DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

HS8581 – PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION –

LABORATORY RECORD
III YEAR / VI SEMESTER

NAME : JEYA VASANTHAN B

REG.NO :310818114070
DEPARTMENT : MECHANICAL SEC: B
SEM / YEAR : 6th SEM / 3rd YEAR
 CERTIFICATE
Certified that it is a bonafide record of work done by
Ms / Mr. JEYA VASANTHAN B of the department of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Jeppiaar Engineering
College, Chennai, submitted for the PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNICATION – LABORATORY RECORD (HS8581)
practical examination.

NAME : JEYA VASANTHAN B

REG NO : 310818114070

BRANCH : MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

STAFF IN-CHARGE

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

 INDEX
S. NO TEACHER’S
TOPIC SIGNATURE
WITH DATE

1 LETTER OF APPLICATION AND RESUME

2 GROUP DISCUSSION

3 ORAL PRESENTATION

a. GENERAL TOPIC

b. TECHNICAL TOPIC

4 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

5 ERROR CORRECTION

6 SAMPLE ONLINE PAPER

 1.LETTER OF APPLICATION AND RESUME
Insert your one page letter of application and your resume (maximum 2
pages)

To
The Human Resource Manager

I am sending you my resume in response to Hyundai motor

company’s announcement of a fea senior analyst . I discovered the
advertisement on glassdoor web and found the position to be
excellent fit to my background and skills.

I’m looking forward to speak with you regarding this opportunity.

Sincerely,
Jeya vasanthan B
JEYAVASANTHAN B
Contact No: 6382792529
Email: vasanthan492000@gmail.com

Objective
To secure a challenging position in a reputable organization to expand my learnings,
Knowledge,and skills.

Acadamic Qualification
Institutions Percentage

B.E.Mechanical Jeppiaar engineering 72

college
12 th St.Joseph’s Matriculation 71
Higher Secondary school
 10 th St.Joseph’s Matriculation 81
Higher Secondary school

Skills
Good at MS.Office
Good at English Type writing

Project
 Work on Design and fabrication of Regenerative braking system.

Hobbies
• Playing cricket • Learn new things • Watching moving and web series

Personal Information
Father’s Name : S.Balakrishnan
Date of Birth : 04/09/2000
Martial status : single
Gender : Male
Languages known : Tamil and English
Address : 9/99,Melasankarankuzhi,santhapuram post,Kanyakumari district,629201
Declaration
“l am Jeya vasanthan.B hereby declare that all the above- furnished details are true to my
Knowledge and l bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above- mentioned
Particulars. I assure you that will do my best to satisfy my superiors and colleagues with My
work' Jeya vasanthan.B Place- Chennai
2.GROUP DISCUSSION
 3. ORAL PRESENTATION
A. GENERAL TOPIC
Paste your ppt here (10 slides-maximum 4 pages) on any one of the topic
from Unemployment /GST / Agriculture / National Income / Poverty /
COVID-19
 4.FREQUENTLY ASKED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Tell us something about yourself. This may be the first question of an interview. Without focusing
on anyspecific area, a brief description highlighting the relevance of one’s background, education,
skills, and experience may be given

Example:
I want to obtain a challenging position in a large software consulting organization, where I should be
able to use my specialized qualification, understanding and experience in business process modeling and
organizational change management to suit customer needs.

3. Why should I hire you?

The interviewers want to know candidate’s interpretation of the job and his/her assessment his/her
suitability for the position. The candidate should be able to establish how well his/her qualification,
knowledge, and skills match the needs of their organization and job requirements.

Example
As you are looking for someone in system analyst with a technical background, my specialized
qualification in software skills with proficient knowledge and excellent communication skills makes me
the best candidate for the job. I hope that my qualification and skills which suits your requirements with
that I will prove my ability towards setting and achieving the company objectives.

4. What makes you interested in our organization?

Interviewers would like to test the candidate’s knowledge about their organization and his/her interest
and motivation to work with them. This question should be answered in the light of the company
analysis that the candidate has done, projecting the strengths of the company.

Example
The professional excellence maintained and pursued by your company has impressed me and your
company’s experience and innovation combined with the user – friendliness, reliability, and quality of
its products and solutions have made it a world leader in software industries. Working with such a
growing organization has been one of my career objectives from the very beginning.
5. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Interviewers would like to know if the candidate’s ambitions and career goals are realistic. The
candidate should answer this question in the light of his/her self –analysis, explicitly express his/her
intention to stay with the organization for a long period.

Example I would be working as a Project Supervisor in your esteemed company.

6. What are your great strengths?

Interviewers would like to know if the candidate’s strengths match the needs of the job. This question
should be answered in the light of the candidate’s self – analysis highlighting his/her strong points as
well as his/her for the job.

Example
I have strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to get along with the others. I have
been able to achieve company targets and live up to the commitments with a sense of urgency.

7. What is your greatest weakness?

Interviewers want to know how the candidate would handle a question like this. It is best to mention a
mild weakness or a weakness that is actually strength and also tell them how one attempt to improve the
weakness.

Example
I aim at and call for nothing short of perfection, and become nervous when I am not able to do
something up to my satisfaction. However, I know that this may sometimes delay a work and try to
compensate with very hard work.

8. How will you rate yourself on a scale from one to ten?

Interviewers want to check the candidate’s level of confidence. An indirect answer that shows the
candidate’s confidence and belief in himself would be the best approach.

Example
I always strive to be the best whatever I do. I believe in being the best.

9. Are you leader or a follower?

Interviewers want to know how the candidate would handle a question like this. The best approach is to
take a middle path, mentioning how one is capable of taking both roles.

Example
I am both a leader and follower. I have successfully completed several projects as a leader but at the
same time I have worked in cross – functional teams as a member and have done well.

10. How long do you want to stay with us?

This question should be answered directly conveying the candidate’s interest motivation to work with
the organization for a long period.

Example
I would like to be a part of your organization for a long period.
5.ERROR SPOTTING

1. He is ill since last week.

He has been ill since last week. (present perfect tense is used as since indicates duration from
thepoint of the past)
2. She is your sister, isn’t it?
She is your sister, isn’t she? (usage of tag question)
3. I have not played cricket since a long time.
I have not played cricket for a long time. ( for is used to indicate duration)
4. The sceneries of Srilanka are worth seeing.
The scenery of Srilanka is worth seeing. (scenery is uncountable noun)

5. The copper has a number of applications.

Copper has a number of applications. (copper is not a group noun)
6. He has been working since two hours.
He has been working for two hours. ( emphasizing the burden of the work)
7. He asked a holiday.
He asked for a holiday. (ask is an intransitive verb in this context)
8. I study in an university.
I study in a university. ( university pronounces as )
9. My father loves with me.
My father loves me ( love is a transitive verb followed by indirect object)
10. She has met the Editor yesterday.
She met the Editor yesterday. (yesterday demands past form of the verb)

11. My friend bought shoe yesterday

My friend bought a pair of shoes yesterday. (the plurality of the shoe can be mentioned only by
this way)
12. You gave all your documents, isn’t it?
You gave all your documents, didn’t you? ( usage of tag questions)
13. Many people have for years believed that the seabed was paved with gold.
Many people for years have believed that the seabed was paved with gold. (position of adverbial
phrase)
14. Walking along the beach road, several large fishes are seen by her.
Walking along the beach road, she saw several large fishes. (the subject of the simple sentence
is modified by the adjectival phrase that comes before the main clause) 15. I am much happy to
see you.
I am very happy to see you. (happy is an adjective strengthened by the adverb ‘very’)

16. You believe in the concepts of individual ways of thinking.

You believe in the concepts of individualistic ways of thinking. (individualistic is an adjective
strengthening the noun ‘ways’)
17. The mother and daughter resembled each other.
The mother and the daughter resembled each other. (both nouns refer to two different persons)
18. Of all the politicians I know, neither is so famous and worthy as Anna.
Of all the politicians I know, none is so famous and worthy as Anna. (neither ...nor is a
compound preposition that cannot be applied in this context) 19. This trousers are too
tight for me.
These trousers are too tight for me. (this is a singular ie not appropriate in this context)
20. Every people know this.
Everyman knows this. ( ‘every’ cannot be preceded by plural noun) Everybody/everyone
knows this.

21. It was bitter cold.

It was bitterly cold. (refer to model 15) 22.
They objected to John playing for the team.
They objected to John’s playing for the team. (the playing of John should be punctuated
with an apostrophe in the case of possessive form) 23. The shop stocks good stationary.
The shop stocks good stationery. (both are different words) 24.
They do not sell fewer than ten bags of rice.
They do not sell less than ten bags of rice. (in the case of bags less is an appropriate word)
25. The senators finished their business. did they?
The senators finished their business. didn’t they? (tag question)

26. Other children as well as Ankitha was present there.

Other children as well as Ankitha were present there. (proximity error)
27. David and me are thinking of buying a new car.
David and I are thinking of buying a new car. ( ‘I’ is the right usage)
28. I have told him often to learn a foreign language.
I have often told him to learn a foreign language. ( the position of the adverb)
29. Unless you give up everything, you will get eternal bliss.
Unless you give up everything, you will not get eternal bliss. (or)
If you give up everything, you will get eternal bliss.(unless demands the main clause in the
negative sense)

30. They arrested the right activists without enough evidence.

They arrested the rights activists without enough evidence. (‘The rights’ refer to one of
the wings of the communist party)

31. I am learning French since college days.

I have been learning French since college days. (the long duration can be mentioned only
by present perfect continuous tense)

32. As the years passed by, I and my friend saw less of one another.
As the years passed by, my friend and I saw less of each other. (refer to 28)

33. She said to me that she would be late.

She told me that she would be late. (reported speech ‘said to’ be converted into ‘told’)

34. The child is having a hearing problem.

The child has a hearing problem. (‘have’ in the continuous form cannot be used)
35. He asked a holiday.
He asked for a holiday. (asked as an intransitive verb should be followed by the preposition ‘for’)
36. If one sincerely asks one, true answers about honesty will come out.
If one asks sincerely oneself, true answers about honesty will come out (position of the adverb)
37. As you plant good seeds as you get good crop.
As you plant good seeds, you get good crop. ( ‘as’ is not necessary in the subordinate clause)

38. All the players who the selectors invited to a meeting felt happy.
All the players whom the selectors invited to the party felt happy.

39. The company calls applications from qualified people with good office management skills and five
year’s experience.
The company calls for applications from qualified people with good office management
skills and five years experience. (‘call’ here is an intransitive verb)

40. He dares not face my challenge.

He dare not face my challenge. (‘dare’ here is used as a modal verb)

41. One was kept alive and many shoot dead.

One was kept alive and many were shot dead. (shoot should be used in the passive construction)

42. Please provide all possible assistance and help to the bearer of the pass. Please provide all possible
assistance to the bearer of the pass.

43. Man is the most of consummate all mimics of the animal world.
Man is the most consummate of all the mimics of the animal world.

44. The nature always wears the colours of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colours of the spirit.

45. He said to me to go.

He told me to go.

46. They insisted on me resigning the post.

They insisted on my resigning the post. (the word resigning should be preceded by the possessive
adjective ‘my’ not by the personal pronoun by ‘me’)

47. Her older brother is an engineer.

Her elder brother is an engineer.

48. Admitting his guilt, the judge sentenced the criminal to jail.
Admitting his guilt, the criminal was sent to the jail by the judge.
49. Another greatest intellectual of his times was Goldsmith. Another great intellectual of his times
was Goldsmith.

50. I couldn’t help not crying. I couldn’t help crying.

HS8581 – PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION - Laboratory End – Semester Examination –
Model Question Paper English Lab (25 marks) Section I: Listening Comprehension

Part 1: Gap Filling (10 words) – 5 marks

Instruction: Listen to the passage and type the correct word in the blanks. NOTE:
Audio can be replayed twice.

[AUDIO TRANSCRIPT: Game theory has found its applications in numerous fields such as
Economics, Social Science, Political Science, and Evolutionary Biology. Game theory is now finding its
applications in computer science. The nature of computing is changing because of success of Internet
and the revolution in Information technology. The advancement in technologies has made it possible to
commoditize the components such as network, computing, storage and software. In the new paradigm,
there are multiple entities (hardware, software agents, protocols etc.) that work on behalf of different
autonomous bodies (such as a user, a business etc.) and provide services to other similar entities.
Internet has made it possible for many such geographically distributed autonomous entities to interact
with each other and provide various services.]

True / False (5 statements) – 5 marks

Instruction: Listen to the passage and indicate whether the given statement
is True or False by clicking on the appropriate option. NOTE: Audio can be
replayed twice.

[AUDIO TRANSCRIPT: Nano science is the science of the extremely small – objects smaller than 100
nano metres (0.00001 cm). At these scales, the properties of materials change dramatically. Factors such
as Brownian motion, surface stickiness and quantum effects become important. Nanotechnologies are
based on a range of new materials, including carbon C60, carbon nano tubes, nano particles, nano wires,
and polymers based on nano-size subunits. A huge range of applications are possible, based on stronger,
lighter or smaller materials, or compounds with unusual optical or electrical properties. Early
applications are enhancing existing products – tennis racquets, golf clubs, sunscreens. Possible medical
applications include better implants, wound dressings, diagnostics and cancer treatments. Combining
biological molecules with nano mechanical components is creating radically new materials; these are at
an early stage of development. Environmental concerns focus mainly on nano particles but very little is
known about their impact on living things.]
Q 2. Study on extremely small – objects smaller than 100 nano meteres is called Nano Science
(True/False)
Q 3. Nano science can be used in medical applications (True/False)
Q 4.Combining biological molecules with Nano mechanical components cannot create radically new
materials. (True/False)
Q 5. A huge range of applications are possible, based on stronger, lighter or smaller materials, or
compounds with unusual optical or electrical properties. (True/False)
Q 6.The properties of materials smaller than 100 nano metres will be not change dramatically.
(True/False)

Section II. Reading Comprehension : Part

2: Gap Filling – 5 marks
(Choosing 10 correct words out of 15 words)

Instruction: Fill in the blanks using the list of words given below. Enter option number in the
appropriate box
1. extremely 2. Environmental 3. materials 4. Metres 5. surface 6. Stickiness 7. nano tubes 8. Stage
9. Subunits 10. Nano 11. particles 12. Treatments 13. cancer 14. Implants 15. biological
Q UESTION:
Nano science is the science of the 1 small – objects smaller than 100 nano metres (0.00001 cm).
At these scales, the properties of 3 change dramatically. Factors such as Brownian motion, 5
stickiness and quantum effects become important. Nanotechnologies are based on a range of new
materials, including carbon C60, carbon 7 , nano 11 , nano wires, and polymers based on nano-
size 9 . A huge range of applications are possible, based on stronger, lighter or smaller materials, or
compounds with unusual optical or electrical properties. Early applications are enhancing existing
products – tennis racquets, golf clubs, sunscreens. Possible medical applications include better 14__,
wound dressings, diagnostics and 13 treatments. Combining 15 molecules with nano
mechanical components is creating radically new materials; these are at an early stage of development.
2 concerns focus mainly on nano particles but very little is known about their impact on living
things.

Sequencing of Jumbled Sentences (5 Sentences) – 5 marks

Instruction: Arrange the following sentences in correct sequence (1-5)
QUESTION:
Fiction is the term used to describe novels, short stories, classics and popular pleasure reading. (2)
Though they cannot be borrowed from the library, the readers can refer these books in a reading room
set aside for this purpose.(5)
Non-fiction describes technical and factual works, and books which cover events and things that exist in
reality.(3)
Most public and general libraries have three main areas – fiction, non-fiction and reference. (1)
Reference books are simply non-fiction books of a kind, which includesencyclopaedias and
dictionaries.(4)

Section III: Common errors in English

Part 3: Correcting the errors (grammar) in 10 sentences – 5 marks
Instruction: From the following pairs of sentences identify the grammatically correct sentence.
Q 1. He is not only known for his wealth but also for his wisdom.
He is known not only for his wealth but also for his wisdom.
Q 2. She not only lost her ticket but also her suitcase.
She lost not only her ticket but also her suitcase.
Q 3. Please meet the concerned officer.
Please meet the officer concerned.
Q 4. The students of my college are better than your college.
The students of my college are better than those of your college.
Q 5. Last night, the criminal has been arrested.
Last night, the criminal was arrested.