ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics)
COMPULSORY ENGLISH (5411)
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SEMESTER: SPRING, 2017
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Textbook (One)
2.
Assignment 1 and 2
3.
Assignment Form 2 sets
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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)
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Course: Compulsory English-II (5411)
Level: ADC/ADE/Bed (4-Years)
Total Marks: 100
Semester: Spring, 2017
Pass Marks: 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units 1–4)
Q.1 Change the following informal sentences into formal sentences. Unit 1 of your textbook gives you some traits of the formal and informal writing.
(15)
i.
Ajmal needs to think about his decision.
ii.
Sana can get in touch with her mother if she likes.
iii. They cannot dare go against him.
iv. Oscar started freaking out about the test.
v.
When the cops arrived, the crook ran outside.
vi. He pointed out towards the car.
vii. The soda bottle blew up like a bomb fixed in it.
viii. She found out the cause of her disease.
ix. The song was awesome.
x.
We have set up our business in Malysia.
Q.2 Define and exemplify the following types of writing.
i.
Expository
ii.
Narrative
iii. Argumentative
(15)
Q.3 We are sure you must have read about sequencing in Unit 7. Sequencing of events
is very important in any process work. Given below are some sentences from story
“the lion and the mouse”. Write them in the form of a paragraph using sequence
markers.
(10)
i.
The Mouse found the Lion in the net.
ii.
The Lion roared with anger.
i.
The Mouse promises to help the Lion someday if he will let her go.
ii.
The Lion was asleep.
iii. The Lion laid his paw on the Mouse.
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iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
The Mouse chewed the net to free the Lion.
The Lion went hunting and got caught in a net.
The Lion let the Mouse go.
The Mouse ran across the Lion’s nose.
The Lion woke up
Q.4 Given below is the timetable of a day of Ms Azra’s life. Develop it into a
paragraph.
(15)
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
11: 30 p.m. to 05:30 a.m.
05:30 a.m. to 07:30 a.m.
07:30 a.m. to 08:00 a.m.
08:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. to 02L00 p.m.
02:30 p.m. to 05:00 p.m.
Sleep
Prayer, Breakfast, Get ready
Clean home, Travel
School teaching, Tea break
Pray, Lunch
Travel home, Rest
Q.5 You have learnt about classification techniques in unit 3 (page 73). Classify the
following items into categories according to your understanding.
(10)
Pancreas
Mobile
Milkshake
Political sciences
Monies
Souse
Telephone
History
Lemonade
Stomach
Water
Radio
Urdu
Ketchup
Heart
Jam
Juice
Liver
TV
Chemistry
Q.6 Write a classification essay of around 200 words on any one of the following
topics:
(15)
i.
Fruits and nutrition
ii.
Study discipline
iii. Sea animals
Q.7 In Unit 4 of your text-book, you have read about cause and effect writing.
Complete the following sentences giving effects of every cause mentioned, using
the words given in the table.
(10)
Thus
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
So
Therefore
As a result
Consequently
They couldn’t stand her .....................................................................................
Faria worked hard on her home work................................................................
Lightning struck a tree.......................................................................................
She came home late ...........................................................................................
We forgot to put gas in the care ........................................................................
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Q.8 In Unit 4 of your text-book, you have read about cause and effect writing.
Complete the following sentences giving a cause of every effect mentioned, using
the words given in the table.
(10)
Because
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
As
Since
For this reason
This is why
________________________ the town was flooded.
________________________ I missed the party.
________________________ the cake burned.
________________________ we ran out of gas.
________________________ she was late for school
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units 5–9)
Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 40
Q.1 Compare the following pairs of concepts. Make one sentence each of contrast.
Follow the example. Unit 5 teaches you how to compare different items.
(10)
Example:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Korea
Pakistan
Korea is a developed country while Pakistan is developing.
Urdu
Girls
Public schools
Salt
Summer
English
Boys
Private schools
Sugar
Winter
Q.2 Look at the picture of two cars given below. Construct fifteen sentences of compare
and contrast about them.
(15)
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Q.3 You have learnt how to guess the meanings of unfamiliar words from the context in
Unit 6 (page 183). Read the following sentences and guess the meanings of the
words underlined.
(10)
Because there was so little precipitation this year, the crops dried up and died.
Although I was unable to understand all of the details of the presentation, I did
get the gist of it.
At a special ceremony, the police chief gave the officer a commendation for
bravery.
One brother is an erudite professor; the other brother, however, has never shown
any interest in books or learning.
Night is the time when many animals forage, or search, for food.
Q.4 Look at the cover page of a book given below. What does the cover page tell you
about the book? Write ten sentences guessing contents the book may have. Read
Unit 1, Section B for guidance.
(15)
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Q.5 You have learnt how to make inferences in Unit 7 (page 217). Read the passage
given below and then respond to the questions. Each question will ask you to make
a logical inference based on textual details. Explain your answer by referencing the
text.
(10)
Ryan was looking forward to sleeping over at his friend Rahat’s house. Though
they had been classmates for a while, the two had only recently become good
friends. Tyan packed up his sleeping bag, a pillow, and a few of his favourite
toys and games, and then his mom dropped him off at Rahat’s. Rahat met Ryan
on the porch and the two did their secret handshake and started playing right
away. First they played pirates in Rahat’s tree fort. Next they played ninjas in the
driveway. Then it started getting dark and they went inside of Rahat’s house. As
soon as they walked in the house, Ryan’s eyes starting getting red and itchy. He
saw a big orange cat sitting on the couch. Then he started sneezing
uncontrollably. “I’m sorry, Robert. It’s been a lot of fun, but I have to call my
mom.”
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2.
Why do Ryan’s eyes get red and itchy when he walks into Robert’s house?
Why does Ryan want to call his mother?
Q.6 You have read about connotative and denotative meanings in Unit 8 (page 249).
Write the possible connotative meanings of the following words:
(10)
Cleaver
Smart
Home
Animal
Flower
Brainy
Politicians
Clown
Q.7 Read the following newspaper article and rewrite it in your own words.
This
Yound
(15)
Cancer doesn’t doom youngsters to a miserable childhood, new research
suggests, finding that after treatment, many are just as happy and well-adjusted
as those who never had the illness – sometimes even more. The findings, based
on interviews with 8- to 12-year-olds, show how resilient youngsters can be even
when facing something as frightening as cancer. The results also indicate that
children’s perceptions often differ from those of their parents, whose own
negative feelings about the experience may shade how they think their children
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are coping, the researchers said.
“What we are finding is very reassuring,” said Dr. Smita Bhatia, lead author and
a pediatric cancer specialist at City of Hope National medical Center in Duarte,
Calif. Parents should be encouraged to know that young survivor “can indeed put
their cancer behind them,” she said. The study appears in February’s edition of
the journal Pediatrics, published Monday.
Q.8 Take some old English newspapers and make a collection (at least five each) of the
following categories of news items.
(15)
i.
Job Advertisements
ii.
News about some famous political figure
iii.
Weather forecast
iv.
News about a star
v.
News about sports
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