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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.