Functional English 1 (FENG101)

Faculty of Economics and Management Science (FEMS)

Semester: First Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2019

SECTION A: GRAMMAR
Put the words in brackets in the appropriate form (10 marks)
1. We had quite an …... holiday. (enjoy)
2. He never remembers my birthday. I don’t know why he is so ……. (forget)
3. The situation in Syria is ……. More and more people are dying. (dread)
4. His novels are very ……. His characters are true to life. (described)
5. The seats in the waiting room are ……. I almost fell asleep. (comfort)
6. They delayed with the program because they were looking for a ……. Venue for the
meeting. (center)
7. This drama piece seems to have inspired by a ……. Movie I once watched. (Ghana)
8. He speaks Spanish very fluently meanwhile he is from a purely ……. Background.
(England)
9. Mother said she was rather …... in her childhood days. (Reverse)
10. We agreed to complete all the …... formalities before developing that land (law)
Fill the blanks with the appropriate pronoun. (10 marks)
1. Tell me ………. You saw at the nursery. (who/whom)
2. Paul and Linda love ……. (theirself/themselves/themselves/each other)
3. The boys distrusted my dad and …… (I/me)
4. Linda is noisier that ……. (her/she)
5. The HOD flared at Paul and …… (I/me)
6. The lecturer insisted that we do the assignment …….
(ourself/himself/themselves/ourselves)
7. One might end up involving ……… in too many activities to the detriment of his
studies. (oneself/himself/herself)
8. With …………. Did you go to the market? (who/who) with ………. Or Anita?
(she/her)
9. ………. Curiosity will not be aroused by such a story? (whom/whose/which)
10. Tell me ………. Students she gave the prize to. (which/what/shoes)
SECTION B: SOCIALISING
Provide responses to the following: (5 marks)
1) Thanks a lot for having called.
2) My regards to Sharon
3) Your speech was wonderful
4) Would you mind some offer? (accepting)
5) How do you do!
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Semester Exam Course: Functional English: FENG101
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SECTION C: PRONUNCIATION
Select the word with the odd sound
/3:/ head, heart, hear, girl
/z/ lose, release, loose, collapse
/ð/ breathe, path, theme, teeth
/ᶿ/ thin, that, then, this
/I
/ heir, hear, air, bare
Circle the word with the odd sound in each group (5marks)
1 day rein quay gauge
2 true knew through thou
3 cork work pork fork
4 nut put cut but
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