Test Papers / Previous Question Papers of Indira Gandhi National Open University CTE2 The Structure of English December 2006

CERTIFICATE IN TEACHING OF ENGLISH
Term-End Examination

CTE-2 : The Structure of English

Time: 2 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

Note : Attempt Any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.

Note : All questions are compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Write short notes on any four of the following : 4x5:20

(i) Register

(ii) Stress Pattern in Indian English

(iii) Referential and emotive meaning

(iv) Free and Bound Morpherne

(v) Cohesion

(vi) Word Compounding

2. (a) Mention some of the syntactic and stylistic features that distinguish Indian English different from British English. 10

(b). What do you understand from 'native' and 'non - native' varieties of a language ? Briefly comment the use of English as a second and foreign language. 10

3. (a) What are the factors which bring about coherence in a text ? Mention briefly how coherence is different from cohesion.

(b) Explain briefly Grice's four maxims, giving examples to illustrate your answer. 10

4. (a)What are the difficulties caused by the spelling system of English ? How do phonetic symbols help us in resolving these difficulties ? Explain with a few examples. 10

(b) Which vowel sounds are represented by "ough" in the following words: 5

(i) bough

(ii) dough

(iii) through

(iv) cough

(v) tough

5. (a)Identify the inflectional and derivational suffixes in the following words : 5

(i) lovelier

(ii) friendliness

(iii) elephants

(iv) comfortably

(v) supportive

(b) Identify the noun clause(s), adjective clause(s) and adverb clause(s) in the following senteuces. You must pick out five such clauses. 5

(i) We do not know how many million years ago whales lived on land but we do know that they are one of the oldest groups of mammals.

(ii) She is looking for a place where she can stay in comfort but she does not know anyone who can help her in this.

(iii) When the bell rang, she was having her meal.

(c) Some of the sentences given below have errors. Write the correct version of the incorrect sentences. Also indicate which sentences are correct 5

(i) I wanted to find out why had they left the town in a hurry.

(ii) I look forward to seeing you soon.

(iii) They have been working here for 15^th of December.

(iv) I'll wait for him till he doesn't come.

(v) They are coming to stay with us, isn't it ?

(d) Fill in the blanks with an appropriate phrasal verb from those given below. You may have to change the form of the verb. 5

make out, carry on, look into, come forward, bring up.

(i) There's a fault in the machine and we are ____________ it.

(ii) No one has so far ____________ about the robbery.

(iii) I could hear voices, but I couldn't ___________ what they were saying.

(iv) I think both parents should be involved in ___________ the children.

(v) He ___________ with the lecture in spite of the noise in the seminar.

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