First Stage – Final Exam (Total 50 Marks)

 Answer all questions.

 Do not refer any source after opening the question paper until you finish answering.
 Submit the answers as PDF file by email: raasthatraining@gmail.com
(Name your PDF as your full official name)
 The deadline for submission is maximum 48 hours from the time of posting.
 Write your full official name and lesson number at the top of your answer sheet.

Q1 Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in each of the following sentences
(1mark each):

1. For those who took that long awaited trip on August 7, it ended in disaster.
2. The higher education system has generally failed to meet the aspirations for multi-
disciplinary programmes.
3. Eye-witnesses said they fired at the vehicle’s occupant.
4. Their fight may be far from over.
5. Both teachers and students were informed about the new timings.
6. One should help needy people in their surroundings.
7. His newly built house looks very elegant.
8. Can I borrow your pen?
9. What food do you prefer for dinner?
10. I usually reach office at 8a.m.

Q2. State whether the following statements are true or false (1 mark each):

1. Linking verbs can also become action verbs.

2. Adverbs do not modify adjectives.
3. A sentence can be formed by a single clause.
4. A compound sentence is made by joining two (or more) independent clauses with a
semicolon or a subordinating conjunction.
5. The clauses in a complex sentence do not carry equal weight.
6. A subordinate clause can stand alone as a sentence.
7. Declarative sentence is used to give a direct command.
8. A complex sentence has at least one independent clause and at least one dependent
clause.

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 9. Present perfect tense does not refer an action initiated at present.
10. Semicolon is used to join two independent clauses carrying equal weight.
11. A dash can replace a colon.
12. Indicative mood is used to express a wish or hypothetical situation.
13. Active sentences with intransitive verb cannot be converted to passive voice.
14. Definite article is used when both the writer and the reader know the object.
15. Both demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns are used as determiners.

Q3. Rewrite the following sentences by changing the tense as mentioned in the bracket
(2 marks each):

1. The committee has submitted the report. (future perfect)

2. We want to ensure that there will be no scarcity of food and water. (simple past)
3. She bought four tickets for them. (past perfect)
4. He is waiting for me at the airport. (future perfect continuous)
5. They will do what they want to do. (simple past)

Q4. Short-answer questions (2 marks each):

1. Give examples where the same part of speech is used as a pronoun in one sentence
and as an adjective in another sentence.
2. Distinguish between compound sentence and compound-complex sentence with
examples.
3. Distinguish between present perfect tense and simple past tense with examples.
4. Write difference between few and a few with examples.
5. Distinguish between definite and indefinite articles with examples.

Q.5. Edit the following paragraph in terms of punctuation and other grammatical issues
(if any), without changing the sentence-structure; please highlight your corrections (5
marks):

During the last decades both governments and companies have been committed to the
continuous checking of biological parameters which can prevent extra costs to administrations.
A very efficient way to address this issue was by designing biosensors. This study has reviewed
the advances in the development of biosensors based on optical fibre technology. However the
previous studies describing the use of optical fibre for detecting biomarkers has probably
blurred the main goal; obtaining portable, simple, easy-to-handle, and cost-effective
biosensors. In this regard this contribution has presented some optical fibre structures which
was analysed in terms of several optical parameters such as: sensitivity, quality factor, and
figure of merit.