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Questionnaire

1. Write the noun form of the following verbs

a. Submit -

b. Construct -

c. Classify -

d. Expand -

e. Depend -

3. Write the noun form of the following adjectives

a. Able -

b. Beautiful -

c. Honest -

d. Noble -

e. Wide -

4. Add ‘s, ‘es’, ‘ies’ in the following nouns

a. Boy -

b. Bush -

c. Lady -

d. Face -

e. Eye -

5. Fill – in the brackets with appropriate verb form adding the following

suffixes ‘s, ‘es’, and ‘ies’.

a. Sheela ------------( go) to temple every Friday.

b. Ram -----------( look ) at the picture.

c. Raju -------------(catch) a ball.

d. He -------------(study) B.A., (English) at GAC, Melur.

e. The child ------------(speak) two languages.

6. Write the plural forms in the following nouns

a. Girl -

b. Woman -

c. Child -

d. Lady -

e. Kerchief -

f. Tooth -

g. Sheep -

h. Furniture -

i. Syllabus -

j. Louse -

k. Son-in-law -

l. Cactus -

m. Potato -

n. Piano -

o. church -

7. Use appropriate articles : a, an and the

a. I am ------------ boy.

b. She is -------- intelligent girl.

c. He is studying in --------- university.

d. Subas Chandra Bose is --------- unique person.

e. France is -------- European country.

f. She visits ------ temple every Friday.

g. She is ------ M.P in the Lok Saba.

h. They went to------- sea.

i. ---- Ramayana is a great epic.

j. I go to --- Madurai.

8. Use appropriate prepositions given in the brackets

( at , by , to, on, in, for, over, above, under, below, through,

onto, into )

a. My pen is ------ the table.

b. The cat is ----- the chair.

c. I study ---- Government Arts College, Melur.

d. He comes to college----- bus.

e. The light comes ----- the glass.

f. The letter is ---- the pillow.

g. The water runs --- the bridge.

h. I go ---- church every Sunday.

i. You must study at least ---- 5 hours a day.

j. The cat jumped ---- the sofa.

k. The snake entered --- the classroom.

l. The birds fly---- the tree.

m. The cars run --- the bridge.

9. Use appropriate verbs given in the brackets.

a. Yesterday he ------ (go) went to cinema.

b. The programme ------- (start) just now.

c. I ---------- ( live ) in this house since 1992.

d. The semester examinations ------- (start) next month.

e. He was killed while he----- (cross) the road yesterday morning.

f. You ----- (complete) your B.A., by the year 2014.

g. My mother---- (start) cooking when I entered into the house.

h. She usually ----- (get up ) at 6.a.m.

10. Choose the appropriate verbs given in the brackets.

a. I ------ ( is, are , am) a tall boy.

b. They ------ ( is, are, am) playing football.

c. The women --- ( is, are) dancing.

d. The sheep---- ( is, are) resting by the side of the river.

e. One of the boys---- ( is, are) not attentive.

f. No one ----- ( is, are) present today.

g. The poor ---- (is, are) always neglected by the government.

h. Beauty --- ( is, are ) skin-deep.

i. Honesty ---- ( is, are) the best policy.

j. The number of students who are absent ,--- (is, are) negligible.

k. My father as well as my uncle --- ( is, are) studied in the same

college.

11. Translate the following sentences into Tamil.

a. I study B.Com at the Government Arts College , Melur.

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b. I live in Melur.

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c. My house is two kilometre from college.

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d. I come to college by bus.

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e. My father, who is literate, is a farmer.

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f. My mother is illiterate.

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g. I have a sister and a brother.

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h. They are studying in our village school.

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i. My aim is to become an auditor.

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12. Translate the following passage into English language.

13. Correct the Errors in words - part-1

a. He gave me many advices

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b. The English is difficult to speak.

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c. The boys went to the college directly.

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d. The furnitures are very costly.

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e. She is one of the best dancer in Chennai.

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14. Correct the Errors- (part-2)

a. I am the most happiest man in the world.

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b. The semester examination begins from Tuesday.

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c. You must pack your luggages immediately.

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d. Your pant is short.

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e. I am feeling feverish.

15. Find out the superfluous words./ repeated words / unnecessary words

a. Return back -----------------------------------

b. Cousin brother--------------------------------

c. Cousin sister--------------------------------------

d. Recall back-----------------------------------------

e. Kindly requested-----------------------------------

f. Await for-------------------------------------------

g. Coward man---------------------------------------

h. Final conclusion----------------------------------

16. Write the correct articles a, an ,the. ( part -1)

a. I lodged -------------- FIR.

b. Jeeva is ------------- honest man

c. My father is ---------- NCC officer

d. My brother is ---------- An MLA

e. He works as ---------- RTO

f. I want finish ----------- M.A first , then think of doing ---MPhil

g. She has become ------- SP

h. I want to become ----- IAS officer.

i. My uncle is ---------- Forest Officer.

j. He came ---------------- hour ago.

17. Write the correct articles a, an ,the. ( part -2)

a. There is ------hourly meeting every week with the Principal.

b. This is --------honour for the college.

c. Mother Teresa University is exclusively ---- university for

women

d. He is a member of ----- union.

e. Can you give me ------- one rupee note

f. ------ one eyed man robbed the bank

g. This is --------- useful book

h. The teacher took ------ unique decision

18. Write the correct form of noun( Singular or Plural)- (part-1)

a. Alms--------------------------------

b. Ashes---------------------------------

c. Arrears---------------------------------

d. Caves---------------------------------

e. Scissors----------------------------------

f. Trousers--------------------------------

g. Pants------------------------------------

h. Belongings------------------------------

i. Binoculars------------------------------

j. Customs--------------------------------

19. Write the correct form of noun( Singular or Plural)- part-2

a. Economics –------------------------

b. Mumps-----------------------------

c. Summons----------------------------

d. Innings –--------------------------------

e. News-----------------------------------

f. Cattle-------------------------------------

g. Police-------------------------------------

h. Radius –-----------------------------------

i. Ox--------------------------------------------

j. Mango--------------------------------------

20. Write the plural form

a. Brother-in-law-----------------------------------

b. Maid-servant-------------------------------------

c. Woman lover-------------------------------------

d. Woman conductor--------------------------------

21. Write the correct form of verbs – (Part-1)

a. I do not wants new pen.

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b. She does not likes apple.

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c. They are not present yesterday.

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d. We shall gone to cinema tomorrow.

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e. I am thinking about you now.

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22. Write the correct form of verbs- (Part-2)

a. We have been living in this house for 1991.

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b. He has been living in this village since ten years.

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c. She is seeing with her eyes.

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d. The tea is tasting bitter.

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e. The water is feeling cold.

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23. Write the correct form of adverbs.

a. He can run fastly.

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b. They speak fluently English.

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c. She comes late often.

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d. He quickly speaks English.

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e. He peacefully died yesterday.

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24. Dictation task – Write the following words.

a. ----------------------------(Bears/Pears)

b. ----------------------------(Bird/Beard)

c. -----------------------------(Bore/Boar)

d. ------------------------------(Seen/Scene)

e. -----------------------------(Rise/Rice)

f. ------------------------------(Save/Shave)

25. Write the following words ( dictation words)

a. ------------------------------(Race/Rays)

b. -------------------------------(Prize/Price)

c. --------------------------------(Eyes/Ice)

d. --------------------------------(Piece/Peas)

e. --------------------------------(Same/Shame)

f. --------------------------------(Cough/calf)

26. Use correct adjective.

a. Veena is superior than Meena.

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b. I am not inferior than you.

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c. I am senior than her

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d. She is minor than her brother.

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27. Write suggestions to improve Written and Spoken English

a.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

b.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

c.----------------------------------------------------------------------------

d.----------------------------------------------------------------------------

e.----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Students’ Questionnaire

Note: 1.please put tick mark at the appropriate column

2.Write the relevant information wherever asked

Question 1

Name of the Student

Question 2

Gender

Question 3

Medium of study in school

Question 4

Name of the college

Question 5

Location of the college

Male Female

Tamil English Others

Rural Urban

Question 6

Name of the university

Question 7

Location of your Residence

Question 8

Course of Study

Question 9

Year of the study/semester – Put tick Mark.

Question 10

Marks scored in English in Plus Two

(Out of 200 marks )

Question 11

Mother tongue of the student

Rural Urban

B.A B,Sc B.Com

Semester

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

150-200 125-149 100-124 80-99

Tamil Others

Question 12

Second language (L2) of the Student

Question 13

Social Background:

A. Religion

B, Community

Question 14

Special status .Put Tick mark.

English Others

Hindu Muslim Christian Others

Forward Backward SC/ST

Community Community Community

PH Ex-Servicemen Others

Question 15

Educational status of the family

Question16

Graduate status in the family.

Father Mother Brother( s) Sister(s)

Illiterate

Literate

Elementary

High

School

Higher

Secondary

Under-

Graduate

Technical

Qualification

Others

First Graduate Others

Question 17

Occupational status of the family

Father Mother Brother(s) Sister(s)

Agriculture

Labourer

Coolie

Business

Government

Employee

Private

Company

Others

Question 18

Annual income of the parents in Rupees

25,000 > 50,000 > 1,00,000> 2,00,000> 5,00,000>

Question 19

Knowledge of English language skills of the Student

Excellent Very

Good

Good Average Below

Average

Little

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

Question 20

I like to learn English as a Second Language(L2)

Question 21

Why do you like to learn English?

Status Symbol

Because English Compulsory

To improve Knowledge

English – a Global Language

To study Other Subjects

I like English very much

Question 22

Why do you not like to learn English?

Hard To study

I like my mother tongue

No chance To use

No use of Studying English

Others

Question 23

How often do you listen or watch English?

Always Sometimes Rarely Never

Television

Radio

Movies

Others

Yes No

Question 24

How often do you read English?

Always Sometimes Rarely Never

Newspapers

Magazines

Text Books

Comics

Fiction/ Story

Books

Others

Question 25

How much effort you put to learn English language?

Very Much Much Medium Less Least Others

Question 26

Do you use English while talking to others?

Question 27

If yes, where do you use English?

Class Room Home With Friends With Teachers

Yes No

yes No

Question 28

How does your teacher teach English ?

Question 29

Do you get adequate opportunity to use English?

Question 30

Give ratings about the encouragement and motivation

you get for speaking English?

Excellent Very

Good

Good Inadequate Not at

All

Question 31

If no, do you feel shy to communicate in English?

Question 32

English should not be the medium of study?

Excellent Very

Good

Good Better Worse

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Question 33

Mother tongue/Tamil language should

be the medium of education?

Question 34

Using of mother tongue/Tamil while teaching

English helps to understand better?

Question 35

Do you like the methodology?

Question 36

How do you feel about the textbooks of English language?

Functional Practice-

Oriented

Easy-to-

Understand

Grammar-

oriented

Not

Useful

Question 37

Which area of English are you interested ?

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Spoken English Written English

Question 38

Which grammatical components are hard?

Article Pre-

position

Concord Numbers Ad-

jectives

Tense Ad-

verbs

Sen-

tence

Question 39

What is confusing about English language?

Sound System Accent Intonation

Question 40

What do you feel about the present teaching methodology?

Excellent Very

Good

Good Better Least

Question 41

Is there a fully equipped language lab in English department?

Question 42

If yes, do you use it to improve your

communicative skills?

Regularly Occasionally Rarely Seldom Never

Yes No

Question 43

Write suggestions to improve written skills.

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Write suggestions to improve spoken skills

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Question 45

Name :

Course :

Year Of Study :

College Name :

Place :

District :

List of colleges where the study was conducted

1. Government Arts College, Melur, Madurai District

2. Government Arts College for Women, Madurai.

3. Madura College, Madurai

4. EMG Yadava College, Madurai .

5. Pasumpon Memorial Thevar College, Usilampatti, Madurai District.

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