PARTS OF SPEECH
Read the passage below and answer the questions which follow.
GRANNY (106) LEARNS TO USE COMPUTER NEW DELHI – She saw the introduction of cars and television, and now 106-year-old Rosakutty is getting into technology.  She is familiarising  herself with the computer mouse and keyboard.  After watching her grandson tap away at the computer, curiosity got the best of Rosakutty.  She enrolled at a government computer literacy class in Ernakulam, Kerela.  She is the oldest student by more than  four decades.  A student in her class said Rosakutty was afraid to touch a mouse at first, but now she sends e-mails to her grandchildren.  While India has a growing reputation as a high-tech centre, access to computers remains very low.
1	Write down the verbs contained in the first two sentences of the above news report.		(3)
2	Look at the underlined words in the fourth sentence.  Are they functioning as nouns, adverbs or adjectives?		(1)
3	How long is a “decade”(sentence 5)?		(1)
4	What is the function of the hyphen in the word “high-tech” (sentence 7)?		(2)
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PUNCTUATION
Rewrite the following sentences placing colons and semi-colons in the correct places, and explain the function that it serves in each instance.
1	After all the hard work I’ve done this term there is only one thing left to do relax.		(2)
2	The boy doesn’t like me right now nevertheless I believe I can make him change his mind someday.		(2)
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PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
1	What do the following prefixes and suffixes mean?
	1.1	para (e.g. paralegal)	(1)
	1.2	com (e.g. compact)	(1)
	1.3	graph (e.g. polygraph)	(1)
2	Create a word using one of the above choices and write a sentence that will show its meaning.		(2)
3	Rewrite the following sentences correcting the mistakes each one contains:
	3.1	The three boys was great friends all threw school.	(2)
	3.2	We will only no tomorrow if we is going to Cape Town.	(2)
4	Read the following puns and identify the literal and figurative meanings in each.
	4.1	To write with a broken pencil is pointless.	(2)
	4.2	A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to hospital . When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was a nurse said, “No change yet.”	(2)
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