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POST BASIC BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
DEGREE EXAMINATION
FIRST YEAR ? NON SEMESTER
PAPER IX ? ENGLISH
Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 Marks
Answer All Questions:
I. Rewrite the following as directed: (20 x 1 = 20)
Change the sentences into active or passive voice:
2. The gardener has watered the plants.
3. Butterflies are being caught by the boys.
4. Children are being distributed sweets by Santa.
Fill in the blanks with verbs using the correct tense:
6. When I __________(visit) George last night, he _________ (go) to bed.
7. It ___________(feel) stuffy in here.
Change into direct Speech:
8. Anilruth said, ?I have told her to go?.
10. The old lady declared that she was going to walk whenever she liked.
11. Chandini exclaimed that it was a fantastic performance.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word:
12. The Woodlanders _________(was/were) written by Hardy.
14. (Many/Most) of the traffic goes by Mount Road.
Do as directed
15. Andhra state experienced heavier rainfall than any other state (into superlative degree)
16. Kala whose cow was missing was upset. (into simple sentence)
Correct the mistakes in the sentences:
18. He goes to the office at 9.30 AM.
19. He bought a trouser.
20. The scissors is missing.
1. Shelter
2. Burgundy
3. Buggy
4. Nocturnal
Frame sentences using words/phrases given below (5 x 1 = 5)
1. On display
2. In person
3. Look up to
[LM 829] FEBRUARY 2018 Sub. Code: 4890
POST BASIC BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
DEGREE EXAMINATION
FIRST YEAR ? NON SEMESTER
Q.P. Code : 684890
Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 Marks
Answer All Questions:
I. Rewrite the following as directed: (20 x 1 = 20)
1. Shyla was reading a book.
2. The gardener has watered the plants.
3. Butterflies are being caught by the boys.
4. Children are being distributed sweets by Santa.
5. We __________ (have) a whole kingdom in which we rule.
6. When I __________(visit) George last night, he _________ (go) to bed.
7. It ___________(feel) stuffy in here.
Change into direct Speech:
9. Nina said, ?I have prepared my chemistry lessons?.
10. The old lady declared that she was going to walk whenever she liked.
11. Chandini exclaimed that it was a fantastic performance.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word:
13. Many of the eggs __________(is/are) stolen.
14. (Many/Most) of the traffic goes by Mount Road.
Do as directed
15. Andhra state experienced heavier rainfall than any other state (into superlative degree)
17. Ravi stayed with his uncle _____________ six months (use a preposition)
Correct the mistakes in the sentences:
18. He goes to the office at 9.30 AM.
19. He bought a trouser.
II. Give meanings of the words: (5 x 1 = 5)
1. Shelter
2. Burgundy
3. Buggy
5. Emesis
Frame sentences using words/phrases given below (5 x 1 = 5)
1. On display
2. In person
4. Look like
5. Cope with
III. Write short notes to any Five questions based on prescribed text: (5 x 2 = 10)
1. What was the sickness that affected Helen in her childhood?
3. What is Haemophilia?
4. What is CPAP and what is it used for?
5. In what way is the behavior of the tribals different from that of the outsiders?
6. What lay hidden in the suitcase in Jimmy?s room?
(1 x 10 = 10)
I designed after my first voyage, to spend the rest of my days at Baghdad, but it was not
longer. I grew weary of an indolent life, and I put to sea a second time, with merchants of known
probity. We embarked on board of a good ship, and after recommending ourselves to God, set
neither man or animal. We walked in the meadows along the streams that watered them. Whilst
some diverted themselves with gathering flowers, and other fruits. I took my wine and
provisions, and sat down near a stream between two high trees, which afforded a delightful
shade. I made a good meal, and afterwards fell asleep. I cannot tell how long I slept, but when I
In this sad condition, I was ready to die with grief. I cried out in agony, beat my head and
breast, and threw myself upon the ground, where I lay some time, overwhelmed by a rushing
current of thoughts, each more distressing than the last. When I gazed towards the object, which
was so distant that at first could not distinguish what it was.
near to it, and walked round it, but found no door to it, and fount that I had neither strength nor
activeness to climb it, on account of its exceeding smoothness. I made a mark at the place where
I stood, and went round the dome, measuring its circumference, and lo! it was fifty full paces,
and I meditated upon some means of gaining an entrance into it, but no means of accomplishing
By this time the sun was about to set and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had
been covered with thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness but much more
when I found it occasioned by a bird of a most extraordinary size, that came flying towards me. I
remembered that I had often heard marines speak of a miraculous bird called the roc, and
bird alighted, and sat over the egg.
V. Letter Writing: (1 x 10 = 10)
Write a letter to a popular sports person (a lady), inviting her to be the chief guest at your college
(or)
Write a letter to the Head of the Institution requesting for a letter of introduction to the Medical
Superintendent of General Hospital, Coimbatore. Your batch of students wants to visit the newly
built maternity ward in the hospital.
VI. Write an essay in about 350 words on any ONE of the topics given below: (1 x 15 = 15)
1. Reservation for women in Legislative Assemblies and Parliament.
2. Rural uplift programme of India.
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DEGREE EXAMINATION
FIRST YEAR ? NON SEMESTER
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Answer All Questions:
I. Rewrite the following as directed: (20 x 1 = 20)
Change the sentences into active or passive voice:
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1. Shyla was reading a book.2. The gardener has watered the plants.
3. Butterflies are being caught by the boys.
4. Children are being distributed sweets by Santa.
Fill in the blanks with verbs using the correct tense:
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5. We __________ (have) a whole kingdom in which we rule.6. When I __________(visit) George last night, he _________ (go) to bed.
7. It ___________(feel) stuffy in here.
Change into direct Speech:
8. Anilruth said, ?I have told her to go?.
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9. Nina said, ?I have prepared my chemistry lessons?.10. The old lady declared that she was going to walk whenever she liked.
11. Chandini exclaimed that it was a fantastic performance.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word:
12. The Woodlanders _________(was/were) written by Hardy.
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13. Many of the eggs __________(is/are) stolen.14. (Many/Most) of the traffic goes by Mount Road.
Do as directed
15. Andhra state experienced heavier rainfall than any other state (into superlative degree)
16. Kala whose cow was missing was upset. (into simple sentence)
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17. Ravi stayed with his uncle _____________ six months (use a preposition)Correct the mistakes in the sentences:
18. He goes to the office at 9.30 AM.
19. He bought a trouser.
20. The scissors is missing.
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II. Give meanings of the words: (5 x 1 = 5)1. Shelter
2. Burgundy
3. Buggy
4. Nocturnal
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5. EmesisFrame sentences using words/phrases given below (5 x 1 = 5)
1. On display
2. In person
3. Look up to
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POST BASIC BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
DEGREE EXAMINATION
FIRST YEAR ? NON SEMESTER
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PAPER IX ? ENGLISHQ.P. Code : 684890
Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 Marks
Answer All Questions:
I. Rewrite the following as directed: (20 x 1 = 20)
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Change the sentences into active or passive voice:1. Shyla was reading a book.
2. The gardener has watered the plants.
3. Butterflies are being caught by the boys.
4. Children are being distributed sweets by Santa.
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Fill in the blanks with verbs using the correct tense:5. We __________ (have) a whole kingdom in which we rule.
6. When I __________(visit) George last night, he _________ (go) to bed.
7. It ___________(feel) stuffy in here.
Change into direct Speech:
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8. Anilruth said, ?I have told her to go?.9. Nina said, ?I have prepared my chemistry lessons?.
10. The old lady declared that she was going to walk whenever she liked.
11. Chandini exclaimed that it was a fantastic performance.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word:
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12. The Woodlanders _________(was/were) written by Hardy.13. Many of the eggs __________(is/are) stolen.
14. (Many/Most) of the traffic goes by Mount Road.
Do as directed
15. Andhra state experienced heavier rainfall than any other state (into superlative degree)
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16. Kala whose cow was missing was upset. (into simple sentence)17. Ravi stayed with his uncle _____________ six months (use a preposition)
Correct the mistakes in the sentences:
18. He goes to the office at 9.30 AM.
19. He bought a trouser.
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20. The scissors is missing.II. Give meanings of the words: (5 x 1 = 5)
1. Shelter
2. Burgundy
3. Buggy
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4. Nocturnal5. Emesis
Frame sentences using words/phrases given below (5 x 1 = 5)
1. On display
2. In person
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3. Look up to4. Look like
5. Cope with
III. Write short notes to any Five questions based on prescribed text: (5 x 2 = 10)
1. What was the sickness that affected Helen in her childhood?
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2. What is the first step that should be taken at the site of a fire accident?3. What is Haemophilia?
4. What is CPAP and what is it used for?
5. In what way is the behavior of the tribals different from that of the outsiders?
6. What lay hidden in the suitcase in Jimmy?s room?
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IV. Summarize the given passage to one third of its length and give a suitable title:(1 x 10 = 10)
I designed after my first voyage, to spend the rest of my days at Baghdad, but it was not
longer. I grew weary of an indolent life, and I put to sea a second time, with merchants of known
probity. We embarked on board of a good ship, and after recommending ourselves to God, set
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sail. One day we landed on an Island covered with several sorts of fruit-trees, but we could seeneither man or animal. We walked in the meadows along the streams that watered them. Whilst
some diverted themselves with gathering flowers, and other fruits. I took my wine and
provisions, and sat down near a stream between two high trees, which afforded a delightful
shade. I made a good meal, and afterwards fell asleep. I cannot tell how long I slept, but when I
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awoke the ship was no longer in view.In this sad condition, I was ready to die with grief. I cried out in agony, beat my head and
breast, and threw myself upon the ground, where I lay some time, overwhelmed by a rushing
current of thoughts, each more distressing than the last. When I gazed towards the object, which
was so distant that at first could not distinguish what it was.
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As I approached, I thought it to be a white dome, of a prodigious height and extent. I drewnear to it, and walked round it, but found no door to it, and fount that I had neither strength nor
activeness to climb it, on account of its exceeding smoothness. I made a mark at the place where
I stood, and went round the dome, measuring its circumference, and lo! it was fifty full paces,
and I meditated upon some means of gaining an entrance into it, but no means of accomplishing
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this occurred to me.By this time the sun was about to set and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had
been covered with thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness but much more
when I found it occasioned by a bird of a most extraordinary size, that came flying towards me. I
remembered that I had often heard marines speak of a miraculous bird called the roc, and
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conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be her egg. Shortly afterwards, thebird alighted, and sat over the egg.
V. Letter Writing: (1 x 10 = 10)
Write a letter to a popular sports person (a lady), inviting her to be the chief guest at your college
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Sports Day. Request her to give the prizes to the deserving participants.(or)
Write a letter to the Head of the Institution requesting for a letter of introduction to the Medical
Superintendent of General Hospital, Coimbatore. Your batch of students wants to visit the newly
built maternity ward in the hospital.
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VI. Write an essay in about 350 words on any ONE of the topics given below: (1 x 15 = 15)
1. Reservation for women in Legislative Assemblies and Parliament.
2. Rural uplift programme of India.
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