Chittagong Board-2017 , English Second Paper

Chittagong Board-2017                                                            English Second Paper

Part A : Grammar (Marks 60)

1.     Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the form of the words. You may need to use one word more than once.                                               0.5´10=5

between	saying	physical	of	an
personality	for	participation	beneficial	on

        Sports are very essential (a) ¾ us. There are various (b) ¾ sports. Among them cricket, football, volleyball, etc. are very popular. All types of sports are (c) ¾ to us. There is a relation (d) ¾ the body and the mind. "A sound mind in a sound body" is a wise (e) ¾. In order to win success in life we should have sound health which depends (f) ¾ regular (g) ¾ in games and sports. Sports keep us (h) ¾ fit. Sport exercise is (i) ¾ important influence in forming one's (j) ¾.

2.     Fill in the blanks with suitable words.                0.5´10=5

        A man of (a) ¾ is respected always (b) ¾ after his death for his (c) ¾. He is an (d) ¾ person who devotes himself with a view to (e) ¾ education in the society. He always (f) ¾ people how to (g) ¾ between right and wrong. (h) ¾ fact he is the authentic person (i) ¾ the world should (j) ¾.

3.     Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.               1´5=5

Sincerity	are	indifferent to the importance of sincerity.
A sincere man	is	properly.
The great people	works	not aware of its importance.
The people of our country		also sincere to their work.
They		a great virtue.

4.     Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs in the box.         0.5´10=5

have	think	try	be
buy	require	face	cheat

Price hike of household products (a) ¾ now a problem for us. Everybody we (b) ¾ it. Most of our people (c) ¾ low income are in danger. They (d) ¾ of purchasing meat and fish as they (e) ¾. The price of vegetables is also high. We are to bargain (f) ¾ simple product. Many times the buyers (g) ¾. There (h) ¾ a fixed price for every time. Then it (i) ¾ possible to make the buyers free from harassment. Government (j) ¾ to fulfill our expectation.

5.     Change the narrative style of the following text.   5

        "How lovely the doll is! I'll buy it," said Mona. "No, it is not durable. Tomorrow we'll visit another village fair. Then you can buy another doll. Let's go now," said mother. "You must buy me a good doll," said Mona, "Yes," replied mother.

6.     Change the sentences according to directions. 1´10=10

(a)   Who does not want to succeed in life? (Assertive)

(b)   It is not an easy thing. (Affirmative)

(c)   Being industrious, everyone can prosper in life. (Negative) 

(d)   The idle always lag behind. (Complex)

(e)   We must work hard so that we can earn money. (Simple)

(f)    By working hard, we can improve our lot. (Compound)

(g)   The light of prosperity can be seen by a hard working person. (Active)

(h)   Women should work as much as men. (Comparative)

(i)    We should remember that industry is the key to success. (Passive)

(j)    An idle man leads a very miserable life. (Exclamatory)

7.     Complete the sentences.                                       1´5=5

(a)   He pretends as if, ¾.         

(b)   It is high time, ¾.

(c)   Walk slowly lest ¾.

(d)   ¾ can not succeed.

(e)   Had I seen you before ¾.

8.     Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.               0.5´10=5

        (a) kind is a divine virtue. So we should not be (b) kind to the people in distress and even to (c) low animals. Some naughty boys (d) joy beating the lower animals like dogs and cats. This is an (e) rational behaviour. Animals are dumb (f) create. They are (g) harm beings. Some animals are very (h) faith and they feel no (i) hesitate to risk their lives for our (j) protect.  

9.     Make the following sentences using appropriate question tags.    1´5=5

        Sitting by the side of a river, Amin is speaking to himself.

(a)   Fishes can swim, ¾?

(b)   Once our rivers abounded with fishes, ¾?

(c)   But at present the water of most of the rivers has been polluted, ¾?

(d)   So, there is scarcity of fish, ¾?

(e)   We must take measures to protect the rivers from being polluted, ¾?

10.  Complete the passage using suitable connectors. 1´5=5

        Global warming is increasing day by day (a) ¾ deforestation. We cut down trees (b) ¾ never think of planting more trees. (c) ¾ human and other living beings are in the threat of extinction. Time is coming (d) ¾ there will be no tree left for us. (e) ¾ we have to face bitter consequence of deforestation.  

11.  Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text.              5

        thomas alva edison a great scientist was born in 1847 in ohio america as a little boy he was very inquisitive he always wanted to know how things were done very early in life he showed that he was full of curiosity a quality which is so important to inventors.

Part B : Composition (Marks 40)

12.  Suppose you are Md. Saiful Bari and you have passed MSS in Mass Communication. You have seen a vacancy ad for the post of an English News Caster in a renowned Satellite TV Channel. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the post. Your CV should not exceed one page.                                                             8

13.  Suppose, you are Shathi/Sabuj, a student of Pioneer High School, Rangpur. You are facing some problems in your school library especially the inadequacy of books essential for preparing notes. Now, write an application to the Headmaster of your school praying for enhancing library facilities.              10

14.  Early rising is a very good habit. It has many benefits for our happy and healthy life. Now, write a paragraph in 250 words on 'The benefits of early rising'.                                   10

15.  Write a composition on 'The Season you Like Most'.      12