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Assignment – EEG-02/BEGE-102

The Structure of Modern English

Assignment Code: EEG-02/BEGE-102/

TMA/2017-18

Max. Marks: 100

Answer all the questions.

1a Write brief notes on two of the following:

10

i Semantically negative sentences

ii The importance of Intonation

iii Inflectional affixes

iv Diphthongs in English

1b Identify free and bound morphemes in the following words: 5

logical, infamous, approachable, unfortunate, attached

1c Transcribe the following words using phonetic symbols: 5

grind, enough, retain, that, dinner

2a Identify the number of syllables in the following words: 5

balcony, happy, laboratory, dissatisfy, between

2b Mark the stress syllables in the above words. 5

2c Write a short note on compounds in English, giving examples. 10

3a Write short notes on any two of the following, giving examples: 10

i tense and aspect

ii inflectional paradigm of an adverb

iii regular and irregular verbs

3b What is the sentence pattern of each of the following sentences: 10

i Ashima ran fast.

ii The boy fell down.

iii Alka felt lonely.

iv Aditya believed the girl.

v Meghna sent her mother a letter.

vi Pooja is a pretty girl.

vii Maanik is standing outside.

viii The teacher scolded the students.

ix They are crazy.

x The children sang well.

Answer 1

3b
1past indefinite
a past
past;past
past p
past

present indefinitely
present continuous
present p
present indefinite
present indefinite
past indefinite