Blog: ENG101 Assignment No 1 Solution

Assignment No. 1(Fall 2010)

English Comprehension (ENG101)

Total Marks: 15

Lectures: 1-10

Due Date

October 28, 2010

Instructions:

1. No assignment will be accepted via e-mail after the due date.
2. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else without acknowledging the actual author. It also means copying and pasting the material from handouts and internet source without rephrasing it in his/her own words.

Q1: Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given at the end.

The truth of the saying that the child is father of the man will hardly be questioned by anyone who has observed life carefully. The qualities shown by a child are often indications of what the child is going to be when he grows up to be a man. What the child is indicates what the man will be. All the qualities: physical, mental and spiritual which will be found in the grown-up man may be found in germ in the child. As Milton says:

“The childhood shows the man,

As morning shows the day.”

The habits and traits of a man are often only the developments of the habits and traits he had when he was a child. Look at a child carefully, and you can foretell into what kind of a man or woman that child is going to develop. “As the twig is bent, so the tree will grow” says an old proverb. Even in the case of a tree it is possible for us to tell beforehand how the tree will grow. If the young plant is strong and straight we can say that it will develop into a strong and straight tree. Children born and brought up in families which have some strongly marked moral weaknesses nearly always grow up with those moral weaknesses in them. On the other hand, children brought up in homes where the influences are healthy, nearly always grow up into men and women of strong character. 

What do you think is the topic of the paragraph?

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  2
• Ans: Childhood characters shows what the man’s character would be.
• What is the main idea of the given paragraph?
  
  
  3
  
  
• Ans: The habits and traits of a man are often only the developments of the habits and traits he had when he was a child.
• What does the writer mean when he talks about the healthy influences in making the character of a child strong?
  
  
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Ans: The writer means that if the parents are of strong character, the child will be also of strong character.

Q2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words. 

(5)

1. The child spoke ___________ about her trip to Disney land.

a)

Energetically 

b)

Energy 

c)

Energize 

d)

Energetic 

1. My class ___________ told me that I should study chemistry.

a)

Advisable 

b)

Advise 

c)

Advice 

d)

Advisor 

1. The student asked if he could have an __________ on his paper.

a)

Extent 

b)

Extend 

c)

Extension 

d)

Extensive

1. I like _____________children books.

a)

Illustrator 

b)

Illustration 

c)

Illustrate 

d)

Illustrated 

1. The criminal had a very ___________ scar on his face.

a)

Noticeable 

b)

Noticed 

c)

Notice 

d)

Noticeably
.............


Ans 1: Topic: Childhood - a gauge of one's future (or something along these lines).

Ans 2: Main Idea: The influences gained and traits developed during one's childhood are deciding factors of one's personality growth and future.

Healthy influences include a nurturing environment for the development of body, mind and soul of a child, thorough character building lessons, positive examples in a child's immediate atmosphere and other facilities of this sort which can enhance a child's personality, character and help him grow up as a well-grounded adult, free of any inherited ethical or moral weaknesses.


Q2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words. (5)

1. The child spoke ___________ about her trip to Disney land.
a) Energetically
b) Energy
c) Energize
d) Energetic

2. My class ___________ told me that I should study chemistry.
a) Advisable
b) Advise
c) Advice
d) Advisor

3. The student asked if he could have an __________ on his paper.
a) Extent
b) Extend
c) Extension
d) Extensive

4. I like _____________children books.
a) Illustrator
b) Illustration
c) Illustrate
d) Illustrated

5. The criminal had a very ___________ scar on his face.
a) Noticeable
b) Noticed
c) Notice
d) Noticeably