MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2009
ENG001- Elementary English (Session - 3)

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A list of technical words or expressions used in a field of study or book is,
  • Etymology
  • Glossary
  • Syllabication
  • Derivation

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of following shows how the word is divided when the word is separated at the
end of a line of print?
  • Glossary
  • Syllabication
  • Etymology
  • Derivation


Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
To arrange a text in a coherent form refers to
  • Revising
  • Organizing
  • Drafting
  • Proofreading


Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of the followings is a Readability Test; used to achieve appropriate
readability?
  • Invention Index
  • PSk index
  • FIG index
  • PRK Index


Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which is a proper noun?
  • Flower brother
  • Restaurant
  • Pizza hut
  • Beans


Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of the followings contains an adverb?
  • Good question
  • Friendly people
  • Went quickly
  • Free time


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Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
What is the form of the 3rd person singular feminine subject pronoun?
  • It
  • She
  • Her
  • Mine


Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
How many articles are in the sentence given below?
That was the best movie I have seen in a year.
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3


Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
PSK is stands for:
  • Proper-Sumer-Kearl
  • Primary-Sumer-Kearl
  • Pointed-Sumer-Kearl
  • Power-Sumer-Kearl


Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
SMOG Index stands for:
  • Simple Measure of Gobbledygook
  • Short Measure of Gobbledygook
  • Simple Management of Gobbledygook
  • Simplest measure of Gobbledygook


Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A leading journalist leaked out the famous wheat scandal and the names of five top
culprits in his article; it moved high officials to take immediate action. Which trait
of the columnist it highlights?
  • Accuracy
  • Credibility
  • Concreteness
  • Congeniality


Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the correct option.
The weather ____________ usually cool in October.
  • are
  • were
  • in
  • is


Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the correct option.
Books are indication of a person's education.
  • Exclamatory Sentence
  • Declarative Sentence
  • Interrogative Sentence
  • Imperative Sentence


Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Click on the option you think is correct.
Put the books at the front of the room.
  • Declarative sentence
  • Interrogative sentence
  • Imperative sentence
  • Exclamatory sentence


Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the correct option.
Copy the best example you can find.
  • Exclamatory sentence
  • Imperative sentence
  • Interrogative sentence
  • Declarative sentence


Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which verb can be both singular and plural?
  • Is
  • Am
  • Do
  • Has


Question No: 17 ( Marks: 2 )
On which grounds does a good writer usually proofread his or her produced work?

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 2 )
Write doesn't or don't to complete each sentence.
1. I ___________________ want to give up, Grandpa.
2. "No, he ___________________," Grandpa said.

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 3 )
Choose the correct pronoun in each sentence
1. If anyone has an opinion about capital punishment, _____ should state it.
a.) he
b.) they
2. Because the members of the Chemistry class did poorly on the exam, ____ had to take
a make-up exam.

a.) they
b.) it

3. Due to the fact that my car is older than other cars, I don't expect ____ to run in the
winter.
a.) them
b.) it

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 5 )
Write down qualities essential to write well? Discuss at least three of them.

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 10 )
“A good writer is highly investigative in his approach”, How far do you agree with this
statement. Give your answer with reference to general qualities of a good writer.