Functional English 1 (FENG2101)
Higher Institute of Commerce and Management (HICM)
Semester: Resit
Level: 200
Year: 2018
FACULTY/SCHOOL: ALL
Course Title: FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH I Date: 09
th
September 2018
Course code: FENG 2101 START: 03:00AM
SECTION A- GRAMMAR
1-Choose and WRITE OUT ONLY the alternative that best completes EACH sentence (25 marks)
1) As I was short cash, I borrowed some from my uncle. (of/ off/ from)
2) I have seen a ghost(always/ ever/never/almost)
3) Though Musa is a great scholar, he lacks the power knowledge his
learners( of imparting/to, of imparting/ for, of imparting /with; of imparting/by)
4) Mandi and Tete bought a new car(Their/ theirs/themselves/ their selves)
5) “I will help you. I promise.” He (promised me/ promised me that/ promises me that)
6) Neither Ngami nor his friends to the party yesterday(is invited/ were invited/ are invited/ was
invited)
7) 1 had headache, 1 enjoyed the picture show (in as much as/ despite/ although/ in spite of)
8) Please Kumeta. buy us salt from the market (the/an/ some)
9) getting a juice glass from the cupboard'’ (would you mind/ would you mind to/ would
you mine)
10) We have to leave first thing tomorrow morning.(don't we?/do we?/ doesn't we?/ haven't we?)
11) Kitubi will Megnet Juried share the memory them (between/ amongst / among)
12) The bus to 10 minutes from now (leave/ leaving/ leaves/ left)
13) 1 he young orphan's hair was full of (louse/ lice/ lies/ louses)
14) Vote change if you want 10 improve on things around here (mount!/ in/ to/ for)
15) After the party, the house was the it’s ever been (messy/ messiest/ messier/ most messier)
16) 1 like that tractor in the museum. (Old, red. really big antique/ Big. Ted old really
antique/Really big old red antique/ Red, old, really big antique)
17) lf you work hard, you will come with flying colors in the examination (out/ of
after)
18) animals take good care of their (offspring/off spring/ off-spring/ off springs)
19) A wedding ceremony is a solemn but beautiful (right/ write/ wright/ rite)
20) The free sons of Wisanyuy decided themselves to visit the orphanage
(among/between/amongst)
21) In the ghastly accident that last week five young people passed away
22) (occurred/ occurred/ occurred)
23) Manda expresses himself fluent in Latin even though he never attended classes regularly (-s/-
ce/-ty/-cy)
24) Charles Darwin was fascinated by the of the Galapagos
(fauna/flora/ flora and fauna/fauns and flora)
25) He in bed all day yesterday because he had the flu (laid/ lain/ lay)
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1. Provide on the table the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives below (10
marks)
Example
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Big
Bigger
Biggest
Old (person), Old (thing), far, up, bad, well, angly, little,much
2. Provide the PROPER ADJECTIVES on the following nouns (10marks)
Perto Rico, Ghana, Sudan, Pakistan,China, Peru, Ecuader, Somalia, Mozambique, Wales
3. Provide the plural forms of the following nouns (10 marks)
Mother-in-law, hero, forum, stratum spectrum, veterbra, mouse, knowledge
4. Provide the adverbs formed from the following word (5marks)
Beautiful, free, lazy, honest, well,
SECTION B – USAGE: identify thecorrect expression from each pair presented below
(10 marks)
Write ONLY the number and corresponding letter, Not the expression (e.g IB etc)
A
B
1
We sell phones at considerable prices
We sell phones at considerate prices
2
You should not repeat this same mistake again
You should not repeat this same mistake
3
The deadline for payment of fees mistake
The dateline for payment of fees mistake
4
I
have came to invigilate the exam
I have come to invigilate the exam
5
All invited guests were visibly satisfied
All guests were visibly satisfied
GOOD LUCK!
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