[LO 829] FEBRUARY 2019 Sub. Code: 4890
POST BASIC BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
DEGREE EXAMINATION
FIRST YEAR NON SEMESTER
PAPER IX ENGLISH
Q.P. Code: 684890
Time Three Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Answer All Questions:
I. Rewrite the following sentences as directed: (20 x 1 20)
Change the sentences into active or passive voice:
1. I am upset by your behaviour.
2. The debris is being cleared by the workers.
3. The best dishes were made by Chef Willy.
4. They will buy a car.
Fill in the blanks with verbs using the correct tense:
5. The police have …………. (arrest) two terrorists.
6. She is …………. (search) for the book.
7. We …………. (think) alike.
Change into Direct or indirect Speech:
8. Vinod said, "Rita will write a letter".
9. Atul said to me, "You did not return my pen".
10. The mouse said that the lion had been sleeping under a shady tree.
11. Saroja said that her school would reopen the following week.
Fill in the blanks with correct word:
12. The furniture …………. to be delivered today.
13. Ten rupees ……….. a lot of money.
14. A lot of work ……….. (has/have) to be done.
Do as directed
15. He runs as fast as a race horse. (into comparative degree).
16. The Child who was honest was rewarded. (into simple sentence).
17. The fishing boats return ……….. the evening. (use a preposition).
Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:
18. Thank you at coaching in Maths.
19. He is not good of reading.
20. Muthu is addicted with drinking.
II. Give meanings for the following: x 1
1. Outbursts of temper.
2. Extremities.
3. Burglar.
4. Ambience.
5. Afflicted.
Frame sentences using words/phrases given below x 1
1. Take off.
2. Cluster of.
3. Look out.
4. Look through.
5. Back up.
III. Write short notes to any Five questions based on prescribed text: x 2 10)
1. What did Miss Sullivan do to make Helen's geography lessons interesting?
2. Why did Jimmy want to give away his tools?
3. What is the message of the Haemophillia Society to the PWH?
4. What was the diagnosis of Megan's condition?
5. Do all the tribals speak the same language? How do you know?
6. Why was detective Ben Price sure that Jimmy was responsible for the robberies?
IV. Summarize the given passage to one third of its length: Give a suitable title:
x 10 10)
One day a wonderful plate made of gold fell from Heaven into the court of a temple at
Benares; and on the plate these words were inscribed: "A gift from Heaven to him who loves
best." The priest at once made a proclamation that every day at twelve o'clock, all who would
like to claim the plate should assemble at the temple, to have their kind deeds judged.
Every day for a whole year all kinds of holy men, hermits, scholars and nobles came and
related to the priests their deeds of charity and the priests in solemn council heard their claims.
At last they decided that the one who seemed to be the greatest lover of mankind was a rich man
who had that very year given all his wealth to the poor. So they gave him the plate of gold, but
when he took it in his hand, it turned to worthless, lead; though, when he dropped it in his
amazement on to the floor, it became gold again.
For another year claimants came; and the priests awarded the prize three times. But the same
thing happened, showing that Heaven did not consider these men worthy of the gift.
Meanwhile a large number of beggars came and lay about the temple gate, hoping that the
claimants who came would give them alms to prove they were worthy of the golden plate. It was
a good time for the beggars, because the pilgrims gave them plenty of money; but they gave
them no sympathy, nor even a look of pity.
At last a simple peasant, who had heard nothing about the plate of gold came; and he was so
touched by the sight of the miserable beggars, that he wept; and when, he saw a poor blind and
maimed wretch at the temple gate, he knelt at his side and took his maimed hands in his and
comforted him with kind words. When this peasant came to the temple, he was shocked to find it
full of men boasting of their kind deeds and quarrelling with the priest. One priest, who held the
golden plate in his hand, seeing the peasant standing there, beckoned to him; and the peasant
came and knowing nothing about the plate, took it in his hands. At once it shone out with three
times its former splendor and the priests said: "Son, the gift is yours for you love best."
V. Letter Writing: x 10 10)
Write a letter responding to an advertisement in the newspaper calling the applicants to do
MBA (Hospital Administration) in a University. Write for an application form and request to
send it to your address.

Write a letter, applying for the post of a Production Engineer in a firm, in response to an
advertisement in "The Hindu".
VI. Write an essay in about 350 words on any ONE of the topics given below: x 15 15)
1. Importance of Physical Exercise.
2. Students and social service.