Discuss the play Pygmalion as a romance? Elaborate.

Can The Alchemist be understood as a satire? Give suitable examples.

What do you think is the dominant quality of Hamlet’s character? Discuss with suitable examples.

Discuss the typical Shakespearean comic elements in the play in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Discuss Waiting for Godot from the perspective of the theatre of the Absurd

Complete the following sentences by adding noun clauses as objects. Use the clues given in brackets and the appropriate subordinating conjunction. (8)
i) I don’t know ……………………………….(get/money back).
ii) Can anyone tell me ………………………………………….(the matter/with him)?
iii) Please confirm ………………………………….(you can come/on Sunday).
iv) It is a good thing …………………………(he/working hard).
v) The airhostess asked me ………………………………………………..(want/coffee, tea or juice).
vi) I don’t understand ………………………………………….(she couldn’t/come/event).
vii) Preeti hasn’t decided ………………………………….(go/Mumbai).
viii) Jitendera didn’t say …………………………………………..(he/stay in Delhi).

Some words can be used a noun, verb, adjectives or adverb. For example, the word ‘sound’ can be used as a noun (‘The ugly sound of honking cars is a regular feature of life in Delhi’), as a verb (‘As soon as the siren sounded, the people left their work stations to go home’), as an adjective (‘ She gave me sound advice’) or as an adverb (‘She slept soundly’).

Fill in the sentences below with the appropriate words given in the box. Remember to make the necessary changes in the word.

Frequent, storm, sparkle, question

(a) Some business letters are in the form of a questionnaire in which you have to answer a set of ……………………………………………………
(b) When the Manager ……………………………………………..his subordinates about the missing file, they answered quite fearlessly.
(c) His ………………………. Spirit has not dimmed with advancing years.
(d) He looked at me……………………………………….
(e) The ……………………..weather kept people at home.
(f) The MD ………………………………out of the meeting after meeting stiff opposition to his proposal.
(g) The strike was like a ………………………….in a teacup because it ended within a few hours of its beginning.
(h) The dewdrops glinted and ……………………….in the morning sunshine.
(i) The …………………….waters of the spring gushed out from the side of the mountain.
(j) A …………………………of mischief lit up the face of the child.
(k) He is a ………………………visitor to Delhi.
(l) The Manager noticed that employees ……………………………..the cafeteria and concluded that they were either found of eating or of shirking work.
(m) After his retirement, the management spoke of him …………………………. and with great affection.
(n) The ……………………..of swine flu is increasing in a alarming manner.

Prepare a checklist of writing effective sales letters.

Complete the letter given below. (10)

[Date]

[ To – Name]

[Company]

[Address]

[City, State PIN code]

Dear [Ms./Mr. last name]

It has been a month since we installed your new dishwasher …………………………………......................

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Plese help us to serve you better by filling in the enclosed customer feedback form, ………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Thanks for buying our product. ………………………………………………………………………………....................

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Sincerely,

[Your name]

Change the words in bold into direct speech.

(a) Geetika Singh said that she was vey keen to work for us.

(b) She said that she had been working at Pioneering Publisher for the last three years. When we asked her about her reasons for leaving, she said that

(c) she liked what she did, but she wanted more responsibility and challenges. As far as her terms of notice are concerned, she said that

(d) she couldn’t leave her job for another month. When we offered her the job in our company she said that

(e) she would be glad to join provided she was given a promotion as Chief Editor.

Complete the sentences with suitable phrasal verbs from the box.

switch off, come up with, believe in, look after, hang up, look forward to, wait for, pass on,talk about, turn down
i) Why don’t we ……………………….. the new deal on the way to the airport?
ii) We ………………………………………..the electricity during ‘Earth Hour’?
iii) I will ……………………………your email.
iv) We……………………………….his offer as the price he quoted was too high.
v) I…………………………….getting results, don’t you?
vi) We will have to …………………….the PR Manager to give his opinion.
vii) Prashant is going to …………………………the new factory.
viii) I have to …………………..the phone now, as I’m getting late for my meeting.
ix) The management will have to ………………………….a better solution if it wants to pacify the
workers.
x) Can you………………….. the message to Mr. Bose when you meet him?

Change the following sentences into the passive voice. Omit the doer where it is necessary. (10)
i) China produces these types of telephones.
ii) We make water from a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
iii) Someone hit my car from the back.
iv) Employers pay many manual workers weekly.
v) Madam Curie discovered Radium.
vi) They announced the winners of the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry yesterday.
vii) Countries store most nuclear waste underground.
viii) If there is a vacancy, we first ask suitable in-house candidates to apply.
ix) They have cleared all the roads in the area due to VIP movement.
x) They elected a new mayor yesterday.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

It is proposed that the floor of KIDS’ WORLD, Visakhapatnam be increased in view of the tremendous increase in the volume of sales over the past three years. The first floor of the present premises has been identified as suitable for the purpose. The cost of investment for the lease can easily be compensated for by the returns on it by way of increased sales.

i) What does the summary indicates?

ii) What are the essential points it highlights?

iii) Will the reader view the proposal favourably on reading the summary?

Proposal for Acquiring Additional Floor Space

For KIDS’ WORLD, Visakhapatnam Branch

Submitted to the General Manager

KIDS’ WORLD

By the Regional Manager, Visakhapatnam

12 September

i) What information does the above box give you?

ii) What is being proposed?

iii) To whom is it addressed?

iv) By whom is it proposed?

Make appropriate sentences for the situation given below. One is given as an example. 
Example: Answering the telephone.
Answer: Good morning Kavita Nagapal speaking. How may I help you?
i) Offering to take a message.
ii) Saying who you are.
iii) Asking to speak to Aman.
iv) Asking the caller for more information about the call.
v) Saying someone is unavailable.
vi) Asking for the caller’s name.
vii) Asking the caller to repeat something.

Draw up a proposal for package tour of all the important tourist destinations in your state in response to enquiries by an educational institution with an international student population.
They will need you to organize this tour on a regular basis three times a year. 

Preparation:
Collect information about students, nationality, age group, attitudes
Collect information about suitable tourist destination
Collect information about travel and accommodation tariffs
Calculate number of days required for a comprehensive tour
Calculate staff costs
Calculate profit margin

Annual Reporting on CSR

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 

Responsibility and Work Place Challenges 

Utilitarianism