Assignment No 1

PREPOSITIONS

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

1. Education is a means ____ an end.

2. Reenu has a great admiration _____ Wax Museum.

3. It is not good to be ashamed _______ one’s work.

4. Rajat spoke to me ______ the mobile.

5. This machine has not been in use _____ 2000.

6. The factories in Pune remain closed ____ Thursdays.

7. I shall send you this CD latest _____ 10 February.

8. What are you looking ______ so fixedly?

9. The farmers are tired ____ work.

10. Kunal is guilty ____ rudeness.

11. Kaveri is afraid _____ a dog.

12. People cannot abide _____ the new rules.

13. We have to listen ____ what our parents say.

14. There is no exception _____ this rule.

15. Tarun has an ambition _____ higher position.

16. Our College is situated _____ Shivaji Road.

17. I am younger _____ my brother.

18. The cashier was not ____ the counter.

19. Prince fell_____ the well.

20. Water flows _____ the bridge.

Assignment No 2

ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

Change the voice of following sentences:

1. Mona was writing a letter to her father.

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2. My uncle promised me a present.

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3. They are building a house next door to our school

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4. Who taught her such things?

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5. He is teaching us Grammar.

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6. Someone gave her bull dog.

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7. Darjeeling grows tea.

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8. One should keep one's promise.

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9. It is time to ring the bell.

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10. Do you imitate others?

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Assignment No 3

DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECH

Change the speech of following sentences: 1. She said, “He works in a bank”

Ans: She said that he works in a abank.

___________________________________________blank line_______________________________________________

2. She said to me, “We went out last night”

She told me________________________________________________________

3. She said, “I’m coming!”

She said ___________________________________________________________

4. She said to me, “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”

She told me ________________________________________________________

5. She said, “ I’d never been there before”

She said ___________________________________________________________

6. She said , “I didn’t go to the party”

She told me ________________________________________________________

7. She said , “Lucy’ll come later”

She said ___________________________________________________________

8. She said , “He hasn’t eaten breakfast”

She told me ________________________________________________________

9. She said , “I can help you tomorrow”

She said ___________________________________________________________

10. She said to me , “You should go to bed early”

She told me ________________________________________________________

11. She said to me , “I don’t like chocolate”

She told me ________________________________________________________

12. She said , “I won’t see you tomorrow”

She said ___________________________________________________________

13. She said , “She’s living in Paris for a few months”

She said ___________________________________________________________

14. She said , “I visited my parents at the weekend”

She told me ________________________________________________________

15. She said , “She hasn’t eaten sushi before”

She said ___________________________________________________________

Assignment No 4

CORRECT FORM OF VERBS

Fill in the blank with correct form of verb.

1. Ram ________ apples.

2. Seeta _____ to program yesterday

3. Ramesh _________ grammar now.

4. Manager _________ America recently.

5. I _______ her for a long time.

6. We __________ since morning.

7. They _______ football.

8. Ronnie, I ________________ you in a long time. How have you been?

9. Have you ever ____________ to Canada?

10. Marsha sometimes ___________ her homework.

11. She _________ to school on the bus.

12. I ___________ time to work on that project tomorrow.

13. Don't bother me now. I ___________ the movie.

14. Did you ____________ early today?

15. I ________ for seven hours last night.

16. When I came to this city, I ________ anyone.

17. She is a mean person. I don't like ________ to her.

18. When was the last time you ___ a new shirt?

19. I don't know who ___ this wall.

20. She has been ___ to music all day.

Assignment No 5

WORD REPETITION

Practice the pronunciation of the words and give phonetic transcription:

Bring /brɪŋ/ Fight

Drink

Do

Build

Eat

Grow

Learn

Have

Tear

Say

Feel

Cost

Drive

Feed

Hang

Lead

Hear

Fall

Dream

Find

Go

Lay

Meet

Take

Mean

Draw

See

Teach

Come

Dig

Give

Cut

Bring

Fight

Drink

Do

Build

Eat

Grow

Assignment No 6

Presentation Using Correct Grammar

Prepare an oral presentation on ANY ONE TOPIC. Example: Good Morning everyone! Today I am going to present information on the topic festivals of India. Festivals are a great part of human life as they bring in a lot of happiness and break the

monotonous schedule of our lives. Festivals occur every month or two and give us a chance to

unite and celebrate different things in life. It promotes communal harmony and strengthens the

bond between different kinds of people. Every country has certain festivals related to their

culture and religion. However, India is a country that has a diverse culture and thus it celebrates

diverse festivals every year. Festivals in India are divided into three different categories namely

national, seasonal and religious.

National festivals are celebrated to commemorate certain important national events,

personalities and great people. These include Independence Day, Republic Day, children’s day,

earth day, national environment day, Gandhi Jayanti and much more. Such festivals are

celebrated with great patriotism and people of every religion, creed and sex celebrate it with

great enthusiasm.

On the other hand, religious festivals are celebrated based on certain beliefs and faiths and are

celebrated throughout India such as Diwali, Christmas, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Eid-Ul-Fitr, Holi,

Ganesh Chaturthi, Shivratri, Krishan Asthmi and much more. Such festivals are quite colourful

and delightful and are celebrated with great pomp and show.

Then comes the seasonal festivals that are celebrated on the basis of different seasons

experienced in different states of India. This includes Pongal- a festival of Tamil Nadu, Bihu is

celebrated in Assam, Onam is celebrated in Kerala, and Basant Panchmi is celebrated in North

India.

In a nutshell, festivals bring a lot of joy and delight in one’s lives and bring people

closer. People eliminate all feelings of hatred and envy and come together to celebrate festivals.

India is rich in cultural heritage, brings a lot of festivals every year and people of diverse

communities unite and celebrate such festivals together with great delight and zeal.

Assignment No 7

SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Write a short essay on the given topic Instruction: Write ANY TWO paragraphs (minimum of 15 lines) on the below given topics. (One Paragraph on each page)

1. Waiting Room at the Railway Station

2. Microwave

3. My Treasured Belonging

4. Laptop

5. My Favorite Restaurant

6. An Online Class compared to a Traditional Face-to-face Class

7. Two Neighborhoods

8. A Real Vacation and a Dream Vacation

9. LED TV

10. WiFi Technology

11. Celebration of Cultural Event

12. My First Day in the Institute

13. An Accident

Example:

i) A Sunset

It was amazing to watch the sunset from the sea-shore of Karde Beach. The sight of

sunset was mesmerizing. The incredible crown seemed to be made of silver and gold, the

colour of sunset. The enchanting shiny Jewels, spectrum of rainbow, that decorated its

smooth, shiny surface held everyone’s breath, present over there. We could see the

orange and yellow. reflection of the setting sun in the water. Slowly the sun set behind

the mountains and the whole seashore started shining once again with the reflection of

moon.

Assignment No 8

ROLE PLAY

Develop a dialogue on ANY TWO TOPICS (Minimum 15 Lines) given below:

a) Office clerk and student about collecting scholarship cheque.

b) Office clerk and student enquiring about EBC scholarship.

c) Registrar and student regarding cancellation of admission.

d) Librarian and student about losing the borrowed book.

e) Student enquiring about the availability of the book ‘Wings of Fire’ by Dr. A.P.J.

Abdul Kalam in the library.

f) Arjun and Amit discussing about the ways to improve their spoken English.

g) Class Representative and the Cultural Coordinator about annual social gathering.

h) Final year students about campus interviews.

i) Friends about choosing engineering discipline for their career.

Example

A dialogue between subject teacher and student about extension of time limit for

the Technical Presentation Assignment.

Kiran: Madam we are not ready with our Technical Presentation assignment .We are not prepared.

May we do it next time?

Teacher: But I have already given you one week’s extension of time limit.

Kiran: Madam last week was our second test. So we studied for the test. This week we will

prepare this assignment and then do the presentation next week.

Teacher: What if you are again not prepared by next week?

Kiran: That will not happen Madam, please trust us.

Teacher: All right, I will give you one more chance.

Assignment No 9

IDIOMS

Write sentences using the idioms in the dotted line:

a) In a nutshell:……………………………………………………………………………..

b) At the outset:…………………………………………………………………………….

c) A bosom friend:…………………………………………………………………………

d) In full swing:…………………………………………………………………………….

e) Hit the hay:………………………………………………………………………………

f) In the dark:………………………………………………………………………………

g) True to the salt:………………………………………………………………………….

h) For the sake of:…………………………………………………………………………..

i) In a state of:……………………………………………………………………………...

j) Look forward to:………………………………………………………………………...

k) Look out for:…………………………………………………………………………….

l) Turn down:………………………………………………………………………………

m) Lay down:……………………………………………………………………………….

n) Get your walking papers:………………………………………………………………..

o) By all means:……………………………………………………………….....................

Example:

1. Once for all:

Meaning : Finally

Example : Once for all, my daughter finished with all her school projects.

_____________________________One line gap_______________________________

2. By hook or by crook: Meaning : By fair or foul means

Example :He was so desperate for the post that he decided to achieve it by hook or by

crook.

Assignment No 10

Pronunciation and Voice Modulation

Write The poem in manual read twice loudly:

Write this poem in the manual.

Hints on pronunciation for foreigners

I take it you already know

Of tough and bough and cough and dough?

Others may stumble but not you

Or hiccough, thorough laugh and through?

Well done: And now you wish perhaps

To learn of these familiar traps:

Beware of heard a dreadful word

That looks like beard and sounds like bird.

And dead: It's said like bed, not bead,

For goodness' sake, don't call it deed!

Watch out for meat and great and threat,

They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.

A moth is not a moth in mother

Nor both in bother, broth in brother.

And here is not a match for there

Nor dear and fear for bear and pear

And then there's does and rose and lose,

Just look them up; and goose and choose.

And cork and work and hard and ward

And font and front and word and sword.

And do and go and thwart and part –

Come, come, I've hardly made a start!

A dreadful language?

Man alive, I'd mastered it when I was five!

(Anon)

Assignment No 11

Speeches

Write TWO speeches (Minimum 15 Lines) on any of the below given topics.

1. Your institute has organized an intercollegiate technical event. Give vote of thanks to all the

concerned members.

2. The Sports Events organized by your institute have come to an end. As a Sports In-charge,

give vote of thanks.

3. Prepare vote of thanks for the Annual Gathering of your institute.

4. Prepare a welcome speech for annual college gathering.

5. Prepare an introduction speech for the chief guest for an event at your institute.

Example (DO NOT COPY THIS)

Good evening everyone!

It is difficult to express my feelings today as I am leaving……When I got here so many years ago, I

never realised how connected I was to have such a warm community of people around me. Many

times I have been humbled by the kindness of your hearts. Tomorrow I will wake up in my new life,

full of yet-to-be realized opportunities, and empty of your company... I will be in a strange limbo.

Assignment No 12

Dialogue Repetition

Listen to the dialogue given on the website and write it down in the manual.