ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY



ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)

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Course: Compulsory English-II (1424) Semester: Spring, 2020

Level: BA Total Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 40

ASSIGNMENT No. 1

(Units 1–4)

|The following questions are based on Unit – 1. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the exercises |

|given below. |

Q.1 Read pages 1-14 carefully (the content is related to ‘academic writing’ and

various types of ‘essays’) and briefly answer the following questions (in your own words). (15)

a. Define ‘academic writing’ briefly and comment on how it is different than other types of writing?

b. How would you define ‘mind mapping’? How would you draw your mind map if you are required to write down a paragraph on ‘education’?

c. Define ‘argumentative essay’. How it is different than other types of essays?

Q.2 Read pages 24-30 carefully (the content is about various parts of an academic essay) and write an academic essay (of about 150 words) on ‘My Favorite City’. (10)

Q.3 Read pages 31-34 carefully (the content is about formal and informal styles of writing) and decide what type of writing style (formal/informal) is used in the following text and how? (5)

|Aslam is an old chum of mine. We’ve been chummy since school days and that’s the best of it. We’d played |

|together, studied, travelled through fields of sugarcane and swum in a nearby lake – you know that was our |

|lala-land. |

|The following questions are based on Unit – 2. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the |

|exercises given below. |

Q.4 Read Unit – 2 which is on ‘sequence’ or ‘chronological order’ (pages 39-72). Sequence is a writing technique that writers use to present information in a step by step manner or in a process or in a sequence (of story, for example).

Now LINK (connect) the sentences (given in the following text) by using appropriate SEQUENCE MARKERS (such as first, secondly, subsequently, then, after, finally, at last etc.). You are required to use at least TEN sequence markers in your answer. (10)

__________ becoming the best teacher of the university, Dr Umar established his position as a very hard working teacher. __________ he published many good quality papers _____________ leaving for the United Kingdom. _____________ he decided to impress people by another aspect of his professionalism which was achieving excellence in interactive classroom teaching. ______________ by doing this, he _____________ went one step forward and, __________________, surprised everyone by winning this prestigious award of ‘best teacher’. _______________ he has become___________ teacher of this university to have won this award. ____________ he has something every good teacher would love to have.

Q.5 Read the text titled as ‘A Day in the Life of a Nurse’ on pages 56-57 carefully. Also read Exercise-9 given on page 58. (10)

Now write down a PARAGRAPH of about 150 words on ‘A Day in the Life of a College Principal’. Follow the use of SEQUENCE MARKERS in your answer.

Q.6 Read the text titled as ‘Planting a Tree: A Step by Step Guide’ on pages 60-61 carefully. Now draw a flow chart for ‘Drawing cash from ATM’ and write a paragraph on it by using appropriate SEQUENCE MARKERS. (10)

|The following questions are based on Unit – 3. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the |

|exercises given below. |

Q.7 Read the text titled as ‘Pollution’ on pages 89-91 carefully and complete the following tasks briefly: (10)

a. Define water pollution.

b. Create a diagram illustrating various types of water pollution.

c. Explain what causes water pollution?

Q.8 Read the text titled as ‘Types of Teachers’ on pages 96-98 carefully and answer the following questions briefly: (10)

a. What are the characteristics of a strict teacher?

b. How would you define a lenient teacher?

|The following questions are based on Unit – 4. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the |

|exercises given below. |

Q.9 Read about ‘Cause and Effect’ (as given on pages 107-112) carefully and complete the exercises (given on pages 112-146) in the unit. (20)

Now write down an ESSAY of about 250 words on the causes and effects of ‘Corruption is a curse’. Follow the use of Cause and Effect relationship in your essay. You can discuss ONE effect of multiple causes and reasons and vice versa (multiple effects of ONE reason)

ASSIGNMENT No: 2

(Units 5-9)

Total Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 40

|The following questions are based on Unit – 5. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the |

|exercises given below. |

Q.1 Read about ‘Compare and Contrast’ on Pages 147-160. You should also have read about a brief comparison and contrast between aeroplane and helicopter given on Page 151. (10+10=20)

Now, keeping in mind two Pakistani cities Karachi and Hyderabad, answer the following questions:

a. How both of the cities are similar (provide a comparison between Karachi and Hyderabad)?

b. How both of the cities are different (provide a contrast between Karachi and Hyderabad)?

Each of the above answer should be in a paragraph shape and appropriate transition words should be used for showing the relationships of the cities.

|The following questions are based on Unit – 6. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the |

|exercises given below. |

Q.2 Read about ‘Academic Reading’ on Pages 183-185. Now briefly EXPLAIN the following phrases (in your own words) with appropriate examples: (10)

a. Academic reading

b. Previewing

c. Predicting

d. Reading strategy

e. Scanning a text

Q.3 Keeping in mind the pre-reading activities (predicting meaning) given in the unit (Unit 6), look at the picture given on Page 201 carefully and WRITE down a paragraph of about 150 words predicting and guessing about the background of the picture. (10)

|The following questions are based on Unit – 7. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the |

|exercises given below. |

Q.4 Read about ‘Implied Meaning and Making Inferences’ on Pages 217-228. Now briefly EXPLAIN the following terms (in your own words) with appropriate examples: (10)

a. Connotative meaning

b. Denotative meaning

Q.5 Go to Exercise 7 ‘a Merchant and his Servant’ on Page 235 and carefully READ the situations given in the story. Based on your reading of the text, answer the following two questions: (5+5)

a. Why was the servant frightened?

b. What is the main idea of the story?

|The following questions are based on Unit – 8. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the |

|exercises given below. |

Q.6 Read about ‘Denotation and Connotation’ on Pages 249-260. Now carefully READ the following terms and distinguish between the two given in each pair: (5x3=15)

a. Negative vs positive meaning

b. Literal vs associative meaning

c. Dictionary vs thesaurus

Q.7 You have read in detail about ‘Denotation’ and ‘Connotation’ in Unit 8. Now, analyze the following words and write down the possible connotative meanings of the following words: (10)

|Smart |Home |Sharp |Political |Loin |

|Fox |Donkey |Rose |Soldier |Lazy |

|The following questions are based on Unit – 9. Read the unit carefully and answer the questions/solve the |

|exercises given below. |

Q.8 Which is your favourite English daily newspaper (out of Dawn, The News and The Nation) and why? Find out the last FOUR Sunday editions of your favourite newspaper and make a collection of ‘Language Puzzles’ (also known as ‘Word Games’) given in them. Now answer the following questions:

a. What is interesting about these language puzzles (word games)? (10)

b. How do they work towards learning new vocabulary? (10)

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