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English Comprehension

Objective:

The objective of this assignment is to check student's knowledge of English grammar; sentence fragments, correction of sentences, and pair of words. It will help students to improve their written expression and to get command over these grammatical rules.

Instructions

1. Late assignments will not be accepted.
2. Plagiarism will never be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else as if it was his or her own or just copy pastes the material from handouts or any internet source without rephrasing it in his/her own words.

Q1: Choose the correct option from given pair of words for each sentence.

We shall have to (accept, except) everyone (accept, except) executives from the meeting. If you can (affect, effect) a plan of procedure which will (affect, effect) all departments, we shall be glad to give it due consideration. A (genial, congenial) person is one with a (genial, congenial) disposition.

Both interest and (principal, principle) are due next month.

The scene proved to be merely an optic (allusion, illusion).

 Q2: The following sentences contain errors. Rewrite them by adding details or changing words where necessary.

1. People starves when he has no money.
2. The boy who does best he will get a prize.
3. Every one is frightened when they see a tiger.
4. One can learn her lesson if she applies her mind to it.
5. He, I and you were present there.
6. He came to me to enquire what is the salary attached to the appointment.

Q3: Turn each fragment into a sentence by using methods you have learnt.

The class often starts late. For example, yesterday at quarter after nine.

After I learned the price of new cars. I decided to keep my old station wagon.

Bill asked for a loan. Which he promised to pay back in two weeks.

Although I arrived to class late.

The truck skidded on the rain-slick highway. But missed a telephone pole on the side of the road.

Michelle ate the many appetizers on the table. And then found that, when the dinner arrived, her appetite had gone.

With the ultimate effect of all advertising is to sell the product.

For doing freelance work for a competitor got Phil fired.

For example, sharing time with everyone with whom we have spent a great part of our lives.