Functional English 1 (FENG1101)
University of Bamenda
Semester: First Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2016
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
Peace -Work – Fatherland P.O. Box 39 Bambili
School/Faculty:
FS
Department:
_All level one Lecturer:
Dr Wandji, Dr Ntam, Mme Numfor
Course Code:
:_ENGS
1101 Course Title:
Functional English 1
Date: _15/04/2017 Hall:
___Asanji; PBC01, PBC02 and PBC04
Time allowed: 7:30 – 9:30
Instruction:
Answer Question 1 and Six others
I. Rewrite the following sentences choosing the appropriate pronoun from the alternatives
1. Our mother instructed us to do the laundry (ourself/curselves/oneself).
2. One involved (himself/herself/oneself) in too many activities.
3. Wanda and (her/herself/she) performed brilliantly in the examination.
4. (Whom/Who) did you give the documents to?
5. My nephew worked harder than (I/me).
6. Tell your parents (who/whom) you visited yesterday in the evening.
7. Irene and Peter love (theirself/themself/themselves/each other).
8. Grace accused my parents and (I/me) for destroying her life.
9. Rose is noisier than (her/she).
10. The HOD flared at Paul and (me/I).
II. Define the following concepts with appropriate examples
Phrase, Clause, Dependent clause, Independent clause, Sentence
III. Identify the word(s) which has the sound as indicated
/a:/ trap, late, heart, tap
/3:/ head, heart, hear, girl
/z/ lose, release, loose, collapse
/
ᶞ
/ breathe, path, theme, teeth
/θ/ thin, that, then, this
/Iǝ/ heir, hear, air, bare
IV. Combine the following clauses to form longer sentences. Specify whether the sentence is a simple,
compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence.
1. Sonita likes music. She hates pop.
2. It rained heavily yesterday. I went to the market. I could not buy anything.
3. The League of Nations was created in 1919. It was replaced by the United Nations. It proved inefficient
in handling international disputes.
4. Many students don’t know. They continued to cheat. Cheating is a serious offence. They end up being
expelled from the university.
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V. Construct ten different sentences, five, illustrating single word prepositions, and five, illustrating
multiple word prepositions
VI. State three transitive and three intransitive verbs and construct short sentences with them.
VII. Fill the blank spaces below with the appropriate adjectives
Positive Comparative Superlative
a. Heavy ………………… …………………………..
b. Ferocious ………………… ………………………….
c ............................... former ………………………….
d. Up ………………… ………………………….
e ............................... ………………… least
f. ........................... worse …………………………..
g. Good ………………… ………………………….
h. Heavy ………………… ………………………….
i ................................ …………………. most
j ................................ better …………………………..
VIII. What would you say in the following situations?
1. To someone who is ill.
2. To the bride.
3. To the bridegroom
4. When a guest arrives at your home.
5. Before an interview.
6. Would you do me a favour?
7. Sorry to have kept you waiting?
8. I hope Pm not disturbing you?
9. To someone who has failed an examination.
10. To someone who is going away for a long time.
11. To someone you meet in America for the first time.
XIV. Fill the gaps with the appropriate article if necessary. Use
0
for zero article.
1. He went to have ........................... bath.
2. Mirabel had ............................................. on the way to ................ school.
3 ............................... police has had a lot of support from ....................... public over this issue.
4
.
Bernard has ..................................... great interest in ...............social sciences
5 ............................... mountains surrounding the city do not give ................... room for ............ further.
Good luck!
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