AEC01 - English Previous year Question Paper

             GONDWANA UNIVERSITY 

         B.Com / B.sc (NEP) - Semester -1

AEC01 - English - Introduction to English Grammer

Time: Two Hours Max.      Marks: 40

WINTER 2024

1.A) Do as directed any six. 1 × 6 = 6

1) July is my favorite month of the year. (Pick out the noun, any two)

ii) My father used to smoke too much but how he has given up. (identify the pronoun)

iii) Abhay won the second prize. (Pick out on adjective)

iv) He always forgets to play. (identify the verb)

v) I can't forget the day when I first met him. (Pick out the adverb)

vi) Define the preposition.

vii) What is the use of conjunction?

viii) Where do interjection take place commonly ?

B) Do as directed any four. 1 × 4 = 4

i) He lost his purse on his way to the market. (identify the type of sentence)

ii) Do we live to eat? (Change into an assertive sentences)

iii) We can never forget our national heroes. (change into an interrogative sentence)

iv) He is not always active. (Change into affirmative sentence)

v) She speaks too fast to be understood. (identify the sentence-simple compound or complex)

vi) When the girl saw the snake she cried. (change into simple sentence)

2. A) Do as directed any six. 1 × 6 = 6

i) My brother gets up at '7' o'clock (identify the tense)

ii) I have paid ten rupees for this pen. (change into simple past tenses)

iii) When I met him yesterday afternoon he looked tired because he (work) since down. (change into past perfect continuous tense)

iv) The sun had risen. (Identify the tense)

v) She will have left before you go to see her. (identify the tense)

vi) I have nice time at you home. (Change into simple past tense)

vii) We will be staying here till Sunday. (Identify the tense)

B) Fill the blanks with appropriate form of the verb any four. 1 × 4 = 4

i) My trousers………… (get) too small round the waist.

ii) He…….. (teach) English since ten years.

ⅲ) I……… (write) an important letter, don't disturb me. 

iv) The meeting ………(begin) at 5.30.

v) The sun……….(shine) during the day.

vi) I will speak to himself when he…….(Come)

A) Change the voice of the following sentences. Any three. 2 × 3 = 6

i) They expect the report to come out next month.

ii) Rupa is washing the clothes.

iii) They invited me to the party.

iv) Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal.

B) Change the degree of the following sentences . Any four. 1 × 4 = 4

1) Mahesh is the cleverest boy in the class. (change into positive degree)

ii) Madras is one of the biggest cities in India. (change into comparative degree)

iii) No other country in the world is as rich as the USA. (change into superlative degree)

iv) Anand is not so tall as Ahmed. (change into comparative degree)

v) Laxmi is not more beautiful than Sita. (change into positive degree)

vi) Akbar was greater than most other kings. (change into superlative degree)

4.A) Change the narration of the following sentences. Any three. 2 × 3 = 6

i) "The film is interesting". He said.

ii) "Please don't disturb me". She said

iii) Amar said, "the garden is very beautiful".

iv) "Are you going to marry her", I asked him.

B) Punctuate the following sentences .

 Any two. 2 × 2 = 4

i) Good afternoon Anand said Joseph will you lend me your car for on hour.

ii) We always take a lot of food bread egg tomatoes Potato chips pickles and fruit.

iii) We have to give up our holiday plan the dates don't work out.

iv) Yes sir he said will meet you again.