The  objective of this course is to help student at First B.Sc. level develop skills in  comprehension   writing, translating and also using English for purposes other  than scientific and in practical situation. These situation require a student of science to write and speak on  a subject, summaries ideas and translate writings into Writing in to the language he/she knows

PAPER - I
COMPULSORY ENGLISH

A-Stream Text Book : Jubilee English Reader, Jay Publishers
B-Stream Text Book : Easy English Prose, Jay Publishers

Grammar and Composition :

    (a) Basic language skills : grammar and usage
The ability to fill in blanks, correct errors, choose correct forms out of alternative choices, join clauses, sentences as directed, replace indicated sections with single world / opposites / synonyms etc.
To be assessed by objective / multiple-choice tests : 1 x 20 = 20% credit
    (b) Comprehension of an unseen passage
This should imply not only (a) an understanding of the passage in question but also (b) a grasp of general language skills and issues with reference to world and usage within the passage and (c) the power of short independent composition based on themes and issues raised in the passage.

    (c) Composition : Paragraph-writing

    (d) Precise / summary writing
There should be formal training in composition and precise / summary writing through instruction, discussion and written work. The students should not be left to conduct these exercises on the strength of their general reading and understanding of the language.

Topics of Grammar :

(1) Primary auxiliaries do, have, be
(2) Nouns : kinds of noun; number, gender
(3) Pronouns : kind of pronouns
(4) Articles
(5) Tenses
(6) Subject-verb concord
(7) Conjunction

            1.01     Active use of about 300 words as mentioned in the list (forming of meaningful sentences
            List of words is as under).

A     abroad, accompany, account, accuse, accustom, ache, achieve, acknowledge, acquaintance, adapt, adopt, advertise, affection, afford, alas, Alarm, alter, amaze,  altogether, amuse, analyze, ancestor,  ancient, announce, annual, anxious, approve, apologies, appreciate, approach,  approximate, artificial, astonish, automatic,  average, aware of., awkward.

B    bare, base (basic), benefit, beware of, bishop, bitter, bloom (in bloom), bow (v), brilliant, Buddhism, burden,

C     cancel, capable, carve, cause (v & n), cautious, cease, celebrate, ceremony, chill, charm, circumstances, civilize, classify, clumsy, course, coffin, comedy,  commerce, commit, communicate, community, compel, complicate, compose, compound, concentrate, concern, condemn, condense, confess, conscious,  consent, consist, comequence, constant, consult, contact, contented, contest, contrast, co-operate, correspondence, courtesy, coward, create, cripple, critic, crown,  curious, crazy.

D    dare, deal, decay, deceive, decrease, delicate, define, degree ,delight, demand, democracy, demonstrate, deny, depart, deposit, design, desire, despair, despise, detect, disciple, discipline, disgust, distress, distinct, divine, dress, dwell.

E    earnest, economy, effect, elastic, element, endure, engage, enormous, enquire, entertain, enthusiasm, entire, envy, equivalent, errand, essential, establish, evil,  estimate, eternal, evident, exaggerate, exceed, excite, exclude, excellent, exist, excuse, exhibit, expedition, export, explore, express (n & adj.), expression, exterior,   extraordinary, extravagant, extreme.

F    faint, faith, fate, fertile, fierce, finance, firm (business), flatter, forefathers, frown, forgive, forth, fulfill, fundamental, furnish.

G     gay, generous, genuine, glimpse, glory, govern, graceful, grand, graph, grass, grateful, greed, greet.

H   handy, hardship, hearty, hedge, hesitate, horror, humble.

I    ideal, idle, ignorant, image, imitate, immense, impression, incident, index, infant,  indicate, individual, inferior, inform, inherit, insist, inspire, instance, instinct, intend,  interfere, interior, invade, investigate.

K    keen, knit.

L    labor, lack, letter, light (not heavy), limit, lodge, luxury.

M   magnificent, magnify, majesty, major, marvelous, means (n), mercy, merry, might,  minor (adj.), miracle, miser, miserable, misfortune, moderate, monument, mortal,  mourn, mystery.

N   naughty, nuisance.

O   object (v), observe, obtain, obvious, occur, offend, oppress, organize, ornament, overcome, overhear, overlook.

P   pale, passive, pattern, perform, persuade, pile, pinch, plain (adj.), possess, preach, prefer, prejudice, presently, pretend, pretty, primary, privilege, probable, profess, proper (iy.),  prophet (prophecy), proportion, propose, provide, purchase, puzzle, purpose.

R    race (breed), rapid, rare, rather, reform, refresh , regret, reign, rejoice, relay, read, relieve, remark, remedy, reputation, represent,  republic, rescue, resist, revolution,  restore, retreated, reveal, revenge, reverent, reverse, revolt, reward, rid of, rumor,  ridiculous, row (v), royal, rubbish, ruin.

S    sacrifice, saddle, sanitary, scare (scarcity, scarcely), scatter, scheme, secure, seize, seldom, shallow, shelter, shift, shiver, shortly, shower, sincere, slave, slight, solemn, solitary, sort, soul, spare, spirit (spiritual), splendid, split, start (startle), steep, stiff,  stoop, strip (n), stripped, struggle, stupid, substitute, sufficient, suit (v),  support, suit (v), superior, suppose, swell (v), swing, sympathy, system.

T   temper, tempt, tender, terror, thorough, throughout, tide, tiny, tough, tragedy, trap, tremendous, trust, twinkle.

U    undo (unfasten), unite, universe, upset.

V   vague, vain (in vain), value, vanish, vary, vigor, visible, voyage.

W  wander, worth, wreck.

Y   yard (courtyard).

                        Hindi.

3.00  COMPREHENSION (12%)  (10-12 Lectures)  

            3.01    Comprehension of a passage of about 300 words ( from the text only)  50% of  the

                        questions desirably to be of inferential nature.

            4.01    A short essay of not more than 300 words on topics of general interest.

5.00 GRAMMAR :

            5.01    Correct use of English

a    Word order.                                                b    agreement of subject and predicate

c    tenses and sequence of tenses.                     d    modals

e    to be, to have, to do, (Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative)          f    Special use of 'There' and 'It'

g    Phrasal verbs.                                              h    Verbs with prepositions:

e.g. :  look, look-out, in for, after, ahead etc.         i      active-passive of simple tenses

j    interrogative and relative pronouns.

6.00  TEXT (12%)  (30-32 Lectures)

            6.01    Study in details a text book having selection of literary merit, from masters of prose, short stories, scientific fiction, one-etc plays, or  a novel (simplified or  abridges).