MidTerm Spring 2009 Paper ENG001- Elementary English

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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
  

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.