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).
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.Print.

Gunashekar, Paul, ed. A Foundation English Course for Undergraduates. Book 1. Hyderabad: CIEFL. Print.

Rao, H. G. Suryanarayana. Prose For Pleasure & Comprehension. Oxford UP, 2010. Print.

Swan, Michael. A Practical English Usage. 3rd ed. Oxford UP, 2005. Print.

Hooper, J.S. A Quick English Reference. Oxford UP, 1981. 232. Print.

Adams, Valerie. An Introduction to Modern English Word-formation. London: Longman, 1973. 230. Print.

Academic Year: 
2017-2018