Distance Assignment for Enla-251(Communicative English Grammar) (50%)

Direction I: Choose the best answer among the alternatives given (10 points)

1. "Abay River flows into Mediterranean Sea." The type of the verb of this sentence is:

   • D. Intransitive
   • ማብራሪያ: "flows" የሚለው ግስ ቀጥተኛ ተሳቢ (direct object) ስለማይወስድ፣ ተሻጋሪ ያልሆነ (intransitive) ግስ ነው።

2. I have three brothers and ___ of them are slim, but both of my two sisters are slim and pretty.

   • B. none
   • ማብራሪያ: "but" የሚለው ቃል ተቃራኒ ሀሳብን ስለሚያመለክት፣ ሦስቱም ወንድሞች ቀጭን እንዳልሆኑ ለማሳየት "none" የሚለው ቃል ትክክል ነው።

3. Aster ___ in America; I've just seen her here in Debre-Tabor.

   • C. can't be
   • ማብራሪያ: አስቴርን ደብረ ታቦር ላይ ካየኋት፣ በአሜሪካ ልትሆን አትችልም የሚለውን ጠንካራ ግምት ለመግለጽ "can't be" ትክክለኛ ነው።

4. His brothers are not interested in sports, ___.

   • D. nor are mine
   • ማብራሪያ: በአሉታዊ ዓረፍተ ነገር ውስጥ ተመሳሳይ ሀሳብን ለመግለጽ "nor are mine" የሚለው አገላለጽ ትክክል ነው።

5. My son is very dull and has made ___ progress in his lessons.

   • E. little
   • ማብራሪያ: "very dull" (በጣም ደካማ) የሚለው ቃል ልጁ ምንም አይነት እድገት እንዳላደረገ ስለሚያመለክት "little" (ያለ 'a') የሚለው ቃል ትክክል ነው።

Direction II: Write Correct Answers. (40 points)

6. Almaz has got those two attractive tall young black Sudanese students. (tall, young, two, Sudanese, those, black, attractive)

   • ማብራሪያ: ቅጽሎችን በትክክለኛው ቅደም ተከተል (Determiner, Quantity, Opinion, Size, Age, Color, Origin) በማስቀመጥ ዓረፍተ ነገሩን አደራጅተናል።

7. Substitute the underlined part of the following sentence with a modal verb, and then re-write the whole sentence so that it can have the same meaning as the original one. When I was a child, I always visited my grandparents.

   • መልስ: When I was a child, I used to visit my grandparents.
   • ማብራሪያ: "always visited" የሚለው ያለፈ ጊዜ ልማድን ስለሚያመለክት፣ "used to visit" የሚለው ሞዳል ግስ ትክክለኛ ምትክ ነው።

8. Who speak English in Ethiopia? Change this sentence into passive voice. (5%)

   • መልስ: By whom is English spoken in Ethiopia?
   • ማብራሪያ: ዓረፍተ ነገሩን ወደ ተገብሮ ድምጽ (passive voice) ለመቀየር፣ የድርጊቱ ፈጻሚ (agent) "by whom" ተብሎ ሲገለጽ፣ ድርጊቱ ደግሞ "is spoken" ተብሎ ተቀይሯል።

9. Join the second sentence with the first using the appropriate personal pronoun, and rewrite them as one. (5%) 'The teacher is my father. You're talking to the teacher.'

   • መልስ: The teacher whom you're talking to is my father.
   • ማብራሪያ: ሁለቱን ዓረፍተ ነገሮች ለማገናኘት "whom" የሚለው ተገቢው ተውላጠ ስም (personal pronoun) ጥቅም ላይ ውሏል።

10. Nobody knows the answer, ___? Write the best question tag.(5%)

    • መልስ: Nobody knows the answer, do they?
    • ማብራሪያ: "Nobody" የሚለው አሉታዊ ርዕሰ ጉዳይ ስለሆነ፣ የጥያቄ መለያው (question tag) አዎንታዊ (positive) መሆን አለበት። "Nobody" ለብዙ ቁጥር ስለሚያገለግል "they" የሚለው ተውላጠ ስም ጥቅም ላይ ይውላል።

11. "The students were very tired nevertheless we kept on teaching until the last minute" Rewrite the whole parts of the sentence punctuating correctly. (5%) To get full mark, you should include all points correctly.

    • መልስ: The students were very tired; nevertheless, we kept on teaching until the last minute.
    • ማብራሪያ: "nevertheless" የሚለው ቃል እንደ ተያያዥ ተውሳክ (conjunctive adverb) ሲያገለግል፣ ከፊቱ ሴሚኮሎን (;) ከኋላው ደግሞ ኮማ (,) ይቀድመዋል።

12. 'Students have covered the books with plastic sheets.' Substitute the underlined part with the correct Personal pronoun considering its position in the sentence.

    • መልስ: Students have covered them with plastic sheets.
    • ማብራሪያ: "the books" የሚለው ቃል የዓረፍተ ነገሩ ቀጥተኛ ተሳቢ (direct object) ሲሆን፣ ብዙ ቁጥር እና ግዑዝ ነገር ስለሆነ "them" የሚለው ተውላጠ ስም ትክክለኛ ምትክ ነው።