Programme: BS Software Engineering Semester: II (A & B)

Session: Spring, 2020 Examination: Midterm

Course: English-II Instructor: Yamima Edwin
Time: 1 hour & 15 minutes Total Marks: 20
Student’s Name: SYED AJLAL QAZI Date: 1st July, 2020

Q1. Use the following idioms in your own sentences: (12)

a. Once in a blue moon:

I go to my uncle's house once in a blue moon.

b. Raining cats and dogs:

it was raining cats and dogs and I had forgotten my umbrella.

c. Red carpet treatment:

Mr John gets a red carpet treatment everywhere in the city as he is the mayor.

d. Back to square one:

My ideas were rejected and I was back to square one.

e. Take the bull by the horns:

If you want to pass the exam,You must take the bull by its horns.

f. Piece of cake:

This test is a piece of cake.

Q2. Change the following sentences into indirect speech: (05)

a. My friend said, “I have never been to America”.

My friend said that he had never been to America.

b. Our ancestors often said, “All that glitters is not gold”.

Our ancestors often said that all that glitters is not gold.

c. Sarah says, “I always speak the truth.”

Sarah says that she always speaks the truth.

d. I said to my brother, “You are an intelligent student”.

I said to my brother that he was an intelligent student.

e. The players will say, “We will not play for this team now”.

The players will say they would not play for that team then.

Q3. Rewrite the following sentences by replacing the underlined words with a suitable

idiom: (03)

a. Let’s stop working now as I am too tired.

Let's Call It A Day now as I am too tired.

b. The eldest son got the biggest percentage of his father’s property.

The eldest son got the lion's share of his father's property.
 c. It does not leave a good impression on the teacher if you submit your projects at the last

minute.

it does not leave a good impression on the teacher if you submit your projects at the

eleventh hour.

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