Code No. : Sub. Code : 2 EN 21

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1 Reg. No. :... Sub. Code : 2 EN 21 U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER Second Semester Part II English PROSE, SHAKESPEARE, GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION (For those who joined in July ) Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks PART A (10 1 = 10 marks) Answer ALL questions. Choose the correct answer : 1. How old was Dr. Morris s mother when he wrote the article A little bit of what you fancy? (a) (c) 79 (d) The executive, Mark refers to collects information about. (a) others countries (c) gold price (d) share market.

2 3. The shop man in the story An Avenger is. (a) an English a Russian (c) a French (d) an American. 4. Hermia is in love with. (a) Demetrius Egeus (c) Lysander (d) a King. 5. Juliet belongs to the family. (a) Shakespeare Montague (c) Capulet (d) None of these. 6. Who is Hamlet s mother? (a) Gertrude Ophelia (c) Hernia (d) None of these. 7. The flight from the run way. (a) took out took over (c) took off (d) took up. 8. I wish to the old flat and to a new one. (a) move out move up (c) move down (d) move along. Page 2

3 9. It is difficult to a forest fire. (a) put off put out (c) put on (d) put up at. 10. One has to for thieves in a crowd. (a) look into look out (c) look up (d) look forward. PART B (5 6 = 30 marks) Answer either questions (a) or question under each question number, each answer should not exceed 250 words. 11. (a) What does Dr. Morris say about people who give advice on what to eat and what not to eat? Write a paragraph on McCormack s views on asking about one s personal life. 12. (a) How does Hermia s father prove her disobedience? What is the problem between the families of Romeo and Juliet? Page 3

4 13. (a) Fill in the blanks with there on it. (6 1 = 6) is a new shop. was a house here. (iii) are two cars. (iv) was on the next building. (v) is no money in the bag. (vi) is not easy. Correct the sentences if there are errors : (3 2 = 6) There are no honey in the jar. It are a six sided dice. (iii) There is three dogs in the garden. 14. (a) Fill in the blanks with suitable articles : (6 1 = 6) He is old man. It is university. (iii) sun is also a star. (iv) It is not book I want. (v) Cow is useful animal. (vi) She is good singer. Page 4

5 Insert articles wherever necessary :(3 2 = 6) Unity is strength. It costs fifty rupees litre. (iii) Close door to keep out smoke. 15. (a) Develop the following hints into a story. Once a salt merchant of a village a donkey carried loads across a river to the town one day donkey accidentally falls into the river salt dissolves load become light donkey repeats merchant wants to teach a lesson loads with cotton donkey falls into the river cannot lift the weight donkey becomes good. Develop the following hints into a paragraph. Heart attack deadly health problem blood flow to the heart is blocked it causes damage to the heart heart tissue cannot be repaired severe heart attack causes death blood block is caused due to cholesterol regular exercise helps prevent heart attack diet control is necessary. Page 5

6 PART C (5 12 = 60 marks) Answer either questions (a) or question under each question number, each answer should not exceed 600 words. 16. (a) Write an essay on when to say It s none of your business. Write an essay on good food and bad food. 17. (a) Narrate what happens in Hermia s trial. What happens when Romeo and Juliet meet? 18. (a) Correct the following sentences : (6 2 = 12) He give his pen to me. The boys is playing football. (iii) He don t understand. (iv) (v) (vi) The sun rise in the east. Water does not have a shape. Hundred rupees are not a big amount. Page 6

7 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of be verb : (6 2 = 12) I your friend and you my friend. Here a car and there two buses. (iii) It raining and we wet. (iv) Yesterday Sunday and today Monday. (v) It his son and they his grandsons. (vi) They rich now but they poor ten years ago. 19. (a) Make sentences using the following phrases : (6 2 = 12) Bring down Show off (iii) Carry on (iv) (v) (vi) Make up Work out Cook up. Page 7

8 Correct the verbs in the following sentences, if they are wrong. (6 2 = 12) He don t smoke. She doesn t sing well. (iii) To err is human. (iv) Buses doesn t stop here. (v) I has no money. (vi) They has a car. 20. (a) Read the following passage and answer the questions : (6 2 = 12) Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth of that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the Jovian or outer planets. The planet was known by astronomers of ancient times, and was associated with the mythology and religious Page 8

9 beliefs of many cultures. The Romans named the planet after the Roman god Jupiter. When viewed from Earth, Jupiter can reach an apparent magnitude of 2.94, bright enough to cast shadows, and making it on average the third-brightest object in the night sky after the Moon and Venus. (Mars can briefly match Jupiter s brightness at certain points in its orbit). Questions : What is the position of the Jupiter in the solar system? What is the size of the Jupiter? (iii) Name the outer planets of the solar system. (iv) Can we see the Jupiter from earth? (v) Which are the three brightest things in the night sky? (vi) What is the meaning of the word Giant? Page 9

10 Spot the error in each sentence, write it down and correct the error. If there is no error, write No Error. (6 2 = 12) He is a M.A. in English Give me an one-rupee coin (iii) Ramayana is epic. (iv) Himalayas are in North India. (v) We stayed at Taj in Bombay. (vi) The man is mortal. Page 10