English - Fine - Tune Your English

23104700
QP CODE: 23104700 Reg No : .....................
Name : .....................
UNDER GRADUATE (CBCS) REGULAR/IMPROVEMENT/REAPPEARANCE

EXAMINATIONS, FEBRUARY 2023
First Semester
Common Course I - EN1CCT01 - ENGLISH - FINE - TUNE YOUR ENGLISH
(Common for all UG Programmes)
2017 Admission Onwards
6BF60062
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.
1. Write two sentences with an adjective phrase each.
2. A.I expect ______________ B.He replied ______________. (Complete with a noun

clause)
3. A. Either of the books_______interesting. (Use the appropriate form of "be") B. Neither of

the rooms ______ painting. (Use the appropriate form of "require")
4. A. There aren't no good hotels here. He hasn't got no money. (Correct the errors)
5. Use in sentences of your own. A. Lie in state B. Keep one's fingers crossed.
6. Write two animal cry words and use them in sentences of your own.
7. A.The work must be finished_____________the end of the week. B. They ceased to work
_______ sunset. (Supply the appropriate preposition)
8. Use the following idioms in sentences. A. to have an axe to grind. B. a cock and bull story.
9. Give two examples of noun compounds (eg. Step-stool)
10. Give the meaning of the following expressions. A. to smell a rat. B. to cut the cackle
11. Identify the parts of speech 'what'in the following sentences. A. What happened between
you and Tom? B. I mean, what name did you call him?
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12. A.You aren't from Brazil,__________? B.John is a very good student,___________? ( Add
question tag)
(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.
13. Convert the sentences into compound form without compromising its meaning. (Use the
conjunctions 'and', 'but') 1. He must work very hard to make up for the lost time. 2.
Hearing his father's footsteps, the boy ran away. 3. Williams, taking off his coat politely,
placed it in the muddy street. 4. The teacher punished the boy for disobedience. 5. In spite
of his popularity he cannot be called a great writer.
14. Classify the sentences into active and passive. 1. They painted the house red. 2. The
ocean cannot be pumped dry. 3. The letter has just been posted. 4. A stone struck me on
the head. 5. I bought the baby a doll.
15. Use the past continuous form of the given verb. 1. Who (cry) at 11.30 last night? 2. I
(work). 3. It (rain), so we coudnt go out. 4. I woke up early yesteday. It was a beautiful
morning the sun(shine) and the birds (sing).
16. Identify the adverbs/adverb phrases. 1.He lives far from here. 2. You are quite wrong. 3. I
am an early riser. 4. She sings well enough. 5. I can ill afford to lose him.
17. Use "the" wherever necessary. My uncle lives in a large house built of stone. He works in
local office of Barclays Bank which is situated in East Street. He goes there by bus every
morning and stays there all day. When he comes home in evening he often feels tired.
18. 1. I met Hari, he had just returned (Combine using the relative pronoun'who') 2. William
hates his brother and his brother hates William (Combine using the distributive pronoun
'each other'. 3. The female lion is called lioness. The lioness has no mane( Use a pronoun
to avoid repetition) 4. Suresh studies hard; Suresh is at the head of his class (Use
prononuns to avoid repetition) 5. Just as he cares for his child I care for my child.(Use a
possessive pronoun to avoid repetition).
19. Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences of your own. 1. blow over 2. figure out 3. call
off 4. do away with 5. act up.
20. Many people did not attend the function; Not many people attended the functiion. Given
here is an example of an alternative negative. Frame three similar pairs of alternative
negatives.
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21. Frame five alternative questions.
(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
22. Prepare a job application for the post of an accountant in a reputed firm
23. A.You are the Arts Club Secretary of your college. Prepare a welcome speech to be
delivered on the inauguration of the Arts Club. B. Frame a conversation between you and
your hostel mate about a very interestng movie you have watched.
24. Evaluate how natural calamities affect human sustenance, in the light of recent Kerala
Flood.
25. A.Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper ,appealing for funds to relieve the suffers
from flood.B .Write a short essay on Plastic Pollution.
(2×15=30)
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23104700

QP CODE: 23104700 Reg No : .....................

UNDER GRADUATE (CBCS) REGULAR/IMPROVEMENT/REAPPEARANCE

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80

1. Write two sentences with an adjective phrase each.

2. A.I expect B.He replied . (Complete with a noun

3. A. Either of the books_______interesting. (Use the appropriate form of "be") B. Neither of

9. Give two examples of noun compounds (eg. Step-stool)

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