ITM SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

BCA SEM I
FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
ASSIGNMENT I

Practice exercises

Decide on the correct tense (present simple, past simple or present perfect simple) and
Finish the sentences.
1 The sun often ________in Morocco, [shine]
2 ‘It's late. W here________?' [you/go]
3 What time ________? [The bus/leave)
4 John________ (go) to Finland last year, but he ________ [like] it.
5 The world ________ (see) a massive shift in transport and tourism in the last decade.
6 Cruise ships________ [cross] the Atlantic with the majority of people before air travel
became so affordable.
Complete the spaces with the correct tenses.
"Discuss the positive and negative effects of tourism on people and the environment.”
Regarding the environment, tourism (1) ___________ (improve) people's understanding of
endangered species. Prior to mass tourism, many societies (2) ___________ (disregard}
The natural life around them. However, due to tourism many countries (3) ___________
[Invest] in conservation programmers. Ecotourism is now a very popular and a lot of tourists
(4)____________ [visit] Africa, Asia and South America and (5) ____________ [partake] in
Projects which care for the environment. Although there are positive points, tourism
(6) __________ (a/so have] a large number of negative effects on the environment. These
(7) __________ (include] an increase in air pollution from plane travel, rubbish from
Tourists in parks and on beaches and the destruction of many of the world's rain forests.
There are advantages and disadvantages for people too. During the 1990s in many
Parts of the world, such as Spain or Thailand, tourism (8) ___________ [bring] economic
Development and [9] ___________ (create] a range of new employment possibilities for

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Local people. On the other hand, the results of this increase in tourism sometimes produce
Negative effects for populations. Often a new hotel or resort (10) _____________ (destroy]
Traditional jobs such as agriculture, fishing and crafts.
Read the following dialogue and complete the text w it the correct form of the present
Simple, past simple or present perfect simple. Use the verbs in the brackets.
Examiner: Where (1) ________ [live]?
Nikolas: I (2) ________ [come] from Moscow. I (3) _________ [live] there for 6 years. My
Family (4) ________ [move] from the countryside when I was 12 years old.
Examiner: (5) ________ still (6) _________ [live] with your family?
Nikolas: Yes, I (7) -------------- [do], I (8) _________ [live] with my parents and (9) (share)
A room with my brother. My brother still (10) ________ [go] to school. He is only 8 years
old.
Examiner: (11) ________ [like] Moscow?
Nikolas: Yes, I (12) ________ [love] Moscow. When I first (13) _________ [arrive], I (14)
_________
(Not like) it much because it was so different, but I (15) _________ [grow] accustomed to it.
Now, I
(16)-------------- [know] my way around and (17) _________ [have] lots of friends.
Examiner: How (18) ________ [Moscow/change] recently?
Nikolas: It (19) -------------- [become] more international, and more exciting. In the last few
Years, about ten new international restaurants (20) ________ [open] in my area alone
And I often (21) (eat) in them now with my friends. I (22) ___________________ [have] lots
of
International friends who (23) ________ [come] to study at the University in Moscow, and
We often (24) ___________ [meet] in the evenings.
Decide on the correct tense (present continuous, past continuous or present perfect
Continuous) and complete the sentences 1-6 using the verbs in the brackets.
1 'What________ (Do)?’ You look exhausted!’
2 'can you help me with my homework?’ ‘No, I ________TV.’ [Watch]
3 The number of people taking up extreme sports___ (increase) since the early 1990s.
4. Last month I ________ (have) acting lessons but I had to stop when I lost my voice.
5 They________ [walk] in the countryside when suddenly it started to rain.

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6 I don’t like the book that I ________ (read) at the moment.
Complete the sentences 1-6 using the verbs in the brackets and decide on the correct
Grammatical form from the alternatives given.
1 Managing an actor's image though media relations become popular in the 1980s. Up
Until then a cot rest_________ [not care) much about their public image.
Form: past perfect or would?
2 Newspapers and magazines__________ (respect) the privacy of celebrities more than
They do nowadays.
Form: used to or past perfect?
3 As a child I loved playing the guitar and I _________ [dream] of being a well-known
Musician.
Form: would or past perfect?
U until the 1990s, footballers_________ [not earn) such large salaries and they didn't use
To be so famous.
Form: past perfect or would?
5 Before working in television I ___________ [always think} that celebrities were special
People, but now I know many of them are quite normal.
Form: past perfect or past perfect continuous?
6 The photographers_________ [wait] hours for the stars to arrive at the 2010 Oscar
Ceremony.
Form: past perfect continuous or used to?
Decide on the correct grammatical form [will or going to) and complete the sentences 1-
5.

1 'I've made a revision timetable for the next month. I ____________ study hard for this
2 ‘in the future, I think more people____________ study courses online.'
3 'Alejandro has failed many of his exams, so I don’t think he ____________ be able to go
To University this year.’
4. 'No I ____________ let you borrow my calculator. I need it for the next exercise.'
5 .The next academic ye an r____________ start in September. Form: _____________

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Use the appropriate verb forms for the following sentences: Decide on the correct form
(singular or plural) of the verbs in brackets and complete the sentences 1-6.
1 Scientists at Oxford University________ [believe) that there are many different
Solutions to the world's environmental problems.
2 Sunshine and w an r________ (/be) both necessary for the growth of plants.
3 This new method of breeding disease resistant crops________ [have] been very
Successful.
U The frequency of storms on the west coast of South A m Erica________ (change) with
The movement of the Gulf Stream.
5 The varieties of tomato available as a result of genetically modified food processing
[Be] numerous.
6 In my opinion all these conferences________ [do] not help solve the issues of climate
Change.
Complete the spaces with the, a, an article.
1 Economic advisors to ______government warned against not regulating larger businesses.
2 I believe that there should be ______system to manage economic instability.
3 ______inflation is a constant worry f r______ employers.
4 _____ Toyota has one of_______highest revenues for any company in Japan.
5 Every company needs______good staff
6 My father is ______employment lawyer.
7 ______world economy, although presently unstable, will soon recover.
Complete the spaces in the text below w ith the, a, an or no article (-).
(1)___ third of all employees in (2)____ UK see 'taking a sickie’ as an acceptable part of
(3)___ work, nothing more than light-hearted flexibility with working hours, yet taking
days off when not actually sick is costing (4)____economy (5)____ billions of pounds
(6)___ year in (7)____ UK alone. As such, (8)____ reasons for these days off of work need
to be addressed to counteract (9)____'sick culture’ embracing society.
The reasons for these sick’ days are quite complex. One of (10)___ main reasons for this
kind of absence is 'work fatigue’, (11)____fact that (12)____ people are bored with their
jobs. As one leading professor states, 'jobs have become more fragmented and as such,
people cannot give meaning to their work and feel alienated from their main roles. This

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can be seen by (13)____masses of people who are sitting at (14)____ workstation every
day for seven or eight hours doing a job which is only one sm all part of a process.' Bringing
back this kind of meaning into work could be (15)____difficult task, one which may not
even be possible.
However, (16)___ most cited reason for taking 'sick days' is (17)____ family commitments,
such as childcare or illness within (18)___ family. This is an issue which can be addressed
with such things as (19)___ flexible working hours and home working. Perhaps, if employers
can be a bit more forward thinking in these areas, they will, in the long run, be (20)___ ones
to benefit the most.