INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANIPUR

Mid Semester Examinations, February- 2022

B.Tech First Semester-CSE/ECE

Course Name: English Language Skills-I Course Code: HS-101

Date: 07/02/2022 Time: 10:00 am – 12.00 noon
Duration: 2 hours Max. Marks: 50

GROUP – A

Choose the correct alternatives for the following (Question No.1-22): [1 X 22 = 22]

1. The synonymous word pair “small and little” 6. Which of the following is not included in
falls under which part of speech grammatical categories
A. Adjective A. number
B. Noun B. verb
C. Adverb C. gender
D. preposition D. case

2. A simple sentence consists of a _____.
A. single independent clause with no
dependent clauses
B. many independent clauses with no
dependent clauses
C. two independent clause with no
dependent clauses
D. none of the above
7. Homophones are words that have the _____.
A. same spelling, but have different
pronunciations
B. same pronunciation and spelling, but
have different meanings.
C. same pronunciation, but different
meanings
D. None of the above

3. English has _____ diphthong sounds. 8. When he was at school, he _____ up early.
A. 22 A. was getting
B. 12 B. used to get
C. 8 C. had got
D. 24 D. would

4. Orthography means? 9. A phoneme is a ______.

A. Speaking system A. Symbol
B. Listening system B. Letter
C. Writing system C. Sound
D. Reading system D. Word

5. “Go to work.” is an 10. Vehicle is a _____ of car.

A. Assertive sentence A. hypernym
B. imperative sentence B. hyponym
C. interrogative sentence C. homonym
D. Exclamatory sentence D. None of the above
11. Which is question tag for “She doesn’t like 17. A _____ consists of a single independent
fish.” clause with no dependent clauses.
A. No, she hadn’t A. Simple Sentence
B. No, she hasn’t B. Compound sentence
C. No, she doesn’t C. Complex sentence
D. None of the above D. Mixed sentence

12. It’s over a year _____ my uncle. 18. He often _____ breakfast in the garden.
A. since I visited A. has
B. since I haven't visited B. have
C. that I don't visit C. is eating
D. since I didn't visit D. eat

13. I'm afraid I'm not hungry. I've _____ eaten 19. People find it difficult to _____ up smoking.
lunch. A. take
A. yet B. make
B. still C. stop
C. already D. give
D. ever

14. Sometimes I feel very lonely. The word 20. Do not look where you fell, but where you
"lonely" is slipped.
A. adverb A. Intransitive verb
B. adjective B. Transitive verb
C. conjunction C. Auxiliary verb
D. verb D. Adjective

15. Generally speaking, _____ boys are 21. The teacher warned the student once for all
physically stronger than girls. (put an that no mischief shall be tolerated in the
appropriate article) class. (replace the underlined)
A. a A. authoritatively
B. an B. angrily
C. no article C. coldly
D. the D. finally

16. You believe _____ ghosts, don't you? 22. Tense is a grammatical category that applies
A. on to _____.
B. in A. verbs
C. at B. adverbs
D. into C. adjectives
D. nouns

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Choose the sentence in which the subjects and verbs have been correctly identified and in which the subjects
and verbs agree. The subjects are in bold and the verbs are underlined. (Question No.23-30): [1X8 = 8]

23. A) His dogs, which is kept outside, bark all day long.
B) His dogs, which is kept outside, bark all day long.
C) His dogs, which are kept outside, bark all day long.
D) His dogs, which are kept outside, bark all day long.

24. A) His problem, which is minor in comparison with others, exists because he dropped out of high
school.
B) His problem, which is minor in comparison with others, exist because he dropped out of high
school.
C) He problem, which is minor in comparison with others, exists because he dropped out of high
school.
D) He problem, which is minor in comparison with others, exist because he dropped out of high
school.

25. A) Sita, of all the candidates who are running, is the best.
B) Sita, of all the candidates who are running, is the best.
C) Sita, of all the candidates who is running, is the best.
D) Sita, of all the candidates who is running, is the best.

26. A) Neither he nor they were willing to predict the election results.
B) Neither he nor they was willing to predict the election results.
C) Neither he nor they was willing to predict the election results.
D) Neither he nor they were willing to predict the election results.

27. A) Either Ankit or I am responsible for allocating the funds.

B) Either Ankit or I are responsible for allocating the funds.
C) Either Ankit or I am responsible for allocating the funds.
D) Either Ankit or I are responsible for allocating the funds.

28. A) A group of students from that school are not being cooperative.
B) A group of students from that school is not being cooperative.
C) A group of students from that school is not being cooperative.
D) A group of students from that school are not being cooperative.

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29. A) Aditi and Anjali go to the park to play with their friends.
B) Aditi and Anjali go to the park to play with their friends.
C) Aditi and Anjali goes to the park to play with their friends.
D) Aditi and Anjali goes to the park to play with their friends.

30. A) When he talks, everyone listens.

B) When he talks, everyone listen.
C) When he talks, everyone listen.
D) When he talks, everyone listens.

GROUP – B

Answer the following:

31. Sentence types: By structure and By purpose. [5]

32. Differentiate between Homophones and Homonyms with examples. [5]
33. Punctuation marks are important for written English. Discuss in brief. [5]
34. Write the Phonemes of English with example words (pronunciation in IPA). [5]

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