SEMESTER END REGULAR EXAMINATIONS (AR21), JUNE - 2022

Branch Common to all Degree Bachelor of Technology

Academic Year 2021-2022 Sem. 1st
Course Title
Course Code 21HSX01
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
Duration 3 Hours Maximum Marks 70 (SEVENTY)
Remember % 5 Understand % 22 Apply % 73 Analyze % -

SECTION-I (7 x 2 = 14 Marks)
1.
No. Questions (a to f) RBT Level COs
a Mention any two characteristics of a good listener. Remember 1
b What is the reading strategy used in previewing. List other examples. Understand 2
c What are the mechanics of writing? Remember 5
Arrange the words in the correct order to form meaningful sentences. Understand
d 4
Dog/Rahul/with his/pet/playing/enjoys
e What is punctuation? Remember 5
f Write the noun and adjective forms of the word observe Understand 6
g How the countable and uncountable nouns differ from each. Understand 5

SECTION-II (4 x 14 = 56 Marks)
No. Questions (2 to 9) RBT Level COs Marks
Active Listening & Effective Questioning go hand in hand.
(a) Identify the best strategies to improve listening and Apply 1 10
questioning skills.
Do as directed:
I _____(i)_____(supply a be verb) Murat Tan. I go to Alliums
2
High School. My school _____(ii)_____( supply a be verb)
(b) near my house so I usually walk to ____(iii)______(provide Understand 5 4
the appropriate noun). I have many friends. My best
friend’s ______(iv)____(supply the appropriate noun) is
Aylin.
OR
Model the process of listening and discuss the ways to
(a) Apply 1 10
break the barriers to effective listening.
Do as directed:
According to a report in yesterday’s newspaper ___(i)___
3 (fill in the blank with suitable article) police dog was
taken to Raj Bhavan __(ii)____ (supply the suitable
(b) Understand 5 4
preposition) Monday. This was to trace the
___(iii)____(killing/killers) of the "very important horse"
which ___(iv.)____ (supply the appropriate be verb)
reported missing on Sunday.
Record a short formal conversation between a person
4 (a) from earth and an alien. Minimum of four exchanges with Apply 2 10
proper introduction, outlining and summary of the talk.
(b) Rewrite the sentences by correcting the errors: Understand 5 4
i) She is arriving on the March 25th.
ii) He immediately quit the job in which neither
the skill nor knowledge were required.
iii) The meteorological department predicted that
the rains and thunderstorm may continue
throughout the day.
iv) The recently imposed dress code has enraged
the students who will be going on strike since
 tomorrow.
OR
Record a short formal conversation between a doctor and
(a) a patient. Minimum of four exchanges with proper Apply 2 10
introduction, outlining and summary of the talk.
Rewrite the sentences by correcting the errors:
i) Neither Rohit nor Kabir have done his lesson.
5 ii) When he will come I will make sure I meet
him.
(b) Understand 5 4
iii) He as well as you is tired of this long and
troublesome affair.
iv) Our country need a number of self-sacrificing
and devoted leaders.
6 Read the Passage given below and draw 4 inferences
The first crisis the lunar explorers faced came just short
of moon fall. The Apollo 11 Lunar Module, code – named
‘eagle’, was still 9.5 km (6 miles) up when the vital
guidance computer began flashing an alarm. It was
overloading. Any second it could give up the ghost under
the mounting pressure and nothing the two astronauts
could do would save the mission. Emergencies were
nothing new to Commander Neil Armstrong but he and
his co – pilot Buzz Aldrin hadn’t even practiced for this
one on the ground – no one believed it could happen.
Sweeping feet first towards their target, they pressed
ahead as controllers on Earth waited heart – in – mouth.
Racing against the computer, Eagle slowed and then
pitched upright to stand on its rocket plume and gave
Armstrong his first view of the landing site. The wrong
one! They had overshot by four miles into unfamiliar
territory and were heading straight for a football field
size crater filled with boulders “the size of Volkswagens”.
With his fuel running out, and only a minute’s flying time
(a) left, Armstrong coolly accelerated the hovering Eagle Apply 4 10
beyond the crater, touching 88 km/h (55mph).
Controllers were puzzled and alarmed by the unplanned
maneuvers. Mission Director George Hale pleaded
silently: “Get it down, Neil. Get it down.” The seconds
ticked away.
“Forward, drifting right,” Aldrin said. And then, with less
than 20 seconds left, came the magic word: “Contact!”
Armstrong spoke first: “Tranquility base here, the Eagle
has landed.” His words were heard by 600 million people
– a fifth of humanity.
About six and a half hours later, Eagle’s front door was
opened and Armstrong backed out onto a small porch. He
wore a €200,000 moon suit, a sort of thermos flask
capable of stopping micrometeoroids travelling 30 times
faster than a rifle bullet. He carried a backpack which
weighed 49 kg and enough oxygen for a few hours.
Heading down the ladder, Armstrong unveiled a
€200,000 TV camera so the world could witness his first
step: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for
mankind.” It was 3.56 am, 21 July, 1969.
(b) Substitute one word for the following: Understand 5 4
i) The practice of taking someone else’s work or
 ideas and passing them off as one’s own
ii) An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and
suffering
iii) The arrangement of events or dates in the order of
their occurrences
iv) A cold blooded vertebrate animal that is born in
water and breathes with gills
OR
7 (a) Read the following passage to answer the given Apply 4 10
questions based on it.

The choices we make on a daily basis—wearing a

seatbelt, lifting heavy objects correctly or purposely
staying out of any dangerous situation—can either
ensure our safety or bring about potentially harmful
circumstances.

You and I need to make a decision that we are going to

get our lives in order. Exercising self-control, self-
discipline and establishing boundaries and borders in
our lives are some of the most important things we can
do. A life without discipline is one that’s filled with
carelessness.

We can think it’s kind of exciting to live life on the edge.

We like the image of “Yeah! That’s me! Living on the
edge! Woo-hoo!” It’s become a popular way to look at life.
But if you see, even highways have lines, which provide
margins for our safety while we’re driving. If we go over
one side, we’ll go into the ditch. If we cross over the line
in the middle, we could get killed. And we like those lines
because they help to keep us safe. Sometimes we don’t
even realize how lines help to keep us safe.

I’m not proud of this, but for the first 20 years of my life
at work, I ignored my limits. I felt horrible, physically,
most of the time. I used to tell myself “I know I have
limits and that I’ve reached them, but I’m going to ignore
them and see if or how long I can get by with it.” I ran to
doctors, trying to make myself feel better through pills,
vitamins, natural stuff and anything I could get my hands
on. Some of the doctors would tell me, “It’s just stress.”
That just made me mad. I thought stress meant you don’t
like what you do or can’t handle life, and I love what I do.
But I kept pushing myself, traveling, doing speaking
engagements and so on— simply exhausting myself.

Finally, I understood I was living an unsustainable life

and needed to make some changes in my outlook and
lifestyle.
You and I don’t have to be like everyone else or keep up
with anyone else. Each of us needs to be exactly the way
we are, and we don’t have to apologize for it. We’re not
all alike and we need to find a comfort zone in which we
can enjoy our lives instead of making ourselves sick with
an overload of stress and pressure.
On the basis of understanding of the passage, answer
all the questions:
1) The reason why living on the edge has become
popular, is because of the
a) constant need for something different.
b) population being much younger.
c) exhausting effort to make changes.
d) strong tendency to stay within our limits.
2) The phrase “potentially harmful circumstances” refers
to circumstances that can
(a) certainly be dangerous.
(b) be fairly dangerous.
(c) be possibly dangerous.
(d) seldom be dangerous
3) Choose the option that best captures the central idea
of the passage from the given quotes.
1. It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance
between work and friends.
2. To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
3. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you
must keep moving.
4. Balance is not something you find, it’s something you
create.
a) Option (1)
b) Option (2)
c) Option (3)
d) Option (4)
4) The author explains the importance of discipline and
boundaries in our lives using the example of
a) road accidents.
b) traffic rules.
c) lines on the highway.
d) safe driving.
5) The author attempts to __________________ the readers
through this write-up.
a) rebuke
b) question
c) offer aid to
d) offer advice to
6) What is the message conveyed in the last paragraph of
the passage?
a) Love what you do.
b) Love yourself to love others.
c) Be the best version of yourself.
d) Be yourself
7) Which of the following will be the most appropriate
title for the passage?
a) Much too soon
b) Enough is enough
c) How much is too much?
d) Have enough to do?
8) The author uses colloquial words such as “yeah” and
“Woo-hoo!”. Which of the following is NOT a colloquial
word?
a) hooked
 b) guy
c) stuff
d) stress
Write a passage for about 150 words comparing and
(b) Apply 4 4
contrasting the impact of online and offline classes.
Write a paragraph in 200-250 words by interpreting the
chart below:

(a) Apply 4 10

Frame ‘wh’ questions for the following sentences

i) He had visited the city many times.
(b) ii) She is my second daughter. Understand 6 4
iii) The equipment is very old.
iv) John is richer than Teena.
OR
Write a paragraph in 200-250 words by interpreting the
survey result given below:

(a) Apply 4 10

Supply a suitable verb for the following sentences in

agreement of the subject with the verb.
i) Cats and dogs _____ (do) not get along
(b) ii) The brothers as well as their sister _____ (be verb) Understand 6 4
good at their studies.
iii) A lot of houses ______ (have) collapsed in the storm
iv) A large sum of money ______ (be verb) stolen.
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