Model: 8 English 2nd Paper

Model: 8

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) ¾ policeman is (b) ¾ important person. He is one of (c) ¾ most responsible public servants. He maintains law and order in (d) ¾ country. He protects civilians from criminals and (e) ¾ evil-doers. He should get all (f) ¾ facilities to lead a good life.

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

without

for

on

of

up

in

        The economy of a country is greatly dependent
(a) ¾ her population. Population, in fact, is the key factor (b) ¾ any development work of a country. If population grows rapidly in a country, its standard (c) ¾ living will tend to fall because much of the earnings of the country will be eaten (d) ¾ by its increasing population. No country can ever expect to have greater development (e) ¾ adequate manpower. Be it large or small, every country possesses certain amount of natural resources. (f) ¾ economic development it has to utilize these resources and it can do it with the help of its manpower.

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

There	fled	by a slave merchant.
He	lived	a young man named Androcles.
One day he	was caught	very homesick.
	was	from his master's house.

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

        "Rana, what a lucky boy you are!" "How?" "You have won the first prize." "My God! I'm grateful to you." "May Allah bless you," I said.

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

        (a)   Once I had the opportunity of tasting some Brazilian mangoes. (Make it Interrogative) (b) Since then I believe that no other fruit in the world is so delicious as Brazilian mango. (Make it Superlative) (c) Mango is called the king of fruits. (Make it Active) (d) It is both fleshy and juicy. (Make it Negative) (e) But none but the rich can afford to have the taste of mangoes. (Make it Affirmative)

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

        21^st february is declared the international mother language day this day is also called shaheed day on this day the shaheed minar is covered with flowers

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

        Rajib made an application to make his job permanent. But the authority (a) approved it because it was found (b) complete. He was also advised to work more (c) regular and more (d) sincere. After this he began to think if he was (e) competent for the post. It is true that the corporate world believes in the (f) maintain of all the official conduct (g) proper. And obviously, (h) punctual has a big role to play in making anybody a perfect executive.

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

sit	follow	suffer	indicate
support	waste	lead	kill

        An idle brain is called the devil's workshop. If we (a) ¾ our time in idleness, all sorts of evil thoughts will crowd our brain. Idle persons who (b) ¾ their time are burdens to the society. They (c) ¾ idle and cherish no high ideal and lofty ambition in life. They (d) ¾ themselves. They (e) ¾ an unhappy life and (f) ¾ in the long run. There should be time for reading, time for office or other work, time for physical exercise, time for recreation and time for prayer. This (g) ¾ that we should do everything at the right moment. We can lead a happy life only when we (h) ¾ the routine which we make for our guidance.

Section B : Composition (20 Marks)

9.     Suppose, you are Jem/Jemy. You have an elder sister. Her marriage ceremony will be held next month. Now write an e-mail to your friend inviting him/her to join the marriage ceremony of your sister.                8

10.  Write a composition on ‘Television’ in 250 words.     12