EEG-02/

BEGE-102

Bachelors Degree Programme

(BDP)

ASSIGNMENT
(for July 2014 and January 2015 sessions)

ELECTIVE COURSE IN ENGLISH 02

The Structure of Modern English

School of Humanities
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068
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Elective Course in English-02 (EEG-02)/(BEGE-102)

Programme Code: BDP
Course Code: EEG-02/BEGE-102/2014-15

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 carefully.
1.

Read the detailed instructions about the assignments given in the Programme Guide for Elective
Courses.

2.

Write your Roll Number, Name, Full Address and Date on the top right corner of the first page of
your response sheet(s).

3.

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).

4.

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.

The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this:
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5.

Use only foolscap size paper for your response sheets and tag all the pages carefully.

6.

Write the relevant question number with each answer.

7.

You should write in your own handwriting.

8.

Submission: Remember to keep a copy of 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:

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Assignment EEG-02/BEGE-102
Assignment Code: EEG-02/BEGE-102/
TMA/2014-15
Max. Marks: 100

Answer all the questions.

1

Write short notes on the following:

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ii
iii
iv

(4x5=20)

The organs of speech

The semi-vowels of English
Stress in English
Content words and grammatical words

2a

What are diphthongs? How are they different from pure vowels? Discuss, giving
examples.
10

2b

What are fricatives? Describe the fricatives of English.

3a

Mark the primary stress in the following words, and state how many syllables are there in
each words.
10
i
ii
iii
iv
v

3b

vi
vii
viii
ix
x

10

contented (mal-, dis-, un-) negative

warn (post-, re-, fore-) before time
oceanic (trans-, inter-) across
author (co-, pro-, bi-) joint
active (ultra-, over-, hyper-) extremely
friend (be-, un-, over-) to make friends with
code (un-, mis-, de-) reverse the action
forest (un-, dis-,de-) deprive of
structure (over-, above-, super-) that which is above something else
nuclear disarmament (super-, counter-, pro-) in favour of something

Fill in the blanks with determiners such as much, every, most, either, any, a few, more,
enough, neither, some, a little, both, no, many
10
i
ii
iii

My brother had good news for me.

Do you have information about the lost child?
I had ..of his nonsense. Now I will not tolerate anything.
3

attitude
engineer
photograph
artistic
biological

Choose the correct prefix from the prefixes given in brackets to express the kind of
meaning indicated for each of the words given below:
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ii
iii
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
x

4a

about
bring
introduction
refugee
authority

10

iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
x
4b

Distinguish between the following, giving examples:

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ii
iii
iv
v

5a

A free morpheme and a bound morpheme

A count noun and a mass noun
A finite verb and a non-finite verb
A defining and a non-defining adjective clause
Explicit and implicit negation

Ravi works for a company..(adjective clause)

I was late..(adverb clause)
We hope ..(noun clause)
She is the teacher..(adjective clause)
None of the students understood ..(noun clause)

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the words given in the brackets. State
whether the affixes attached to the words are inflectional or derivational.
10
i
ii
iii

The (kind) of the stranger (save) my fathers

life.
Sunil and Sunita are(happy), married.
Adit is an (obey) son, much to his parents (satisfy)

They looked very anxious.

I bought a new shirt and pants for the wedding of my sister.
He spoke at the top of his voice.
The watchman was yawning in the morning.
His father scolded him for his poor performance in the examination.

Complete the following sentences with the clauses mentioned in the brackets:
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ii
iii
iv
v

5c

10

Pick out the verbs in the following sentences and say whether they are transitive or
intransitive:
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ii
iii
iv
v

5b

If these arguments were sound, then of the two conclusions

might be drawn.
.passengers were heard complaining against the poor service on the
flight.
He had absolutelyknowledge abut the postponement of the
examination.
of the shirts he bought have proved to be good.
Here is water in the jug for everyone.
The head is the sensitive part of the body.
He spends time teaching than doing research.