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ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE [1]

Paper Code: 
COMS 101
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

• Be familiar with the modes of language-literacy, viz. reading, writing, speaking
• Improve their knowledge of grammar and fluency in oral and written production

12.00
Unit I: 
Vocabulary

Synonyms and Antonyms
Word Formation: Prefix and Suffix

12.00
Unit II: 
Grammar and Usage I

Sequence of Tenses
Elements of a Clause (SVOCA)
Word-stress (marking stress

12.00
Unit III: 
Grammar and Usage II

Transformation of Sentences
Direct and Indirect Narration
Active and Passive Voice
Interchange of Degrees of Comparison Modals
Sequence of Tenses

12.00
Unit IV: 
Comprehension

Comprehension of an unseen passage

12.00
Unit V: 
Compositional Skills

Letters : Formal and Informal
Paragraph-Writing
Resume, CV& Job-Application
Précis–Writing

Essential Readings: 

• Quirk, Randolph, and Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Harlow: Orient Longman Limited, 1973.Print.
• Gunashekar, Paul, ed. A Foundation English Course for Undergraduates. Book 1. Hyderabad: CIEFL. Print.
• Rao, H. G. Suryanarayana. Prose For Pleasure & Comprehension. Oxford UP, 2010. Print.
• Swan, Michael. A Practical English Usage. 3rd ed. Oxford UP, 2005. Print.
• Hooper, J.S. A Quick English Reference. Oxford UP, 1981. 232. Print.

Academic Year: 
2022-2023 [2]

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