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Code

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9CP-01-E

I

Semester

Diploma

Examination,

May

2012

COMMERCIAL

PRACTICE

BOARI)

ENGLISH

COMMUNICATION

Time:3Hoursl

tMax.Marks:100

Instructions

: (1)

Answer

all

questions

as

directed.

(2)

Spelling

and

grammatical effors shall

be

penalized.

(3)

Answers

to

the

Question

Nos. I

&

II

are

to be based

on

the

prescribed

text only.

I.

Fill

in the blanks

:

5xl:t

(1)

'The Death

of a

Hero' is written

by

(2)

Della's life

was

made

up

of sobs,

and smiles.

(3)

The divine 'amrita'was thought

to

confer

(4)

Todd owed the author one dollar

for

months.

(5)

Lack of positive

stunt the

psychological

growth.

III. Answer any twelve of the

following

questions

in

two or three

sentences

each : 12

x

2:24

(1)

What

does

Lincoln suggest

his

son be

taught to sell to the highest

bidder

?

What

should he not

sell ?'

(2)

What

is

the ultimate

teaching

the

author

(Lineoln)

recommends and to what

result

?

(3)

How

did Della

save the money ?

(4)

Describe the

two

possessions

of

James and

Della.

(5)

What

are

the

causes of

soil'drosion ?

(6)

What

measures

can

be taken to check

soil

erosion

?

(7)

What

damage had more caused

to

one

of

his

classmates ?

(8)

Why did

Mr.

Thakor

approach

Mr. Tagde

?

(9)

Name the

six

pillars

of self esteem.

(10)

How does the author

recall

the

incident of lending

a

dollar to Todd ?

(11)

What

is the outcome of allying thought

with

purpose

?

(12)

.

What

are

the means by which

the weakest soul can

grow

divinely strong ?

(13)

What does information mean

?

(14)

Define

'public authority'

according to the

Right to Information Act.

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9CP-01-E

2

il.

Write

short notes

on

any

two

of

the

following

(1)

Summary

of

'Thought

and

Purpose'

in

your

own

words'

g

il:ffi:H;i :::i, formarion

that

are

not

meant

for

disclosure

under

Rrr.

N.

GRAMMAR:

(1)

Identify

the

parts

of

speech

of

the

underlined

words

:

TheY

are

verY

good

PlaYers'

a)Pickoutthecountablenounsonlyinthefollowingandnamethem.

We

bought

apples'

oranges'

milk

and

sugar

for

dinner'

(3)

Fill

in

the

blanks

with

some'

a

little'

few'

many'

much

or

any

:

money.

see

the

doctor

tomorrow'

I come

in

Sir

?

swim

faster

than

her

brother'

2x5=10

2

xl

i=2

2

xl=2

6xL=6

3x1.=3

8x1=8

your

studies

and't'otind

a

(a) She

Lakshmi

want

to

go

to

beach'

(0

By

this

time

next

summer'

You

job.

(cornPlete)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(0

(4)

Fill

(b)

(c)

She

wants

Don't

Put

sugar

in

mY

tea'

There

is

water

in

the

tank'

He

doesn't

Put

sPice

in

his food'

in

the

blanks

using

suitable

auxiliaries

:

(s)

Fill

in

the

blanks

with

suitable

form

of

the

verbs

in

brackets

:

ilt ffi'-^

*'

you

(do)whentheaccidentoccurred?

(c)

Sharon

tf *l

to

travel.

She

(go)

abroad

almost

every

summer'

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4

9CP-01-E

3

(6)

Fill

in

the

blanks using

the passive

form of

the

verbs,in

brackets

:

When

I

was

11

years

old,

I

didn't

like

the

place.

We

(make)

to

run 2 kms.

We

(7)

Fill

in

the blanks

with

appropriate

negative

verbs

:

Raj

--

know

what

to

do;

he

lost

the

book.

(send)

to

a

residential

school.

I

(wake)

up

by

6

o'clock

and

4xl:4

(not,.allow)

to

go

out.

2xl:2

tell

Kaushik

that

he had

2xl:2

4xl:4

2xl:2

2xl:2

4xl:4

(8)

Fill

(a)

(b)

in

the

blanks

with

suitable

interrogatives

:

girl

won

the

trekking

competition

?

long is

the

program

?

(9)

Fill

in

the blanks

with

suitable prepositions

:

(a)

Newton

was

sitting

an apple

tree.

(b)

Ratna

was

speaking

_

me.

(c)

She

is

diving

the

pool.

the

wall.

d)

There

is

a calendar

(10)

Supply suitable

question

tags

:

(a)

You

can

swim,

_

?

(b)

She

doesn't

know

you,

_

?

(1

1)

in

the

blanks

with

very/too

:

much.

young

to

decide

things

on her

own.

(12)

Use

the

following

idioms

and phrases

in

sentences

6f your

own

:

(a)

in

respect

of

(b)

on

the

other

hand

(c)

in

terms

of

(d)

to look

after

Fill

(a)

o)

I

like

sweets

She is

V.

COMPOSruION:

(1)

construct

a readable

story

from

the

outline

given

berow

:

5

'

An

old lady

becomes

blind

-

calls

doctor

-

promises

to

pay

heavy

fees

if

cured

-

else

not

-

doctor

visits

daily

-

steals

lady's

furniture

o .

Uy one

-

delays

the

cure

-

finally

cures

her

-

demands

fees

-

lady

cleverly

refuses

to

pay

-

doctor

files

a

court

case

-

judge

asks

lady

why

she

did

not

pay

-

she says

cure not

complete

-

sl;e

can't

see

all

her

furniture

-

judge

understands

what

has

happened

-

gives

verdict

in

her

favour.

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9CP-01-E

4

(2)

Write

a

paragraph

of

not rnore

than

100

words

using

the

following

points

:

5

Music

therapy'

improves

physical

and

emotional

well

being

-

brings positive

changes

in

behaviour

-

activities

like

singing,

playing

instniments,

moving

to

music

-

listening

-

any

kind

of

music

-

develops

skills

-

overall

development

like

attention,

self

esteem

and

self

expression.

(3)

Read

the

following

passage

and

write

a summary

of

it

in

length

:

Speech

and

writing

are

the

two

skills

of

a language.

The

sounds

of

speech

arid

the

letters

of

writing

are

in

themselves

meaningless,

but

they

are

combined

according

to

the

underlying

system

of language

to

convey

specific

meaning

and

perform

specific functions'

As

skills

speech

and

rvriting

are concrete,

whereas

the underlying

system

of language

is

abstract.

ln

terms

of

physical

features,

speech

consists

of

sounds

that

are perceived

by

the

ear

and

is

therefore

ephemeral,

whereas

writing

consists

of

marks

on

a surface

that

are per.ceived

by

the

eye

and

is

therefore

permanent.

Though

speech

and

rvriting

function

independeltly

as media

of

language,

it

is porribl.

to

transfer

speech

into

writing

and

vice

versa,

because

writing

is

a

symbolic

representation

of

speech.

(4)

Read

the

following

passage

and answer

the questions

rhat

follow

:

Here

is

an interesting

story

to

show

how

follou'ing

someone

blinclly

can

be

a

foolish

thing

to

do.

Once

Coolidge,

the

President

of

Urit d

States

of

America

invited

some

diplomats

to

a

dinner

party

atthe

\\hite

House.

Guests

were

new

to

the

country

and

were

attending

such

a

part1,

tbr

the

first

time.

They

were

afraid

that

their

table

manners

might

displease

the

president.

So thel,decided

to

follow

what he

said.

The

party

went

on

smoothll'till

the

coffee

.,'r-as

served.

The

President

poured

a cup

of

coffee

into

the

saucer.

The

guests

did

the

same.

The

President

added

sugar

and

cream.

So did

the

guests.

Then

the

president

just

bent

down

and

place

the

saucer

on the

floor

for

his

cat.

All

the

guests

were

taken

aback.

(a)

why

did

the

guests

follow

president

coolidge

blindly

?

t

I

I

I

I

(b)

The diplomats were afraid that

(c)

'The

guests

were

taken

aback,.

(d)

The

Presidentjust

bent

whv

?

(e)

Pick

out antonyms

of

the

following

words

from

the

passage

and

write.

(i)

Host x

(ii)

Clever

x

not

more

tnan

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