Exam Details
Subject | The Structure of Modern English | |
Paper | ||
Exam / Course | Bachelor Degree Programme | |
Department | School of Humanities (SOH) | |
Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | December, 2016 | |
City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Write short notes on any two of the following:
Affixes
The speech organs
Diphthongs
Acronyms
Compounding in English
Mark the stress in the following words:
important
mistake
clarity
dictation
literature
mythological
gratitude
(viii) examination
(ix)justify
(x)hotel
Give the phonetic symbols for the following descriptions of the English consonants. The first one has been done for you.
Voiceless bilabial plosive
Voiceless affricate
Voiced bilabial nasal
Voiceless labiodental fricative
Voiceless alveolar plosive
Voiced alveolar fricative
Divide the following words into their constituent morphemes:
affectionately
Cleanliness
uncontrollable
underdeveloped
logically
Write short notes on any two of the following:
The noun phrase
Word stress and sentence stress
Nasal sounds in English
Elements of a sentence
Imperatives
Write a note on the different types of negation.
OR
Write a note on the types of questions.
Supply question tags to the following sentences:
She won't take part in the discussion,
She is not going abroad this year,
Let's call it a day,
Children are
You've had your
Frame Wh-questions corresponding to the italicized parts in the following sentences
Mrs. Jacob teaches us English.
Last night I had dinner after 11 p.m.
At present my brother is staying with his friend.
All the trains are running late because of the fog.
A colour T.V. costs Rupees ten thousand.
What do you understand by derivational and inflectional affixes? In what respect are they different and similar?
Rewrite the following sentences using the appropriate forms of the verbs given in brackets:
I (live) here since childhood.
She two glasses of water in the morning.
Did you (write) the poem yourself?
When I reached home, mother (already go) to the market.
I (have) ten cups of tea since morning..
Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with appropriate words:
our friendship last for ever
you help me cross the road
We respect our seniors.
She can't speak French but she write it well.
When I was a student I study for ten hours a day.
5.
What do you understand by the term subordinate clauses? Give examples of any two types of subordinate clauses.
Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
Everyone has seen the movie, Baghban. (Rewrite as interrogative sentence)
The thief was caught by the police. (Rewrite in the active voice)
She is so noble that she can't be mean. (Rewrite using too)
No sooner did I reach the station than the train left. (Rewrite without using no sooner)
She finished the paper before time. She left the hall very early. (Combine into a complex sentence)
Rewrite the following sentences after making the necessary corrections:
Hurry up, lest you will miss the train.
I had gone to Mumbai last year.
They have been living in Delhi from 2010.
A word processor is more easier to operate than a typewriter.
Our English period starts by 10 a.m.
Affixes
The speech organs
Diphthongs
Acronyms
Compounding in English
Mark the stress in the following words:
important
mistake
clarity
dictation
literature
mythological
gratitude
(viii) examination
(ix)justify
(x)hotel
Give the phonetic symbols for the following descriptions of the English consonants. The first one has been done for you.
Voiceless bilabial plosive
Voiceless affricate
Voiced bilabial nasal
Voiceless labiodental fricative
Voiceless alveolar plosive
Voiced alveolar fricative
Divide the following words into their constituent morphemes:
affectionately
Cleanliness
uncontrollable
underdeveloped
logically
Write short notes on any two of the following:
The noun phrase
Word stress and sentence stress
Nasal sounds in English
Elements of a sentence
Imperatives
Write a note on the different types of negation.
OR
Write a note on the types of questions.
Supply question tags to the following sentences:
She won't take part in the discussion,
She is not going abroad this year,
Let's call it a day,
Children are
You've had your
Frame Wh-questions corresponding to the italicized parts in the following sentences
Mrs. Jacob teaches us English.
Last night I had dinner after 11 p.m.
At present my brother is staying with his friend.
All the trains are running late because of the fog.
A colour T.V. costs Rupees ten thousand.
What do you understand by derivational and inflectional affixes? In what respect are they different and similar?
Rewrite the following sentences using the appropriate forms of the verbs given in brackets:
I (live) here since childhood.
She two glasses of water in the morning.
Did you (write) the poem yourself?
When I reached home, mother (already go) to the market.
I (have) ten cups of tea since morning..
Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with appropriate words:
our friendship last for ever
you help me cross the road
We respect our seniors.
She can't speak French but she write it well.
When I was a student I study for ten hours a day.
5.
What do you understand by the term subordinate clauses? Give examples of any two types of subordinate clauses.
Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
Everyone has seen the movie, Baghban. (Rewrite as interrogative sentence)
The thief was caught by the police. (Rewrite in the active voice)
She is so noble that she can't be mean. (Rewrite using too)
No sooner did I reach the station than the train left. (Rewrite without using no sooner)
She finished the paper before time. She left the hall very early. (Combine into a complex sentence)
Rewrite the following sentences after making the necessary corrections:
Hurry up, lest you will miss the train.
I had gone to Mumbai last year.
They have been living in Delhi from 2010.
A word processor is more easier to operate than a typewriter.
Our English period starts by 10 a.m.
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