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EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF:
BACHELORS OF COMMERCE
BACHELORS OF ARTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BACHELORS OF BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
BACHELORS OF ARTS BIBLE AND THEOLOGY
BACHELORS ARTS COMMUNICATION
BACHELORS OF ARTS COUNSELLING
BACHELORS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2015
CAMPUS: ROYSAMBU - DAY
DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION
COURSE CODE: UCC100
COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH
EXAM DATE: Monday 23rd NOVEMBER 2015
TIME: 9.00am – 12.00pm
INSTRUCTIONS
 Read all questions carefully before attempting.
 Answer question one and any other Four questions
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Question One
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
For you to succeed, you must learn how to spend your time constructively. Time is a
very important and scarce resource. If it is wasted, it can never be recoverd. As a
student, you should make sure you have adequate time to revise what you have
covered in class and for additional reading. Do not ignore any subject. You could,
however, allocate more time to your weaker subjects. Set for yourself goals that you
intend to achieve every day and learn to time your activities and to keep time.In order to
make a commitment to yourself, you should make a timetable, which you should try to
follow as strictly as possible.However, if you do not feel like revising a particular subject
for which you have allocated time, you can revise a diffferent subject but remember to
make time for every subject.
a) Identify the following from the passage:
i) four nouns
ii) four adjectives
iii) four prepositions
iv) two main verbs
v) two pronouns used as subjects
(10 marks)
b) Use appropriate suffixes to form nouns from the following words:
i) employ
ii) excite
iii) wide
iv)maintain
v) true
(5marks)
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c) Write out the paragraph below inserting the comma, colon, capital letter, apostrophe
and quotation marks where necessary.
(5 marks)
There are several reasons why Im in school. First of all my fathers attitude made me
want to succeed in school. one night last year after i had come in at 3am my father said
mickey when I look at my son all I see is a good-for-nothing bum.I was angry but knew
my father was right in a way. I had spent the last two years working at odd jobs at a
pizza parlor .That night though I decided I would prove my father wrong I would go to
college and be a success.
Question Two
a) Write down any two structures of a verb phrase.
(4 marks)
b) Using two examples in each case, discuss two functions of a noun phrase.
(6 marks)
Question Three
Change the sentences below to the voice indicated in brackets.
(10marks)
i)The cat had drank all the milk. (passive)
ii) The bananas would have been eaten by the children. (active)
iii) The cabinet secretaries will be named by the president. (active)
iv)All love him. (passive)
v)Birds make nests. (passive)
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Question Four
Change the verb in the sentences below to the tense indicated in brackets.
(5 marks)
i)We revise for our English paper.(present perfect)
ii) He was watching television for an hour.(present perfect continuous)
iii) She is registering for the exam.(simple future)
iv) The police arrest the robbers.(past tense)
v)She works the whole week.(past continuous)
Explain and give two examples of each of the following:
(5 marks)
i)antonyms
ii)synonyms
Question Five
Using four different examples in each case, discuss the two types of mood expressed
by the English verb.
(10marks)
Question Six
Giving two examples in each case, discuss the following types of sentences :
i) simple sentences
ii) compound sentences
iii) complex sentences
(10 marks)
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