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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G.DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
FOURTHSEMESTER APRIL 2018
16UEL4GE10/EL4053 FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
Date: 18-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
I Answer any five of the following. 5x4=20
1. Describe the attitude displayed by the baseball players.
2. What are the difficulties did the clay undergo in the story You are Beautiful?
3. How did Hank prepare for success?
4. Who covered the golden Buddha with clay? Why?
5. Why did the prisoner break loose from the guard's control and rush up to Da Vinci?
6. Was the cockroach responsible for the histrionic behavior of the ladies? How?
7. Present the character sketch of the infatuated Mountain Buck?
8. How did the water bearer put the cracked pot to good use?
II Answer any two of the following. 2X10=20
9. Rewrite the letter written by the husband to his wife in The Salty Coffee. If you were his wife, what would be your reply to his letter? (in the letter format)
10. What harm did the young man do to the butterfly? Present a few occasions the parents, usually with an intention of making things easier for their children, hinder their growth.
11. Write a story on the title Chicken who thought he was an Eagle'.
12. Narrate the periodical painful sharpening experiences you have gone through in your life?
III Answer the following. 30
13. Allow the younger son of the story the Lost Son to confess to his father all that he did in the far away country in simple past tense using five different verbs. 05
14. Feed the butterfly of the story Butterfly and its Cocoon with the language of can, cannot, could, could not and able to, and help it speak correctly. 05
15. Make statements on the involvement of Tamilnadu political parties during natural calamities or protests using the expressions didn't, doesn't, hasn't and wasn't. Supply question tagsfor the statements. 05
16. Construct meaningful and correct sentences using the prepositional phrases given in bracket to exhibit your knowledge about birds and animals. (due to and because of)02
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17. Find three adjectives to describe the following personalities. Construct three sentences in three different degrees. 03
18. Construct two 'Yes or questions about Chennai using the following hints. 02
Outskirt of Chennai beyond
ii) Central railway station beside
19. Frame W/H questions for the following sentences without changing the tenses. 03
I have the most beautiful heart in the world. (What)
ii) We have got the best library in our college. (Where)
iii) The old man showed his heart to the young man. (Whom)
20. Look at the picture and paint your feelings, thoughts, responses and reactions in words. 05
IV Answer the following. 3x10=30
21. Concoct a story or a write-up in which you apply successfully all the following expressions.
walked past a park ii) too to iii) as if iv) in haste neither -nor vi) to let go vii) to get rid of viii) leave your mark ix) to make things worse to get home
22. Which one of the movies prescribed in the textbook motivated you? How?
23. Attempt a poem on the topic 'Never Say Never!'