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IGNOU BEGE-102 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
Section A
1. Write short notes on the following
a. Regular and Irregular Plurals
b. Nasal sounds in English
c. Types of negation
d. Imperatives
2. Mark the primary stress in the following words.
a. Action b. Forget c. Careful d. Adjective e. Award
3. a. Write the phonetic symbols of the following vowel sounds represented by the underlined letter (s) in each of the following words (according to R.P.):
i. Seat ii. Fool iii. Care iv. Play v. Court
b. Write the phonetic transcription of the following words:
i. Poor ii. Played iii. During iv. Aerial v. Ointment
c. Divide the following words into constituent morphemes:
i. Misunderstanding ii. Friendliness iii. Disapprove iv. Enjoyment v. Powerless
Section B
4. What do you understand by derivational and inflectional affixes? Give examples explaining their differences and similarity.
5. What are different types of sentences? Explain with examples.
6. What categories are pronouns divided into based on their grammatical roles? Explain with examples.
7. Explain lexical, auxiliary and phrasal verbs. Give suitable examples.
Section C
8. Fill in the blanks as directed:
a. The man ________ car was damaged reported it to the police. (use an appropriate relative pronoun )
b. He ________ (study) French for three years now. (use correct verb form)
c. The students were happy _______ they passed the exam. (use an appropriate subordinating conjunction)
d. ________orange on the table is fresh. (use an article)
e. By the time we reached, the train _______ (leave). (use the correct form of the verb)
9. Rewrite as indicated.
a. He eats an apple every day. (Rewrite changing the verb to present perfect)
b. They built the bridge last year. (Rewrite in passive voice)
c. He is coming to the party. (add a question tag)
d. Sara finished her work early. She went home. (Combine without using and or but)
e. “Where did you buy that coffee?” she asked me. (Rewrite as indirect speech)
IGNOU BEGE-102 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
Answer all questions in this assignment.
Section A
1. Write short notes on the following
a.Irregular verbs
b.Plosives
c.English diphthongs
d. Fricatives
2. Mark the primary stress in the following words.
a. Above b.Director c. Cinema d. Illegal e. Award
3. a. Write the phonetic symbols of the following vowel sounds represented by the underlined letter(s) in each of the following words (according to R.P.):
i. Book ii. Party iii. Could iv. Been v. Bought
b.Write the phonetic transcription of the following words:
i. Poor ii. Played iii. During iv. Aerial v. Ointment 5
c. Divide the following words into constituent morphemes:
i. Unconditional ii. Cleanliness iii. Disrepute iv. Influencer v. thoughtlessly
Section B
4. Write a short note on Affixes.
5. What is the rhythm of English speech? Discuss with examples.
6. What do you understand by the terms subordinate and coordinate clauses? Explain by giving five examples of each.
7. Explain the differences between explicit and implicit negation. Give suitable examples.
Section C
8. Fill in the blanks as directed:
a. _______ book I am reading is about ancient history. (use an article)
b. She _________ (dream) of going to Paris since she was a child. (use the correct form of the verb in brackets)
c. The movie was great, ________ the ending was a bit predictable. (use an appropriate subordinating conjunction)
d. The girl _______ bike was stolen is very upset. (use an appropriate relative pronoun)
e. She ________ (finish) her homework before dinner, as she promised. (use the correct form of the verb in brackets)
9. Rewrite as indicated.
a. This song is the most popular one on the radio right now. (Rewrite using positive degree)
b. You like chocolate ice cream. (add a question tag)
c. The traffic was heavy. We arrived late for the meeting. (Combine to form a single sentence)
d. “What time does the movie start?” I asked Ravi. (Rewrite as indirect speech).
e. The chef is preparing a delicious meal. ( Rewrite using passive voice)
