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Govt HSS College, Magura
Test Examination-2017; English 2nd Paper
Part A: Grammar: (60 Marks)
- Fill in the blanks in the following text with article (a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an article. Put a cross (´) in those blanks. 0.5´10=5
Patriotism is (a) ¾ noble virtue. It inspires (b) ¾ man to dedicate his life for the freedom of his (c) ¾ country. (d) ¾ man without patriotism is not batter than (e) ¾ beast. A true patriot is honoured by (f) ¾ his countrymen. He thinks for (g) ¾ betterment of his country. On (h) ¾ contrary, (i) ¾ unpatriotic man thinks only of his won interest. Those who die for (j) ¾ country are true patriots.
- Complete the text with suitable prepositions. 0.5´10=5
A good stock (a) ¾ words is necessary (b) ¾ anybody who wants to use a language. Vocabulary is an essential component (c) ¾ successful communication. It is an integral part (d) ¾ reading skill. While grammar is important, a lack (e) ¾ vocabulary may result (f) ¾ complete failure to convey a message. Vocabulary includes conceptual knowledge (g) ¾ words that go well (h) ¾ an ordinary dictionary meaning students’ vocabulary knowledge is a building process that occurs (i) ¾ time as they tend to make connections (j) ¾ other words.
- Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words in the box. 0.5´10=5
| there | what if | have to | no sooner had | would rather |
| be born | lest | as if | let alone | what does … look like |
(a) The students were loitering in the corridor. ¾ they seen the teacher than they entered the classroom.
(b) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the father of our nation. He ¾ in 1920 in Tungipara of Gopalganj district.
(c) I can’t stand Rubel. He always acts ¾ he were smarter than everyone.
(d) The little girl was suddenly crossing the road. A bus was passing by. As it came near the girl, the driver halted it. ¾ he wouldn’t have stopped the bus?
(e) Shoma ¾ live in a hostel than live in her relative’s home. She feels free and comfortable in the hostel.
(f) You started late. Now you are walking slowly. Walk first ¾ you should miss the bus.
(g) He is very poor. He can’t afford to travel by an AC bus ¾ an aeroplane.
(h) Daughter: moom, ¾ an albatross ¾? Mother: My dear, an albatross is a very large white bird that lives in the pacific and Southern Oceans.
(i) Long ago, ¾ lived a mightily warrior named Kubla Khan. He was the grandson of Chenghis Khan.
(j) I ¾ seek advice from a doctor, I have been suffering from fever for a long time.
- Complete the sentences using clauses/phrases. 0.5´10=5
(a) Industry is the key to success. If you work hard, ¾.
(b) Corruption is the main hindrance to development. It is high time ¾.
(c) Abdul is an HSC candidate. He is studying hard lest ¾.
(d) There are a good number of reasons why ¾. That English is a foreign language is the main reasons.
(e) Birds fly in the sky. I wish ¾.
(f) No sooner had we reached there than ¾. Unless we went there earlier, we would miss the beginning of the programme.
(g) It’s not good ¾. A man is know by the company he keeps.
(h) Dulal sheikh is a quack. He behaves as if ¾.
(i) It is very cold outside. You had better ¾.
(j) My childhood was full of joys and happiness. Would that ¾.
- Read the text and fill in the gaps with correct form of verbs as per subject and context. 0.5´10=5
In the last autumn vacation I (a) ¾ (get) sufficient time. So I (b) ¾ (make) up my mind to make a journey by train from Dhaka to Chittagong. I (c) ¾ (reach) the station about half an hour before the departure of the train. It (d) ¾ (be) then a very busy time. Rickshaw, motorcars and other vehicles (c) ¾ (come) to the station with passengers. Coolies (f) ¾ (run) behind them. There (g) ¾ (be) shouts and rush of the passengers and the coolies. After some time hearing a whistle, the passengers (b) ¾ (stand) in a queue before the ticket counter. I also (i) ¾ (stand) in the line and (j) ¾ (buy) a second class ticket.
- 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 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 direct speech. 5
The teacher asked the students if they had heard the name of Aesop. The students respectfully replied that they had not and asked the teacher who he had been. The teacher advised them to listen to his lecture attentively and they would be able to know about him. He also exclaimed with wonder that his fables were very interesting and instructive.
- Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary, rewrite the sentences so that all pronoun references are clear. 1´5=5
On a summer day, becoming very thirsty a lion and a hear came at the some moment to a small well to drink. These fiercely quarrelled which of them should drink first, and were soon engaged in a mortal fighting. On his stopping on a sudden to take breath for renewal of the fighting, it saw some vultures waiting in the distance of feast on the one which should fall first. They at once stopped the quarrel, saying, “That is better for us to make friends than to become the food of crows or vultures, as will certainly happen if ourselves are disable.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces. 0.5´10=5
A balanced diet is a good mixture of (a) ¾ (pre-modify the noun) foods. It is essential for us (b) ¾ (post-modify the adjective with an infinitive) a healthy life. There are many benefits of eating a (c) ¾ (pre-modify the noun) diet because it prevents (d) — (use determiner to pre-modify the noun) diseases. As a result, we do not get sick (e) ¾ (post modify the verb with an adverb). We should select (f) ¾ (pre modify the noun with possessive) diet according to our needs. We should not eat the (g) ¾ (use adjective to pre modify the noun) foods for the whole week. We can keep fit (h) ¾ (use participle) a balanced diet. But it is not easy (i) ¾ (post-modify the adjective with an infinitive) a balanced diet. But it is not easy (i) ¾ (post-modify the adjective with an infinitive) a balanced diet. Here (j) ¾ (use a determiner) nutritionist can help us.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage. 0.5´10=5
Mobile phone has become an essential gadget for everybody. (a) ¾ it has become very popular. (b) ¾ it has created a number of problems. It has (c) ¾ advantages (d) ¾ disadvantages. (e) ¾ it helps to connect people. (f) ¾ it helps to exchange information. (g) ¾ it can be used for various purposes. (h) ¾ it has a few disadvantages (i) ¾ can cause a lot of troubles. (j) ¾ its advantages are more than it’s disadvantages.
- Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below. 0.5´10=5
During the nine-month long Liberation War, the Pakistan army carried out the most brutal massacre in human history. There were thousands of killing fields all around Bangladesh. One of the largest killing fields is located at Dumuria in Khulna. The areas called Chuknagar. Hundreds and thousands of fleeing people arrived at Chuknagar to cross the border. On 20 May 1971, Pakistani soldiers surrounded the area. They started to fire the fleecing people. About eight to ten thousand people were killed at Chuknagar.
(a) liberation (synonym) (b) brutal (antonym) (c) massacre (synonym) (d) human (antonym) (e) located (antonym) (f) called (synonym) (g) surrounded (synonym) (h) started (antonym) (i) killed (synonym) (j) largest (antonym)
- 12. There are ten errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors. 5´10=5
“Good Morning where are you going” said the merchant. I was just coming to see you said the youth. “What do you want” “Please help me to earn my bread by the labour of my hands. “Do you really want work” said the merchant Yes if you have any” “Then follow me and carry the box from the shop to my house.” “By Allah I’m really grateful to you.” Said the youth.
Part B: Composition: (40 Marks)
13 Suppose, you are the secretary of the Internet Library Club of your college. Now, read the following email sent by an Internet service providing company and write a reply requesting the company manager to provide you with internet facilities for the up gradation of your library. 8
Dear Sir Madam,
We are glad to inform you that out firm. “Bangladesh Internet Service provider” is ready to support and help for the up gradation of internet service of the Internet library of the educational institutions with a good price. We have imported modern machineries from the foreign country for providing the best service. We here attach the price list for your further interest. Please mail us if you need any internet related service.
Sincerely yours,
P.B Choudhury
Manager
Bangladesh Internet Service Provider
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14 Suppose, you are a reporter of “The Daily Star”. Write a report of about 120 words on a cultural programme that was held in your college. 8
15 Write a paragraph on the Uses and Abuses of Internet. 10
16 Write a composition on “Female Education”. Write at least 200 words but do not exceed 250 words. 14
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