LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

           U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

MD 6

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

EL 1057 – GENERAL ENGLISH – I

 

 

 

Date : 30-04-08                  Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

I  Explain any TEN of the following passages.                                             (10 x 4 = 40)

1. Your comrades chase even now the fliers
2. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
3. The manager stared at him as though he were a pre-historic monster.
4. By this process you can actually remake your life.
5. I cannot rest from travel; I will drunk

Life to the less;

1. And I pointed out to her a big mirror in block bronze frame hanging in the corner near the portrait of my great-grandmother.
2. Tell him to answer this damn telephone.
3. But no one descended to the traveler.
4. ‘Well. I don’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.
5. …that book is so far ahead of us that it never gets out of date.
6. Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.
7. Forman. Will you come into the vestry for a minute? I have something to say to

you

 

II Answer any FOUR of the following questions in about 200 words each. (4 X 10 = 40)

1. How does the author satirize the human vanity?
2. Write on the character of Ulysses.
3. How does Norman Vincent Peale motivate us for a new life?
4. Illustrate the successful life of the verger.
5. Describe the research carried out by James Howard in “Return to Dust”.
6. Explain the theme of the poem “Listeners”?
7. Did Margie express her attraction for the old school? Give Reason to your answer.

 

III Do as directed

 

1. Use any FIVE of the following Phrases in your own sentence. (10 Marks)

 

1. have the mastery of 2. hand over fist 3. get into trouble     4. give away
2. do or die 6. instead of     7. give up

 

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. (5 Marks)

I paid a huge sum—-money—-the mirror and never parted—-it until quite recent                                                                                                         times. I used to look—-it even when I was eating and drinking. When retiring—-the night, I always took it—-bed—-me, and wherever I went, I asked—-it to be carried—-me.

 

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate tense forms of the verbs given in the brackets.( 5 Marks)

 

It—-(be) a source of subdued pride to him that he—-(can) nearly always quiet a whimpering infant by the manner in which he—-(hold) it, and he—-(be) not unconscious of the amused admiration with which mothers and nurses—-(watch) him settle the baby in the crook of his surpliced arm.

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

XA 08

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

EL 1057 – GENERAL ENGLISH – I

 

 

 

Date : 03-11-08                     Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

I  Explain any TEN of the following passages.                                                                      (10 x 4 = 40)

 

1. The manager stared at him as though he were a pre-historic monster.
2. Forman. Will you come into the vestry for a minute?

I have something to say to you

1.  By this process you can actually remake your life.
2. Your comrades chase even now the fliers
3. Tell him to answer this damn telephone.
4. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
5. I cannot rest from travel; I will drunk

Life to the less;

1. And I pointed out to her a big mirror in block bronze frame hanging in the corner near the portrait of my great-grandmother.
2. But no one descended to the traveler.
3. ‘Well. I don’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.
4. …that book is so far ahead of us that it never gets out of date.
5. Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.

 

II  Answer any FOUR of the following questions in about 200 words each.                       (4 X 10 = 40)

 

1. How does Anton Chekov satirize the human vanity?
2. Sketch the character of Ulysses.
3. How does Norman Vincent Peale motivate us for a new life?
4. Explain the steps initiated by Foreman to become a successful business man.
5. Describe the research carried out by James Howard in “Return to Dust”.
6. Explain the theme of the poem “Listeners”?
7. Did Margie express her attraction for the old school? Give Reason to your answer.

 

III  Do as directed

 

1. Use any FIVE of the following Phrases in your own sentence.                  (10 Marks)

 

1. have the mastery of 2. hand over fist 3. get into trouble     4. give away
2. do or die 6. instead of     7. give up

 

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. (5 Marks)

I paid a huge sum—-money—-the mirror and never parted—-it until quite recent                                                                                                         times. I used to look—-it even when I was eating and drinking. When retiring—-the night, I always took it—-bed—-me, and wherever I went, I asked—-it to be carried—-me.

 

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate tense forms of the verbs given in the brackets. (5 Marks)

 

It—-(be) a source of subdued pride to him that he—-(can) nearly always quiet a whimpering infant by the manner in which he—-(hold) it, and he—-(be) not unconscious of the amused admiration with which mothers and nurses—-(watch) him settle the baby in the crook of his surpliced arm.

 

 

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