SSC SUGGESTION -2018

S.S.C. ENGLISH SUGGESTION -2018

English First Paper

Section A : Reading Test

 Reading Test (Seen Passage)

[Question No. 1-2]

Sl.	Topic	Source	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Responsibility	U-1; L-4 (B)	55, 100, 113	3
2	May Day	U-3; L-2 (B)	33, 38, 39, 83, 96, 112, 113, 121, 143	9
3	21 February	U-3; L-4 (B)	30	1
4	26 March	U-3; L-5 (B)	26, 28, 49, 68, 73, 101, 103, 147, 165	9
5	Meherjan	U-5; L-1 (A)	32, 78, 90, 125, 132, 142, 148	7
6	Humans and greenhouse effects	U-5; L-3 (A)	36, 74, 75, 80, 88, 95, 108, 114, 118, 119, 151, 156, 161, 182	14
7	Heritage	U-8; L-1 (B)	40, 41, 43, 72, 79, 82, 102, 110, 120, 122, 129, 134, 140, 149, 154, 162, 170, 171	18
8	The Statute of Liberty	U-8; L-3 (B)	42, 109, 141, 164	4
9	Pritilata	U-10; L-3 (A)	67, 69, 115, 136, 179, 183, 185	7
10	Zahir Raihan	U-10; L-4 (B)	27, 45, 46, 66, 85, 94, 97, 111, 166, 175, 178, 181	12
11	Renewable and non-renewable energy	U-11; L-3 (B)	53, 54, 60, 104, 139, 155, 169	7
12	Eid	U-12; L-1 (B)	61, 91, 172	3
13	E-mail	U-13; L-1 (C)	31, 70	2
14	Internet technology	U-13; L-2 (B)	37, 52, 76, 99, 123, 130, 153, 174, 177	9

Reading Test (Seen/Developed/Re-written/Text Based Passage)

[Question No. 3]

Sl.	Topic	Source	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	26 March, Independence Day	Seen/Re-written	38, 48, 78,137, 169	5
2	Meherjan	Seen/Re-written	26, 32, 57, 62, 66, 71	6
3	Zahir Raihan	Seen/Re-written	27, 44, 85, 87, 178	5
4	21 February	Seen/Re-written	33, 59, 152	3
5	Mother Teresa	Seen/Re-written	30, 46	2
6	E-mail	Seen/Re-written	49, 56, 165	3
7	May Day	Seen/Re-written	39, 75, 120, 125	4
8	Humans and greenhouse effects	Seen/Re-written	55, 77, 99, 110, 112, 119, 145, 155	8
9	Internet technology	Seen/Re-written	40, 47, 97, 140, 172	5
10	Heritage	Seen/Re-written	61, 65, 132, 139, 142, 149, 156, 171	8
11	Pritilata	Seen/Re-written	45, 51, 64, 109, 117, 133, 179, 185	8
12	Responsibility	Seen/Re-written	39, 131, 168	3
13	Renewable and non-renewable energy	Seen/Re-written	154	1
14	Lake Baikal	Seen/Re-written	114, 141	2
15	The Statute of Liberty	Seen/Re-written	79, 153	2

Reading Test (Unseen Passage)

[Question No. 4-5]

Sl.	Topic	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	The Nobel Prize	29, 95, 184	3
2	Abraham Lincoln	34, 61, 65, 70, 71, 87, 135, 137, 151	9
3	Louis Pasteur	55, 112, 123, 158	4
4	Stephen Hawking	77, 85, 111, 136, 154, 177	6
5	Begum Rokeya	179, 185	2
6	Titanic	26, 43, 48, 105
7	John Milton	46, 68, 73, 106, 178	5
8	Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf	52, 122, 147, 156, 168	5
9	Neil Armstrong	37, 51, 60, 86, 98, 118, 150	7
10	Nelson Mandela	72, 110, 150, 165	4
11	DNA	67, 128, 139, 164, 167	5
12	Mother Teresa	93, 173, 176	3
13	Florence Nightingale	39, 56, 101, 132	4
14	Thomas Alva Edison	36, 142	2
15	Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir	41, 146	2
16	Begum Sufia Kamal	100, 152, 163, 183	4
17	Charles Babbage	38, 42, 45, 174	4
18	George Bernard Shaw	84, 161, 181	3
19	P.B. Shelley	54, 99, 104, 109, 182	5

Matching

[Question No. 6]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Truthfulness	DB '17	1, 84, 102, 103, 105, 113	6
2	A library	RB '17	2	1
3	ICT	CB '17	3, 180, 182	3
4	E-mail	JB '17	4, 175	2
5	Garments industries	CtgB '17; DinB '15	5, 24	2
6	Robinson Crusoe	BB '17	6	1
7	Water	SB '17	7	1
8	Illiteracy	DinB '17	8, 149	2
9	Our Parliament House	DB '16	9	1
10	Paper	RB '16	10, 184	2
11	Hamlet	CB '16	11, 68, 73	3
12	'No' to corruption	JB '16	12, 56, 77, 79, 137	5
13	Human beings did not come	CtgB '16	13	1
14	William Somerset Maugham	BB '16	14, 50	2
15	Since women are our mothers	SB '16; CB '15	15, 19	2
16	Language	DinB '16	16, 35, 86	3
17	21st February	DB, SB '15	17, 23, 67, 115, 168	5
18	Democracy	RB, JB '15	18, 20, 41, 85, 97	5
19	Hamelin	CtgB '15	21, 174	2
20	Most of the students	BB '15	22	1
21	Punctuality		25, 31, 101	3
22	Education		36, 129, 153, 156	4
23	Morality		172, 183	2
24	Introverts and extroverts		27, 54, 59, 91, 122, 158, 177	7
25	The river erosion		81, 171, 181	3
26	Good manners		29, 75, 142	3
27	Tolerance		39, 80, 135, 163	4

Rearranging

[Question No. 7]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Dr. Alexander Fleming	DB, CB '17	1, 3, 51	3
2	A king averse to physical labour	RB '17	2	1
3	Rabindranath Tagore	JB '17	3, 29, 67, 108	4
4	Taimur	CtgB '17	4, 52, 97	3
5	Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar	BB '17	5, 64, 84	3
6	Androcles	SB '17; DinB '16; JB '15	6, 16, 20, 26, 68, 73, 142, 143, 168, 172	11
7	Dr. Kudrat-E-Khuda	DinB '17	8, 99, 105, 149, 157	6
8	King Lear	DB '16	9, 119, 156	3
9	A thirsty crow	RB '16	10	1
10	Queen Victoria	CB '16	11, 46, 76	3
11	Joseph Meister	JB '16	12, 43, 57	3
12	Buddha and a woman	CtgB '16	13, 47, 79, 95, 109, 165	6
13	Hazrat Omar (R)	BB '16	14, 50, 61, 63	4
14	Hatem Tai	SB '16	15, 113, 170, 174, 176	5
15	Hazrat Bayazid Bustami	DB '15	17, 173	2
16	Zainul Abedin	RB '15	18, 80, 107, 127	4
17	Two friends and a bear	CB '15	19, 86	2
18	Sindbad	CtgB '15	21, 69	2
19	A poor and old man	BB '15	22	1
20	Nelson Mandela	SB '15	23, 81, 96, 103, 160, 164	6
21	Robert Bruce	DinB '15	24	1
22	Marco Polo		25, 27, 56	3
23	The king and an astrologer		39, 54, 72, 78, 154, 162	6
24	Kazi Nazrul Islam		82, 183, 185	3
25	Socrates		30, 40, 85, 115, 134, 135, 152, 155	8

Section B : Writing Test

Writing Paragraphs

[Question No. 8]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Your Visit to a Place of Historical Interest	DB '17	1, 104, 114, 119	4
2	Traffic Jam	RB, JB '17; JB '15	2, 4, 29, 31, 33, 49, 62, 65, 122, 134, 135, 147, 163	13
3	A Street Hawker	CB '17; RB '15	3, 18, 39, 48, 58, 59, 82, 90, 102, 118, 156, 169	12
4	Our National Flag	CtgB '17	5, 25, 52, 57, 84, 157, 172, 181	8
5	A Winter Morning	BB, SB '17; DinB '15	6, 7, 24, 45, 100, 165, 175, 179, 185	9
6	A Railway Station	DinB '17	8, 40, 71, 162	4
7	Air Pollution	DB '16	9, 72, 152, 160, 170	5
8	Water Pollution	RB; CB '16	10, 11, 53, 63, 84, 106, 107, 150	8
9	A School Magazine	JB '16	12, 38, 56, 70, 78, 80, 93, 94, 95, 97, 115, 125, 129, 131, 159, 161, 173, 178, 184	19
10	Load Shedding	CtgB '16	13, 36, 50, 101, 120, 146, 183	7
11	Tree Plantation	BB, DinB '16; CtgB '15	14, 16, 21, 46, 60, 64, 73, 76, 81, 92, 99, 103, 105, 121, 127, 154, 166, 168	18
12	Environment Pollution	SB '16	15, 61, 67, 87, 139, 148, 176	7
13	A Book Fair	DB '15	17, 43, 66, 113, 116, 123, 132, 143, 155, 182	10
14	Your School Library	CB '15	19, 51, 88, 96, 109, 110, 117, 126, 133, 143	10
15	A Rickshaw Puller	BB '15	22, 44	2
16	A Rainy Day	SB '15	23, 54, 112, 158, 177	5
17	Deforestation		79, 145, 180	3
18	Importance of Learning English		30, 69	2
19	The Life of a Farmer		98, 130, 167	3
20	Global Warming		27, 28, 32, 77, 153	5

Completing a Story

[Question No. 9]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	A hare and a tortoise	DB '17; SB '16	1, 15, 41, 78, 102, 105, 110, 132, 134	9
2	A liar shepherd	RB, BB '17; DB '16	5, 6, 9, 45, 63, 68, 73, 84, 114, 115, 129, 149, 171, 184	14
3	A farmer and his sons	CB '17; RB, SB '15	3, 23, 158, 163, 178	5
4	A hungry fox and a vineyard	JB '17	4, 65, 107	3
5	Two rats and a monkey	CtgB '17	5, 62, 67, 77, 79, 80, 89, 112, 126	9
6	A thirsty crow	SB '17; CtgB '16	7, 13, 38, 46, 50, 94, 95, 113, 175, 179, 181, 185	12
7	Some mice and a cat	DinB '17	8, 39, 69, 72, 75, 146, 162	7
8	Robert Bruce	RB, DinB '16	10, 16, 30, 52, 122, 128, 136, 145, 168	9
9	Hazrat Abdul Quadir Zilani (R.)	CB '16	11, 44, 97, 101, 123, 164	6
10	A rickshaw puller	JB '16	12, 37, 120, 174	4
11	Bayazid	BB '16; CB, DinB '15	14, 19, 24, 29, 48, 51, 96, 159, 166	9
12	A clever fox	DB '15	17, 54, 60, 93, 100, 127, 153	7
13	A crow stealing a piece of meat	JB '15	20	1
14	Sheikh Saadi	CtgB '15	21, 34, 64, 103, 150, 156, 172	7
15	A boy of class eight	BB '15	22	1
16	A woodcutter		26, 53, 165	3

Describing Graphs/ Charts

[Question No. 10]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Literacy rate	DB '17; DinB '16	1, 16, 79, 86, 101, 110, 142, 151, 159, 166, 174, 183	12
2	Ekushey Boi Mela	RB '17, '16; SB '15	2, 10, 23, 38, 66, 77, 78, 85, 112, 113, 114, 137, 145	13
3	Internet users	CB '17; DB '15	3, 17, 37, 50, 97, 105, 153, 154, 163, 174, 182	11
4	Choice of profession	JB, CtgB '17; CtgB '15	4, 5, 21, 44, 46, 47, 60, 55, 72, 88, 100, 103, 104, 107, 129, 162, 168, 172, 177	19
5	Habit of taking tea and coffee	BB '17	6, 87, 122	3
6	SSC result of a school	SB '17	7, 179	2
7	Population growth rate	DinB '17	8, 40, 58, 92, 95, 157, 161	7
8	Imports and exports	DB '16	9, 25, 55, 76	4
9	People living below the poverty line	CB '16	11, 30, 45, 53, 115, 134, 139	7
10	Telephone and mobile users	JB '16	119, 120	2
11	Internet users in towns and villages	CtgB '16	13	1
12	Interest of students in different subjects	BB '16	14, 35, 48, 82, 109, 116, 123, 156, 169	9
13	Number of mobile users	SB '16	15	1
14	Household income distribution	RB '15	18, 27, 52, 56, 57, 63, 64, 67, 167, 180	10
15	Girls' Education	CB '15	19, 34, 59, 148	4
16	Time spending on various activities	JB '15	20, 62, 68, 71, 73, 80, 81, 118, 149, 150, 152, 164	12
17	Pastime activities		29, 33, 36, 83, 96, 98, 119, 126, 130, 175, 184	11

Writing Informal Letters/E-mails

[Question No. 11]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Letter : Co-curricular activities	DB '17	1, 60, 79, 102, 103, 104, 109, 121, 122, 129, 154, 169, 171, 175, 180, 182	16
2	Letter : Thanking for gift on birthday	RB, BB '17	2, 6, 30, 43, 47, 137, 162	7
3	Letter : Describing your country	CB, SB '17; BB '15	3, 7, 22, 83, 89, 91, 135, 147	8
4	Letter : Importance of co-curricular activities	JB '17	4	1
5	Letter : Experience of summer vacation	CtgB '17	5, 41, 50, 52, 123, 152, 156, 157, 160	9
6	Letter : Importance of physical exercise	DinB '17	8, 25, 56, 62, 98, 107, 130	7
7	E-mail : Annual prize giving ceremony	DB, JB '16	9, 12, 75, 87, 99, 131, 144, 166	8
8	Letter : Experience of visiting a new place	RB '16	10	1
9	Letter : Your plan after SSC Exam	CB, SB '16	11, 15, 37, 51, 74, 105, 113	7
10	Letter : Importance of reading newspaper regularly	CtgB '16	13, 39, 64, 84, 90, 115, 119, 134, 167, 183	10
11	Letter : Requesting to spend the summer vacation	BB '16	14	1
12	E-mail : Preparation for SSC Exam	DinB '16, 15	16, 24, 42, 103, 108, 120, 125, 140, 165	9
13	Letter : How to improve in English	DB '15	17, 35, 163	3
14	Letter : Congratulation on a brilliant success	RB, CtgB '15	18, 21, 29, 57, 66, 80, 81, 112, 168	9
15	Letter : Progress of studies	CB '15	19, 143, 172	3
16	Letter : Advising to give up smoking	SB '15	23, 155	2

Writing Dialogues

[Question No. 12]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Importance of Education	DB '17	1, 172, 182	3
2	Bad effects of smoking	RB '17; DB '16	2, 14, 50, 52, 63, 68, 73, 76, 110, 121, 123, 132, 134, 149, 150	15
3	Illiteracy problem	CB '17; JB '15	3, 20, 62, 67, 108, 146, 177, 181	8
4	Improving skills in English	JB '17	4, 65, 118, 157	4
5	Importance of tree plantation	CtgB '17; SB '16	5, 15, 45, 48, 58, 59, 72, 77, 85, 102, 111, 114, 152, 172, 182	15
6	Visiting a doctor for physical problem	BB '17	6, 135	2
7	Merits and demerits of using mobile phone	SB '17, '15	7, 23, 27, 29, 41, 46, 54, 64, 78, 80, 98, 104, 105, 112, 119, 122, 129, 130, 143, 144, 154, 155, 169, 163, 178, 179, 185	27
8	Aim in life	DinB '17	8, 53	2
9	Village life and city life	DB '16	9, 79, 84, 137, 138, 145, 147	7
10	Necessity of reading newspaper	RB, CB '16	10, 11, 26, 49, 113, 124, 128, 153, 166, 175	10
11	Importance of learning computer	JB '16	12, 55, 87, 88, 90, 100, 101, 107, 120, 139, 162	11
12	Preparation for the SSC Examination	CtgB '16; RB '15	13, 18, 47, 57, 60, 82, 131, 180	8
13	Borrowing a book from a library	DinB '16	16, 161, 171	3
14	Effects of morning walk	DB '15	17, 142, 156	3
15	Importance of physical exercise	CB '15	19, 44, 51, 69	4
16	Setting up a computer club	CtgB '15	21, 34	2
17	Bad effect of copying in the exam	BB '15	22, 35, 83, 106, 169, 170	6

English Second Paper

Section B : Composition

Writing CV

[Question No. 12]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Receptionist	DB '17	186, 277	2
2	Junior Officer/Officer/ Senior Officer	RB '17; JB, SB '16	187, 197, 200, 218, 221, 231, 234, 236, 239, 248, 262, 269, 291, 292, 300, 314, 330, 338, 346	19
3	Teacher/ English Teacher/Assistant Teacher/ Lecturer	CB '17; RB, CtgB, SB, DinB '15	188, 203, 206, 208, 209, 211, 215, 219, 227, 229, 233, 238, 241, 252, 257, 258, 260, 267, 274, 280, 251, 297, 299, 305, 307, 309, 319, 322, 323, 327, 331, 337, 341, 345, 347, 351, 353, 354	38
4	IT Officer	JB '17	189, 220, 303, 340	4
5	English News Caster	CtgB '17	190, 226, 259	3
6	Medical Representative	BB '17;CtgB'16	191, 198, 298	3
7	Computer Operator/Senior Computer Operator/ Computer Programmer	SB '17; DB, BB '15	192, 202, 204, 224, 225, 245, 251, 254, 261, 272, 273, 287, 296, 306, 311, 313, 319, 325, 329, 352	20
8	Librarian	DinB '17, '16	193, 201, 216, 237, 266, 268, 270, 282, 284, 293, 294, 295, 312, 316, 339	15
9	Office Assistant	DB '16	194	1
10	Salesman	RB '16	195, 250, 333	3
11	Cashier	CB '16	196, 242	2
12	Public Relation Officer	BB '16	199, 228, 243, 246, 349	5
13	Account Officer	CB, JB '15	204, 205, 235, 253, 288, 302, 310, 324, 326	9
14	General Manager/ Marketing Manager/ HR Manager		213, 232, 283, 286, 301, 321, 350, 355	8

Writing Formal Letters/E-mails

[Question No. 13]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	Debating club	DB, RB, BB '17; CtgB '16	186, 187, 198, 241, 244, 250, 252, 255, 298, 304, 324, 345, 347	13
2	Computer club	CB '17; JB '15	188, 205, 222, 229, 231, 248	6
3	Increasing common room facilities	JB, SB '17; BB, DinB 15	189, 192, 207, 209, 233, 236, 240, 254, 258, 271, 279, 282, 291, 300, 303, 307, 308, 318, 331	19
4	Enhancing library facilities	CtgB '17	190, 259, 285	3
5	Setting up a common room	DinB '17	193, 211, 237, 290	4
6	Setting up a canteen	DB, JB, BB '16	194, 197, 199, 235, 262, 267, 272, 280, 292, 293, 294, 306, 310, 312, 333, 343, 346	17
7	Study tour	RB, DinB '16; DB, SB '15	195, 201, 202, 208, 225, 234, 238, 246, 247, 264, 265, 268, 269, 277, 283, 286, 296, 299, 311, 314, 325, 329, 341, 352, 355	25
8	Poor fund	CB '16, 15	196, 204, 221, 289	4
9	Relief and medical aids	SB '16	200, 216, 224, 226, 256, 266, 273, 274, 281, 284, 287, 297, 319, 321, 334, 337, 338, 340, 349, 350, 351, 354	22
10	Testimonial	RB '15	203, 215, 239, 261, 309, 313, 322, 323, 330, 336	10
11	Full free studentship	CtgB '15	206, 245, 260	3
12	Setting up an English language club		232, 251, 263	3
13	Setting up a literary club		217, 316	2
14	Arranging multimedia classroom		218, 223, 301, 326, 327	5

Writing Paragraphs

[Question No. 14]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	The Life of a Rickshaw Puller	DB '17	186, 271, 298, 340	4
2	Life of a Farmer	RB '17, '16; CtgB, SB '15	187, 195, 206, 208, 241, 248, 252, 259, 260, 262, 284, 318, 331, 347, 355	15
3	Your Visit to a Book Fair/A Book Fair	CB, JB '17, CB '15	188, 189, 204, 221, 232, 242, 256, 267, 275, 282, 324, 329, 332, 337, 345	15
4	The Benefits of Early Rising	CtgB '17	190	1
5	A Day Labourer	BB '17	191, 227	2
6	Load Shedding	SB '17; DinB '16	192, 201, 237, 262, 281, 292, 296, 297, 306, 307, 311, 321, 322, 342, 351	15
7	Your School Library	DinB '17	193, 236, 247, 251, 265, 285, 333	7
8	The Life of a Street Hawker	DB '16	194, 245	2
9	Our National Flag	CB '16	196, 226, 250, 288, 314, 316, 349	7
10	A School Magazine	JB, SB '16	197, 200, 229, 238, 239, 243, 257, 268, 287, 302, 310, 312, 341, 346, 354	15
11	Traffic Jam	CtgB '16	198, 222, 231, 255, 279, 280, 293, 304, 305, 306, 343, 352	12
12	The Uses and Abuses of Mobile Phone	BB '16	199, 215, 224, 263, 283, 323, 326, 327, 353	9
13	A Tea Stall	DB '15	202, 225, 325, 328	4
14	Tree Plantation	RB, BB '15	203, 207, 254, 261, 272, 274, 277, 301, 330	9
15	A Rainy Day	JB '15	205, 218, 235, 244, 246, 286, 289, 294, 309	9
16	A Winter Morning	DinB '15	209, 258, 291, 335	4
17	Environment Pollution		233, 269, 278, 317, 336, 338	6
18	Deforestation		214, 234, 249, 273, 339	5

Writing Compositions

[Question No. 15]

Sl.	Topic	Board	Serial Number of Schools	Qty.
1	The Season You Like Most	DB, CtgB '17	186, 190, 273, 285, 305, 339, 351	7
2	Benefits of Reading Newspaper/Newspaper	RB '17	187, 225, 240, 259, 300, 323, 329, 346, 353, 355	10
3	A Journey You Have Recently Enjoyed/ A Journey by Train/ A Journey by Boat	CB '17; SB '16; BB '15	188, 200, 207, 212, 221, 222, 281, 299, 322, 344, 347, 354	12
4	Your Future Plan of Life/Aim in Life	JB '17; DB, RB, JB, DinB '15	189, 202, 203, 205, 209, 211, 214, 236, 250, 251, 267, 292, 304, 321, 328, 340, 343	17
5	Importance of Tree Plantation	BB '17	191, 215, 280, 350	4
6	Importance of Physical Exercise/ Physical Exercise	SB '17	192, 258, 266, 268, 271, 274, 294, 297, 308, 337	10
7	Your Favourite Game	DinB '17	193, 247, 265, 332	4
8	Duties of a Student	DB, JB '16	194, 197, 201, 208, 231, 243, 275, 287, 298, 312, 314, 327, 331, 336, 349, 352	16
9	Science in Everyday Life/ Wonders of Modern Science/ Blessings of Science	RB '16; DinB '16; SB '15	195, 226, 232, 234, 238, 242, 244, 261, 262, 277, 293, 306, 309, 317, 324, 338	16
10	Your Favourite Hobby	CB, BB '16; CtgB '15	196, 199, 206, 229, 235, 260, 282, 288, 295, 341	10
11	Computer in Everyday Life/ The Uses of Computer in Bangladesh	CtgB '16	198, 237, 245, 248, 284, 289	6
12	Recent Floods in Bangladesh	CB '15	204, 233, 239, 241, 252, 254, 255, 257, 263, 264, 269, 270, 272, 286, 291, 301, 302, 303, 310, 316, 318, 319, 330, 333, 335, 345, 348	27
13	Population Problem in Bangladesh		246, 249, 256, 279, 320, 334	6
14	Your Childhood Memories		219, 283, 290, 278, 296, 311	6