2nd Solved Assignment-486 aiou Autumn 2020

Compulsory English-1 (386)                                                                        Level: Intermediate
Semester, Autumn 2020                                                                               Passing Marks : 40
                                                                 Assignment No. 2
                                                                        (Unit 6-9)
Q.l You have read how to apologize in Unit 6, Section A. Recall that unit, look at the sentences and then write appropriate responses of apology. Follow the example.
Example: Ice-cream I love eating chocolate ice-cream.
1. Are you coming to the marriage ceremony?
2. I hope you will keep your temper from now.
3. You have not paid your fee yet.
4. Did you call the doctor?
5. You missed my birthday party.
Q.2 In Unit 6, Section B, we discussed and practiced the skill of skimming. Can you skim the following paragraph for answering the questions given at the end?
Here's something to think about the next time you go shopping. Have you ever noticed how many trolleys are available when you go to the supermarket? In my experience, it seems like hundreds! But how about the number of hand baskets? Invariably I struggle to find even one, especially when I only need a few items. Why might this be the case? Well, it seems to be a tactic used to encourage us to buy more. If you are walking around with an empty trolley, you are more tempted to fill it, so if you a planning on only doing a quick shop, always try to find a basket. It will be lighter, easier to use and is sure to save you money!
• What can you find in large numbers at a supermarket?
• Why can this be a problem?
• How many baskets are available as compared to trollies?
• How can you avoid spending more than you planned?
• Why is it a good idea to use a basket instead of a trolley?
Answer:-
1. What can you find in large numbers at a supermarket?
We can find trolleys in large numbers at a super market.
2. Why can this be a problem?
It can be a problem when you only need a few items and you find no hand basket-
3. How many baskets are available as compared to trollies?
Very few hand baskets are available as compared to trollies.
4. How can you avoid spending more than you planned?
If you want to avoid spending more than you planned, always try to find a basket instead of a trolley.
5. Why is it a good idea to use a basket instead of a trolley?
 It is easier to use a bask and sure to save your money rather than to use a trolley.
Q.3 In Unit 7, Section A you read about different professions. Select a profession of your choice and write a few logical reasons for appreciation of the particular profession.
Answer:-
A profession teaching:- I am the student of B.S class. I have selected teaching as my future profession. I have many reasons to select this profession. I want to be a teacher because knowledge is the beauty of our character. Since all evils spring out of ignorance, we need to spread education as much as possible. As my mother is a teacher. I am getting training by her to become a good teacher in future. Since our knowledge should be sound to become a teacher, therefore, I read books on a verity of topics. I know that many boys and girls cannot get education due to poverty. For this reason, I have decided that I shall try to help my students. I shall contact other rich people to join hands in helping and educating poor students. Our country needs good, brilliant teachers. I am burning the midnight oil to achieve good grades in my exams. Since I am firm, I shall put my all energies to become a good teacher, because a teacher is the spiritual parent of his students. May Allah help me in getting my sacred ambition, amen.
Q.4 In Unit 8, Section A, you have learned how to use sequence markers. Given below are a number of sentences to show how wood is taken from the forest. Arrange these points in the form of a paragraph. Add sequence makers wherever necessary to link the sentences.
1. The logs are taken in the logging trucks to nearby saw mills.
2. Trees are cut down.
3. These are placed in lumber yards where people can buy them.
4. Their branches and leaves are cut-off.
5. These logs are cut-up into large pieces of wood called lumber for building houses.
6. They are now logs.-
Answer:-
First of all trees are cut down. Then their branches and leaves are cut - off. They are now logs. After that the logs are taken in the logging trucks to nearby saw mills. Now these logs are cut up into large pieces of wood called lumber for building houses. Finally these are placed in lumber yards where people can buy them.
Q.5 Develop a paragraph from the stems given below as you have learned in Unit 8 of your textbook.
1. Pour flour and salt into a bowl
2. Add some ghee
3. Mix the ingredients
4. Place dough into an oiled bowl
5. Wait for sometime
6. Make small bolls
7. roll with a rolling pin
8. Heat a tawa
9. Cook chapatti on both sides
10. Serve
Answer:-
A recipe - Making Chapatti:-
First of all take 2 cups flour in a large bowl. Then add some salt and ghee and mix
the ingredients. Now start mixing water li
your hands and bring the dough together. The dough needs to be soft and pliable. Then let the dough rest for 20 to 30 minutes. Now make small balls out of the dough. Then take a ball and roll evenly using a rolling pin. Tawa should be hot before you add the rolled. Chapatti. Cook chapatti on both sides. To keep chapatti soft, apply some ghee while cooking. If you see brown spots all over, means it has cooked
enough. Now serve them with dall Tarka or bhindi masala.
Q.6 An incomplete story is given below. The ending is missing. Predict and write its ending. Take guidance from Unit 9 of your book.
Ali went with his grandfather for a picnic to the beach. They saw a turtle lying on the beach dying. They picked it, took it home and treated it. After a few days, it got well. Ali made a nice aquarium for it. One day when Ali woke up, the turtle was nowhere to be found................................................
Answer:-
Ali went with his grandfather for a picnic to the beach. They saw a turtle lying on the beach dying. They picked it, took it home and treated it. After a few days, it got well. Ali made a nice aquarium for it. One day when Ali woke up, the turtle was nowhere to be found slowly slowly the turtle kept on moving and soon he was out of sight. It was a hot day. The turtle thought, "I will just have a little nap under the tree". He was soon fast asleep. Ali came that way in search of turtle. He saw it was fast asleep under the tree. Soon the turtle woke up and moved on. It was moving to the same beach. Ali thought that it would be happier living in its natural atmosphere. He took it up in his hands and came to the beach, he put the turtle in the shallow water. It dived and soon it disappeared in the deep water. Ali came home sad but satisfied.
Q.7 Read the article given below and answer the following questions.
Rhinos mind their own business. They like nothing better than to stand around and eat grass from the ground, or, depending on what kind of rhino, nip leaves off bushes. They love to roll in the mud, too. Mud keeps rhinos cool, and they use it for sunscreen. Then he tubbed his chin on the rock. And his stomach. And his hips, "rock-rubber," I called him. Rhinos have marvelous ears. Have you ever looked at a rhino ear? It is somehow like a curled leaf, or flower petals, or a gracefully rolled paper cone for holding nuts. Rhinos seem mythical or magical to some people. Maybe that is because they A HORN. Actually, they have two horns, but one is more prominent. Maybe rhinos are behind the idea of the unicorn. When people see something near-magical in an animal, they want that thing. In the case of rhinos, it's the horn. So people kill the rhinos and cut off their horns, even though the horns are make of the same kind of protein that's in your hair or fingernails. But people who want magic horns don't like to hear that. They don't seem to care that there are only about 30,000 rhinos left in the world today. I wish they would mind their own business. Rhinos mind their own business. The eat grass. They lick rocks. They rub rocks. A living rhino makes a fine acquaintance. Take time to get to know rhinos on World rhino Day, celebrated every year on September 22.
1. What is the article about?
2. Who will be the reader of the article?
3. What information is given in the article?
4. What does the writer want to convey?
5. What message did you get from it?
Answer:-
1. What is the article about?
The article is about Rhinos, very large, wild animals.
2. Who will be the reader of the article?
Everybody who is interested in reading about wild life can be the reader of this article.
3. What information is given in the article?
The article conveys very interesting information about Rhinos. Rhinos mind their own business. They love to role in the mud. Rhinos have marvelous ears, like curled leaves. Rhinos eat grass. They lick rocks. People kill them for their horns. There are only about 3000 Rhinos left in the world today.
4. What does the writer want to convey?
The writer wants to convey that wild life be saved especially Rhinos which are about to disappear from the surface of the earth.
5. What message did you get from it?
We got message that we should take time to know about Rhinos and take measures to save this huge, innocent creature.
Q.8 Suppose you want your friend to read a particular book. Give him at least five reasons for convincing him to read that book. Follow the example.
Example want you to read this book because it's really interesting.
Answer-
Reading a book:
Dear Asad! Books guide us how to lead a fantastic life. I love reading all kinds of good books. I suggest you, read the Holy Quran with Urdu translation.
1. The Holy Quran is the greatest book of knowledge and instruction for all humanity and for all time.
2. It is a store house of wisdom and knowledge.
3. It encourages those who fear God and it promises hell to those who are non-believers.
4. It not only deals with the worldly affairs but also with matters of the world hereafter.
5. It helps us lead a noble, honest, humble and fair life.