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ASSIGNMENT 2011 - 2012 (For July 201 1 and January 2012 sessions)
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School of Humanities Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068
Dear Student. You need to attempt one assignment for the Elective Course in English-02. This assignment is Tutor Marked (TMA) and carries 100 marks. The TMA is concerned mainly with assessing your application and your understanding of the course material. It aims to teach as well as to assess your performance. Instructions: Before attempting the assignment please read the following instructions carel'ully.
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Read the detailed instructions about the assignments given in the Programme Guide for Elective Courses. Write your Roll Number, Name, Full Address and Date on the top right comer of the first page of your response sheet(s). Write the Course Title, Assignment Number and the Name of the Study Centre you are attached to in the centre of the first page of your response sheet(s). Do not plan to take the terminal examination for the course if you have not done the assignment set for it first. You will not be permitted to do so.
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The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this: Roll No. ............................... Name: ................................. Address ................................. Course Title: ......................... Assignment No: ..................... Study Centre .........................
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Use only foolscap size paper for your response sheets and tag all the pages carefully. Write the relevant question number with each answer. You should write in your own handwriting. Submission: Remember to keep a copy o f your assignment with you and to take a receipt from your Study Centre when you submit the assignment. The completed assignment should be sent to the Coordinator at the Study Centre allotted to you. Last Date for Submission of Assignment is: For June Exam For December Exam 31 st March 3othSeptember
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Good luck!
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Remember the submission of assignment is precondition of permission of appearing i n 1 examination. If you have not submitted the assignment in time you will not be allowed to appear in examination.
Assignment
Assignment Code: EEG-OZIBEGE-I021 TMA/2011-12 Max. Marks: 100 Note: Answer all questions
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Nasal consonants in English Stress and rhythm in connected speech Auxiliary verbs Conversion
Write down the phonetic symbol for the diphthongs represented by the underlined letter(s) in the following words according to British R.P. (10) v vi vii air PWr chajr id=
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Give examples of the following descriptions of English consonants. The first one is done (5) for you.
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Voiced bilabial stop/plosive 4 b / Voiced palate-alveolar affricate Glottal fricative Voiceless alveolar fricative Bilabial nasal Velar nasal
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What do you understand by derivational and inflectional affixes? In what respects are they different and similar? Give examples. (15) Add prefixes to the following words. Write what type of prefix (negative, reversative, number, degree, etc.) it is: (5)
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noon associate
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Make sentences on the following patterns (one sentence for one pattern):
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Read the passage and insert alan, the at the appropriate place.
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. Hina: You all know why I've called this meeting. The Funtime Park has had ............ serious drop in income over .............. last 6 months. Liza has circulated ......... report in which she makes it clear that she feels this is only ........ temporary setback and she expects ............ Park to return to profitability in ......... first half of next year. Now, we have three options facing us: one is to close ............ Park completely; ........... second is to keep it open but on ........... much reduced scale and therefore cut cost and ......... third, is to continue as before. 1 think we've all had time to analyze the figures so I'd like to confine this meeting to your assessment and conclusions. Hiten, how do you see it?
Hiten: Very dimly, I'm afraid. I see no evidence that the Park will return to profitability next year or for that matter at any time in the foreseeable future... 5a Supply the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets:
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He was having his lunch when the bell (ring). She usually gets up at 5 but this week she holidays. (get up) I married him and to England. (go) He this house in 1950. (build) . (come) John had come before Mary
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Radha is sitting the front row. A window the master bedroom is broken. The notification will be obeyed all. He died T.B. He was killed a sword.
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Rain (verb) Water (verb) Light (adjective) Trip (noun) Air (noun)
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She likes tea. My brother is an athlete. Everybody knows that the Earth is round. He is the one whom I like most. You can go by train or you can take a bus.