ENG201 Business and Technical English Assignment No. 04 Fall January 2011-2012

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Business and Technical English (ENG201)

Fall 2011





Assignment No. 04

Total Marks: 15

Lecture: 30-40

Due Date: January 23, 2012





Objectives:



The assessment of students’ understanding, also get them motivated for acquiring conceptual knowledge and practical application of the grammatical rules.





Instructions



Late assignments will not be accepted.
If the file is corrupt or problematic, it will be marked zero.
Plagiarism will never be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else as if it was his or her own; however, taking the ideas from different sources and to express it in your own words will be encouraged.
If any assignment is found copied work, no marks will be awarded and the case may be referred to the head of the department for disciplinary action.
No assignment will be accepted via e-mail.
The file should be in Word doc form; the font color should be preferably black and font size can be 12 Times New Roman.









Q1. Good and famous writers just don’t fall from sky rather acquire their art of good writing from this very world. Explain in detail how world teaches them to create writing master pieces by avoiding certain frequent writing lapses and problems. (05 marks)





Q2. Correct the sequence of Tenses in the following sentences. (05 marks)



Ali said that he had worked hard all day, that he was tired and that he will go to bed early.
The boy ran away from home. He will never come back.
Had the man ever told you that he has been beaten by her wife first time?
The man reported the fact that he has heard a shot in the street to the police.

John had a very good memory, which he had always thought of as a great advantage. He stores up the things his friends said to him and if he did not understand them.



Q3- Part 1 (2 marks)



Directions:



Read the given passages below and choose the correction that fixes the fragment.



1. Scooting the glass of iced tea closer to her plate. Brave Vanessa dipped the tortilla chip into Pedro’s infamous hot sauce.

a) Scooting the glass of iced tea closer to her plate, brave Vanessa dipped the tortilla chip into Pedro's infamous hot sauce.

b) Scooting the glass of iced tea closer to her plate brave Vanessa dipped the tortilla chip into Pedro's infamous hot sauce.

c) Brave Vanessa dipped the tortilla chip into Pedro's infamous hot sauce scooting the glass of iced tea closer to her plate.



2. As he scrubbed the tile grout with the toothbrush and bleach. Nick vowed never again to let the bathroom get so filthy.

a) As he scrubbed the tile grout with a toothbrush and bleach Nick vowed never again to let the bathroom get so filthy.

b) As he scrubbed the tile grout with a toothbrush and bleach, Nick vowed never again to let the bathroom get so filthy.

c) Nick vowed never again to let the bathroom get so filthy, as he scrubbed the tile grout with a toothbrush and bleach.



Q3- Part-2 (3 Marks)

Directions:

Read the sentences below. Then decide whether or not it contains an error in parallel structure.

3. Pancakes dripping with syrup, coffee steaming in big mugs, and bacon frying on the stove make breakfast at Grandma’s house a real treat.

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Question # 3:-



Part 1:-



Directions:-

Read the given passages and choose the correction that fixes fragment.



1. Scooting the glass of iced tea closer to her plate. Brave Vanessa dipped the tortilla chip into Pedro’s infamous hot sauce.





Answer:-



Scooting the glass of iced tea closer to her plate, brave Vanessa dipped the tortilla chip into Pedro’s infamous hot sauce.





As he scrubbed the tile grout with the toothbrush and bleach. Nick vowed never again to let the bathroom get so filthy.



Answer:-



As he scrubbed tile grout with a toothbrush and bleach, Nick vowed never again to let the bathroom get so filthy





Part 2:-

Directions:-



Pancakes dripping with syrup, coffee steaming in big mugs, and bacon frying on the stove make breakfast at Grandma’s house a real treat.



Answer:-



No! This sentence is error free!





Le’ Ron scowled at Professor Nguyen, was muttering under his breath, and sighed heavily, but in truth he loved taking algebra exam.

Answer:-



Yes! This sentence is error free!





Skipping the directions, hurrying to finish first, and neglecting to recheck her work have caused Claudia to fail every calculus exam this semester.



Answer:-



No! This sentence is error free!