Syllabus For The Subject English-2

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PROSE: A VISIT TO INDIA - JULIAN HUXLEY. UNIVERSITY DAYS - JAMES THURBER.

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PROSE: I HAVE A DREAM - MARTIN LUTHER KING. THE STORY TELLER - H.H. MUNRO

(SAKI).

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PROSE: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - BERTRAND RUSSELL. ONLY THEN SHALL WE FIND

COURAGE - ALBERT EINSTEIN.

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POETRY: A DAY IS DONE - HENRY WORDSWORTH LONG FELLOW. KING ARTHUR`S

FAREWELL - ALFRED TENNYSON.

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POETRY: O CAPTAIN - MY CAPTAIN - WALT WHITMAN. MY LAST DUCHESS - ROBERT

BROWING.

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POETRY: ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE - JOHN KEATS. LOCH INVAR - WALTER SCOTT.

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ONE ACT PLAY: REMEMBER CAESAR - GORDON DAVID. THE PROPOSAL - ANTON

CHEKHOV.

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ONE ACT PLAY: THE MIRACLE MERCHANT - SAKI. THE STEPMOTHER - ARNOLD BENNET.

THE MAHATMA - RAMA SARMA.

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GRAMMAR: RELATIVE CLAUSES - CONDITIONAL SENTENCES - MODAL AUXILIARIES -

REPORTED SPEECH.

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GRAMMAR: TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES - SIMPLE COMPOUND AND COMPLEX

SENTENCES - INDEPENDENT CLAUSE - DEPENDENT CLAUSE - REFERENCE CLAUSES -

CORRECTION OF SENTENCES BASED ON - SUBJECT - VERB CONCORD - TENSES -

ARTICLES AND PREPOSITIONS - QUESTION TAGS.

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COMPOSITION: PARAPHRASING - DIALOGUE WRITING - REPORT WRITING.

UNIT - 12

COMPOSITION: NOTE MAKING - GENERAL ESSAY - EXPANSION OF IDEA.

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