IGNOU BEGE-102: THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN ENGLISH December, 2017 SOLVED QUESTION PAPER

Note: All the questions are to be answered.

Q1. (a) Write short notes with examples on any two of the following:

(i) Sentence and Phrase

(ii) Morphemes

(iii) Adjectival clause

(iv) Difference between falling and rising tone

(b) Identify the prefixes and suffixes that occur in the following words:

questionable, irrelevant, childhood, unwelcome, commandment, illegible, broader, impossible, exclamation, semi-solid

Q2. (a) Classify the following nouns into singular and plural:

news, views, lice, women, feet, tooth, men, doors, calendar, stadium

(b) Divide the following words into their constituent morphemes:

honourable, divided, preparation, translation, writer, reader, declaration, beautiful, lovely, careful

(c) What are Vowels? How are they different from Consonants?

Q3. (a) Explain the different types of clauses and give two examples of each clause.

(b) Distinguish between finite and non-finite verbs giving at least two examples for each.

Q4. (a) Discuss with examples the differences between inflectional and derivational morphemes.

(b) Discuss with examples the different types of question formations in English.

Q5. (a) Classify nouns and adjectives in the following sentences:

(i) She is eating a sweet apple.

(ii) He is a very tall man.

(iii) The water is very cold.

(iv) My friend is beautiful.

(v) They like to buy new clothes every day.

(vi) The evening is very cool.

(vii) This room is very bright.

(viii) He bought a wooden chair.

(ix) He got off a speeding train and injured his right leg.

(x) I bought a colourful dress.

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(b) Explain with examples the basic sentence types in English.

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