Assignment Nos. 1, 2 and 3

Assignment No. 1

Q. No. I. Write two sentences based on each of the seven basic sentence types in English.

Q. No. 2. Fill in the blanks using the most appropriate tense form of the given verbs.

       I.            Sardara Singh is a very good player of hockey. He …………….. (play) hockey for four hours every day.

     II.            I am very busy today. I am writing……………. ( write) an article on a very important topic. I hope I …will finish…………………. (finish) it in an hour or so.

  III.            This is a very good novel. I  have already read……………… (already read) it ten times.

  IV.            He    has been living……………….. (live) in this house ever since he …was born…………..(bear) but next year, he is going to shift to the new house which he …is constructing / has constructed………….(construct).

    V.            When I …called ……………….. (call) on him yesterday, he ……was talking…………… (talk) to some guests who ………had arrived…………….(arrive) only half an hour ago.

  VI.            It ………was raining………….. (rain) when I ……started………… (start) for the college but it ……had stopped…………. ( stop) raining by the time I reached there.

VII.            If you work hard enough, you …………will certainly achieve…………..(certainly achieve) your goal.

VIII.             My grandson was asleep when I  ………returned………….. (return) home from work.

  IX.            He ………will still be writing………….(still write) his tenth novel in March next but he ……will have finished……….. (finish) it by August.

     X.            They …………will have been waiting…………… (wait) for you at the station for two hours but will still be hopeful that you will arrive before the train …………leaves…….(leave).

  XI.            My friend …………was having…………….. (have) fun while I was studying.

XII.            He played while I…………worked………. (work).

XIII.            In Haryana, women …………work……… (work) in the fields while men sit and smoke their hookas.

XIV.            The train …………had left……… (leave) before I arrived at the station.

XV.            The terrorists had killed many people before the police ………was informed…….. (inform)

Q.1.Seven Basic Sentence patterns of English with Illustrations

1. Sub. + V+ Sub. Complement  i. John is my friend.     

                                                                   ii. John is very intelligent.

2. Sub. + V + Adv. of place

                                 1. My brother is in England.

                                  2. I have been to the USA,

3. Sub.+ V                1. My mother is sleeping.

                                  2. A dog can bite.

4. Sub. + V + Ob.     1. I have finished my work.

                                  2. We have seen this picture.

5. Sub. + V + Ob + Ob  1, We paid them the money.

                                       2. I wrote him a letter.

6.  Sub. + V + Ob. + Ob. Complement  1. Success made him a celebrity.

                                                                2. Th teacher marked him absent.

7. Sub. + V + Adverbial of place.   1. The child put the pen in his bag.

                                                         2. I keep my books on a book-shelf.

Assignment No. 2

Q.1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end.

Former president, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, breathed his last in Meghalya’s capital, Shillong, following a heart attack this evening. He was 84.

Dr. Kalam was delivering a lecture at the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management when he felt uneasy and collapsed around 6.30 pm. He was taken to the Bethany Hospital in Shillong, where the doctors declared him dead at 7.30 pm.

Hospital sources said Dr. Kalam was brought in a critical state and admitted to the ICU.

The government has announced a seven-day state mourning from July 27 to August 2 throughout the country as a mark of respect to the former president.

Kalam had been a visiting professor at the RG-IIM since 2013 and visited the Institute once a year.

i.                    What brought about the death of Dr. Kalam?
           A heart attack brought about the death of Dr. Abdul Kalam.

ii.                  What did Dr. Kalam die of?
            Dr. Kalam died of a heart attack.

iii.                How did Dr. Kalam die?
           He had a heart attack while he was delivering a lecture at the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management and collapsed. He was taken to taken to the Bethany Hospital where the doctors declared him dead at 7.30.

iv.               At what time did he get the heart attack?
          He got the heart attack at around 6.30 pm.

v.                 What was his condition when he was brought to the hospital?
          When he was brought to the hospital, his condition was very critical.

vi.               What was he doing when he got the heart attack?
          When he got the heart attack, he was delivering a lecture at the Rajiv Gandhi                  Indian Institute of Management.

vii.             What was the relationship between the RG-IIM and Dr. Kalam?
           He was a visiting professor at the RG-IIM and visited it once a year.

Q. 2. Read the following passage and answer the question that follow it.

Liberalisation in India, which began more than a decade ago, has been proceeding at a frantic pace. The implications for the corporations in India are significant. This is true of all vertical industry segments across the board such as banking services, airlines, transportation, telecom and manufacturing. One of the most far reaching implications in this liberalised, and hence globalised, regime is the increasing widespread use of state-of-the-art information technology solutions. This is done to gain strategic and competitive advantage vis-à-vis the past. It is worthwhile to examine in some detail the position of enterprises manufacturing systems for the manufacturing industry. Up until recently, manufacturers in India have been a relatively sheltered lot, with the ‘license raj’ regime in the home market on the one hand and lack of global as well as multinational competition on the other. In the current context, however, this protection is being withdrawn in intermittent doses by the Union Government. Alarming though this may sound, this is both a problem and an opportunity for Indian manufacturers with an eye towards growth via the international market place. The problem is that suddenly, they have to compete against the best in the world, albeit in the local market. The opportunity is that if they successfully do so, nothing can really stop them from repeating this success across the globe. It is apart that to achieve the world class status, use of the latest information technology solutions will be a prerequisite. After all, having world class manufacturing processes, world class design processes and a large local market at the same time is of no avail if the organisation cannot produce the right product at the right time and at the right cost. This would also enable them to market their products worldwide using the latest information technology solutions. Liberalisation then will cease to be a dreaded word.

i.                    What is the impact of liberalisation in India?
           The impact of liberalisation is that the Indian manufacturers are beginning to make use of state of the art information of technology in order to compete successfully with the global manufacturers by producing the right product at the right time and at thr right cost.

ii.                  According to the passage, for which of the following industry segments are the implications of liberalisation significant?

a.     Financial services   b. Automobiles    c. Airlines    d. Transportation
        The implications of liberalisation are significant for all these industry segments.

iii.                Why is it advisable for the Indian manufacturers to use the latest information technology solutions?
            It is advisale for them to use the latest information technology solutions because it enables them to produce the right thing at the right time and at the right cost and thus compete successfully with the global manufacturers.

iv.               What are the two most important implications of liberalisation?
          The two most important implications of liberalisation are that i. the Indian Manufacturers have to compete with the international manufacturers in the domestic market and II. if they succeed in this competition, they can market their products in the international market also.

v.                 What is both a problem and an opportunity for the Indian manufacturers? Select the appropriate option(s).

a.     The ‘license raj’ regime in the home market and lack of global as well as multinational competition.

b.     Withdrawal of the ‘license raj’ regime in the home market and introduction of liberalisation and globalisation.

c.      Use of the latest information technology solutions.

d.     Non-use of the latest information technology solutions.

vi.               Liberalisation started in India ……………………….

a.     ten years ago

b.     more than ten years ago

c.      Twenty years ago

d.     Fifty years ago

     vii. Globalisation, according to the passage, is the result of

a.      Liberalisation

b.      License raj

c.       Multinational competition

d.     Information technology solutions

viii.           Which of the following statements is/are true?

a.     The license raj exposed the manufacturers to international competition

b.     The license raj protected the manufacturers from international competition

c.      The license raj did not allow globalisation

d.     The license raj led to healthy competition among the manufacturers.

ix.                The government is withdrawing protection to the local manufacturers

a.     Very fast

b.     Slowly

c.      In an unpredictable manner.

d.     As desired by them

x.                  Globalisation allows the manufacturers to sell their products

a.     In the local markets alone

b.     In the foreign markets alone

c.      Both in domestic and foreign markets

d.     In some selected markets

xi.                Success in the local market can result in

a.     Keeping the manufacturers confined to the local market

b.     Having no desire to sell in the international markets

c.      Success in the international markets

d.     Slow growth of industry

xii.              What provided shelter to the Indian manufacturers?

a.     The license raj

b.     Lack of global competition

c.      Lack of multinational competition

d.     All of the above

Assignment No. 3

The Dean, Community Welfare division, of the BITs super market wants to know whether the supermarket should stay open at night or not. He has deputed you to conduct a survey to ascertain the views of the people. You have interviewed 300 customers to know their views. The results of the survey are given below.

Table showing % response to the question: Do you want the store to stay open at night?

Age Group                Yes                  No                   Don’t Know

10-15                         43.5               38.0               18.5

16-21                         64.2               29.0               6.8

22-30                         54.5               44.0               1.5

31-45                         37.5               47.5               15.0

46-60                         18.4               70.0               11.6

As a Research Officer of the organisation, write a ‘letter report’ to the Dean to enable him to take the necessary decision in this regard. Invent the necessary details.