BEGLA-138 READING & SPEAKING SKILLS Solved Question Paper June 2024

BEGLA-138 READING & SPEAKING SKILLS Solved Question Paper June 2024

READING & SPEAKING SKILLS
Course Code: BEGLA-138

Section—A
1. Read the following passage and answer the
questions that follow :
The Diagon Alley
Vampires ? Hags ? Harry’s head was
swimming. Hagrid, meanwhile, was counting
bricks in the wall about the dustbin.
“Three up… two across…” he muttered. “Right,
stand back, Harry.” He tapped the wall three
times with the point of his umbrella.
The brick he had touched quivered–it wriggled
in the middle, a small hole appered–it grew
wider and wider a second later they were facing
an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an
archway on to a cobbled street which twisted
and termed out of sight.
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P. T. O.
“Welcome,” said Hagrid, “to Diagon Alley,”
He grinned at Harry’s amazement. They
stepped through the archway. Harry looked
quickly over his shoulder and saw the archway
shrink instantly back into solid wall.
The sun shone brightly on a stack of cauldrons
outside the nearest shop. Cauldrons All sizes
Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver-Self Stirring–
Collapsible said a sign hanging over them.
“Yeah, you’ll be needin’ one,” said Hagrid, “but
we gotta get yer money first.”
Harry wished he had about eight more eyes. He
turned his head in every direction as they
walked up the street, trying to look at
everything at once : the shops, the things
outside them, the people doing their shopping.
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A plump woman outside an apothecary was
shaking her head as they passed, saying,
“Dragon liver, sixteen sickles an ounce, they’re
mad….”
A low, soft hooting came from a dark shop with
a sign saying Eeylops Owl Emporium–Tawny,
Screech, Barn, Brown and Snowy. Several boys
of about Harry’s age had their noses against a
window with broomsticks in it. “Look,” Harry
heard one of them say, “the new Nimbus Two
Thousand-fastest ever.” There were shops
selling robes, shops selling telescopes and
strange silver instruments Harry had never
seen before, windows stacked with barrels of
bat spleens and eels’ eyes, tottering piles of
spell books, quills and rolls of parchment,
potion bottles, globes of the moon…
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P. T. O.
“Gringotts,” said Hagrid,
“They had reached a snowy-white building
which towered over the other little shops.”
Questions :
(i) How would you categories the abovementioned passage based on what you
have learned about the different types of
text ? Provide sound reasons to justify your
response. 4
(ii) Why has the writer named this strange
place Diagon Alley ? Discuss. 3
(iii) What is the passage reflecting on when
listing down shops of Diagon Alley ? 3
(iv) What kind of writing genre would you
categorize this passage in and why ? 3
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(v) From the above passage, explain the
meaning of the word “tottering.” 3
(vi) Why are there people excited about a
broomstick in Diagon Alley ? 4
2. Mark the stressed syllables in the following
sentences : 10
(a) She said it loudly.
(b) I’d like to visit them.
(c) He gave me a present.
(d) There is a bakery on Green Street.
(e) He is always busy.
Section—B
1. Briefly discuss the general aims of developing
reading skills. 10
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P. T. O.
2. Briefly discuss some points one needs to keep in
mind while choosing a book for extensive
reading. 10
3. What are the steps to be followed and things to
be kept in mind while summarizing a
paragraph or a chapter ? 10
4. What is interpretative or inferential
comprehension ? 10
5. Discuss the different levels of comprehension.
10
Or
Explain, what is meant by scaffolding of
knowledge.
Section—C
1. Write the dialogues of a conversation between
Ruchi Chaturvedi, a college student, and her
mother, Sandhya Chaturvedi, who is a
homemaker. The conversation takes place as
Ruchi returns home and finds her mother
preparing paneer parantha. 10
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Or
Pooja and Reshma are planning a trip for the
weekend. Write a telephonic conversation
between them and their friends.
2. Write the dialogues of a conversation between a
Check-in Agent and a Passenger, who would
like to book a flight.