Single word substitutes
1.A name and opted by a writer
= Pseudonym
2.
Of
unknown
authorship
=
anonymous
3.
Taking
one’s
own
life
=
suicide
4. A person concerned with practical results
= pragmatist
5. Animals living on land and in water
= Amphibians
6.A person who is made to bear the blame due to others
= Scapegoat
7.A person who derives pleasure by inflicting pain on others
= Sadist
8.A wishful longing for something one has known in the past
= Nostalgia
9.A person who believes in God
= Theist
10.A person who does not believe in God
= Atheist
11.Using
of
new
words
=
Coinage
12.One copies the writing of others
=
Plagiarist
(Plagiarism)
13.Journey to a holy place
= Pilgrimage
14.One
knowing
everything
=
Omniscient
15.One who is present everywhere
= Omnipresent
16.Equal
in
rank,
merit
or
quality
=
Peer
17.Printed notice of Somebody’s death
= Obituary
18. One who can speak two languages
= Bilingual
19. One who thinks only of welfare of women
=Feminist.
20.Study of the relation of living things to environment
= Ecology
Abbreviations and Acronyms
A or amp
ampere
a.m.
ante meridiem, before noon
atm
standard
atmosphere
Ave.
avenue
B.A.
Bachelor
of
Arts
BASIC
BASIC computer language
Blvd.
boulevard
BP
boiling
point
B.S.
Bachelor
of
Science
Btu
British thermal unit
°C
degrees
Celsius
cd
candela
CDC
Centers
for
Disease
Control
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
cm
centimeter
COBOL
COBOL computer language
Corp.
corporation
D
darcy
DEP
Department of Environmental Protection
DOD
Department
of
Defense
DOT
Department
of
Transportation
engg.
engineering
engr.
engineer
e.g.
exempli gratia, for example
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
°F
degrees
Fahrenheit
FBI
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
fig.
figure
FORTRAN
FORTRAN computer language
ft
foot
gal.
gallon
ha
hectare
h
hour
HP
horsepower
HTML
hypertext markup language
Hz
hertz
i.e.
that
is
in
inch
Inc.
incorporated
K
Kelvin
kg
kilogram
kW
kilowatt
kWh
kilowatt-hour
l or L
liter
LAFTA
Latin American Free Trade Association
lb
pound
m
meter
MHz
megahertz
min.
minute
mol
mole
M.S.
Master
of
Science
NASA
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
neg
negative
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NM
nautical mile
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF
National
Science
Foundation
OPEC
Organization
of
Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSHA
Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
p.
page
Pascal
Pascal
computer
language
Ph.D.
Doctor
of
Philosophy
p.m.
post meridiem, after noon
pos
positive
pp.
pages
pt.
pint
qt.
quart
radar
radio detecting and ranging
RPM
revolutions per minute
scuba
self-contained
underwater
breathing
apparatus
sec. or s
second
sq
square
STP
standard temperature and pressure
temp
temperature
Univ.
university
URL
uniform resource locator
USGS
United States Geological Survey
vol.
volume
PART B
ESSAY WRITING
1. Write in about 200 words the reasons for environmental degradation and list three ways
by which our environment can be conserved?
2. Write in about 200 words the necessity for training in modern organizations?
3. English can very well be a universal medium of communication. Justify the statement in
about 200 words.
4. With more and more vehicles on the road, it is becoming very risky for all vehicles that
ply on the roads safely. Write in about 200 words, the measures that must be adopted in
order to bring safety on the roads.
5. Write in about 200 words an essay on Technology: Boon or Bane?
6. Write an essay on Space Tourism?
7. Write an essay on Reducing child labour through Technology?
8. Write a paragraph about an initiative taken in your institution that helped protect your
immediate environment?
9. What are the practices followed by yours grand parents to preserve their surroundings,
Which are now forgotten? Write an essay in 250 words on why and how these practices
should be revived?
10. Discuss in two paragraphs of 250 words each on how tourist destinations have been
adversely affected by tourism and about what can be done to restore them?
Interpreting visual materials
1. Study the pie chart of various expenditures for publishing a book and interpret it
2. Study the following pie chart of Data of different states regarding population of
states in the year 1998 and interpret it
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l i
f h
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3276000
3. The bar graph given below shows the data of the production of paper (in lakh
tonnes) by three different companies X, Y and Z over the years.
Production of Paper (in lakh tonnes) by Three Companies X, Y and Z over the Years.
States
Sex and Literacy wise Population Ratio
Sex Literacy
M F
Literate
Illiterate
A.P 5
3
2
7
M.P 3
1
1
4
Delhi 2
3
2
1
Goa 3
5
3
2
Bihar 3
4
4
1
U.P. 3
2
7
2
T.N. 3
4
9
4
4. The bar graph given below shows the percentage distribution of the total
expenditures of a company under various expense heads during 2003.
Percentage Distribution of Total Expenditure of a company
PART - B
Email writing
1. Compose a reply mail for your brother who has shared a poem that he has written on his
own?
2. Compose a reply mail appreciating your grandmother’s experience on her
pilgrimage(after seeing the photographs)
3. Compose a reply mail for your friend who has the new tag.”There is no ctrl z in my life”,
in his face book.
Dialogue writing
1 Write a conversation between two friends meeting after ten years
2. Write a conversation between two RJ’S.
3. Write a conversation between two cartoon characters
4 Write a conversation between two police
5 Write a conversation between two students without license
CREATIVE WRITING
1. If you have a chance to choose your next birth, what would you choose?
2. If tomorrow has to be a special day, having you as a celebrity. Who would you be?
Why?
3. If you were the parent of your parents?
4. If you had a chance to change three things in life? What would they be?
5. If you need to invent something new. What would it be?
Direct and Indirect Speech (Reported Speech)
Rewrite the following sentences in the reported speech.
1. The chairman said,” your company has done very well this year, and the profit before tax has
risen from last year’s Rs.80 lakhs to 120 lakhs this year’.
2. The President said, “The unions have taken a hostile stand this year and production has been
hit by repeated strikes”.
3. The Manager said, “The export projects have been the main cause for the drain on our
funds.”
4. The Project Head said, “The Company has been forced to resort to heavy borrowing during the
year, and the rates of interest are very high”.
5. The Director said, “The unit to be started in Mysore will be able to benefit from several
incentives and backward-area concessions offered by the Karnataka Government”.
6. The Managing Director said, “The customs officials have not extended the
concessions available for imported components to us”.
7. Chairperson: “I have great pleasure in welcoming you, the shareholders of the
company, to this annual general meeting”.
8. Officer: “During the year that ended on 31
st
March 2002, you company’s performance
was satisfactory, though it failed to rise to our collective expectations”.
9. Chairperson: “A number of adverse factors in combination worked to the detriment of
the company”.
10. Paterson got out the car and said to the man,” I am very sorry. I did not see you; I
was lost in the beauty of the place”.
Poster Making
1. Create a poster with the concept ‘Engineers- the leaders’.
2. Create a poster with the concept English- the wings of excellent
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