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II Year, Labour Economics Term II English For Professional Purposes

Date 28 May 2013

Time: 3:00 Hours

Venue: Room No. 308

1. Write the meaning of the following root words

Ambi - both, Aqua - water, Uni - one, Vince – conquer, De - remove and Derm - skin

2. Write the Past Participle Tense of the following verbs

Do – done, Say - said, Learn – learned (learnt), Write - written, Walk - walked, Remember - remembered and Know - known

3. Answer all questions

1. What is noun?

A word used as name of a person, place or thing. Example: Moscow is in the west.

2. What is adjective?

A word used to add something to the meaning of a noun. Example: Good pen, Blue marker

3. What is pronoun?

A word used instead of a noun. Example: She is an intelligent person

4. What is verb?

A word used to express an action. Example: I write English fastly

5. What is adverb?

A word used to add something to the meaning of a verb. Example: I learn English quickly

6. What is preposition?

A word used with a noun to show how the person denoted by the noun stands in relation to something else. Example: My book is on the table

7. What is conjunction?

A word used to join words. Example: Both he and I are friends

8. What is interjection?

A word which expresses sudden feelings. Example: Hurrah! he won the match

1. What is personal pronoun? How many personal pronouns are there? Give an example for each of the personal pronoun.

Pronoun that refers one or more person(s) or thing(s) is personal pronoun.

Example:

1^st person – I (singular)

1^st person – we (plural)

2^nd person – you (singular)

2^nd person – you (plural)

3^rd person – she (singular)

3^rd person – they (plural)

3^rd person – it (singular)

3Rd person – they (plural)

4. English for Conversation

Question Tag:

Fill in the blanks

1. It’s raining, isn’t it?

2. You are free, aren’t you?

3. She can swim well, can’t she?

4. Nicholoy broke the glass, didn’t he?

5. Your sister cooks well, doesn’t she?

5. Short Answers:

Verbal Questions and Verbal Answers

1. Do we write? Yes, we do

2. Do you write? Yes, you do

3. Does she write? No, she doesn’t

4. Have I written? Yes, I have

5. Do you know English? Yes, I do

Active Voice (7 to 10)

6. Make positive sentences in 12 tenses(1^st person (I, We), 2^nd person (You, You) and 3^rd person(She, They))(verb ‘write’)

7. Change the above into questions

Simple Present Tense (verb) -> write ( do write)

I write English – Do I write English?

I do write English – Do I write English?

We write English – Do we write English?

We do write English – Do we write English?

You write English – Do you write English?

You do write English – Do you write English?

You do write English – Do you write English?

She writes English – Does she write English?

She does write English – Does she write English?

They write English – Do they write English?

Present Continuous Tense (verb) -> is, am, are, write+ing

I am writing English - Am I writing English?

We are writing English – Are we writing English?

You are writing English – Are you writing English?

You are writing English – Are you writing English?

She is writing English – Is she writing English?

They are writing English – Are they writing English?

Present Perfect Tense (verb) -> has, have, written

I have written English – Have I written English?

We have written English – Have we written English?

You have written English – Have you written English?

You have written English – Have you written English?

She has written English – Has she written English?

They have written English – Have they written English?

Present Perfect Continuous Tense (verb) -> have been, has been, writing

I have been writing English – Have I been writing English?

We have been writing English – Have we been writing English?

You have been writing English – Have you been writing English?

You have been writing English – Have you been writing English?

She has been writing English? – Has she been writing English?

They have been writing English? – Have they been writing English?

Simple Past Tense (verb) -> wrote (did write)

I wrote English – Did I write English?

I did write English – Did I write English?

We wrote English – Did we write English?

We did write English – Did we write English?

You wrote English – Did you write English?

You did write English – Did you write English?

You wrote English – Did you write English?

You did write English – Did you write English?

She wrote English – Did she write English?

She did write English – Did she write English?

They wrote English – Did they write English?

They did write English – Did they write English?

Past Continuous Tense (verb) -> was, were, write+ing

I was writing English – Was I writing English?

We were writing English – Were we writing English?

You were writing English – Were you writing English?

You were writing English – Were you writing English?

She was writing English – Were she writing English?

They were writing English – Were they writing English?

Past Perfect Tense (verb) -> had, written

I had written English – Had I written English?

We had written English – Had we written English?

You had written English – Had you written English?

You had written English – Had you written English?

She had written English – Had she written English?

They had written English – Had they written English?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense -> had been, writing

I had been writing English – Had I been writing English?

We had been writing English – Had we been writing English?

You had been writing English – Had you been writing English?

You had been writing English – Had you been writing English?

She had been writing English – Had she been writing English?

They had been writing English – Had they been writing English?

Simple Future Tense (verb) -> shall, will, write

I shall write English – Shall I write English?

We shall write English – Shall we write English?

You will write English – Will you write English?

You will write English – Will you write English?

She will write English – Will she write English?

They will write English – Will they write English?

Future Continuous Tense (verb) -> shall be, will be, write+ing

I shall be writing English – Shall I be writing English?

We shall be writing English – Shall we be writing English?

You will be writing English – Will you be writing English?

You will be writing English – Will you be writing English?

She will be writing English – Will she be writing English?

They will be writing English – Will they be writing English?

Future Perfect Tense (verb) -> shall have, will have, written

I shall have written English – Shall I have written English?

We shall have written English – Shall we have written English?

You will have written English – Will you have written English?

You will have written English – Will you have written English?

She will have written English – Will she have written English?

They will have written English – Will they have written English?

Future Perfect Continuous Tense (verb) -> shall have been, will have been, writing

I shall have been writing English – Shall I have been writing English?

We shall have been writing English – Shall we have been writing English?

You will have been writing English – Will you have been writing English?

You will have been writing English – Will you have been writing English?

She will have been writing English – Will she have been writing English?

They will have been writing English – Will they have been writing English?