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
There shall be a Bridge course for student Stream ‘B’ BRIDGE COURSE FOR F.Y.B.A/ B.COM.
I. Introduction
to the spelling and meaning words denoting object \s which they see in
ordinary
life. eg animals, birds, vehicles, places, persons.
II. Singular
& plural nouns.
III. Spellings
and meaning of action verbs.
IV. Demonstrative
pronouns and their plurals.
V. Personal
pronouns and their plural.
VI. Simple
sentences constructed with ‘to be’
VII. Interrogative
and negative sentences (with ‘to be’)
VIII. Sentences with active
verbs.
IX. Interrogatives
and negative sentences with active verbs.
X. Common
prepositions-Time, place.
XI. Sentence
with ‘Wh’ question words.
* Intensive
exercises may be prepared in advance and given to students as assignment.
* Cyclostyled
sheets continuing brief summary of what was though along with exercises may
be distributed among them.
There will be separate prescribed text for the two stream (A & B) keeping in mind the students’ competence in English. The question on text will carry 25 marks. (General quiestion-10 marks shorts questions marks ).
Some lesions may be recommended for loud reading in the tutorials.
Six short stories Oxford University press Learners’ English Reader Jay
publishers.
VOCABULARY
1. A
list of basic vocabulary shall be prescribed Students May be asked to frame
simple sentence using
these words. Two lists one each for stream
‘A’ & ‘B’ are as under :
Basic Vocabulary for stream ‘A’
A
|
Able
|
advantage |
all |
author |
ankle |
bank |
believe |
born |
bring |
blow
(v) |
C
|
cake |
century |
compare |
company |
cross
(n & v) |
cash |
circle (o’clock) |
convenient |
country (of course) |
curd |
D
E|
dark |
die
(death) |
dress
(V & N) |
distant |
describe |
eager |
enjoy |
except |
excursion |
equal |
F G
H|
false |
flavor |
forest |
feel |
fond
of |
gain |
habit |
heavy |
horizon |
hungry |
I
J K L|
idea |
indeed |
innocent |
important |
introduce |
jealous |
knock |
land |
lend |
loose |
M N O P Q
|
manner
(s) |
measure |
narrow |
obey |
parcel |
perfect |
piece |
possible |
quality
|
R
S
T
U
|
receive |
remain
remember remind |
reply
responsible |
saucer |
share |
sigh |
steal |
taste |
together
tomorrow |
ugly |
V W
|
valley |
wages |
watch |
weeding |
whole |
world |
for
A
acid
act (n. & v.) absent
(adj) action
actor address
(n) afraid
after afternoon again
age agent
agree aim
(n)
all always
an and
another
answer are
area arm
(n)
arrange art
ass at
attention aunt
B
baby back
(n. & adv.)
bag ball
bank (n)
barber basket
bat batch
bathe bazaar
bear (v)
beautiful beauty
because
become
bed
beggar begin
bell below
bench best
big bill
birth black
blacksmith blank
block (n) blood
blue beard
(n) boarding
boat body
book box
branch (n) break
(v) bright
bring brother
brush
bucate build
bus business busy
but button
by
C
call clam
camp canteen
cup
car card
careful careless
carpenter
carrier carry
case cash
cut catch
(n & v) cattle
chair chance
chap cheque
children
choice city
class clean
clever cloth
could club
coat coffee
cold (n & v) collar
college colour
(v) come
common
conductor continue
cook (n & v) copy
(n & v) corner
cost (n & v) country
countryside
course court
cow cricket
cross (v) crow
culture cup
cut cycle
D
daily
(adv.) dam
dagger dark
daughter day
deaf death
deep degree
did diagram
difficult
difficulty direct
(adj) dirt
dirty dish
does doctor
doll door
double down
drink (v)
dress
(n)
drive
driver drop
(n & v)
dry
dull dust
E
ear early
earth easily
easy eat
egg elect
election
eleven empty
enemy engine
enjoy enough
equal
everyday everything examination
extra eye
F
face
(n)
factory fail
fair (n) fall
(v)
fan far
farmer fashion
at
fatter
fee feel
fever few
fifth figure
film fill
find fine
fire (n)
first
fit (adj)
fix flag
flood flow
(n &v) flower
(n)
fly (v) food
fool for
four fourteen
fourth
free freedom
friend
friendly
form fruit
full fun
future
G
game gap
garden gas
gay get
girl give
lass (unc.N)
go
gold goldsmith good
goods gram
(weight) grandfather
grandmother great
grip ground
guard (n) guest
gun
H
hair half
hand handkerchief hung
happiness happy
had has
have
head health
(healthy)
heat (n) heart heavy
her hero
high highway
hill
him hire
(v)
history hit
(v)
hole holiday
home hope
(n & v ) horse
hospital
host hostel
hot hour
how hundred
hungry
husband hut
I
i
ideal idle
ill (adj) illness
in income
ink inside
inspector interesting
iron
(n)
Is it
J
jail jeep
joy judge
(e) jump
(n & v)
K
keep kerosene key
kilogram
kind
kitchen kite
knife know
L
label labour
lake lamp
language large
late laugh
(v) law
lazy leader
leave (n)
lecture
(n) lecture
left leg
lea lesson
letter library
life lift
(n)
like (e) limb
line link
lip list
little live
(v)
lock lodging
lonely
long (adj) lock
(n & v) loose
lose loud
low luck
luggage
M
mad magazine main
kale (v)
man many
march (n) mark
(n) market
marriage
marry master
match (n) me
meaning
medicine meet
(v)
merry milk
mind minister minus
minute miss
(v) mistake
mix modern money
monsoon moon
morning
N
nail name
(n)
natural
near nature
need (v)
neigbour
nest
newspaper next
night nine
ninth no
noon north
not note
(n)
nothing
notice novel
(n) now
number
nylon
O
O’clock
of
office often
old on
onion only
operation oppose
order (n & v) other
out outside
P
page pain
paper parcel
park (n)
part
(n) partner
party pass
(v)
passenger
past
pest
(n) pay
(n & v)
peace peaceful
pen
pencil people
period person
petrol pick
(v)
picnic
picture (n) piece
pillow pin
pit (n) place
plan (n & v) plant
(n)
platform
play (v)
pleased
plus
policeman pond
post porter
postman
pot
present (adj) press
(n & v) pretty
private primary
principal
prison prize
programme progress
(n) promise
(n & v)
proper public
(adj) pump
(n)
pure purse
Q
quarrel (n & v)
R
radio railway
rat reach
(v) read
ready real
ed relative
religion
rent report
(n) reply
(v)
rest (n) result
rice rice
right ring
(n & v) rise
(v)
river road
roof room
rose round
(adj) rubber
rule (n) run
(v)
S
sad sadness
safe
(adj)
salt saree
say scene
school scooter
season
see seek
select (v) sell
servant seven
seventh
shave
(v) shall
she ship
shoe shop
(n)
short
short (n & v) show
(n & v) shut
sick side
silk silver
sing sister
six sixteen
size (n) skin
sleep (n)
slow
smell (n & v) smile
(n & v)
soap
social society
sofa soft
something sometimes soon
song soon
sound south
speak speed
stand (v) star
station steal
steel step
(n)
table tail
take talk
tax taxi
teach teacher
tear (n) teeth
ten tent
test (n)
text-book
than
thank that
their them
there these
thick thief
third thirteen
this
those three
throw ticket
tiger tight
tide (adj)
to
together
tomorrow tonight
tooth top
total touch
(v) towel
town traffic
training
transport
(n & v)
trick (n)
trip
(n) trouble
truth try
twelve two
typist tire
(n)
U
ugly umbrella
uncle
under uniform
unite
university up
use (n & v) useful
usual
V
value vegetable very
(adj)
village visit
(n)
vitamin
W
wait
(v)
wake walk
(n & v)
wall want
(v)
war
ward (n)
was
waste water
way we
wealth wear
(v)
week
welcome (v) well
(n. adj. adv.)
west wet
wheat wheel
where which
white whole
who
wide wife
win (v) wind
(n)
Y
year yellow
yesterday yet
Z
2. A list of text-based vocabulary should also be prepared if necessary. The students are required to
3. The
question on vocabulary will carry 10 marks.
Unit
1. Exercise on identification of various parts of speech.
Unit 2. Forms and functions of active verbs, and Auxiliaries like ‘do’, ‘have’,
‘be’
Unit 3. All the tenses may be prescribed with all forms like positive, negative
interrogative and questions.
Present )
Past ) Simple
progressive and perfect
Future )
Unit
4. Pronouns.
Unit 5. Articles and Determiners.
Unit 6. Translation of simple sentences form Gujarati into
English. The use of familiar vocabulary is
recommended. The questions on grammar
will carry 20 marks.
Comprehension : A question of Comprehension on textual passage 10 marks. To be selected form the prescribed text.
Student will be taught how to
write a short paragraph on the familiar subjects. This question
will carry 5 marks.
N.B. The
work book assignment is compulsory for the students, and 5 marks for Internal
evolution are
reserved for it.
F.Y.B.Com.
for Examination of 1993,1994 and 1995
The objective of this course is to help the students of First B. Com. level efficiently, to use English in practical business situations. These situations require a businessman to write letters, write/speak on a subject, summaries ideas and translate writings in English in to the Indian language he/she knows.
1.00 Vocabulary : 15%
marks periods 12 to 14
1.0.
Show difference in
meaning between common words often confused owing to the similarity
in their
spelling, pronunciation and/or meaning.
Words
|
1 accede-exccex 2. accept-except-expect 3. access-excess 4. accident-incident 5. adapt-adept-adopt 6. addition-adition 7. advertise-advertisement 8. advice-advise 9. affect-effect (n)-effect 10. all ready-already 11. allusion-illusion 12. alternate-alternative 13. anxious-eager 14. aptitude-attitude 15. artist-artiste-artisan 16. avoid-evade 17. bail-bale 18. beat-bit 19. berth-birth 20. beside-decides 21. brake-break 22. breadth-breath-breathe 23. canvas-canvass 24. career-carrier 25. carefree-careless 26. cast-caste 27. check-cheque 28. childish-childlike 29. cite-sigh-site 30. clear-clean 31. cloths-clothes 32. coast-coat 33. cold-cool |
34. competent-qualified 35. complement-compliment 36. comprehensible-comprehensive 37. condole-condone 38. confidant (e)-confident 39. complain-compliment 40. complementary-complimentary 41. continual-continuous 42. credible-creditable 43. customer-habit 44. defect-deficiency-deficit 45. defer-differ 46. die-dye 47. doubt-suspect 48. dependable-dependant 48. draft-draught-drought 50. dual-duel-duet 51. economic-economical 52. eligible-illegible 53. efficient-effectual 54. efficient-proficient 55. eminent-imminent 56. expect-hope-wish 57. fair-little 58. few-little 59. freeze-fridge 60. idle-idol 61. imaginary-imaginative 62. industrial-industrious 63. its-it’s 64. latter-letter 65. lawn-loan 66. lay-lie |
67. loose-lose 68. lovable-lovely-loving 69. mail-lame 70. massage-message 71. moderate-modest 72. peace-piece 73. patrol-petrol 74. practicable-practical 75. pray-prey 76. percede-preside-procced 77. precedent-president 78. price-prize 79. principal-principle 80. quite-quit-quiet 81. raise-raze 82. respectable-respectful-respective83. role-roll 84.rout-route 85. sail-sale-sell 86. soap-shop 87.sole-soul 88. something-sometime 89. sporting-sportive 90.stair-stare 91. stationary-stationery 92. storey-story 93.successful-success ice 94. test-taste 95. than-then 96.vary-very 97. verbal-oral 98. waist-waste 100. weather-whether |
2.00 paragraph Construction :
15%marks
periods10 to 12.
2.01
Write a well organised paragraph
(in not more then 150 words) on a topic of. general
interest
that is close to the student’s experience.
3.00 Business Letters, The basic : 15 % marks periods 14 to 16
3.01 Show
importance of letter as an effective means of Communication.
3.02 Understand
different parts of the layout of business later.
3.03 Recognize
and correct specified details concerning the layout (3.02) rendered incorrectly.
3.04 Show
familiarity with different formats.
3.05 Show
familiarity with factors affecting the appearance of a business letter.
3.06 Understand
and qualities of a good business letter.
3.07 Show
ability to get the qualities of a good business letter (3.06) reflected in
writing.
4.00 Business Letters, Drafting : 40 % marks Periods 32 to 34
4.01 Writing
letters of inquiry including offers, and replies to them.
4.02 Orders
and execution of order.
4.03 Letters
of complaint and replies to them.
4.04 Letters
of collection.
4.05 Circular
letters.
4.06 Applications
for vacant situations.
5.00 Summarizing : 15% marks Periods 6 to 7
5.01 Summaries
a passage in English ( of not more than 300 words ) on a topic of commercial
or economic interest.
OR
6.00 Translation :
15
% marks periods 6 to 7
6.01 Translate
a passage ( of not more than 125 words ) on a topic of commercial of economic
interest from English in it Gujarati/Hindi.