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Modern English Language and Usage-I [1]

Paper Code: 
ENG 111
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To familiarize the students with the grammatical structures and their applications.
  • To develop the ability to comprehend and analyse a literary text.

 

12.00
Unit I: 

Clause Elements (SVOCA)

  Use of Modals         

(fromA Practical English Grammar by Thomson & Martinet)

9.00
Unit II: 

  Relative Clauses

  Transformation of Sentences: Passivization, Reported Speech, Change of degrees of adjective

 

7.00
Unit III: 

Theme Writing

10.00
Unit IV: 

Précis Writing (Summarizing)

8.00
Unit V: 

CVs and Job Applications

Source Books: 

Thomson, A.J. and A.V. Martinet. A Practical English Grammar. New York: OUP, 1996. Print.

 

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  •  Adams, Valerie. An Introduction to Modern English Word-Formation. California:                                  Longman, 1973. Print.
  •  Leigh, Judith. CVs and Job Applications. London: OUP, 2004. Print.
  • Quirk, Randolph and Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Essex: Longman, 1986. Print.
  •  Seely, John. The Oxford Guide to Writing and Speaking. Oxford: OUP, 2005. Print.
  • Singh, Vandana R. The Written Word. New Delhi: OUP, 2009. Print.
  • Strunk, W. ,Jr. and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. New York: WLC Books, 2009. Print.

                              

Academic Year: 
2016-2017 [2]

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