Assignment No. 2 for B. Tech. (CSE) Sem. I October 2019

Assignment No. 2 for B. Tech. (CSE) Sem. 1

To be submitted by 28. 10 2019

Q.1. Use the correct tense.

1.     I will help him if he ------------ (ask) me to.

2.     You will succeed if you -------- (work) hard.

3.     You cannot top the class unless you ---------- (work) with dedication.

4.     I will withdraw my resignation provided that they ---------- (give) me an additional increment.

5.     We shall start the game as soon as the chief guest --------- (arrive).

6.     When the train ---------- (arrive), everybody rushes towards it.

7.     It was raining when we --------- (start) on our journey.

8.     When I saw him for the first time, he ---------- (wear) a red shirt.

9.     I work in the fields while he --------- (work) in the office.

10. Father slept while mother ---------- (prepare) breakfast.

Q. 2. Use the correct voice (active or passive) of the verbs given in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. The tense to be used is also indicated at the end of the sentence.

1.     The rain ------------ (benefit) the crops. (Present perfect)

2.     Every man ---------------- (love) his country. (Present Indefinite)

3.     The guilty ------------- (certainly punish). (Future Indefinite)

4.     Farmers -------------- (harvest) the crop before the rains came. (Past perfect)

5.     The houses ----------- (clean) thoroughly before Diwali. (Present Indefinite)

6.     Wheat ---------- (sow) these days. (Present continuous)

7.     He ------- (write) this book for the last six months. (Present perfect continuous)

8.     The boy ---------- (scold) by the father for using foul language. (Past indefinite)

9.     A play ---------- (enact) in the theatre when I arrived there. (Past continuous)

10. All the mangoes ------------- (ripen) by the end of this month. (Future perfect)

Q. 3.  A. Change the voice:-

1.     Let me open the box.

2.     The car had been parked by the post office.

3.     Who is playing the piano?

4.     The winner of the contest will be awarded 50000 rupees.

5.     Finish this job by noon.

B. Change the narration:-

1.     The student said to the teacher, “Pardon me this time. I will not make this                   mistake again.

2.     My father said to me, “Why are you afraid of the examination?”

3.     The speaker said, “Hard work always pays in the long run.”

4.     The stranger said to me, “Can you show me the way to the railway station?”

5.     The sage said to his followers, “Forget the past, do not worry about the future             and learn to live in the present.”







Solutions

Question 1.
1. asks       2. work         3.work             4. give         5. arrives     6. arrives
7. started      8.was wearing      9. works     10. prepared

Question 2

1. has benefited    2. loves    3. will certainly be punished    4. had harvested    5. are cleaned    6. is being sown    7. has been writing    8.was scolded    
9. was being enacted     10. will ripen

Question 3.

A. 
1. Let the box be opened by me.     or    You are requested to let me open the box.      or I should be allowed to open the box     2. We had parked the car by the post office.      3. By whom is the piano being played?     4. They will award the winner of the contest 50000 rupees.   or They will award 50000 rupees to the winner of the contest.     5.Let this job be finished by noon.
B.
1. The student requested the teacher to pardon him that time and promised that he would not make the mistake again.
2. My father asked me why I was afraid of the examination.
3. The speaker told the audience that hard work always pays in the long run.
4. The stranger aske me if I could show him the way to the railway station.
5. The sage advised his followers to forget the past, not to worry about the future and to learn to live in the present.