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- BAF Shaheen College, Jessore
Test Examination-2017; English 2nd Paper
Part A: Grammar: (60 Marks)
- Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles (a/an/the) as necessary. Put a cross (×) where an article is not necessary. 0.5´10=5
Patriotism is (a) — noble virtue. It inspires (b) — man to sacrifice his life for his (c) — country. (d) —man without patriotism is not better than (e) — beast. A true patriot is honored by (f) — all. He thinks for (g) — welfare of his country. On (h) — other hand, (i) — unpatriotic man thinks of only his own interest. Those who die for (j) — country are true patriots.
- Complete the text with suitable preposition. 0.5´10=5
Sara and Zara are talking (a) — the importance (b) — a teacher and a doctor. Sara says that doctors are (c) — great use (d) — society. But Zara does not agree (e) — Sara. He says that teachers are the architect (f) — a nation. They spread the light of education. Teachers remove the darkness of ignorance (g) — the lot of a nation. However, they agree (h) — the point that the services (i) — both a doctor and a teacher are essential (j) — the society.
- Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box. 0.5´10=5
| what if | it is high time | had better | ||
| need not | unless | lest | would rather | |
| there | as well as | providing that | ||
(a) I knew that — would not be any examination today. So, I didn’t study seriously.
(b) He looks fresh. He — take rest.
(c) We are losing our valuable time for traffic jam. — we took necessary steps to solve traffic jam.
(d) He is very fond of games and sports. He takes part in football, cricket — in hockey.
(e) A: — you miss the exam because of sickness?
B: Please don’t say like this.
(f) I like journey by boat — the river is not rough. I always fear rough whether.
(g) I don’t like people who tell lies. 1 will not accompany you — you speak the truth.
(h) It is raining outside. You — carry an umbrella.
(i) I don’t like you. I — die than take your help.
(j) The colour of the building faded. They painted it — it might look ugly.
- Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases of your own. 0.5´10=5
(a) We started late from our house. —.
(b) My parents live elsewhere. They are coming to see me though —.
(c) I am not going out tonight. Instead, I will stay home and —.
(d) He has taken an admission form. He will submit it as soon as —.
(e) Try hard so that —. You do not want to fail again, 1 hope.
(f) I don’t know where —. I met him half an hour ago.
(g) I can not go until —
(h) 1 wish —. But I am sorry; I can not attend the party because of my examination.
(i) We must leave earlier. The sooner we leave, —.
(j) Discipline is strictly maintained in our college. Unless you follow the rules, —.
- Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context. 0.5´10=5
“Prevention (a) — (to be) better than cure, ” (b) —(go) the old wise saying. It is extremely difficult and sometimes impossible to (c) — (recover) health if it is once lost. Fresh and clean food, water and air are essential to (d) — (preserve) health. In order to (e) — (ensure) freshness and cleanliness of these things, it is necessary for us to (f) — (observe) and practise certain rules of sanitation. By (g) — (keep) one’s teeth, finger-nails and body clean, by (h) — (eat) clean food and (i) — (drink) clean water and by breathing clean air, one can (j) — (keep) oneself healthy.
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed. 1´5=5
(a) Anger is nothing but a vice. (interrogative)
(b) It is compared to flame. It begets only the worst. (Negative)
(c) So we should control it for our own sake. (Passive)
(d) He who is taken by anger causes a lot of troubles. (Simple)
(e) Realising it we should try to be emotionally balanced. (Compound)
- Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. 5
“Where do you come from?” I asked him. “From San Carlos,” he said, and smiled. “I was taking care of animals.” “Oh,” I said, not quite understanding. “Yes, “he said, “I stayed, you see, taking care of animals. I was the last one to leave the town of San Carlos.”
- Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary, rewrite the sentences so that all pronoun references are clear. 1´5=5
Travelling is a part of education. These means going from place to place. One can enhance knowledge by going from place to place. Thus gives one the opportunity to see the unseen and know the unknown. Some people are averse to travelling, this limits his vision. However, by travelling different parts of the world, my knowledge may be enriched.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces. 0.5´10=5
Rabindranath Tagor, (a) — (post modify the noun with an appositive), was born in 1861 in a (b) — (use an adjective to pre-modify the noun) family at Jorasako in Kolkata. He was (c) — (use determiner to pre-modify the noun phrase) fourteenth child of Debandranath and Saroda Debi. He went to school (d) — (Pre-modify the verb) and wrote his (e) — (pre-modify the noun) verse at the age of eight. At the age of seventeen in 1878 he reached London (f) — (use an infinitive phrase to pre-modify the verb). He gathered (g) — (use quantifier to pre-modify the noun) experience from his stay in London (h) — (use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) experience had a lasting effect on his life later. In 1880 Rabindranath return home without (i) — (use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) qualifications of distinction. However, he never gave up (j) — (use a possessive to pre-edify the noun) habit of writing poetry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 for the Gitanjali.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blanks spaces of the following passage. 0.5´10=5
Happiness is a relative term. (a) —, it depends upon some factors. (b) — contentment is the key to happiness. Contentment varies from person to person. (c) ¾, a beggar may be contented with only ten taka. (d) —, a wealthy person may be unsatisfied even after getting one-million taka. (e) — it is said that contentment brings happiness. (f) —, we must learn to be contented with what we have. (g) —, this learning is the simplest way to remain happy. (h) —we must remember that our life is short and in this short life we cannot get everything what we want. If we want everything, we will not get happiness. (i) —, we will get frustrated and we will plunge into the world of sadness. (j) — it is always better to be contented with what we have.
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- Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below: 0.5´10=5
Humans could escape from black holes, rather than getting stuck in them, according to a new theory proposed by Stephen Hawking. Unfortunate space travelers won’t be able to return to their own universe. But they will be able to escape somewhere else. Black holes in fact, aren’t as black as people thought and could be a way of getting through to an alternative universe. The existence of alternative histories with black holes suggests this might be possible. The hole would need to be large and if it was rotating, it might have a passage to another universe. But you could not come back to our universe.
(a) escape (synonym); (b) unfortunate (antonym); (c) able (antonym); (d) return (synonym); (e) alternative (synonym); (f) possible (antonym); (g) rotating (synonym); (h) passage (synonym); (i) own (antonym); (j) new (antonym).
- 12. There are ten errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors. 0.5´10=5
A : Whats solar energy?
B : Its one of the renewable energy sources.
A : Why is it called green energy.
B : Well its green energy because it helps us keep the earth green I mean it doesn’t emit any pollutant in the atmosphere when we produce and use it.
A : I see then it must be a clean source of energy.
B : Exactly, And that’s why its also called clean energy.
Part B: Composition: (40 Marks)
- Suppose, you are a conscious student of BAF SHAHEEN COLLEGE JESSORE. Some untoward incidents nave happened using mobile phones in the classroom. Now, write an application to the Principal of your college not to allow any student or teacher to use mobile phone in the classroom. 8
- Imagine that you are Munni Shaha, a reporter of a daily newspaper. Now prepare a report for your newspaper on the viral use of ‘Facebook’ by our young generation. 8
- Write a paragraph on “Self-employment“. 10
- Write a Composition on “Natural Beauties of Bangladesh” 14
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