ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)
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Course: Compulsory English-II (387)
Level: Intermediate Semester: Spring, 2020
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units 1–5)
Q.1 Read Unit 1 to learn how to express your likes and dislikes and then make 10 sentences expressing your likes and dislikes regarding the following. Use a different expression each time. Follow the example. (10)
Example: I enjoy cooking.
I don’t like cooking at all.
i. Cricket ii. Burger iii. Painting
iv. Morning Walk v. Watching TV
Q.2 Look at the title pages/covers of two different books below. What does each title tell you about the book? Write five sentences (each) guessing the contents each book may have. Read Unit 1 for guidance on previewing. (20)
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Q.3 Use the following words in sentences showing your intentions/plans. Follow the example. Read Unit 2 for guidance. (10)
Example: I may join a college.
Going to, Intend, thinking, Decided, May, Will, Interested, Would
|They ____ come tomorrow. |
|She _______ give interview. |
|He is ________in architecture. |
|I ______ to buy new shirt. |
|Their mother hase______. |
|Nasir ______ be gone by then. |
|I am_______ tell her. |
|We _______ see them again. |
|1 am________ about skipping my class. |
|Zara has not taken any_______. |
Q.4 Read Unit 3 on how to give instructions and then write ten sentences giving instruction to your friend regarding how to play your favorite game. Follow the example. (10)
Example: You have to throw ball as fast as possible.
Q.5 Write an informal letter to your neighbour congratulating them on buying a new car and praising the car. Read Unit 3 for guidance on writing informal letters. (10)
Q.6 You have read in unit 4 how to ask questions to get information. Make question sentences using the following points for getting information. (15)
Example: Place of book from mother
Where are my books mother?
|i. recitation of Quran from mother |
|ii. delivery time from post office. |
|iii. lecture time from playfellow. |
|iv. end of movie from friend. |
|v. review on book from teacher. |
|vi. tast of dish from guests. |
|vii. colour of fabric from shopkeeper. |
|viii. problem in laptop from software expert. |
|ix. Place of hotel from stranger. |
|x. Time of coming from father. |
Q.7 Write a job application letter to the Editor of a newspaper for the vacant post of an assistant. Read Unit 5 to learn how to write job application letters. (10)
Q.8 Read the passage quickly and state what it is about. Also suggest a suitable title for the passage. Read unit 5 for guidance on speed reading. (15)
|Ali was hungry. He walked to the kitchen. He got out some eggs. He took out some oil. He placed a skillet on |
|the stove. Next, he turned on the heat. He poured the oil into the skillet. He cracked the eggs into a bowl. |
|He stirred the eggs. Then, he poured them into the hot skillet. He waited while the eggs cooked. They cooked |
|for two minutes. He heard them cooking. They popped in the oil. |
|Next, Ali put the eggs on a plate. He placed the plate on the dining room table. Ali loved looking at his |
|eggs. They looked pretty on the white plate. He sat down in the large wooden chair. He thought about the day |
|ahead. He ate the eggs with a spoon. They were good. He washed the plate with dishwashing soap. Then, he |
|washed the pan. He got a sponge damp. Finally, he wiped down the table. Next, Ali watched TV. |
ASSIGNMENT No.2
(Unit: 6-9) Total Marks: 100
Q.1 A list of activities is given below. Make sentences by approving or disapproving them according to your own choice. Use a different expression each time. Read Unit 6 for guidance. (10)
Example: Shopping: - I disapprove the people who go for shopping all the time.
|i. Smoking |vi. Fighting |
|ii. Jugging |vii. Cooking |
|iii. Reading |viii. Cycling |
|iv. Telling lie |ix. Bullying |
|v. Drinking milk |x. Day Dreaming |
Q.2 Rewrite the following avoiding unnecessary words. Unit 6 teaches you how to do that. (15)
|i. At this point in time we can't ascertain the reason as to why the screen door was left open. |
|ii. My sister, who is employed as a nutritionist at a University, recommends the daily intake of Vitamin C. |
|iii. There is a desire on the part of many of us to maintain a spring recess for the purpose of getting away |
|from the demands of our studies |
|iv. At what point in time will a downturn in the stock market have a really serious effect on the social life|
|of people as a whole? |
|v. He went on study leave for a period of three years. |
Q.3 Write a paragraph about a traditional marriage ceremony using sequence markers. Read about sequencing in unit 7. (15)
Q.4 Fill in the blanks using appropriate sequence markers. Read unit 7 for
guidance. (10)
|-------------, I visited Karachi to attend a business conference. -------------, I decided to visit the |
|Museum. -----------, my flight was delayed. ____, the airline lost my luggage, so I had to wait for two hours|
|at the airport while they tracked it down. Unexpectedly, the luggage had been set aside and forgotten. ______|
|they found my luggage, I found a taxi and rode into town. ---------- the ride into town, the driver told me |
|about his last visit to the Museum. ____ I had arrived safely, everything began to go smoothly. The business |
|conference was very interesting, and I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the institute. _____, I caught my |
|flight back to Islamabad. ______, everything went smoothly. -------------I arrived home just in time to kiss |
|my daughter goodnight. |
Q.5 In Unit 8 we learnt how to use prefixes and suffixes. Fill in the table with words using the prefixes and suffixes given. Read unit 8 for guidance on vocabulary development. (15)
|Re- | | | | | |
|-Ful | | | | | |
|Non- | | | | | |
|-Ily | | | | | |
|Pre- | | | | | |
Q.6 Read the vocabulary given below. Write down 5 associated words for each using associations and connections. Read unit 8 for vocabulary development. (10)
Example: Star:- galaxy, bright, shine, light, ray.
|Trees |Plastic |Animals |Crockery |Letter |
|family |Electronics |Music |Exercise |Room |
Q.7 Write a paragraph about the image created in your mind by reading the following poem. Take help from Unit 9, Introduction to Poetry. (15)
|A drop fell on the apple tree, |
|Another on the roof; |
|A half a dozen kissed the eaves, |
|And made the gables laugh. |
|A few went out to help the brook, |
|That went to help the sea. |
|Myself conjectured, Were they pearls, |
|What necklaces could be! |
|The dust replaced in hoisted roads, |
|The birds jocoser sung; |
|The sunshine threw his hat away, |
|The orchards spangles hung. |
|The breezes brought dejected lutes, |
|And bathed them in the glee; |
|The East put out a single flag, |
|And signed the fete away. |
Q.8 Write ten sentences having words with alliteration. Follow the examples. Consult unit 9 for guidance. (10)
Examples: Our financial future fell into a freefall.
Change the channel for Chanda.
The barbarians broke through the barricade.
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