Assignment No. 2(Fall 2011)

English Comprehension (ENG101)                     

Total Marks: 15

due date 21-11-2011

Objectives:

• To enhance and test students’ knowledge of grammatical terms, and their usage.
• To assess students’ knowledge of Text Organization.

Instructions:

1. 1.      No assignment will be accepted via e-mail after the due date.
2. 2.      Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else without acknowledging the actual author. It also means copying and pasting the material from handouts and internet source without rephrasing it in his/her own words.

Questions:

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though; 
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Q1: What do you infer after reading the above lines” Stopping by Woods on a

        Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost?                                         (5)

Q2: Define different ways through which characters are revealed to a reader in the

       given story?                                                                                 (5)

Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim, her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling-something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

Q3: Read the sentences carefully and decide which one of the four choices comes

       closest in meaning to the underlined words.                               (5)

Solution:

1: The voters were so upset about the outcome of the election that a skirmish broke out      and the police had to break it up.

1.   fight
2. sunshine
3. hurricane
4. creature

2: The tornado annihilated the whole town to the point that nothing was left standing.

1. destroyed
2. saved
3. created
4. constructed

3: Katie appeared infallible in math class because she had never gotten a problem wrong.

1. mistaken
2. wrong
3. incorrect
4. never wrong

4: The professor was a favorite among the students at the college. His sagacity was helpful to them as they pursued their degrees. The professor was known to use his experience, insight, and common sense to help students pursue their education.

1. silliness
2. thoughtlessness
3. wisdom
4. negligence

5. A sleuth, such as Sherlock Holmes, can be very helpful in solving crimes.

1. senior citizen
2. detective
3. man
4. pilot