B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Fashion Design/Interior Design
ENGLISH I
(Upto 2015 batch)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 60 Marks
Part A x 2 10)
Answer all questions.
1. Give the masculine form of the following nouns
Queen
Sister
Niece
Mother
Or
Find out the nouns that are used as adjectives
Arin saw a cute village boy.
Sandhya bought a silver anklet.
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2. Fill in the blanks with articles
Kanna met M.P in Mysuru
ganges are longest river
in India.
Or
Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns.
Raja will complete the duty by
Shivani and went for the meeting.
You can go home with
Manju is not as rich as
3. Put in the suitable forms of verbs
Akhil last April.
You the principal. (meet)
Charu for Mumbai next year
(leave).
Dinesh for the exams. (study)
Or
Fill up the blanks with appropriate modals
When she sign the Register?
I borrow your bike?
We the principal (meet).
Anu to Delhi next week
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4. Fill in the blanks with the gerunds given in the
bracket (dancing, studying, painting, skipping)
Vani is now.
Vennila loves in the theatre.
is his hobby.
is a good exercise.
Or
Pick out the participle in each of the following
sentences. Tell whether it is a present or a past
participle.
Assisted by her sister, she finished the
assignment.
Nila saw a boy selling sweets.
5. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions
Get out here.
The cat is sittng the wall.
Imla was born Madurai.
The child ran the road.
Or
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate conjunctions
Will you wait I check my bags?
Bread butter is his breakfast
he is rich, he is very kind.
Prepare well you want to win.
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Part B x 10 50)
Answer all questions.
6. Write an essay on the parts of speech.
Or
How are the comparative and superlative degrees
formed? Explain with examples.
7. Explain the kinds of pronouns.
Or
Write an essay on definite articles.
8. Explain the types of moods with examples.
Or
Describe the importance of person, number and
verbs.
9. What are the uses of Auxiliaries and modals?
Or
Enlist any ten errors committed by students in the
use of Gerunds and participles.
10. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions
The parents today must try
spend their quality time
their kids.
Kavya begins her day a cup of
milk given her mother.
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Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born
Rameswaram his father's house
an auspicious day
India.
Or
Rewrite as directed
Mala did a fabulous performance. (change into
exclamatory sentence)
What an excellent show! (change into assertive
sentence)
They admired the sceneries. (correct the
sentnece)
Is procrastination the thief of time? (change
into assertive sentence)
Latha's sincere approach made her
triumphant (change the underlined word into
noun)
One of the teachers have lost the mobile phone
(correct the sentence)
Manju sang melodiously (change the
underlined verb into a noun)
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(viii) Time is gold. (change into a interrogative
sentence)
Nandhu's speech was impressive (Change the
underlined noun into a verb)
Rs. are a meagre salary. (Correct the
sentence)
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