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St. JOSEPHS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
St. JOSEPHS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
HS6151TECHNICAL ENGLISH I
ASSIGNMENT III
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition
1. The waste heat ___power plants is cooled ____two reasons, to comply ____
thermal pollution regulations and to gain greater efficiency. This will be
useful ___environmental protection.
2. The Thorium reserves can be used ___fast breeder reactors. A very small
quantity ___ nuclear fuel produces energy that can otherwise be produced ___
vast quantities _____ conventional fuels like coal.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of words
Sl.No
Verb Noun Adjective
1 -- Generation Generation
2 Move -- Movable
3 Stabilize Stabilization --
4 Occupy Occupation --
3. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of words
Sl.
No
Verb Noun Adjective
1 -- Intensification Intensive2 Break -- Breakable
3 Solve Solution --
4 Express Expression --
4. Join the following pairs of sentences using appropriate cause and
effect expressions.
1. The price of petrol has gone up. The essential commodities have
become costlier.
2.
People are smoking more. The death rate from the cancer isincreasing.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate cause and effect expression
1. Effective spread of information is _______ the development of
mass media.
2. Better city infrastructure is _______ the expansion of tourism
industry.
6. Use the Following expressions in sentences of your own.
a. as a result b. consequently c. because of d. owing to
7. Fill in the blanks with suitable fixed expressions
1. Why not teacher? Thats a ________.
a)
enough talking b) good idea c) you know d) well done2. Hey Ram, ________ my professor has been conferred upon the best
teacher award.
a) you know b) dont worry c) thats it d) thank you
8. Choose the right fixed expression from the four options to make a
meaningful utterance.
1) Was the cargo wrecked by an explosion? ___________.
a) Thank you b) good idea c) well done d) sounds dangerous
2) I think I will get only 60 marks in the exam__________.
a) sounds exciting b) thank you c) heaven forbid d) sounds dangerous
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PART B
1. The given line chart shows franks math test grades. Analyse the given
data and comment on it.
2. Write two paragraphs of 100 words each comparing village life with city life.
3. Rearrange the following jumbled sentences and rewrite them as a
coherent paragraph
i. Fossil fuels are one of the greatest threats to our environment
today.
ii. It also poses a serious risk of many cities and settlements locatedclose to sea level entirely disappearing under water.
iii. Melting of polar ice caps causesocean levels to rise as well.
iv.
Their burning contributes heavily to global warming, the pollutionof the air, water and land, as well as the production of acid rain.
v.
This contributes to the greenhouse effect, causing the suns warmth
to be excessively trapped in the atmosphere.
vi.
This reduces the salinity of the ocean, endangering many
organisms that are dependent upon a certain level of salt
concentration to be able to live.
vii.
When fossil fuels are burned, huge amounts of carbon are released
into the air.
viii.
When this occurs, global temperatures rise.4. Prepare a poster for the teachersday celebration in your college.