Objective:

To evaluate student's understanding of grammatical operations and topic sentences recognition ability which makes him/her good English language reader.

Instructions
1. The assignments sent after the Due Date will not be accepted. 
2. The corrupt files will be marked zero.
3. The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%.
4. Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. Plagiarism means taking credit for someone else's work by presenting it as your own.
5. No marks will be awarded for copied assignments and the case may be referred to the discipline committee for a suitable action.
6. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail. 
7. The font color should be preferably black and font size should be 12 Times New Roman.

Q1. Read the given passages carefully and underline the topic sentence. 
(Note) All topic sentences should be extracted from given short passages and limited to single sentence length. 
(10 Marks)
a. If you want to live a long and healthy life, you have to get into good habits when you are young. It is important to get some fresh air and exercise every day. Furthermore, it is essential that you give your body the right nutrition like fruit and vegetables. Too much junk food is certainly not advisable. Of course, it is also vital not to start addictive habits such as smoking or the taking of other drugs.

b. There are many things that ESL students can do to improve their English more quickly. They can join an after-school club which will give them the chance to practice spoken English while doing an activity that they enjoy. They can also watch films, particularly DVDs with the English subtitles turned on. Best of all, however, is to do plenty of reading for pleasure. Non-fiction in particular is an excellent way of acquiring a strong academic vocabulary.

c. The student often came late to class without his materials. He did not always concentrate on what the teacher was saying or write down the homework that he had to do. He did not study long or effectively enough for his vocabulary and grammar tests. Furthermore, he did not ask for help if there was something that he did not understand. It is no surprise, therefore, that he failed the course and was asked to leave the school.

d. The alarm clock sounded for a full two minutes before Danish heard it. Even than, she put her pillow over her head, rolled over and groaned loudly. Getting up early in the morning was always hard for Danish. As usual, her mom had to pull the blankets off her and make her get up for school.

e. Living in a city can be expensive and stressful, but there are compensations. You never have to travel very far to buy anything you could need. Entertainment such as discos, cinemas and theaters are not far away. And you have a good choice of doctors and hospitals if you get sick. A further advantage is that you can live anonymously if you choose.

Q3. Select the pronoun form that will best fit in the blanks of given sentences.

(5 Marks)

1. Either the classrooms or the auditorium must have _________ floor refinished. 
a. Their
b. Its

2. 6. _____ voters must learn to vote in our own self interest. 
a. We
b. Us

3. The voters have chosen _______ and him to be their representatives. 
a. She
b. Her

4. I'm very tall, but guess what! My sister is taller than _____ . 
a. Me
b. I

5. At first, I wanted to split the money between Jo-Jo and ________ . I ended up giving the money to myself. 
a. Me
b. myself