Bankura University B.A. 1st Semester English Hons SEC 1 Question Paper 2026

 Bankura University B.A. 1st Semester English Hons  SEC 1 Question Paper 2026

ENGLISH

Course ID: 10315                              Course Code: A/ENG/104/SEC-1

English Language and its Teaching

(NEP)

Time: 2 Hours                                                  Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Answer all the questions.

1. Answer any one of the following questions: (1×10=10)

a) Explain the difference between phrase and clause with suitable examples. Discuss the various types of clauses with examples.

b) Discuss with examples the different tenses in English.

2. Answer any one of the following questions: (1×10=10)

a) What is the grammar-translation method of language teaching? Discuss its merits and demerits.

b) Discuss the characteristics and principles of the direct method of teaching English. What are its main advantages and limitations?

3. Answer any one of the following questions: (1×10=10)

a) Write a précis of the following passage and suggest a suitable title:

English education and English language in spite of their glaring drawbacks have contributed immensely to the progress of India. The notions of democracy and self-government were born of English education. Those who fought and died for India's freedom were nursed in the cradle of English thought and culture. The West has made a significant contribution to the political and intellectual development of the East. The history of Europe has fired the hearts of our leaders. Our struggle for freedom was inspired by the struggles for freedom in England, America and France. If our leaders were ignorant of English and if they had not studied this language, how could they have been inspired by these heroic struggles for freedom in other lands? English, therefore, did us great good in the past and if properly studied will do immense good in future. English is spoken throughout the world. For international contact, for commerce and trade, for the development of our practical ideas, for scientific studies, English is indispensable in today's world. English is very rich in literature and our own literature has been made richer by this language. It will really be a fatal day if we altogether forget Shakespeare, Milton, Keats and Shaw.

b) Write an essay on 'Pollution and Climate Change'.

4. Answer any five of the following questions: (5×2=10)

a) What is a subordinator? Give an example.

b) Identify the categories of the underlined clauses in the following sentences:

i) I don't know why my friends did not turn up for the birthday party.

ii) Do you have any idea of the place where the man was found last?

c) Use the appropriate forms of the verbs within brackets and rewrite the sentence:

    No sooner she ... (go) there than she... (start) her investigation.

d) Define a compound sentence with one example.

e) What is the difference between present perfect tense and simple past tense? Give examples.

f) Identify any two merits of communicative method of teaching.

g) Mention the two functions of language laboratory in improving English pronunciation.

h) What is the communicative method of teaching?

i) What is embedding? Illustrate with an example.

j) Identify any two demerits of audio-lingual method of teaching.