REVISION ASSIGNMENT 1

21 April 2020

Dear students

You can see below the revision assignment 1

Please answer all the questions.

Post your answers in the comments -box provided at the bottom of the blog with your name, register number and the branch of study.

Bring a hard copy of your answers when you come back to college.

PARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

HS 8251 TECHNICAL ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT 1

1. Define the following terms:

                a) Satellite          b) modem           c) capacitor         d) Library

Tip 1. (Reference to good English to English on line dictionary will help you to get the correct     answers or use Google search)

Tip 2.     Your definition should include: Term, Class, characteristics

2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of verbs:

                a) One of my friends ……………( has/ have ) gone to Spain.

 (Clue: One of my friends is singular)

b)Arun, along with Anitha, ……………( hope/ hops) to avoid indigestion after eating these weird

 Clue: To identify the head noun, put the phrase,’ along with Anitha’ in the bracket

c) Oil and water …………….(do/ does) not mix.

(Clue: compound nouns take plural verb’

d) Either Ram or Naveen………… (are/ is) responsible for this.

(Clue: the verb agrees with the noun closer to it.

3. Change the following sentences into their passive forms:

                a) I would have kept your car here if you had left it with me.

                Tip:  I would have kept your car/ if you had left it with me

                       I is the subject; your cat is the object/ You is the subject; it is the object.

                b) They called of the meeting

4. Complete the following conditional sentences:

                a) If only he had attended the interview, …………………………………………………… .

                Tip:  Find whether the given if class falls in type1, type2, or type 3.

                b) ……………………………………………………………. you will get good marks in your examination

                Tip: Find from the given main class to which category the sentence falls: type1, type2, or type 3

5. Rewrite the following as numerical adjectives:

                a) Three barrels which can hold five litres each

                b) Storage space of 32 giga bytes

                c) An electric cable which is ten metres length

                d) Project lasting for two years

6. Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B

                Column A                                            Column B

                juvenile                                                 strict

                austere                                                   convincing

                ponderous                                              immature

                cogent                                                    unwieldy

7. Change the following dialogue into reported speech:

                Arun:     Do you know that Gokul had met with an accident and is in hospital?

                Anitha:   Oh! I don’t. Is he badly hurt? Which hospital is he in?

8. Choose the appropriate word from the given options and make a compound word for the following words:

                i) home

                                a) wash                   b) line                   c) made                                d) way

                ii) life

                                a) long                  b) hood                    c) loss                                 d) hand

                iii) key

                                a) cluster             b) made                      c) knife                                d) hole

                iv) under

                                a) lie                      b) level                     c) ground                           d) stuff

9. Choose the appropriate words and complete the following sentences:

                a) The movie……………. (when/ which) we saw last week has won three national awards.

                b) I want to borrow the book…………… ( when/ that) you bought last month.

                c) I visited my uncle ……………….( who/ that ) lives in Delhi.

                d) Most of the people………………. ( whose/ whom) she met were from Jalandhar.

10. Write purpose statements for the following:

                a) refrigerator

                b) Washing machine

                c) Aerial

                d) Catalyst

CONSOLIDATED TOPICS FOR PART A AND PART B QUESTIONS

20 April 2020

Dear students

I am pleased to give you a consolidated list of topics for Part A and Part B that are being likely to be tested in the end semester examination of Anna University.

This list, I believe, will help you in the process of revision.

Prepare a time table for revision selecting one or two topics under part A and at least one topic under part B for each day

Allot a specific time for revising TECHNICAL ENGLISH and stick on to that time every day.

With best wishes

HOD

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

HS 8251 TECHNICAL ENGLISH

CONSOLIDATED TOPICS FOR PART A AND PART B

PART A	PART B
UNIT 1
1. Writing purpose statements	1. Writing instructions
2.Writing definitions- extended definitions	2. Writing a check list
3. Subject verb agreement	3. Writing recommendations
4. Compound words
UNIT2
5. Impersonal passive voice	4. Interpreting charts and graphs
6. Numerical adjectives
UNIT 3
7. Sequence words	5. Describing a process
8. Misspelled words
9. Embedded sentences
UNIT 4
10. Synonyms	6. Email writing
11. If clauses/ Conditionals	7. Cover letter and resume/ CV
12. Clauses	8.Essay writing: analytical, issue based
UNIT 5
13.Verbal analogy	9.Writing reports: Accident, survey
14. Reported speech	10. Writing minutes of the meeting
	12. Comprehension

               

SAMPLE ACCIDENT REPORT

SAMPLE ACCIDENT REPORT:

19 April 2020

Dear students

I am glad to meet you all again through my blog.

Needless to say that in the absence of attending regular classes, browsing my blog is one of the best options to learn the lessons.

I know very well, these lessons posted in the blog will certainly not a substitute for a lesson taught in the conventional class room with board and chalk and other teaching aids.

Lockdown has forced you to learn the lessons by yourself by some other means.

Please browse the lessons posted regularly and try to understand them. Your doubts can be posted in the comments column.

Revise the lessons by doing the assignments given under each lesson

Do the revision assignments posted and post the same in the comments column.

Please don’t loiter unnecessarily. Stay at home,

Be helpful to your parents.

Read English novels.

Find time to read English news papers daily.

A SAMPLE ACCIDENT REPORT:

Question:

Imagine that you are a safety engineer in a cement factory. There has been a fire accident in the factory and one of the workers has been badly hurt and is in the hospital. Your general Manager has asked you to send him a detailed report on the accident with your recommendations for averting a similar accident in the future. Prepare a report accordingly.

Answer:

Title page:

ACC CEMENT FACTORY, MADUKKARAI A REPORT ON THE FIRE ACCIDENT Submitted to: The General Manager Submitted by Arun prasanth Safety Engineer 19 April 2020

ACC CEMENT WORKS, MADUKKARAI The General Manager A REPORT ON THE FIRE ACCIDENT 1.TERMS OF REFERENCE:     You have asked me  to send you a detailed report on the fire accident that took place in our factory     at 11 p.m. on 14 April 2020 with my recommendations  to avert a similar accident in future through     your memo dated 15 April 2020. 2. PROCEDURE:     a. Several visits were made to the fire accident spot.     b. The employees who were at the site at the time of the accident were interviewed.     c. A discussion with the chief electrical engineer was made.     c. Suggestions for averting such accidents were collected from the employees as well as department            engineers. 3. FINDINGS:    a. Due to a short circuit, there was a fire accident around 11p.m. on 14 April 2020. It seems enough precautions and preventive measures had not been taken to provide for safety in such circumstances. The fire spread rapidly burning and damaging several materials kept in the store room which is close to the place where fire broke out.   b. The electrician, Mr. Raman, who was on duty sustained serious I juries and was rushed to the company hospital. After giving him first aid, he was transported to government head quarters hospital. His condition is critical.   c. Three more employees on duty, Mr. Gopal, store keeper, Mr. Ashok, store clerk, and Mr. Vijay, night watchman sustained minor injuries and were given first aid. 4. CONCLUSION:   a. Short circuit was the cause for the accident.   b. Enough precautions and preventive measures had not been taken.   c. The security department acted swiftly to attend the persons involved in the accident.   d. Over heating of electric equipment and the electrical short circuit were the two main reasons for the fire accident. RECOMMENDATIONS:    a. Temporary wiring and overloading of equipment should be avoided .Only approved electrical equipment should be used. Proper earthlings and overload protection devices should be installed to prevent electrical faults. Electrical installation should be periodically checked by a competent and certified person    b. Gas cutting and welding operation should be avoided near areas where highly inflammable or highly combustible materials are stored.   c. Fire extinguishers must be provided at strategic points.   d. Proper means of passage by which the people in the building may reach a place of safety  should be provided. Arun prasanth Safety Engineer 19 April 2020

SAMPLE REPORT 2

19 April 2020

Dear students

I am pleased to meet you, through this blog, again,

By this time you would have learnt the format of the short formal report and the language aspects while writing every element of the format.

You also might have gone through the sample report presented earlier.

Today we are going to see another sample report.

A SAMPLE REPORT 2

QUESTION: Assume that you are the sports secretary of your college. The CEO of your college has asked you to prepare a report on the facilities available for sports and games in your college with your recommendations, if any, for further enhancing the facilities. Prepare a report.

MODEL ANSWER:

Title page-

ABC COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, MYVADI A REPORT ON THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR SPORTS AND GAMES Submitted to: The CEO Submitted by Sakthivel 19 April2020

ABC COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY To: Geetha Nagarajan, CEO A REPORT ON THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR SPORTS AND GAMES 1. TERMS OF REFERENCE:     The purpose of the report is to study the facilities available for sports and games in our college with a view to suggest creating more facilities. This report is prepared in accordance with your directions. The scope of the report is to study the present facilities and to offer my recommendations to improve the existing facilities. 2.PROCEDURE:    a. A visit was made to all the play grounds .    b. The physical director, the principal, the AO, and the student representatives of all the classes were         Interviewed personally.   c .A questionnaire was given to a few students at random and their views and opinions were collected 3.FINDINGS:  a. There is a basket ball court with concrete floor and wooden boards  Nearer to the basket ball court, there is a volley ball court. It is a mud court.  Next to the volleyball court, there is a well- marked court for playing kabaddi.  There is a provision for a long jump pit but it is kept unused. There is a food ball court and around the foot ball court, provision is made for a 200 metre track. There are two courts for hockey, laid in front of the library and close to the road that leads to the college. There is an open badminton court in the academic block. All these courts are in the college campus. b. There is also provision for indoor games like, chess, carom, and table tennis. C .Facilities exclusively for girls are not available. d. All the facilities available in the college campus are being mostly used only by boys. 4. CONCLUSIONS:   Though facilities available for sports and games are plenty, these facilities are being utilized only by boys. Girl- students are of the view that there must be courts available exclusively for girls, preferably in the hostel campus .Kabaddi  players feel that there must be provision for a water tape in order to maintain the court by the players  themselves, in the absence of a marker. The physical director wishes that one or two markers might be appointed in order to maintain all the courts intact. Faculty members Prefer to have a recreation hall exclusively for them. 5. RECOMMENDATIONS:    a. Almost all the interviewees wish to have a multipurpose indoor stadium in the college campus.    b. Trained coaches should be appointed to give additional practice.   c. Steps should be made for the creation of one or two tennis courts.   d. The management should come forward to construct a swimming pool. SAKTHIVEL SPORTS SECRETARY. 19 April 2020

A SAMPLE REPORT

Dear students

Hope you would have gone through the template for a short formal report that I posted yesterday.(15 April 2020)

Today (16 April 2020) I am pleased to upload a sample report

Please read all the lessons uploaded periodically.

Voluntarily attend on line classes conducted by the faculty.

Wish you all the best,

Sample report:

Question:

You are the general secretary of the MUSIC ACADEMY, Triplicane. You have been asked to investigate the reasons for the fall in attendance at the concerts and to submit a report with your recommendations to the Chairman of the Music Academy, Shankar Das. Prepare a report.

Answer:

Title page:

MUSIC ACADEMY, TRIPLICANE , CHENNAI A REPORT ON DECLINING ATTENDANCE SUBMITTED TO: Shankar Das, Chairman SUBMITTED BY: Nandakumar, Secretary SUBMITTED ON: 16 April 2020

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MUSIC ACADEMY To: Shankar Das , Chairman REPORT ON DECLINING ATTENDANCE 1. TERMS OF REFERENCE       Last week you asked me to investigate the reasons for the fall in attendance at the concerts and       Submit a report with recommendations. 2.PROCEDURE:      a. The attendance details of the previous year were obtained.      b. Members of the academy and some other well wishers were interviewed      c. A questionnaire was sent to all the current members and also those who discontinued membership     in the last 12 months. 3. FINDINGS:     a. The attendance figures in the previous year were as follows:              First quarter                 3000              Second quarter            2400              Third quarter                1900              Fourth quarter             1300 b.          Majority of the members are of the opinion that the quality of music has deteriorated and that they miss the talents of the previous era. Most of the artists  who performed in the last two years actually experimented on stage in the Name of innovation. Lack of discretion in the choice of programmes Inadequate communication. Members were not informed of the last minute changes in concert Schedules and also about the change in artistes sometimes 4. CONCLUSIONS:                  Attendance  at concerts shows a noticeable decline because of dissatisfaction with the quality               of music and administrative lapses in sending communication to the members and the                general public. Failure to redress them may lead to a further decline in membership and might                gradually erode the reputation of the academy. 5. RECOMMENDATIONS:              1. The organizing committee should be objective in their selection of programmes and artistes                  and should set aside personal preferences.              2. There should be a wide range of programmes.              3. Members should be informed of the concerts for a whole quarter and changes in them, if any,                 should be notified in the press immediately.             4. There should be a campaign for enrolling life members.             5. A number of schemes should be planned to attract membership.             6. The programme should be given wider publicity. Nandakumar Secretary 16 April 2020.

REPORT WRITING- TEMPLATE AND LANGUAGE FOCUS

Dear students

We are pleased to post the learning material on ‘Report writing ‘today. (15 April 2020).It contains a template for a short formal report and the language focus. Tomorrow, a sample report will be uploaded. Please keep watching the blog for new learning materials and assignments.

PARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

STUDY MATERIAL

REPORT WRITING

Posted on 15 April 2020

What is a report?

A report is actually a piece of writing, based on evidence, containing organized information on a particular topic.

Characteristics of a good report:

·         A report can be oral or written.

·         A report has a structured format.

·         A report presents an analysis of facts after careful investigation.

·         A report is precise and concise.

·         A report is written in an impersonal style.

Purpose:

Reports are written for a number of purposes. They are written primarily to give information and facilitate the process of decision making.

Reports are also written

·         To make a record of events

·         To assess a situation/ event

·         To persuade someone about the need for a certain action

·         To make a recommendation

·         To evaluate the progress of a project

Template of a Short Formal Report:

To: Title: 1. TERMS OF REFERENCE/ INTRODUCTION      This section addresses three aspects:              1, Why the report is written              2. Who it is written for              3. What the scope of the report is 2. PROCEDURE:       In this section, the writer explains the procedures used or the process involved. For example, visit to places/ sites, interviews with people and so on. 3. FINDINGS:     This is the main part of the report because it gives facts and evidence collected by following the procedure. 4. CONCLUTIONS:    The inferences drawn from what is mentioned in he previous section are presented here. 5. RECOMMENDATIONS:     This section is optional. If the writer has been asked to make suggestion or recommendations, they will be presented here

LANGUAGE FOCUS:

1. Terms of reference:

                The sentence used in this section has two parts to it- topic+ purpose of a report.

A typical sentence construction here would be: The purpose of this report is to study the facilities available for sports and games in Park College of engineering and Technology

2. Procedure:

                Use past tense and passive voice in this section

3. Finding:

The findings in a report are generally presented in an impersonal style. Therefore the use of personal pronoun is avoided .Advised to use passive voice and reported speech.

4. Conclusions:

                Use of the present simple or past simple is preferred.

5. Recommendations:

                The key point here is the prominent use of the modal auxiliary verb ‘ should’

Reference:

1. A course in Communication skills (Special edition for EBEK)

message regarding the lessons uploaded

PARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

MESSAGE REGARDING THE UPLODING OF THE LESSONS

14 April 2020

Dear Students

You are all aware that almost all the lessons taught in the class are being uploaded in my blog.

You are also aware that you are required to browse my blog every now and then to find out any new lesson is uploaded in the blog.

Now that you are at home due to lockdown in order to contain the COVID 1, you could not attend the regular classes.

Therefore, please browse my blog regularly to learn the new lessons and do the assignments if any without fail.

You are required to submit the assignments duly completed when you come back to college after the lifting of the lockdown.

Please note that submission of assignment is mandatory for receiving your hall- ticket.

The lesson on writing reports will be uploaded tomorrow. ( 15 April 2020)

C.Govindaswamy

HOD / English