End Term Examination
Autumn-2019
HSN-001 A: Communication
Skills-(Basic)
Time: 2 hours
Answer any
Full Marks: 50
five questions in your own words.
Q.1. Write a summary of the story
"An
Each
question carries
10 marks.
Astrologer's Day".
Q.2. Explain the following with reference to Bacon's essay "of Studies":
Studies serve for
delight, for ornament, and for ability.
Q.3. Discuss the theme of the poem "Night of the Scorpion".
Q.4. Describe the Respiratory system of speech production with the help of a diagram.
Q.5. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 250 words.
a) My First day in IIT Roorkee
b) My Favourite Sport
c) IfI were the Prime Minister
Q.6. Explain the following passage:
The boast of heraldry, the pomp
of pow'r,
And all that
beauty,
all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike th' inevitable hour.
The paths
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of glory lead but to the grave.
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Basic
English Test- 15 Marks/ 10/10/2019
Find the voice
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
change
it
accordingly:
She does not cook food.
Peter gave me flowers on my birthday.
You are waiting for your friend.
The children have broken the window-pane.
I shall have my car sold.
Harry ate six shrimp at dinner.
Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.
Sue changed the flat tire.
The obstacle course
The company
Preposition
by me in record time.
requires staff to watch a safety video every year.
was run
11. We live ----- London.
12. Would you like to go---- the cinema
tonight?
13. No, thanks. I was-the cinema yesterday.
14. We are going - - - holiday next week.
15. There is a bridge ----- the river.
16. The flight from Leipzig to London w a s - - - Frankfurt.
17.
---my wall, there are many picture postcards.
18. Who is the person
this picture?
19. Come
the sitting room, we want to watch TV.
20. Munich lies 530 meters --sea levei.
Articles:
21. I bought------new TV set yesterday.
------
- - - - -
22. I think-
- - -
man over
there is very ill. He can't stand
on
his feet.
23. She is--------- nice
24. He is ----
girl.
--engineer.
25. One of the students said, " - - professor is late
today."
26. I bought -------umbrella to go out i n - - rain.
27. My daughter is learning to play
violin at her school.
28. Please give me -------cake that is on------counter.
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Subject and verb Agreement
29. Man and woman
complementary to each other.
30. Plenty of mangoes and
available in this season.
bananas31. A dictionary and an atlas----missing from the library.
32. The leader as well as his brothers
to the same tribe.
-33. Cats and dogs
not
-get along.
34. The brothers as well as their sister-----good at their studies.
35. The students accompanied
by their teacher -gone on a picnic.
36. A lot of houses in
the
storm.
collapsed
37. The children as well as their
mother------- missing.
38. A large sum of
money------ stolen.
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