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, 2015 | |
City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Write short notes on any two of the following
Irregular adjectives
Coordinating and Subordinating conjunctions
Plosives
Modal verbs
Mark the stressed syllable in the following words:
mistake
police
remember
comrade
welcome
compete
competition
(viii) record (Noun)
record (Verb)
opportunity
Give the phonetic symbols of the following description of the English consonants. One example is done for you.
Example: Voiceless alveolar plosive
Voiceless bilabial plosive
Voiceless labiodental fricative
Voiced alveolar plosive
Voiceless palato-alveolar affricate
Voiced alveolar nasal
Divide the following words into their constituent morphemes:
employment
disagreeable
passbooks
unconditionally
unfriendly
Write short notes on any two of the following:
Free and Bound morphemes
Subject verb agreement
Long vowels and Short vowels
Rising and Falling tones
Discuss the different types of questions and their functions. Give examples to support your answer.
What are the different functions of adverbials Illustrate with three examples for each function.
Supply question sentences: tags to the following
Regular exercise is good for health,
You don't belong to Haryana,
Raj Kapoor was a great actor,
Let's go for a walk,
She does not deserve a prize,
Make Wh-questions corresponding to the italicized parts in the following sentences. One example has been done for you. Example: Neha deserves an award. What does Neha deserve?
He went to London last year.
My friend is coming from Kolkata to attend my sister's marriage.
The Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of the new building.
Arti's mother is 60 years old.
Mrs. Gandhi lives at 15, Race Course Road.
Describe the functions of adverbial clauses. Give two examples of each type.
Rewrite the following sentences correctly:
I have completed all my projects last year.
Neither he nor his friend are at fault.
M.S. Dhoni scored a century in the second innings.
Ganges is a holy river.
From when have you started using glasses?
Combine the following pairs of sentences. Don't use and or but.
He finished his work early. He returned home in the afternoon.
I admire Madhu. She is very hard working and honest.
Mrs. John took voluntary retirement. She was not sixty.
The day was bright and sunny. We decided to go for a picnic.
She was very tired. She did not stop working.
Differentiate between grammatical affixes and lexical affixes, giving examples.
Write a detailed note on the grammatical categories associated with the English verb.
Do as directed.
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the convict. (Rewrite in the passive voice)
Sachin has scored the highest number of runs so far. (Rewrite using the positive degree)
She is so honest that she cannot cheat anyone. (Rewrite using too)
He was given a very raw deal by his employer. (Rewrite in the active voice)
We can go for an outing only if the weather is favourable. (Rewrite using unless)
Fill in the blanks using an, the or the zero article.
It was sunny day. We decided to visit the Red Fort. Suddenly weather became cloudy so we decided to cancel visit to the Red Fort and go for movie.
Irregular adjectives
Coordinating and Subordinating conjunctions
Plosives
Modal verbs
Mark the stressed syllable in the following words:
mistake
police
remember
comrade
welcome
compete
competition
(viii) record (Noun)
record (Verb)
opportunity
Give the phonetic symbols of the following description of the English consonants. One example is done for you.
Example: Voiceless alveolar plosive
Voiceless bilabial plosive
Voiceless labiodental fricative
Voiced alveolar plosive
Voiceless palato-alveolar affricate
Voiced alveolar nasal
Divide the following words into their constituent morphemes:
employment
disagreeable
passbooks
unconditionally
unfriendly
Write short notes on any two of the following:
Free and Bound morphemes
Subject verb agreement
Long vowels and Short vowels
Rising and Falling tones
Discuss the different types of questions and their functions. Give examples to support your answer.
What are the different functions of adverbials Illustrate with three examples for each function.
Supply question sentences: tags to the following
Regular exercise is good for health,
You don't belong to Haryana,
Raj Kapoor was a great actor,
Let's go for a walk,
She does not deserve a prize,
Make Wh-questions corresponding to the italicized parts in the following sentences. One example has been done for you. Example: Neha deserves an award. What does Neha deserve?
He went to London last year.
My friend is coming from Kolkata to attend my sister's marriage.
The Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of the new building.
Arti's mother is 60 years old.
Mrs. Gandhi lives at 15, Race Course Road.
Describe the functions of adverbial clauses. Give two examples of each type.
Rewrite the following sentences correctly:
I have completed all my projects last year.
Neither he nor his friend are at fault.
M.S. Dhoni scored a century in the second innings.
Ganges is a holy river.
From when have you started using glasses?
Combine the following pairs of sentences. Don't use and or but.
He finished his work early. He returned home in the afternoon.
I admire Madhu. She is very hard working and honest.
Mrs. John took voluntary retirement. She was not sixty.
The day was bright and sunny. We decided to go for a picnic.
She was very tired. She did not stop working.
Differentiate between grammatical affixes and lexical affixes, giving examples.
Write a detailed note on the grammatical categories associated with the English verb.
Do as directed.
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the convict. (Rewrite in the passive voice)
Sachin has scored the highest number of runs so far. (Rewrite using the positive degree)
She is so honest that she cannot cheat anyone. (Rewrite using too)
He was given a very raw deal by his employer. (Rewrite in the active voice)
We can go for an outing only if the weather is favourable. (Rewrite using unless)
Fill in the blanks using an, the or the zero article.
It was sunny day. We decided to visit the Red Fort. Suddenly weather became cloudy so we decided to cancel visit to the Red Fort and go for movie.
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