Model: 5 English 2nd Paper

Model: 5

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

        One night Abu Bin Adam suddenly woke up and saw the whole (a) ¾ room flooded with silvery light. There was (b) ¾ unknown man in (c) ¾ room. Abu thought him as (d) ¾ angel. The angel had (e) ¾ book of gold in his hand. He was holding (f) ¾ pen and writing something with that.

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

about

to

to

in

of

for

        Feeding the ever growing population is a big challenge (a) ¾ Bangladesh (b) ¾ the coming decades. The major challenge for the country is to sustain the current level (c) ¾ agricultural production. This task is undoubtedly difficult, especially because the country loses (d) ¾ 80 thousand hectres of cultivable land annually due (e) ¾ excessive pressure on land for human settlement and the building of infrastructure. Moreover, river erosion and other non-agricultural uses contribute (f) ¾ the diminishing of agricultural land.

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

Education	have	a curse.
Books	is	no access to them.
Illiterate persons	illuminates	the sayings and thoughts of the great men.
Illiteracy	contain	like light.

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

        He said to me, "I am hungry. Give me some food. I will pray for you." I said to him, "Bring me a plate and I will give you rice. But you should not beg."

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

        (a)   It was dark all around. (Make it Negative)
(b) Bayazid's mother was very thirsty. (Make it Exclamatory) (c) She told Bayazid to give her a glass of water. (Make it Passive) (d) The well was not near their house. (Make it Affirmative) (e) We should follow Bayazid's example. (Make it Imperative)

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

        good food means the right kind of food for good health says ms rehana it is nutritious it must contain natural substances that our body needs to grow properly and stay healthy

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

        A journey is (a) please to all. A journey by train is (b) special very interesting and (c) enjoy to me. During the last summer vacation I made a journey to Chittagong by train. My uncle is a customs (d) office at the Chittagong Port. There he lives in a (e) govern staff quarter. He has two children who are yet to start their (f) school. His wife (g) responsible manages all the household chores. So the environment of the house was quite (h) comfort.

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

ask

say

reach

feel

give

dig

go

be

        When the king (a) ¾ the hermit's hut, the hermit (b) ¾ the ground in front of his hut. The king (c) ¾ the hermit to answer his three questions. But the hermit (d) ¾ on digging the ground without (e) ¾ any word. The hermit (f) ¾ old and weak and he was tired after hard labour. "(g) ¾ me the spade; you are tired," said the king as he (h) ¾ pity for the hermit.

Section B : Composition (20 Marks)

9.     Suppose, you are Sumon/Sumona of Rupganj High School. You need a seat in the school hostel due to recent transfer of your father. Now, write an application to your Headmaster praying for a seat in the school hostel.            8

10.  Write a composition on ‘The Season You Like Most/Rainy Season’ in 250 words.              12