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Course Code Title of the Course  13712 

PART-II : ENGLISH PAPER - I  

Learning objective:   1. To make the students master the different topics prescribed in the Prose, Grammar and  Composition.  Outcome:  

1. The Students mastered the different topics prescribed in the Prose, Grammar and  Composition.     

Prose  Unit – I  Water-the Elixir of life - C.V. Raman  

Unit – II  Mrs. Packletide‘s Tiger - SAKI 

 Unit – III  A Deed of Bravery  - Jim Carbett  

Unit – IV  The Cat   - Catharine M.Willson  

Unit – V  On Letter Writing  - Alpha of the Plough  

Unit – VI  Our Ancestors   - Carl Sagan  

Unit – VII  Our Civilization  - C.E.Foad  

Unit – VIII  A Hero on Probation  - B.R. Nanda  

Unit – IX  Dangers of Drug Abuse - Hardin B. Fones  

Unit – X  Food    - J.B.S. Haldane  Grammar  

Unit – XI  - Articles-Gerunds-Participles-Infinitives-Modals-Proposition- Tenses  

Unit – XII - Direct and Indirect Speech-Transformation of sentences- Active and  passive voice.   

Composition  

Unit – XIII  - Letter writing - Precis writing - Developing hints.  

Unit – XIV  - Dialogue writing - Paragraph writing.  

References:  1. Sebastian D K, Prose for the Young Reader, Macmillan. 

 2. Active English Grammar, Ed. by the Board of Editors, Macmillan.  

3. Modern English – A Book of Grammar Usage and Composition by N.Krishnaswamy,       Macmillan Publishers.