IGNOU BEGLA-135 - English in Daily Life

SECTION A Write short notes on the following:- 1. Etiquette 2. Social Small Talk 3. Body Language 4. Facebook 5. Twitter SECTION B Answer the following questions in about 150 words each. 1. Write a newspaper report for a local daily pointing to sudden rise in theft cases in your area. 2. Write a letter to your friend congratulating her on her success in examinations. 3. Write a dialogue between two students discussing the importance of online education. 4. Write diary entries on the most memorable day spent till date. 5. Write a descriptive passage about any person you know. SECTION C Answer the following questions in about 200-250 words each. 1. Describe a new place that you visited recently. You can describe it in terms of its location, infrastructure, its comparisons with other similar places etc. 2. Write an essay on public services. Choose one of the public services which you think is very useful to the public.

SECTION A Answer the questions given below. 1. Define the following termsa. a. Telegram b. Blogs 2. Write antonyms of the following wordsa. a. Admire b. Cowardice c. Crooked d. Abound 3. Write the meanings of the given idioms and use them in sentences of your own. a. Beat around the bush b. Cut corners c. Up in arms d. Get your act together 4. Use the correct form of the verb given in the bracketa. a. I _(has, had) a math test yesterday. b. I_(will go, will went) to the store later. c. I had already_(fallen, fall) asleep when my alarm went off. d. I_(are reading, am reading)a newspaper. 5. Complete the following sentences by using appropriate subordinate clausesa. a. I don’t know_. b. The child needed help__________. c. __she was not able to find a good job. d. She said___. SECTION B Answer the following questions in about 150 words each. 1. How to begin and end conversation appropriately? 2. Write a newspaper report for a local daily pointing to sudden rise in pollution in your area. 3. Write a letter to your friend explaining her the importance of discipline in life. 4. Construct a dialogue between two students discussing their plans for holidays. 5. Write 7/8 diary entries for the most thrilling day of your life till date. SECTION C Answer the following questions in about 200-250 words each. 1. Describe a new market area that you visited recently. You can describe in terms of its location, infrastructure, it’s comparison with other similar places etc. 2. Write an essay on Gender Sensitization.