+3 3RD SEMESTER INTERNAL ASSESSMENT TEST

Sub: Communicative English (SECC-1)

1. Choose the correct answers of the following: 8×1

(I) What type of reading skill is reading legal documents?
(a) Skimming (b) Scanning
(c) Intensive reading (d) Extensive reading
(II) The total number of consonant sounds in the English language is:
(a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 40 (d) 44
(III) The number of vowel sounds in the English language is:
(a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) 24
(IV) What does the sign “/ /” represent?
(a) Phonetic transcription (b) Phonetic alphabet
(c) Voiced bilabial nasal (d) Rising- falling pitch
(V) The sounds /g/ and /k/ are:
(a) Labiodental Consonants (b) Bilabial Consonants
(c) Glottal Consonants (d) Alveolar Consonants
(VI) Which of the following is NOT a Semi-vowel?
(a) / j/ (b) / w/ (c) / r/ (d) / e/
(VII) Which of the following has /u:/ sound?
(a) Good (b) Moon (c) Look (d) Hook
(VIII) Which of the following is NOT a bi-syllabic word?
(a) Fishing (b) Finale (c) Greener (d) Pension

2. Do as directed. 8×1
(I) The story is full of _________(ambiguity/ ambiguous). (Choose the correct word)
(II) ______ car has not arrived? (Fill in the blank with a suitable Interrogative Pronoun)
(III) We were discussing about my cousin sister’s marriage. (Rewrite the sentence correcting the error.)
(IV) If it rains, everybody _________ (get) wet.
(Fill in the blank with correct form of the verb given in the bracket)
(V) Rohan is the ___________ (bad) of all in the class.
(Fill in the blank with suitable form of the adjective given in the bracket)
(VI) You and Shyam _______ (has/ have) done it. (Choose the correct auxiliary verb)
(VII) The walls of the room were painted in a bright sparkling _____ colour.
(Supply a suitable adjective)
(VIII) The textbooks or the pencil _______ (is/ are) on the table.
(Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate verb given in the bracket)

3. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow: 4×1

If you wish to be a writer, you must learn to develop your own point of view. All good writers make us see things in a
different light. You may be writing about the same thing as your classmates, but your presentation must reflect your
personality and individuality. There are so many interesting subjects you can write about in different forms but here we will
try to attempt writing short stories. There is a good market for the following types: the humorous stories, the adventurous
stories, the domestic stories, the mysteries and stories related to animals and strange experiences. Don’t worry if your story
turns out to be short- some of the best stories are quite short. Be very careful about the climax or end of the story. It must be
what the reader fears, desires, expects or best of all doesn’t expect. So, get down to it. Think of a plot- make points on how
the story will progress and pen it down.

(a) The most important thing about being a writer is that:

(i) you must have a pen and paper (ii) you must have a degree in writing
(iii) you must have a painful heart (iv) you must learn to develop your point of view
(b) The narrator advises the reader to write in order to:
(i) earn a livelihood (ii) encourage him to become a writer
(iii) make him famous among the people (iv) show his intelligence to others
(c) A successful writer’s presentation must reflect:
(i) His personality and individuality (ii) his handwriting
(ii) His showy nature (iii) his superiority to others
(d) The phrase ‘pen it down’ here means:
(i) to throw the pen (ii) to throw it down (iii) to write