English Fluency-I — DU B. A. (Prog) English Previous Year Question Papers

3. Answer a total of six questions, of which 3 are from Part A and 3 are from Part B. Answer any three questions. (3x10=30) Write a diary entry in about 150 words describing how you spent your last day in school. 2. As a first-year student, write a blog in about 200 words about how incorporating positive thinking into the everyday learning process boosts a student's overall academic performance. 3. Write a paragraph in about 150 words discussing the importance of good health among students focusing on physical, mental, and emotional well-being. 4. Answer the questions following the instructions given : (i) I _ (hear) your speech last night. (use appropriate verb) (ii) There is/are/am many girls in the auditorium, (choose the correct form) (ili) Suresh (works/work) in a factory, (choose the correct form of verb) (iv) Radha has been waiting (for/since) evening. (fill in the suitable preposition) (vi) I am very fond - (of, about) drinking green tea. (fill in the suitable preposition) (vii) He is - singer. (use a/an) (viii) There was - elephant in the field. (use a/an) (ix) He was late by . . hour for the meeting. 5. Read the passage given below, identify 10 mistakes and rewrite the passage with corrections. (1) this town was an ordinary place (2) at least on the surface. (3) the residents went about their daily lives (4) unaware of the darkness that lurked beneath. (5) but one man, (6) ben a theatre artist seeking solitude (7) sensed that something was odd. (8) as he delved deeper into the towns (9) history, he uncovered a web of secrets and horrors that threatened to consume the entire community. He tried to catch the main person (10) but in vain. Answer any three questions. (3×20=60) 6. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : Raju and Ramesh lived in the same village. While Ramesh owned the biggest garment store in the area, Raju was a potter who struggled to sell even a few clay pots each week. Both men had large families with many children and grandchildren. One day, tired of his hardships, Raju decided to leave the village and try his luck in the city. He gathered his family and set out. By evening, they stopped under a huge banyan tree. A small pond nearby gave them water to freshen up. Raju asked all the family members to help in preparing the place, from clearing the ground and fetching water to arranging stones for the fire and gathering dry twigs. None of them knew that a frightened magician, who had just escaped from a group of thieves, was hiding on a high branch of the tree with his bag of magical items. The magician watched Raju's family working together despite having so little. He noticed they had nothing to cook. When Raju's: wife asked, -"Everything is ready, but what shall we eat?", Raju simply smiled and said, "Don't worry. Someone above will surely help us." The magician was moved by