Basic Functional English and English Spoken

Daffodil International University Faculty of Science & Information Technology Department of Computer Science & Engineering Midterm Examination, Fall 2026 Course Code: ENG 101, Course Title: Basic Functional English and English Spoken Level: 1 Term: 1 Batch: 73 Time: 01:30 Hrs Marks: 25 Answer ALL Questions [The figures in the right margin indicate the full marks and corresponding course outcomes. All portions of each question must be answered sequentially.] 1. a) Identify the misspelled words and Subject-Verb Agreement errors in the passage below and record only the correct versions on your answer sheet. [Marks: 5, CO2] Every semester, the department organizes a research methodology workshop for first-year students. The number of students who attend these sessions have risen steadily over the past three years. Each session is held in the seminar hall and lasts for nearly three hours. The course coordinator, along with two senior faculty members, explain how to frame a clear hypothisis and how to assess the feasability of a project before starting it. Participants are also shown how to search for reliable databases, organize their references, and cite every source accurately. A number of participants have found this guidance useful, especially because plagiarisim remains a serious academic offence at the university. Everyone who completes the workshop receives a certificate of participation. Last week, our group submitted the final report of our software project. The project, which was assigned at the beginning of the semester, required us to design an attendance management system for the university. Each of the drafts were checked by the course instructor before the deadline. However, neither the instructor nor the teaching assistants was able to locate the source code in the shared repository, as the access link had expired. We later noticed a small descrepancy between the figures in the report and the output produced by the program. The accuracy of the results in all three tables depend on how carefully the values are recorded, so we corrected the errors and resubmitted the report. Ten days is not a long time to revise an entire program, but the experience taught us a valuable lesson. Mathematics is not the only skill an engineer needs; careful documentation matters just as much. b) Produce English translations of the following sentences. [Marks: 10] 1. আজকের গ্রুপ মিটিং কখন হবে? 2. ক্লাসের পর কফি খেতে যেতে চাও? 3. গ্রুপ প্রেজেন্টেশনের জন্য আমরা কীভাবে প্রস্তুতি নেব? 4. এই বিষয়টা বুঝতে আমার একটু সমস্যা হচ্ছে, তুমি কি বুঝিয়ে দিতে পারবে? 5. তুমি কি আজ ক্যাম্পাসে থাকবে, নাকি আগে চলে যাবে। 6. আমি মনে করি, ক্লাসে সক্রিয়ভাবে অংশগ্রহণ করলে এবং নিয়মিত প্রশ্ন করলে বিষয়ের উপর গভীর ধারণা তৈরি করা সহজ হয়। 7. তুমি কি মনে করো যে, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের পাঠ্যক্রমের পাশাপাশি বাস্তব অভিজ্ঞতা অর্জনের জন্য ইন্টার্নশিপ বা সেচ্ছাসেবামূলক কাজ করা প্রয়োজন? 8. তোমার কি মনে হয় যে, সফট স্কিল যেমন যোগাযোগ দক্ষতা এবং সমালোচনামূলক চিন্তাভাবনা, আমাদের ভবিষ্যৎ ক্যারিয়ারের জন্য একাডেমিক দক্ষতার সমান গুরুত্বপূর্ণ? 9. ইন্ডাস্ট্রি এক্সপার্টদের সাথে নিয়মিত নেটওয়ার্কিং এবং সেমিনারে অংশগ্রহণ করলে ভবিষ্যতে আমাদের চাকরির সুযোগ বাড়তে পারে বলে তুমি কি মনে করো? 10. আমাদের গ্রুপের প্রতিটি সদস্যের উচিত সমানভাবে দায়িত্ব ভাগ করে নেওয়া, যাতে কারো উপর অতিরিক্ত চাপ না পড়ে এবং কাজের গুণগত মান নিশ্চিত হয় c) Apply the right forms of verbs. [Marks: 5] The university (a) _____ (offer) merit scholarships to deserving students every semester. Tanvir, a second-year CSE student, began preparing for this year's scholarship interview in early September. By the time the interview takes place in December, he (b) _____ (prepare) for it for more than three months. Over the past few months, he (c) _____ (complete) three online certifications in data analysis. Right now, he (d) _____ (revise) his project portfolio in the central library, as the submission deadline is only a week away. When he tried to apply last year, he found that the committee (e) _____ (already/close) the application window. Last summer, Nabila, a final-year student of the same department, (f) _____ (work) as an intern at a software firm in Gulshan. While she (g) _____ (test) a mobile application one afternoon, the main server suddenly crashed. By the time the technical team arrived, she (h) _____ (try) to recover the lost files for nearly two hours. Impressed by her composure, the firm offered her a permanent position after her graduation. This time next month, she (i) _____ (work) there as a junior developer. By the end of this year, she (j) _____ (finish) her first major project with the company. 2. Suppose you are currently completing your B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Daffodil International University. Write an email through the student affairs office applying for a part time job on campus. Explain what type of job you need, why you need to have a part time job, and how you would manage time alongside studies. [Marks: 5, CO1]