Model: 3 English 2nd Paper

Model: 3

English 2nd Paper

Time : 2 hours                      Full Marks : 50

[Answer all the questions. Figures in the margin indicate full marks]

Section A : Grammar (30 Marks)

1.     Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (´) for zero article.            0.5 ´ 6 = 3

        A teacher is (a) ¾ architect of a nation. He plays an important (b) ¾ role in building up an educated nation. He removes (c) ¾ darkness of (d) ¾ ignorance from the lot of (e) ¾ nation. (f) ¾ good teacher never hankers after money.

2.     Fill in the gaps of the following text with prepositions given in the box below.         0.5 ´ 6 = 3

about

in

from

of

by

in

        It was thought that there was life (a) ¾ Mars. But two viking spacecrafts that landed on Mars
(b) ¾ 1976 did not provide sufficient evidence (c) ¾ life. The pictures sent (d) ¾ them showed Mars as having a red sky instead of a blue one like ours and a pinkish iron-rich soil. Its gravity is (e) ¾ half as strong as that of the Earth. However a close inspection of a meteorite (f) ¾ Mars that fell on the Earth has revealed tiny fossils of 3.6 billion years old.

3.     Make four sentences from the substitution table. 1 ´ 4 = 4

There	wanted	of getting the golden touch.
He	thought	a king called Midas.
	was	very much fond of gold.
		more gold though he had a lot of it.

4.     Change the following passage into indirect  speech :        1 ´ 4 = 4

        "What kind of stories did Aesop tell?" asked Anwar. "Fables," replied Mrs Amin. "Do you know what fables are?" "No," replied Anwar. "Fables are stories with a message or a moral."

5.     Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets :          1 ´ 5 = 5

        (a)   Robert Bruce was both a good ruler and a brave warrior. (Make it Negative) (b) But he was defeated in a war. (Make it Active) (c) He took shelter in an old cave. (Make it Interrogative) (d) He noticed a spider trying to reach the ceiling of the cave. (Make it Passive) (e) The scene was very encouraging. (Make it Exclamatory)

6.     Rewrite the following passage using capitalization and punctuation.          0.5 ´ 6 = 3

        my friend sajjad and i were sitting at the railway station i came to see him off sajjad was going to dhaka to his elder sisters house

7.     Fill in the gaps used in the following text by adding suffix, prefix or both with the root words underlined in the text. 0.5 ´ 8 = 4

        English is used as a common language for global (a) communicate. As it is used in more than sixty countries (b) office, it is regarded as an (c) national language. As an (d) dependent nation, we have to maintain our political, commercial and (e) culture relations with the rest of the world through English. Thereby, English (f) wide the opportunity to deal with the globalized world. It promotes international
(g) relation and (h) brother.

8.     Complete the following text with suitable verbs in the box with their right form.                 0.5 ´ 8 = 4

drive

be

have

beset

be

carry

pray

fall

        The ancient Greeks (a) ¾ idol worshippers. They (b) ¾ many gods and goddesses. In times of their need they (c) ¾ to them for help. Hercules (d) ¾ the god of strength. One day, a carter (e) ¾ his cart along a muddy road. The cart (f) ¾ a very heavy load. The road was (g) ¾ with many ditches here and there. One of the wheels of the cart (h) ¾ down.

Section B : Composition (20 Marks)

9.     Suppose, you are Hasan. There is no canteen in your school. The students have to stay for a long time in the school. So they need tiffin. Now, write an application to your Headmaster to set up a canteen in your school.      8

10.  Write a composition on ‘Newspaper/ Importance of Reading Newspaper’ in 250 words.      12