ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE SKILLS

Paper Code: 
FEN 100
Credits: 
2
Periods/week: 
2
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • Reinforcing selected components of grammar and usage
  • Strengthening compositional skills (for letter and paragraph-writing)
  • Facilitating comprehension of short-stories
6.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1 (Vocabulary)

Synonyms and Antonyms

Word Formation : Prefix and Suffix

6.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2 (Grammar and Usage I)

Sequence of Tenses

Elements of a Clause (SVOCA )

8.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3 (Grammar and Usage II)

Transformation of Sentences

     • Direct and Indirect Narration

     • Active and Passive Voice

     • Interchange of Degrees of Comparison

  • Modals
5.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4 (Comprehension)

Comprehension of an unseen passage

5.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5 (Compositional Skills)

Letters : Formal and Informal

Paragraph-Writing

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Quirk, Randolph, and Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Harlow: Orient Longman Limited, 1973.
  • Gunashekar, Paul, ed. A Foundation English Course for Undergraduates. Book 1. Hyderabad: CIEFL.
  • Rao, H. G. Suryanarayana. Prose For Pleasure & Comprehension. Oxford UP, 2010.
  • Swan, Michael. A Practical English Usage. 3rd ed. Oxford UP, 2005.
  • Hooper, J.S. A Quick English Reference. Oxford UP, 1981. 232.
  • Adams, Valerie. An Introduction to Modern English Word-formation. London: Longman, 1973. 230.
Academic Year: 
2015-2016