Major · 01/ENG/MJR/452T · 2026–27 intake
English Grammar And Composition
Semester VIII · 6 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 120 end-semester marks and 30 sessional marks.
Some marking instructions are internally inconsistent. Confirm the current pattern with your department; the practice questions here do not claim to reproduce it.
Examination Scheme Maximum Marks: 120 Time: 03 Hours Part-1 Total ten questions from unit 1, 2, 3 and 4. Answer to these questions shall be limited to 30 words each. (10 X 2 =20) Part -2 (5 X 20 =100) Questions may be subdivided into two parts. Candidates shall attempt all the parts of the same question. Answer one out two questions each from units 1,2,3 and 4. Unit-5: Write on any one of the three/four essays.
Unit IDeterminers / Primary verbs and more
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- DeterminersComing soon
- Primary verbsComing soon
- Auxiliary verbsComing soon
- Finite verbsComing soon
- Non-finite verbsComing soon
- Transitive verbsComing soon
- Intransitive verbsComing soon
- Subject-verb agreementComing soon
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Determiners, Verbs: Primary, Auxiliary; Finite, Non-finite; Transitive, Intransitive, Subject-verb agreement
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Source syllabus · page 136Unit IINoun phrase / Verb phrase and more
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- Noun phraseComing soon
- Verb phraseComing soon
- Narration transformationsComing soon
- Voice transformationsComing soon
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Syntax: Form classes: NP, VP, Transformation: Narration, Voice
Source syllabus · page 136Unit IIISimple and compound sentence transformations / Simple and complex sentence transformations
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- Simple and compound sentence transformationsComing soon
- Simple and complex sentence transformationsComing soon
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Transformation: Simple to Compound and vice-versa; Simple to Complex and vice-versa
Source syllabus · page 136Unit IVPositive-comparative-superlative transformations / Assertive-interrogative transformations and more
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- Positive-comparative-superlative transformationsComing soon
- Assertive-interrogative transformationsComing soon
- Affirmative-negative transformationsComing soon
- Assertive-exclamatory transformationsComing soon
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Transformation: Positive-Comparative-Superlative, Assertive- Interrogative and vice-versa, Affirmative- Negative and vice- versa, Assertive-Exclamatory and vice-versa
Source syllabus · page 136Unit VEssay writing
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Essay Writing
Source syllabus · page 136Recommended readings in the source
- Quirk and Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. ELBS. Pearson Education India, 2002.
- Thomson and Martinet. A Practical English Grammar. Oxford, 1997.
- Lester and Beason. Handbook of English Grammar and Usage. McGraw Hill Education, 2017.
- Dreyer, Benjamin. Dreyer’s English. Random House, 2019.