Functional English 1 (Business English) (ENGC2101)
Higher Institute of Commerce and Management (HICM)
Semester: First Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2017
THE UNIVERSITY OF B AMEND A
HIGHER INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS ENGLISH - (3 hours) COURSE INTRUCTOR: Madam BONGKA
1 Choose the correct answers from the brackets to fill the spaces below:
1. The child's wound (bleed, bled, Needed ) much.
2. The team (admits, admit) their defeat.
3. The teacher (advices, advises )her students to be assiduous.
4. Before the party began, I had (drank, drunk) much wine.
5. The woman was happy because she had (become. became) a star.
6. The man (beseeched, besought) his child not to travel.
7. The students (lied, lay, laid) on their beds.
8. The tap (flowed, flew) for three days.
9. The mail (chased, chose) a beautiful girt for Ns wife.
10. The bee (stunk, stung) the child.
11. The player (struck, stroke) the ball hard.
12. Mary has. (sung, sang) an interesting song.
13. The sun (shined, shone) on the farmers.
14. Peter (shed, shedded) tears as a means of persuading his teacher.
15. (who, whom) will you like to marry?
16. It is I who (is, am) their teacher.
17. My father and (me, I) gave Susan a book. '•
18. Bill has much (money, monies).
19.
Neither the children nor their mother (are, is) careful.
20.
They are richer than( we, us)
(20mks)
11
A. Give five characteristic of a business letter (5mks).
B. Write out five questions that run through readers mind when reading CVs of job seekers (5mks).
C. Which are the different methods a public speaker may use to deliver a speech? Explain (5mks).
D. How advantageous or disadvantageous is stage fright? Describe (5mks).
111 Write a Complaint letter to the Director of HICM -on the mode of delivering. level one students for your
address ( 30mks)
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