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30. Govt Pioneer Girls’ College, Khulna
Test Examination-2017; English 2nd Paper
Part A: Grammar: (60 Marks)
- Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. Put a cross (´) where an article is not needed: 0.5´10=5
Unfair means in the examination is (a) — offence. It degrades (b) — standard of education. If the students of (c) — country do not acquire true (d) — education, there will be no development for (e) — country. (f) — examinee should study seriously so that he/she can cut (g) — good figure in the examination. To acquire true education should be the only aim in life of all (h) — students. (i) — educated man cannot support (j) — unfair means in the examination at all.
- Complete the text with suitable prepositions: 0.5´10=5
The food we eat seems to have profound effects (a) — our health. Although science has made enormous steps (b) — making food more fit to eat, it has (c) — the same time made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that eighty percent (d) — all human diseases are related (e) — diet. People (f) — different culture are more prone (g) — contact certain illness because (h) — the characteristics (i) — the foods they consume. So we should give (j) — the habit of taking bad foods.
- Fill in the gaps with a phrase from the box. 0.5´10=5
| Have to | What if | Let alone | What’s it like | There |
| Would rather | Had better | As if | As soon as | Was born |
(a) They are very brave. They — face any problem than sit as idle people.
(b) He has taken an admission form. He will submit it — he fills it up.
(c) — is a very big library in our college. We can borrow books from the library.
(d) A: We must reach the station by 4 O’clock.
B: — we can’t manage a taxi?
(e) Today is my mother’s birthday. I — buy flowers for her.
(f) She looked at the question paper again and again. It seemed — she had not known the answer to a single question.
(g) Mr Zaman is going to deliver a presentation in the college auditorium. You — attend his presentation.
(h) Rakib is very introvert. He does not even feel comfort on the telephone, — speak in the public.
(i) After breakfast Jamal took his friend to see a new calf which — the previous night.
(j) — flying in a plane above the cloud?
- Complete the sentences using clauses/phrases: 0.5´10=5
(a) — we have to learn the basic grammar rules. But we should not memorise any rule without understanding.
(b) The sum that —. He is expert in Mathematics.
(c) Five years have passed since —. I miss him very much.
(d) You must have confidence in your ability. If you —, you will be successful.
(e) He was really in a great danger. He came here with a view to — from you. But you disappointed him.
(f) Though it rained yesterday —. There was an urgent task.
(g) Corruption is a social malady. It is high time —.
(h) You were always indifferent to study. If you had been serious —.
(i) Since body and mind go together —. A sound mind is the precondition of a sound health.
(j) The boy is strong enough —.
- Read the text and fill in the gaps with correct form of verbs. 0.5´10=5
There are many reasons for which many students in our country (a) — (fail) in English. That English is a foreign language is the main reason. English is as if it (b) — (be) a language (c) — (mean) for a particular class of people. It (d) — (regard) as a sheer wastage of time. They (e) — (begin) to cram English as though they (f) — (consider) cramming is the only way to leam English. But (g) — (have) they been earnest in learning English, they (h) — (learn) it easily. Moreover, they (i) — (not motivate) properly. In addition, the textbooks (j) — (not write) according to the need of the learners.
- Transform the sentences as directed: 1´5=5
(a) The National Memorial which is situated at Savar is a symbol of the nation’s respect. (simple) (b) Standing in front of the graves, we bow down our heads. (compound) (c) The towers symbolize the loftiness of the spirit of the martyred freedom fighters. (interrogative) (d) We always remember their memories. (negative) (e) Everyday many people go there to visit it. (Complex).
- Re-write the passage into indirect speech: 5
“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della. “1 buy hair,” said Madame. “Take your hat off and let’s have a sight at the looks of it. Twenty dollars,” said Madame. “Give it to me quick,” said Della.
- Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary, rewrite the sentences so that all pronoun references are clear. 1´5=5
A cook once roasted a duck for its master. He looked so delicious that he could not resist the temptation and ate up one of the drumsticks. When he sat down to eat the meal, he quickly noticed the missing leg. He asked him what had happened to the other leg. The cook told him that it had one leg only. The master said that there was no such thing as a one-legged duck but the cook insisted that the duck had only one leg.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank space. 0.5´10=5
St. Martin’s Island, (a) — (Post-modify the noun with an appositive), is about 9 km south of the trip of the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf peninsula. It is the (b) — (Use adjective to pre-modify the noun phrase) coral island in Bangladesh. It is about 8 km west of in (c) — (Use article to pre-modify the noun) northwest coast of Myanmar at the mouth of the Naf River. The (d) — (Use adjective to pre-modify the noun phrase) name of the Island is Narikel Jinjira, meaning “Coconut Island” in Bangali. St. Martin’s Island has become a popular (e) — (Use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) spot. There shipping liners run (f) — (Use adjective to pre-modify the noun) trips to the island, (g) — (Use a demonsnative to pre-modify the noun) liners are Kutubdia, Sea-Truck and Keary-Sinbad. Tourists can book (h) — (Use possessive to pre-modify the noun) trip either from Chittagong or from Cox’s bazar. The island is home to a (i) — (Use quantifier to pre- modify the noun) of endangered species of turtles as well as the corals, some of which are found only on (j) — (Use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) Island.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage. 0.5´10=5
Happiness lies in the mind of a man (a) — beauty lies in the eyes of a beholder. (b) —, we can say (c) — happiness comprises a state of mind. A poor man can be happy with one lakh taka (d) — it has no importance for a millionaire. (e) — the source of happiness lies in us. (f) — we do good work (g) — gives happiness to others, our own happiness also increases to a great extent. One way of doing this is to find out and go out to those (h) — may be in need of our help. The highest form of happiness is derived when we help others (i) — make them happy. (j) — in every religion great importance is put on the service of mankind.
- Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the underlined words. 0.5´10=5
It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment in the Latin quarter overlooking a cemetery and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together. She had read a book of mind and had written to me about it. I answered, thanking her and presently I received from her another letter saying that she was passing through paris and would like to have a chat with me; but her time was limited and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday; she was spending the morning at the Luxembourg and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot’s afterwards? Foyot’s is a restaurant at which the French senators eat and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. But I was flattered and I was too young to have learned to say no to a woman …. I had eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen. If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks I could manage well enough
(a) tiny (antonym); (b) barely (synonym); (c) presently (synonym); (d) limited (antonym); (e) spend (antonym); (f) means (synonym); (g) last (synonym); (h) far (antonym); (i) cost (synonym); (j) manage (synonym).
- 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
Tourist : How old is the edifice guide
Guide : Madame its a fifteen century edifice
Tourist : What a wonderful edifice it is.
Guide : It was built by Akbar the emperor of India.
Tourist : Oh. I see!
Guide : Madame we should move now. The sun is about to set. It would be dark.
Tourist : Isn’t the place safe?
Guide : It is but the security does not allow anybody after sunset.
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Part B: Composition: (40 Marks)
- Suppose, you are the reporter of a daily newspaper. The Victory Day has been observed at your college. Now, write a report on it. 8
- Write an application to the Principal of your college for permission to go on a study tour. 8
- Write a paragraph on “A Winter Morning”. 10
- Write a composition on “The Population Problem in Bangladesh”. 14
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