MIDTERM  EXAMINATION 
Spring 2010
ENG001- Elementary English (Session - 3) 
Ref No: 1378494 
Time: 60 min 
Marks: 35
Student Info	
 StudentID:	  ZS100200245	
 Center:	  OPKST	
 ExamDate:	  5/29/2010 12:00:00 AM	

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Question No: 1    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The indirect narration of 'Hurrah! We have won the match' is:

       ► They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.	Correct
       ► They exclaim with joy that they had win the match. 
       ► They cry with joy that they did won the match. 
       ► They cried with joy that they will won the match. 

Question No: 2    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which verb can be both singular and plural? 

 

       ► Is
       ► Am
       ► Has 	
       ► Do         correct
    
Question No: 3    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Choose the best way to complete the sentence given below: 

 I didn't know what he meant.      (?)
.

       ► what he mean 
       ► what did he mean 
       ► what did he meant 
       ► what he meant		correct
    
Question No: 4    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Choose the correct option.
My friend Ken will come with me to Metro town.
►    Declarative sentence		aisa statement 					correct
       ►    Interrogative sentence        ????
       ►    Imperative sentence   advise,request,order
       ►    Exclamatory sentence        aurah!!
    
Question No: 5    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Choose the correct option.
Listen carefully.

       ► Exclamatory sentence
       ► Interrogative sentence
       ► Imperative sentence	correct
       ► Declarative sentence
    
Question No: 6    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The persons who use their voices (pitch, rhythm, stress) and their bodies to communicate their message are:
       ► Speakers		correct
       ► Writers
       ► Readers
       ► Listeners

Question No: 7    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Using various symbols to represent sounds is called:

       ► Pronunciation		correct
       ► Syllabication 
       ► Etymology 
       ► Derivation 
    
Question No: 8    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Choose the option that best defines 'Clarity':
       ► To be tightly structured 
       ► To express a clear point		Correct 
       ► To be syntactically correct
       ► To be substantive
    
Question No: 9    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Choose the option that best defines the 'Conciseness':

       ► Wordiness		correct
       ► Creativity
       ► Verbosity
       ► Brevity
    
Question No: 10    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Popular expressions which may not be considered proper in formal use are called:
       ► Formal speech
       ► Slang			correct 
       ► Timeline
       ► Antonyms
    
Question No: 11    ( Marks: 2 ) 
 What are Compound Sentences?
  A compound sentence is composed of at least two independent clauses. It does not require a dependent clause. The clauses are joined by a coordinating cocomma), a correlative conjunction (with or without a comma), or a semicolon that functions as a conjunction.  
Question No: 12    ( Marks: 2 ) 
 Does a dictionary tell about the part of speech to which a word belongs?
No, dictionary only tells us that pronunciation and meaning of a word, in addition also tells us that how we can utilize it in different sentences or when we can use the same.

Question No: 13    ( Marks: 3 ) 
 Define the term 'clause' with examples?

 A group of words that contains a subject and verb, there are two types of clauses: independent and dependent (sometimes called subordinate). In discussing aspects of language, such as sentence variety, the word "clause" is valuable. The following groups of words are clauses: 
the ship sank (independent) 
just before the iceberg struck the ship (dependent) 
the first lifeboat in the water was only half full (independent) 
   
Question No: 14    ( Marks: 3 ) 
 Choose the correct tense for each sentence given below.
1.  'For seven days' is a signal word for Simple Present.
a.	Present Perfect Progressive
b.	Present Simple
2.  'Since 6 o'clock' is a signal word for Present Perfect Progressive.
c.	Present Perfect Progressive
d.	Present Simple
3.	'often' is a signal word for Present Perfect Progressive.
a.	Present Perfect Progressive
b.	Present Simple	
    
Question No: 15    ( Marks: 5 ) 
 Make adverbs from given adjectives.
Adjective			Adverb
Happy				Happily
Thirsty			Thirstily
Boring				intensely
Loud				Loud
Easy				Easily

    
Question No: 16    ( Marks: 5 ) 
What are the qualities of effective writing? Explain briefly.
While writing he always think about his readers and he use to make sentences with which he can clear the points. Good writer always focus on the surround nature and time if the is writing about a journey.
For example: if he is traveling from US to Canada. He will mentioned like this: when we start journey the climate was good, there were no sign of clouds and rain, but when we reached Sioux City the fuel tank was almost finished and then we refuel it from Sioux, there were heavy clouds but with drizzling, the distance from Sioux to CANADA is 400 miles. Etc
His readers get all answers and can understand the situation by his writing.

    
Question No: 17    ( Marks: 5 ) 
How does drafting help a writer in refining a piece of writing? 
By this writer convert all his experiences in written form so when he start writing he follow the incidents and facts in proper way, so the possibility get reduce that might be while writing he can miss the point. In this way it will help writer to refine his piece of writing. 

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