KU UG English Sem 3 Syllabus&Grammar notes
KU UG English Sem 3 Syllabus
Unit 1: Gender Equality
1. Achieving Gender Equality in India: What Works, and What Doesn't, Smriti Sharma
2. They Shut Me up in Prose, Emily Dickinson
3. Prepositions
4. Phrasal Verbs
Unit 2: Gender Roles
1. Dalit Child Bride to $112 Million CEO: The Wonder Story of Kalpana Saroj, Rakhi Chakraborty
2. The Kitchen, Vimala
3. Voice
4. Technical Vocabulary
Unit 3: Ending Violence Against Women
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1. What is My Name? P. Sathyavathi
2. Voice of the Unwanted Girl, Sujata Bhatt
3. Connectives
4. Idioms
Question Paper Exam held in December 2023
Exam held in 2022 with Key
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(Key) Answers to the above Question paper:-
Section A
1. A) Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions
1.of
2.to
3.into
4.in
5.in
B) Fill in the blanks with phrasal verbs
1.look after
2.call off
3.come across
4.give way
5. drop in
C) Write Antonyms- Answers
1.abandon
2.reckless
3.criticise
4.common/ ordinary
5. ignorance
D) Rewrite the following by correcting the underlined part
1. Sheela is my cousin
2. You, he and I visited the Taj last year
3.They have a tall building
4.We enjoyed ourselves during the summer vacation
5. He entered the hall
E) Read the passage and answer the questions
1.Kalpana Saroj
2. She was shocked by the behaviour of the faculty
3.As he was a Dalit child, the school faculty did not allow her to participate in extracurricular activities
4. In seventh grade her parents pulled her out of school and arranged her marriage.
5. Her marriage
F) Read the following passage and answer
1. Curiosity
2. Ten cigarettes a day
3.They are oblivious to the fatal dangers.
4.Smoking is injurious to health.
5.by monitoring some of their food habits.
II A) Rewrite the following into passive voice
1.You are requested to close the door
2.The game is being looked at by us.
3.A snake was killed with a a stick by him
4.When is the work completed by you?
5.You are ordered to not throw book.
B) Write the meaning of the following related to work and business
1. An entrepreneur us someone who starts or owns a business.
2.An amount of money given to a court to allow a prisoner to leave jail and return later for a trial.
3. A disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away
4.Cash on delivery/ call of duty
5.Common user processor/Cancer of unknown primary
III. A. Develop the following hints into a paragraph by using connectives
Health is wealth-the well-being of a person-never realize when young- consequences unhealthy habits lead to physical, financial and psychological torture unhappiness prevails-money can't buy health-keep a sound environment - happy life.
Answer:- The proverb "Health is wealth" highlights the paramount importance of well-being in a person's life. When we are young, we often take our health for granted, not realizing the potential consequences of unhealthy habits. These can lead to physical ailments, financial burdens, and psychological stress, resulting in unhappiness. Despite the common belief that money can solve many problems, it cannot buy health. Therefore, it's essential to keep a sound environment to ensure a happy life.
B) Complete the sentences by idioms
1.cats and dogs
2.sixes and sevens
3.once in a blue moon
4.kikced the buckets
5.child's play
IV. Essay questions from prose
V. Essay questions from poetry.
Grammar Notes
Prepositions:-
Types of Prepositions
Simple prepositions consist of one word. For example:
about before by
above behind inside
across below despite
after beneath outside
against beside into
along besides within
among between without
around at of
Complex prepositions consist of two or more words.
For example:
owing to instead of
together with due to
with regard to because of
except for away from
in spite of
in comparison to
in order to
along with
Ramu distributed his property between his two daughters
due to. Due to should not be used as a preposition meaning because of.
Because of (not due to) his speeding, we were all ticketed.
inside of. The “of” is always unnecessary.
Stay inside the house.
The man stayed outside (not outside of) the post office.
Despite:-
Sania Mirza played despite her injury.
Instead of=in place of or as an alternative to
She met her junior instead of her boss.
We go by train instead of bus.
With :- ( instrument)
He killed a snake with a stick
By:- ( by person- passive voice)
A snake was killed by him
Into:- movement
She jumped into river
He is coming into the room
across:-(from one side of something to the other)
Raju swam across the river.
Rahul journeyed across the country.
He took the boat across the river
He walked across the road.
along:-
She walked along the road.
The trees grew along both sides of the road
Text book EXERCISES
1 . Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with suitable prepositions.
a. The guests are coming.. .................. Thursday. six o'clock ---- the evening.
b. We will have completed the work ....... tomorrow
c. I lived --- my parents ---Bengaluru----four years.
d. She is..... leave -----the end of the week.
e. I read your brother's article ........... this journal. It is ......page 36.
f. The house is ------ the park --- the right....... the school.
g. They go ... the office .....train.
h. This dog belongs.... Sheila. She brought it ..---Pune
i. They were talking ----us ......... their son.
J. He got ---the bus, and walked ---the theatre.
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions chosen from those given in brackets alongside each sentence.
a. He lives ----19 Tower Road. (at, on)
b. We will be gone --- two days. (for, since)
c. Tom and his friend will divide the money ----
themselves. (among,between)
d. Many foods--------milk contain calcium. (beside, besides)
e. I will arrive-----six o'clock. (at, in)
F. I have known her -----one year. (for, since)
g. Social media is still----- its infancy. (on, în, near)
h. They are too focused----- talking. (on, about, regarding)
I. Minhaj is fond---- reading. (about, off, of
J. I told them about my experience-----Istanbul. (inside, in, from)
Unit- 2. Voice
Look at the following sentences.
1. The manager sent a mail yesterday.
2. The conductor has issued tickets to all the passengers.
In these sentences, the verbs are in the active form. The doer of the action is the subject.
Now observe the changes in the sentences.
1. A mail was sent by the manager yesterday.
2. Tickets have been issued to all the passengers.
In the above sentences, the verbs are in the passive form. The recipient of the action is the subject.
Usage
A sentence is normally put into the passive when the active subjec contains no real information.
Thus instead of saying
Someone admitted him to the hospital immediately.
It is better to say......
He was admitted to the hospital immediately.
Similarly.....
He was killed in the war.
Rice is grown in many parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
English is spoken all over the world.
Only when the subject and object both contain real information have a real choice between the active and the passive.
Narayana Murthy founded Infosys.
Infosys was founded by Narayana Murthy.
In the passive voice the agent is not mentioned when it is.....
Unimportant- the roads have been swept
Unknown- the syllabus was changed last year
Transformation
In the process of transformation, the general practice is that 1. the object of the active voice becomes the subject of the passive voice.
2. a suitable form of be is added.
3. the verb of the active voice is changed into its past participle (v3) form.
4. by is added and the subject of the verb in the active voice is mentioned at the end.
Look at the following sentence and observe the changes.
Active
the CBI submitted the report. (Subject) ( Active form of verb) ( Object)
Passive
The report was submitted by the CBI. Subject (Passive form of verb) (preposition) (Object)
Verbs NOT used in the passive
Note: The sentences without an object cannot be changed into the passive voice.
1. He runs slowly.
(subject)(verb) (adverb)
For example:
In this sentence, 'he' is the subject, 'runs' is the verb, and 'slowly' is an adverb and there is no object. Similar examples:
2. The sugar tastes sweet.
3. She ran swiftly.
4. It snowed heavily.
5. He has arrived just now.
Intransitive verbs are not used in passive constructions. We wake up early in the morning.
wake up=Intr. verb
Some transitive verbs, too, are seldom used in the passive. Most of these are static verbs- verbs which refer to states, NOT actions. e.g., fit, have, lack, resemble, suit, cost, weigh, etc. They have a spacious triple bed room flat. But NOT: A spacious triple bed room flat is had by them.
Verbs with two objects
If the verb has two objects, an indirect object (a person) and a direct object (a thing), two passive structures are possible.
Active
1. I told them an interesting story.
2. I told an interesting story to them.
Passive
1. An interesting story was told to them,
2. They were told an interesting story
Simple present tense
An active sentence in the simple present tense has the following structure.
Subject +base form of the verb+ object. (AV)
Object of the active sentence + am/is/ are + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence. (PV)
How to change declarative sentences:
I cut an apple.(AV)
An apple is cut by me.(PV)
He brings two pens.(AV)
Two pens are brought by him.(PV)
.They sell mangoes. (AV)
Mangoes are sold by them.(PV)
Present continuous tense
An active sentence in the present continuous tense has the following structure. Subject +am/is/are + present participle form of the verb + object. (AV)
Object of the active sentence + am/is/are + being + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence. (PV)
I am cutting an apple.(AV)
An apple is being cut by me.(PV)
He is bringing two pens.(AV)
Two pens are being brought by him.(PV)
They are selling mangoes.(AV)
Mangoes are being sold by them.(PV)
Present perfect tense
An active sentence in the present perfect tense has the following structure. Subject + has/have past participle form of the verb + object. (AV)
Object of the active sentence + has/have + been + past participle form of the verb + by subject of the active sentence. (PV)
I have cut an apple.(AV)
An apple has been cut by me.(PV)
He has brought two pens.(AV)
Two pens have been brought by him.(PV)
They have sold mangoes.(AV)
Mangoes have been sold by them.(PV)
Simple past tense
An active sentence in the simple past tense has the following structure. Subject second form of the verb object. (AV)
Object of the active sentence + was/were past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence. (PV)
1 cut an apple.(AV)
An apple was cut by me.(PV)
He brought two pens.(AV)
pens were brought by him.(PV)
They sold mangoes(AV)
Mangoes were sold by them.(PV)
Past continuous tense
An active sentence in the past continuous tense has the following structure. Subject +was/ were + present participle form of the verb + object. (AV)
Object of the active sentence + was/ were + being + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence. (PV)
I was cutting an apple.(AV)
An apple was being cut by me.(PV)
He was bringing two pens.(AV)
Two pens were being brought by him.(PV)
They were selling mangoes.(AV)
Mangoes were being sold by them.(PV)
Past perfect tense
An active sentence in the past perfect tense has the following structure. Subject +had + past participle form of the verb + object. (AV)
Object of the active sentence + had + been + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence. (PV)
I had cut an apple.(AV)
An apple had been cut by me.(PV)
He had brought two pens.(AV)
Two pens had been brought by him.
(PV)
They had sold mangoes.
(AV)
Mangoes had been sold by them.
(PV)
Simple future tense
An active sentence in the simple future tense has the following structure. Subject + will/shall + first form of the verb + object. (AV)
Object of the active sentence + will/shall + be + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence. (PV)
I shall cut an apple.(AV)
An apple will be cut by me.(PV)
He will bring two pens.(AV)
Two pens will be brought by him.(PV)
They will sell mangoes.(AV)
Mangoes will be sold by them.(PV)
An active sentence in the future perfect tense has the following structure.
Subject +will/shall + have + past participle form of the verb + object. (AV)
Object of the active sentence + will/shall + have + been + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence. (PV)
Future perfect tense
I shall have cut an apple. (AV)
An apple will have been cut by me.(PV)
He will have brought two pens.(AV)
Two pens will have been brought by him.(PV)
They will have sold mangoes. (AV)
Mangoes will have been sold by them.(PV)
Note: The sentences in the Future Continuous Tense and Perfect Continuous Tense cannot be changed into passive voice.
Unit 3- Connectives
Unit 3- Idioms
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