Poor John ! A bus ran him down
Or
(b) Draw a Pie Graph showing the percentage of
readership of Four Magazines.

SECTION C — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)

Answer the following in about 100 words each.

Word-limit applies only to descriptive answers.

16. (a) Inform on barriers in Listening.

Or
(b) Write as if in a Diary the happiness on a day
in your college life.

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17. (a) Explain the methods of reading.
Or
(b) What are all the words that are to be softly
sounded and to be accented while reading a
poem?

18. (a) Imagine you are in a forest for Sight-Seeing.

Describe in two paragraphs your experience.
Or
(b) Complete the following sentences with a
gerund after the prepositions :
(i) I do not believe in ––––––––––––
(ii) You cannot count on his ––––––––––––
(iii) I’m tired of ––––––––––––
(iv) She was shy of ––––––––––––
(v) Try and eat without ––––––––––––

19. (a) Assume you are writing a short story or

novel. Write a paragraph on the setting to
prepare the reader for the story.
Or
(b) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct
tenses:
(i) He (write) five letters yesterday.
(ii) It (rain) for two hours now.
(iii) I (work) here since 1980.
(iv) He (not do) his homework yet.
(v) I (wait) for him since this morning.

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20. (a) Frame a group discussion on youths going
astray. Involve three persons and give three
exchanges each.

Or
(b) Explain the Uses of Graphic Aids.

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