Functional English 1 (FENG101)

Faculty of Economics and Management Science (FEMS)

Semester: First Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2015

Instructions: answer all questions.
Duration:2 hours
1. Put the following sentences into reported speech (10 marks)
1.
“I attended all functional English lectures,” Samuel said.
2.
“I had written the complaint,” Pamela told him.
3.
“I shall spend my Easter break in Bambili,” he said.
4.
“I prefer cucumber for my starter,” the woman told us.
5.
“you are called upon to be in class next week,” she went on.
6.
“I do not entertain late coming,” the teacher warned.
7.
“Stay away from bad friends,” my mother advised.
8.
“I am happy with your performance,” the father remarked’
9.
“I was present at the scene,” the student confirmed.
10.
“I will not be happy if you continue in this way,” the doctor said.
2. Classify the following nouns under their appropriate classes (10 marks)
Bench, salvation, Cameroon, high school, freedom, army, man, audience, police, Emmanuel,
classroom
Collective nouns Abstract nouns Proper nouns Common nouns Compound
nouns
3. Using a table as indicated below, provide the plural form of the following nouns (5 marks)
Luggage, passer-by, mouse, ox, stimulus.
noun plural
4. Punctuate the following passage (10 marks)
i travelled to buea last week to see my parents they were surprised to see me why are you here at
this time my mother asked i explained that we were given a short vacation to prepare for the start
of the second semester my father was happy to know that we were done with our exams Brenda
you are now a big girl he remarked we spent two weeks together and i returned to school happily
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