Saturday, November 19, 2022

Answer Key. English Grammar and Usage : Model Exam 3rd Sem BA English


1.Form Class = Weather, Becoming, Unpredictable, Days
Function Class = Is, these

2. Superior Status 
  Superior - Adjective 
  Status    - Noun

3. Gerund- Any verb with - ing form

Walking is a good exercise. 
Learning is interesting. 
Smoking is bad for health.
Gardening is my favourite hobby.

4. How dare you talk to me like that? - Interrogative mood.

Mood is used to refer to verb category or form. If it is a question, that is called 'interrogative mode'. 

5. Inflexional morpheme - suggested, suggesting, 
 
 Derivational morpheme
Suggestive, Suggestable, Suggestion, suggestions, Suggestopaedia 

6. Give in - stop fighting or admit                        defeat. 

7. Idiom - break the ice

The handshake is a universal sign of greeting, used to break the ice with strangers.

I break the ice by talking to her about my hobbies

Nss volunteers broke the ice before the camp began.

8. Write a sentence by using the pattern,  S + V + O + Participle. 

I see a cat running across the garden. 
She rode the bicycle humming a song.
I take English book learning grammar.

9. The river is dark because of factory waste
The river is dark when it is polluted by factory waste

10. The Himalayas are the the most imposing structures in the world.

Himalayas are( when it is used for showing mountain ranges)

Himalayas is ( when it is used for whole mountain) 

11.  When I reached the railway station, the train had left

Though I know the answer, I can't spell it out. 

I eat popcorn whenever I watch a movie. 

12. Jas is going to Mumbai this friday. 
Simple future tense is used in this sentence.' Going to' is used to show the recent future, which is happening shortly. 

13. You are not as big as the table. 

Big   - Positive degree
Bigger - Comparative degree
Biggest -   Superlative  degree

14. He went to school despite his illness. 
'Despite of ' is a wrong usage. 

15. The students weren't permitted to go for the the study tour, were they? 


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