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English Second Paper
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Part A :
Grammar (Marks 60)
1. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the
forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once. 0.5´10=5
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to
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a
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for
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in
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work
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prepare
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the
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by
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It is useful (a) ¾ students to take part (b) ¾ social service. (c) ¾ taking part (d) ¾ social service, they can benefit themselves as well as
(e) ¾ nation. Student life is (f) ¾ period of (g) ¾ for future life. If the students
do some social (h) ¾, they will be better prepared for
giving service (i) ¾ the nation on completion of their
education. As the students have no family burden and as they get enough time
during the large vacation, they can do (j) ¾ great deal of work for the
people.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. 0.5´10=5
Scientists have (a) ¾ reported that the surface ice caps are (b) ¾. This is due to a rise (c) ¾ atmospheric temperature known (d) ¾ the greenhouse effect. According to the scientists,
carbon dioxide is primarily responsible (e) ¾ temperature rise in (f) ¾. The carbon dioxide is high (g) ¾ coal and oil (h) ¾ burnt. The gas is accumulating in the atmosphere and
(i) ¾ temperature to rise. As a
result, the polar ice in the North and South poles (j) ¾ melting.
3. Make five sentences using parts of
sentences from each column of the table below. 1´5=5
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Education
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is
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the training for proper growth.
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It
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can prosper
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the liberation of prejudice.
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Nobody
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ennobles
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our mind and refines our sensibility.
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The purpose of education
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in life
without education.
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the process by which our mind develops.
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4. Complete the following text with right
forms of the verbs given in the box. 0.5´10=5
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take
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work
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come
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dominate
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confine
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contribute
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be
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need
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keep
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come
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Today women are
playing an important role in all spheres of life. Once they were (a) ¾ by men. They are no longer (b) ¾ within the four walls of their parents' or husbands'
house. They have (c) ¾ out of the kitchen and are (d) ¾ hand in hand with men. By (e) ¾ higher education, they are becoming pilots, doctors,
engineers, teachers, administrators, etc. They have (f) ¾ able to prove their worth. They (g) ¾ much to the economy of the country. Now it (h) ¾ to the realization of the men that true development of
the country is never possible (i) ¾ half of the population idle at home. So, it (j) ¾ no telling that women are playing a great role in the
socio-economic condition of our country.
5. Change the narrative style of the following
text. 5
"Good morning, students," said
the teacher. "How are you?" "We are fine, sir. What about
you?" "I am fine too. Please, sit down." "Have you prepared
your lesson?" the teacher asked. "Sorry, sir, we have not prepared
our lesson," they replied.
6. Change the
sentences according to directions. 1´10=10
(a) Television
is one of the most wonderful inventions of modern science. (Make positive
degree)
(b) It was not
invented overnight. (Make active voice)
(c) Scientists spent many years and worked hard
to invent television. (Make complex sentence)
(d) Now-a-days, almost every family has a
television set. (Make Negative sentence)
(e) People of all ages like to watch television.
(Make Interrogative sentence)
(f) The programmes telecast by television are
very interesting. (Make Complex sentence)
(g) Television should telecast educative
programmes. (Make Passive voice)
(h) If you watch television, you can learn many
things. (Make Simple sentence)
(i) People spend their free time by watching
television. (Make Compound sentence)
(j) Very few things are so useful as television.
(Make Superlative degree)
7. Complete the sentences. 1´5=5
(a) Many people cut trees ¾.
(b) Trees cause rainfall which ¾.
(c) If we cut trees at random ¾.
(d) Trees supply oxygen ¾.
(e) Since trees help us in many ways ¾.
8. Complete
the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the
parenthesis. 0.5´10=5
The books of famous (a) ¾ (write) ¾ are put on sale in the book fair. Most of the (b) ¾ (visit) ¾ buy books of different (c) ¾ (publish) ¾. Almost no visitor returns from the fair without
making any purchase. The (d) ¾ (buy) ¾ like to buy at a fair price. Our book fair is always (e) ¾ (crowd) ¾ . As (f) ¾ (vary) ¾ books are (g) ¾ (play) ¾ in a fair, the buyers get a scope to choose books. They buy their (h) ¾ (choose) ¾ books after a long search. This facility is (i) ¾ (available) ¾ in any place other than a book fair. A book fair is
always (j) ¾ (come) ¾ to the students.
9. Make tag questions of these statements. 1´5=5
(a) Most of the students who fail in English
don't have strong foundation over grammar, ¾?
(b) They read only to pass the examination, ¾?
(c) Teachers should motivate them to learn the
basic thing, ¾?
(d) They can't help learning grammar, ¾?
(e) Moreover, practice is essential too, ¾?
10. Complete
the passage using suitable connectors. 1´5=5
The foods that we eat can be divided
into six kinds (a) ¾ what substances they contain and (b) ¾ benefits they do to us. Fish, meat, peas and milk provide
us with protein (c) ¾ builds our body and helps us grow. (d) ¾ we do not take all these, we cannot grow well.
Vitamins and mineral salts protect us from diseases (e) ¾ keep us fit for work.
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where
necessary in the following text. 5
the man said to me where are you going i
am going to school said i did you go to school yesterday no i replied why
didn't you go i was very busy said i
Part B : Composition (Marks
40)
12. Suppose, you are Taskia/Toukir and you have passed
H.S.C. and got a diploma on computer. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for
the post of a Computer Operator in a company. Your CV should not exceed one
page. 8
13. Suppose, you are Priom/ Pritha/ Tihan, a
student of class ten of Faridpur
Model High
School
14. Suppose, recently you have had a cup of tea
with some of your friends in a tea stall. Now, write a paragraph on 'A Tea
Stall'. 10
15. Write a composition on 'Your
Future Plan of Life'. 12
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