English Comprehension (ENG101)

Fall 2017
Assignment No. 3
Total Marks: 20
Lectures: 23-40

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Q1. Read the following passages and write the topic sentence in the each of the given space.
Also suggest a suitable title based on your understanding of each passage.
2 x 5 = 10 Marks

a. It is true that medical doctors are health professionals whose roles are of great importance
in the society. They are usually concerned and people generally look up to them to take
care of their health and other related issues. In fact, whether people live or die, depends to
a great extent, on the doctors in charge of their health situations. Almost everyone wants
a doctor who is knowledgeable in the medical field, especially someone with many years
of experience at hand.

Topic sentence: Medicinal experts have an awesome significance in each general public
in view of their insight and involvement in human medical problems.
Title: Significance of restorative experts for society

b. A clear advantage of having several part-time jobs is for people to be developed in the
different areas where they are working. If one has several jobs, he or she will be able to
meet several people and supervisors who will expose them to different challenges and
learning’s. Another advantage of having several part-time jobs is the opportunity to find
out what one really wants as an occupation in life. This may be a stepping stone for one
to be able to discover themselves, in terms of their abilities and skills. Lastly, I think
having several jobs will make one earn more money than a full-time job. This is because
in a full-time job, one is only entitled for a specific number of hours at work and
sometimes, employers don’t give overtime pays.
 Topic sentence: Doing distinctive low maintenance employments will build up your
social abilities and you can likewise get additional pay.
Title: Focal points of Part-time occupations over Full time work

c. Technology has highly evolved over time. In fact, nowadays almost everybody has some
sort of machine at hand, be it computers, cars, or washing machines etc. Although
machinery was devised to benefit mankind, it has brought along many flaws to match.

Topic sentence: Advancement in innovation makes its own particular gainful condition
and pulls in everybody with some kind of apparatus.
Title: Innovation and its effect in current time

d. The computer and internet remains one of the greatest inventions ever made by man.
They make work easier for many people and make communication easier. Many people
term technology as the necessary evil. What of its ability to expose people especially
young ones to various evils such as pornography, strangers, etc. All technologies
invented by man come with their blessings and disadvantages. However, in all cases the
advantages always outweigh the disadvantages

Topic sentence: The headway in innovation particularly the cutting edge web that
reason some genuine harm to our youngsters by different unprotected behavior.
Title: Modern technology and its negative aspects

e. Education systems all over the world are based on the idea that students receive and
remember information from teachers and books. These systems test the knowledge with
standardized testing which compares students to one another. They only test the kind of
information which is possible to measure in tests. The goal is to gain information, and not
develop skills by which to use and make information. Unlike the old style of education,
where people remembered things in order to pass tests and get higher scores than other
students, the modern world calls for a new kind of education in which the focus is on
deep understanding, creativity, and information management skills.
Topic sentence: the advanced method for instructing and learning makes understudies
more imaginative and they grow more abilities and profound comprehension.
Title: Progression in modern learning strategies and its preferences

Q2. The primary function of language is to give factual information and convey essential
commands, feelings and emotions. Parts of conversation / sentences are given below.
From the four alternatives given below each sentence, choose the one which best describes
the function of the underlined part of the conversation.
2 x 5 = 10 Marks
1. Roy: Hello, Sonail, Happy Deepavali to you and your family!
Sonail: Thank you. Do come in. I'm glad you have come.

(A) To wish
2. Ali: The race will start at 8 a.m., won't it?
Ayesha: That's right. After registration, you have to assemble at the starting line in the field.

(D) To describe

3. Lily: Lehman fell while climbing up the rambutan tree.

Sonya: I shouldn't have asked him to pluck the rambutans.

(B) To regret

4. Bilal: Our team played badly, especially I.

Hassan: It's all your fault. You have let the team down.

(B) To blame

5. Adil: Hello, Sam. You look worried. Can I help you?

Sam: Could you lend me twenty dollars? I need it urgently.

(D) To request