Damat Hotel and Business Program: Academic

Year: 2020
College Degree

Assignment two
Instructor: Yazachew A.
Course title – Communicative English skills II

Submission Date:- (06-08/11/2012 E.C)

Full Name: ___________________________________

ID No: ___________________________________

Shift: ________________________

Department: ___________________

Campus: ___________________

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Direction: Read the following questions carefully and try each of them.
1. One of the victims had a bleeding leg. This is a good example of
A. Narration C. exposition
B. Description D. argumentation
2. Which of the following best illustrates narrative writing?
A. Bahidar is really beautiful
B. Bahirdar is the city in Amhara
C. there are many lakes in Amhara region
D. we then went to one of the lakes in Amhara region

3. The internet has provided great benefits. but at the same time it has also created problems and in
equalities. This piece of writing is likely to be -----

A. Narration C. exposition
B. Description D. argumentation
4. .I was born in Gojjam and moved to hawassa with my parents when I was twelve. This piece of writing is
likely to be -----

A. Narration C. exposition
B. Description D..argumentation

5. .if a piece of writing finishes with,---so ,as I have tried to show above ,the evidence provides that life in
the city is better than life in the country side., it is very likely that it is
A. Narration C. exposition
B. Description D. argumentation

6. .which of the following sentences is most likely taken from a narrative piece of writing.
A.it was such a delicious
B. lunch was served at a top –over /short break
C. it was not sure where the lunch came from.
D. This was much better than the lunch we had yesterday.

7. Love is an emotion that binds two individuals in a mutual attraction to each other. it manifests it self
through devotion to one another ,and a feeling of loneliness when the two individuals are not together.
This is an example of:
A. Narration C. exposition
B. Description D. argumentation

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 8. The thinness of his legs made him look taller than he really was. This is an example of

A. Narration C. exposition
B. Description D. argumentation
Direction: Use correlative conjunctions to fill the blank spaces.

9. ----- his father ----his mother is in Ethiopia. His father has gone to USA & his mother is in Israel.

10. . She is --------------intelligent-------------polite. All the instructors love her.

11. You cannot buy the book. --------You have to borrow it -------read it in the library.
12. Because he has high blood pressure, the doctor warned him that he should -----------smoke -------drink
Both worsen the problem.
13. I am not sure ----------- tomorrows test is English --------------------- civics.

Direction: Re-write the following sentences by correcting mistakes.

A. CORRECT THE MISPLACED MODIFIER BY RE WRITING THE SENTENCES.

14. An old car was pulled down the street that had a flat tire.
15. We saw a giraffe in the Awash National Park that Abebe had told me about.
16. Little white boxes of wedding cake were given to all the guests tied with white satin ribbon.

B. CORRECT THE COMMA FAULTS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

17. . If I were him I, would marry that girl.

18. . So far no, cure has been found for HIV/AIDS
19. 27. Having completed her, work she left for home.

C. THE WORDS WRITTEN IN BOLD ARE NOT CORRECT, SO CORRECT THE FOLLOWING FAULTY AGREEMENTS.

20. The children seems to be very tired.

21. Here is your books.
22. Nothing were done.
23. Has they won the lottery?

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Instruction: Select the correct relative pronoun from the list given and complete
the blank space in each of the following sentences.
Where When Who

Which Why Whose

24. This is a restaurant ------------- you can find many different cuisines from around the world.

25. The moment ------------------ I found out the exam results was one of the worst times in my
life.
26. Those ------------------ are eager to join the Spanish class should sign up by
tomorrow.
27. Los Angeles, --------------------- is one the most visited tourist destinations, is a fascinating
city.
28. I would like to know the reason --------------- you decided not to join us.
29. The Amazons, ---------------- warrior nature is stressed in Greek mythology, have been a
popular subject for the movie industry.
30.
31. The Early Bronze Age was a period -------------- the climate was significantly warmer and
drier than today.
32. Anyone ---------------- is interested in mountaineering should have enough physical
strength to endure the harsh conditions.
33. Creating a website ---------------- is accessible to color blind people can make a big
difference.
34. One of the reasons ---------------- most of us change is because we need to adjust and
adopt to the changing life conditions.
35. The 19th century artist, --------------- name I couldn’t remember, was very prolific at his
time.

Direction: Use appropriate mechanics where necessary.

Who’s the world’s champion jumper (36) If you’re thinking of a person (37) you are wrong.
(38) the Kangaroo lays claim to this title. (39 this curious looking(40) australian mammal
cannot walk (41) but it sure can jump. It can easily hop over a parked car. (42) it can also
travel over thirty nine miles an hour. The kangaroo has some unusual physical
characteristics: a small head, large pointed ears, very short front limbs and hind quarters. Its
feet sometimes measure ten inches from the heel to the longest toe. (43) the kangaroo’s thick
tail is so strong that it can use the tail as a tool. The kangaroo is a vegetarian. (44) it will not
eat another animal(45).

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