Business English

Rewrite the following sentences by choosing the best alternative.

(a) This book is only of 100 pages, I ……… it by lunch time.

i. will be reading   ii. will read

iii. will have read   iv. read

(b) Rajendra……… completed his work yet.

i. has   ii. have

iii. haven't   iv. hasn't

(c) Water ……… at 100 degree Celsius at sea level.

i. boiled   ii. will boil

iii. runs   iv. will be run

(d) The fuel ……… Out by 2030

i. will have run   ii. will run

iii. runs   iv. will be run

(e) She is used to ……… tobacco

i. chew   ii. chewed

iii. chewing   iv. having chewed

Complete the following sentences following the rules of subject-verb-agreement.

(a) Not only the students but also their instructor ….. been called to the principal's office

i. were   ii. have

iii. has   iv. are

(b) No news ……… good news

i. are   ii. is

iii. have   iv. were

(c) Ten pounds……… a reasonable price for this computer.

i. seem   ii. were

iii. seems   iv. are

(d) The poor ........ honest

i.are   ii.is

iii.has   iv.had

(e) The memorands ........ signed

i.were   ii.is

iii.has been   iv.was

Answer the following questions as instructed

a) She was feeding her baby when her husband returned home (Identify the word that indicates time

sequence)

b) Write a simple sentence with the subject 'she'.

c) He does not hardly attend the class (Avoid double negative).

d) Write a sentence following the sentence pattern S+V+O+O.

e) The students of BBS are very genius (Identify prepositional phrase)

List any five techniques of using language effectively with an example for each technique. 

Imagine you are the marketing in-charge in XYZ mobile company. Describe your job. 

Suryodaya Education Network has recently introduced a policy of subsidizing 50 per cent of the tuition fee of

employee's children. Write a memo for announcing this policy. 

Make a sample of advertisement of a shampoo to be published in newspaper. 

Prepare a brochure design for a reputed hotel serving for a decade. 

Write a paragraph of at least seven sentences and explain how your paragraph is coherent. 

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow

A vexed enemy of mankind, as people have discovered, is not science, but war since science merely reflects

 the prevailing social forces. It is found that when there is peace, science is conservative, when there is war,

 and science is perverted to destructive ends. The weapons which science gives do not necessarily cause war,

 they make war increasingly terrible. Till now, it has brought us to the doorstep of doom. Our main problem,

 therefore, is not to curb science, but to stop war - to substitute law for force, international government for

 anarchy in the relations of one nation with another.

That is a job in which everybody must participate including the scientists. But the bombing of Hirosima

 suddenly woke us up to the fact that we have very little time. The hour is late, and our work has scarcely

begun. Now we are face to face with an urgent question --- 'Can education and tolerance, understanding and

 creative intelligence run fast enough to keep us abreast with our own mounting capacity to destroy?' This is

the question which we shall have to answer one way or the other in our generation. Science must help us in

arriving at the answer, but the main decision lies within ourselves.

a. Extract the topic sentence from the paragraph above. Is the topic sentence in the normal position?

b. Why do you think that is the topic sentence which you have chosen?

c. Does the writer provide sufficient evidence(s) and reason(s) to support the major claim?

With the help of the following clues, develop a paragraph for the title "Jealousy".

……… a subject of literature but not of daily conversations

……… unmentionable emotion………

 it is a feeling of fear, unhappiness, or even ill will

……… for psychologists, its origin can have biological, economic causes

Read the paragraph and edit, as necessary. There are five mistakes in verb form and one mistake

 in punctuation.

If people continue to choose to move from small towns into cities for greater opportunities, cities will have to

 adapt to the changes in their populations. Cities will need to create more affordable housing for new

residents. They are need to build schools for their children so that they will

study, and parks so that they will play. Transportation and other services will needing to be expanded to accommodate larger numbers of

people. if the city meets this challenge people will be able to move to and from their jobs easily. If it does not,

 people probably earn less money, as they will only be able to accept work that is close to their homes. As cities

expand, new neighbourhoods will being created in areas that are now uninhabited. Areas that were once

 considered suburban will most probably be swallowed up by urban expansion and become part of the city. As

 new neighbourhoods are established, new businesses will also open to meet the needs of these new residents.

 With these new businesses are coming new jobs,

The narrative essays "Only daughter" by Sandra Cisneros and "My Mother Never Worked" by Bonnie Smith-

Yackel make extensive remarks upon how the then patriarchal society viewed a female and her work. Do you

think the contents of the essays are still relevant in today's context? Explain.<

Write an essay describing an especially frightening horror film. What specific sights and sounds make this

film so horrifying? Include a thesis statement (and label it) assessing the film's success as a horror film. (Be

 careful not to simply summarize the plot of the film)

Write an essay comparing two places you are familiar with. Your thesis statement should indicate if you are

 emphasizing similarities or differences.

How, according to Gayle Rosenwald Smith, in her essay "The Wife-Beater," does calling a shirt a wife-beater

teach women "the wrong thing about men?" Do you agree with Smith that the casual use of the term "wife-

beater" dangerous? Why?

Alex Tabarrok in his essay "The Meat Market" argues, "some American doctors are routinely removing pieces

 of tissue from deceased patients for transplant without their, or their families' prior consent. Do you think

doctors should be allowed to do this? How would you react if such a procedure were performed on a member

of your own family? Write an essay answering these questions.