Assignment # 1(Spring 2010)
English Comprehension (ENG 101)
Total Marks: 15
Objectives:
- To
enhance and test students’ knowledge of grammatical terms, and their usage.
- Use of
different skills to improve reading comprehension.
Instructions:
·
Late assignments will
not be accepted.
·
Plagiarism will never
be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else
as if it was his or her own or just copy pastes the material from handouts or
any internet source without rephrasing it in his/her own words.
Q1: Choose the best
meaning for each highlighted word.
4
1. Joseph wanted to
adopt a healthy lifestyle, so he resolved to abstain from high-fat, fast food and sugar-laden sodas.
- Agree
to unwillingly
- Give
up voluntarily
- Accept
without question
- Stain
one’s reputation
2: The coach
observed his team’s bizarre behavior
and concluded that the players were suffering from dehydration.
- Unusual
- A flea
market and bake sale
- Appropriate
- Ordinary
3: The Senate
hearing committee demanded the corporation’s officers to provide credible documents to explain their
unusual accounting procedures.
- Practical
- Praiseworthy
- Believable
- Worthless
4: Usman knew
that the reading class would improve his vocabulary and comprehension, thus
increasing his chances of success in subsequent
college courses.
- Following
- First
- Out of
order
- Less
important
Q2: Read the following paragraph and find
out the Main Idea and Supporting
Details. Suggest a suitable Topic as well. 6
1. A common man
never wants a war and is not even in favour of borders and boundaries.2.He is against prejudices and
wants an integrated world. 3.Uncountable
marriages among unlike and diverse nationalities and the reactions of people
all over the world against US invasion on Afghanistan and Iraq are the symbols
of same peace loving, cosmopolitan emotions and mentalities all over the world.
4. But there are groups of a
few people present in every country who claim to be sincere with their nations.
5. These so called sincere include passionate political and
military leaders. 6. To
satisfy their motives they sow the seeds of hatred in the hearts of their
nations and then after giving birth to an issue, and by making it crucial and
complex, they indulge innocent people in that. 7. Media has provided them an easy way to mislead their
people. 8. By using the media
machinery they mould the minds of their nation according to their own wish.
Topic: ________________________________________________
Sentence 1: ______________________________________________________
Sentence 2: ______________________________________________________
Sentence 3: ______________________________________________________
Sentence 4: ______________________________________________________
Sentence 5: ______________________________________________________
Sentence 6:
______________________________________________________
Sentence 7:
______________________________________________________
Sentence 8:
______________________________________________________
Q4: Put the correct
form of words given in brackets while using affixes. 5
- This
word is very difficult to spell, and even worse, it's __________________.
(Pronounce)
- He's
lost his book again. I don't know where he has __________________ it this
time. (Place)
- He
wants to be a __________________ when he grows up. (Mathematics)
- I
think that you should __________________. It may not be the best thing to
do. (Consider)
- She
looked at her __________________ in the mirror. (Reflect)
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