Module-I
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
Select a paragraph from a newspaper, magazine, a short story or a novel. Identify the
collocations used. Selected paragraph has to be written in the notes and then list the collocations.
1. Refer to a dictionary and write collocations for
(a) Cricket (b) Story (c) Travel (4) Shopping (5) Do
2. Write positive, neutral and negative connotations to the following words
(a) Miserly (b) curious (c) elated (d) meticulous (e) stubborn
3. Write a paragraph in 50 words about yourself. Remember to use appropriate collocations.
4. Select any five (5) emoji’s from your mobile and describe your state of mind during
examinations.
Module-II
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
1. What are the skills required for Cognitive Reading?
2. Discuss the general guidelines for improving the reading skills.
3. Explain the different strategies of reading.
4. Define Vertical Reading. Write the do’s and don’ts of Vertical Reading.
5. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from the given choices to construct a coherent
paragraph.
A. On Monday the secretary of state is due to hold a day of meetings with the high-level
political, military and business figures to further a “strategic dialogue” aimed at further
expansion of US trade in India.
B. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton arrived in India on Sunday for strategic talks aimed at
bolstering bilateral ties and securing firmer support for the war in Afghanistan.
C. Ms.Clinton arrived by plane in Delhi before noon, according to a reporter travelling
with her, ahead of expected talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha
Patil in the evening.
1.BAC
2.BCA
3.CBA
4.CAB
6. Fill the blanks with the most suitable word from the choices provided.
The year was 1913. The Wright Brothers had just ------1------- in making an aero plane which
---------2---------- flew high. I was deeply interested in -------3------- and was making my own
--------4------- with flying machines. I really -------5-------- in that little machine I had -----6---
together and I decided it was time to prove its merits.
1. A. succeeded B. failed C. involved D. engaged ( )
2. A. hardly B. really C. highly D. sincerely ( )
3. A. science B. history C. flying D. making ( )
4. A. judgments B. experiments C. trying D. indulging ( )
5. A. disbelieved B. believed C. relied D. tried ( )
6. A. patched B. strapped C. fabricated D. hatched ( )
Module III
Assignment Questions
1. Prepare a Persuasive Speech to convince a customer to purchase a mobile.
2. Write the different methods of using Contextual Vocabulary. Explain how does Latin
Keyword Method helps the students in the enhancement of vocabulary.
3. ‘Manuscript is essential for a successful oral presentation’. Elaborate.
4. Arrange the pictures given below in order, give a title and narrate the story. Use the narrative
techniques.
Module-IV
Assignment Questions
1. Write the important steps to interpret a picture.
2. Remove the sentence out of context in the following and arrange the sentences in order.
i. In the west, Allied Forces had fought their way through southern Italy as far as Rome.
ii. In June 1944 Germany’s military position in World War II appeared hopeless.
iii. In Britain, the task of amassing men and material for the liberation of Northern Europe had
been completed.
iv. They pushed and grappled only with the intruder.
v. The Red Army was poised to drive the Nazis back through Poland.
vi. The situation in the Eastern front was catastrophic.
3. Explain the techniques of summarizing.
4. Construct an Analytical paragraph of 200 words on the topic “Results do not depend on
Knowledge alone.”
5. Develop an Argumentative Essay on “Is it worth to explore Space to dwell?”
Or “Using pesticides in Agriculture to protect crops is hazardous to human health.”
