B.A. (Three Year) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH/APRIL 2018.
(End Semester Examination)
Second Semester
PART II
(Regular/Supplementary)
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
2 C 2131
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 70
Answer ALL the following questions.
1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. 1
————— higher you go, ————— clearer you see.
Spain is ————— European Country.
————— Godavari is ————— longest river in the South.
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. × 1
She came ————— a musical instrument.
He walked ————— his house.
She works ————— the factory ————— morning ————— evening.
3. Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms in the bracket. × 1
He is always ————— with his brothers. (differ)
He ————— the letter before he —————. Write, arrive.
These ————— divinity that ————— (shape) our ends.
4. Add questions tags to the sentences. × 1
He is an engineer.
Please do me this favour.
He used to swim daily.
Lets solve the problem.
You have received the parcel.

5. Supply suitable adjectives. × 1
He is ————— than his sister.
Nehru was the ————— prime minister of India.
This is he ————— answer.
Bhima was a ————— man.
This is a ————— temple.
6. Insert the given adverbs in their normal position. × 1
did you manage?
He left. (certainly)
The landlord called. (again)
He helps others. (often)
the child glanced at the stranger. (sideways)
7. Change the voice in the following sentences. × 1
The team won the match.
Speak the truth.
Let the door be shut.
Circumstances obliged me to go.
One should keep one's promises.
8. Put the following in Indirect speech. × 1
He said to his friends, I shall go home during the holidays.
Ulysses said, have seen life to the leses'.
He said to me, 'You can bring my watch tomorrow'.
I said, 'Students, write down what I dictate.
I said to him, 'Come again'.
9. Put the following in Direct speech. × 1
Sekhar said that he was very busy then.
He told me that he was happy to be here this evening.
He told me that he would pay my fee the next day.
He wondered if he would ever see her again.
He asked we how my father was.
C 2131
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10. Answer any FIVE of the following. × 5 25)
State the uses of Present Tenses.
Explain Concord with examples.
What is a preposition? Give the rules regarding its usage.
What are linking verbs? Give examples.
Explain direct and indirect speech.
Give the rules to be followed using question tags.
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