CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME EXAMINATION, December 2014
(SPOKEN ENGLISH)
110: CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
(SPOKEN ENGLISH)
110: CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
Answer any FIVE of the following without omitting any section
SECTION – A (5 × 20 = 100)
1. Write a conversation between a teacher and a parent in a Collage day function.
2. Write a conversation between a shop-keeper and a customer.
3. Write a short account on:
a) Expressions used for expressing gratitude
b) Expressions used on asking someone to say something again
c) Expressions used on apologising
d) Expression used to end a conversation.
SECTION – B
4. Narrate the felicitation function that took place in your department.
5. Explain your experience on your visit to Annamalai University Campus.
SECTION – C
7. Write briefly about a talk between two travellers in a bus regarding the uses and
abuses of Internet.
8. Draw a telephonic conversation between you and your friend regarding the trip
you had to Ooty.
9. Complete the dialogue:
(Official : O, Customer : C)
C : _________? Do you know whether there is a train to Madurai today?
O : I’m afraid there is no direct train from here. You have to go to Chennai and
_________.
C : But I don’t have that much time _________?
O : Let me see. Yes, there’s a direct flight to Madurai, at 8.40 a.m.
C : Oh, I see ________. Could you ________?
O : It’ll take atleast 30 minutes.
C : ________.
O : It is about fifteen thousand rupees from Mumbai.
C : _________.
SECTION – D
Write a speech on the following topics
10. Education and unemployment.
11. Freebies and politics.
12. Emancipation of women.