02/01/2025
Honours 2nd year Non-Major English
Examination 02-01-2025
11. Punctuate and capitalize the following passage:
Once I asked a sweet little girl, "What is your mother’s name?" She replied cleverly, "I know my mother’s name but I won’t tell you that." I said, "What a clever girl you are! I don’t tell my mother’s name to anybody whom I don’t know." She spoke with an air of confidence.
12. Change the following words as directed and make sentences with the changed words (any five):
* (a) Happiness (Adverb): Happily - I happily accepted the invitation to the party.
* (b) Symbol (Verb): Symbolize - The dove symbolizes peace.
* (c) Pure (Noun): Purity - The purity of the water was essential for the experiment.
* (d) Passion (Adjective): Passionate - He was a passionate advocate for environmental protection.
* (e) Large (Verb): Enlarge - The company plans to enlarge its operations next year.
* (f) Deceive (Noun): Deception - The politician's deception was exposed in the media.
* (g) Weight (Verb): Weigh - The doctor weighed the baby before giving it a vaccination.
13. Change the following words as directed and make sentences with the changed words (any five):
* (a) Mental (Antonym): Physical - The doctor recommended physical therapy for the patient.
* (b) More (Synonym): Greater - The greater the challenge, the greater the reward.
* (c) Famous (Antonym): Unknown - The artist remained unknown for most of his life.
* (d) Shallow (Synonym): Superficial - The politician's speech was superficial and lacked substance.
* (e) Optimistic (Antonym): Pessimistic - The pessimistic outlook made it difficult to find solutions.
* (f) Urban (Antonym): Rural - The family moved from the city to a rural area.
* (g) Rare (Synonym): Scarce - The species is scarce and in danger of extinction.
14. Translate the following passage into English:
Ants are very hardworking. They spend all day searching for food. They store food for the rainy days. Though they are small creatures, they are very tolerant and cautious. We have a lot to learn from their lives.