B.A. (Three Year) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH/APRIL 2017.
End Semester Examination
Fourth Semester
Part II
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
2 C 4131
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 70
SECTION A (50 marks)
I. Answer the following questions Any TWO 15 30)
1. What role do the organs of speech play? Elaborate.
2. Write an essay on consonants and consonant clusters.
3. Discuss vowel and consonant sounds.
II. Answer the following questions 5 20)
4. Discuss world accent.
5. Describe intonation with illustrations.
6. Explain syllabification in the English language.
7. Write a dialogue (atleast five exchanges) between two friends about the problem of
unemployment.
SECTION B (20 marks)
III. Write phonetic transcription of English words (10 1 10)
8. Fiddle
secret
climb
roses
examination
teacher
learn
croak
language
foot.

9. Identify the number of syllables in the following words 1
flair
conductor
creation
pronunciation
cardboard.
10. Mark the stress in the following words 1
blackboard
preacher
separate
always
photograph.