PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES

(PIEAS)
)

CMS-104: COMPOSITION & GRAMMAR

Instructor’s Name: Rubina Shaheen Year:

Office & Email: Room # I-108, Ext: 3603, rubina@pieas.edu.pk Semester:
TA & Lab
Demonstrator
Office Wed, Thurs
Class Schedule
Hours: 11-12 pm

Program Name BS

Course Code CMS-104 (Composition and Grammar)

(Credit Hours) (2)

Core/Elective Core Course

Pre-requisites None

 To provide students with a course that focuses on their needs as learners of English
in the present day.
Course  To train students in the communicative use of contemporary English for practical
purposes.
Objectives
 To provide material not only to extend the students’ general language proficiency
but also to systematically develop their abilities to use English as a tool for study
and to prepare them for their future careers.

Recommended Books:
 English Grammar Demystified by Phyllis Dutwin.
 How English Works: A Grammar Handbook with Reading.
 Academic Writing for Graduate Students by John M Swales and Christine B
Feak second edition The University of Michigan Press 2007
Text and
Reference  English for Undergraduates by D H Howe, T A Kirkpatrick, D L Kirkpatrick
Books prescribed by the University of the Punjab for Degree classes OUP
 Sentence Structure by John Langan 6th edition : Mcgraw Hills press 1998
 English Grammar by Digby Beaumont and Colin Granger Macmillan
Heinemann 2002

Attendance 75% attendance is mandatory

Policy

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 Sessional-I 25 %
Sessional-II 25 %
Grading/
Final Exam 50%
Grading Policy
(Grades will be given as per PIEAS’ Policy (see prospectus for further details)
There will be no makeup quizzes.

In addendum to Institute’s policy following rules will be strictly adhered to:

1. Attendance: Students are expected to attend course sessions. In case of any absence,
students are responsible to make up for the course covered in the missed session.
Attendance profile is consistently compiled and updated at the department and it is
mandatory to meet the minimum requirements of 80% to qualify for appearance in the
final examination.
2. Class Behavior: Cell phones must be turned off when the student enters the classroom.
Rules and Disruption of class by a cell phone may lead to expulsion from the class.
Regulations 3. Academic Honesty: Academic integrity is the foundation of the academic community.
Each student has the primary responsibility for being academically honest, students are
advised to read and understand all sections of this policy relating to standards of
conduct and academic life.
4. Plagiarism: Plagiarism involves the use of quotations without quotation marks, the use
of quotations without indication of the source, the use of another's idea without
acknowledging the source, the submission of a paper, laboratory report, project, or class
assignment (any portion of such) prepared by another person, or incorrect paraphrasing.

Learning Soft form of the recommended books are available at following link:
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Course

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 TENTATIVE WEEKLY LECTURE DELIVERY SCHEDULE

S.no. COMPOSITION AND GRAMMAR Week no. Lectures

Lecture Title
no.
1 1.1 Introduction to Parts of Speech 1 02
1.2 Concepts of ‘general and specific’
1.3 Practice

2 2.1 Verbs and Nouns 2 02

2.2 Verbs and Nouns
2.3 Phrasal verbs

3 3.1 Usage of Adjectives 3 02

3.2 Making adjectives-Exercises
3.3 Class practice in adjective usage

4. 4.1 Usage of Adverbs 4 02

4.2 Types of adverbs
4.3 Making sentences with adverbs

5. 5.1 Sentence Structure- introduction 5 02

5.2 Complex and compound sentences
5.3 Class practice in sentence structure

6 6.1 Modifiers introduction 6 02

6.2 Dangling Modifiers
6.3 Misplaced Modifiers

7 7.1 Modifiers practice 7 02

7.2 Sessional

8 8.1 Use of Linking words and phrasal verbs 8 02

8.2 Phrasal verbs types
8.3 Phrasal verbs exercises

9 9.1 Consistent verb tense 9 02

9.2 Irregular verbs
9.3 Exercises of Consistent and irregular verbs

10 10.1 Paragraph Writing 10 02

10.2 Introductory paragraphs
10.3 Concluding paragraphs

11. 11.1 Types of writing 11 2

11.2 Components of Essay
11.3 Practice of Essay and paragraph

12 12.1 Active/Passive Voice 12 2

12.2 Practice exercises of Voice
12.4 Class presentation

13 Sessional 2 13 1

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14 14.1 Comprehension passages 14 2
14.2 Practice of vocabulary/figures of speech
14.3 Introduction to Participles

15. 15.1 Present and past participles 15 2

15.2 Sentence fragments
15.3 Practice of participles in sentences

16 16 Final Term

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