Model Test: English 1st Paper for HSC Exam

প্রশ্নের ধারা ও মান বণ্টন  ২য় অংশ
প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থীরা, সিলেবাস বা প্রশ্নের ধরন সম্বন্ধে ধারণা পরিষ্কার না থাকলে পরীক্ষায় ভালো করা সম্ভব নয়। তাই গতকালের পর NCTB প্রণীত একাদশ শ্রেণীর ইংরেজি ১ম পত্রের প্রশ্নের ধরন ও মানবণ্টন নিয়ে আলোচনা করা হলো।
PART-A: Seen Comprehension, (Marks-40)
Ques. No. 6 (Filling in the gaps without clues): কম্প্রিহেনশনের সামারাইজেশন আকারে একটি প্যাসেজ দেওয়া থাকবে। এখানে পাঁচটি শূন্যস্থান থাকবে। প্রতিটি শূন্যস্থানের জন্য ১ করে মোট নম্বর থাকবে ৫। প্যাসেজটি ভালোভাবে পড়ে কম্প্রিহেনশন থেকে তথ্য নিয়ে শূন্যস্থানপূরণ করতে হবে। এ ক্ষেত্রে কোনো clue দেওয়া থাকবে না। উত্তর লেখার সময় প্যাসেজটি না লিখে শুধু সঠিক উত্তর লিখতে হবে।
Ques. No.7 (Summarising): সামারাইজিংয়ের ক্ষেত্রে কম্প্রিহেনশনটির ওপর একটি summary লিখতে হবে। এর আকার মূল কমিপ্রহেনশনটির এক-তৃতীয়াংশ হওয়া উচিত। উত্তরটি অনধিক পাঁচটি বাক্যের মধ্যে সীমাবদ্ধ হতে হবে। কম্প্রিহেনশনে উল্লিখিত উদাহরণ, ব্যাখ্যা, উপমা ইত্যাদি বাদ যাবে। এ প্রশ্নটির জন্য নম্বর থাকবে ৫।
Ques. No. 8 (Flow Chart): প্রদত্ত সিন কমিপ্রহেনশনের ওপর ভিত্তি করে এ অংশে flow chart থাকবে। নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়ের ওপর ভিত্তি করে পাঁচটি যথাযথ word/phrase দিয়ে flow chart-এর box-গুলো পূরণ করতে হবে। এখানে প্যাসেজের বিশেষ কোনো দিক অথবা সমগ্র প্যাসেজের ওপর মন্তব্যমূলক বিষয়গুলো চিহ্নিত করে phrase আকারে লিখতে হবে। Phrase-গুলো লেখার সময় বাক্যের auxiliary verb এবং articles বাদ যাবে।
PART-B: Vocabulary (Marks-20)
Ques. No. 9 (Filling in the gaps with clues): এই প্রশ্নে মোট ১০টি শূন্যস্থান-সংবলিত একটি passage (with clues) দেওয়া থাকবে এবং নম্বর থাকবে ১০। উত্তর লেখার সময় passage-টি খাতায় তোলার প্রয়োজন নেই, শুধু উত্তর লিখলেই চলবে। শুধু a, b, c, d, e শিরোনামে উত্তর লিখতে হবে ।
Ques. No. 10 (Filling in the gaps without clues): এই প্রশ্নে মোট ১০টি শূন্যস্থান-সংবলিত একটি passage (without clues) দেওয়া থাকবে এবং নম্বর থাকবে ১০। উত্তর লেখার সময় passage-টি খাতায় তোলার প্রয়োজন নেই, শুধু উত্তর লিখলেই চলবে। শুধু a, b, c, d, e শিরোনামে উত্তর লিখতে হবে। অর্থের সঙ্গে মিল রেখে যথাযথ word/phrase দিয়ে gap-গুলো পূরণ করতে হবে।
PART-C: Guided Writing (Marks-40)
Question No. 11 (Substitution Table): এই প্রশ্নে চার column-এর একটা substitution table দেওয়া থাকবে। ওই table থেকে ছয়টি অর্থপূর্ণ এবং ধারাবাহিক বাক্য তৈরি করতে হবে। text-টি পাঠ্যবই সংশ্লিষ্ট হওয়ার সম্ভাবনাই বেশি। প্রতি বাক্যের জন্য নম্বর থাকবে ২। ছয়টি বাক্যের জন্য মোট নম্বর থাকবে ১২।
Question No. 12: (Re-arranging): এই প্রশ্নে কোনো ঘটনা বা বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্বের জীবনী বা গল্প সম্পর্কে ১৪টি sentence এলোমেলোভাবে দেওয়া থাকবে। শিক্ষার্থীদের ১৪টি এলোমেলো sentence-কে এমন ধারাবাহিকভাবে সাজিয়ে লিখতে হবে, যাতে পরিশেষে এটি একটি গল্পের আকার লাভ করে। এবং অনুচ্ছেদের ওপর বাক্যের ক্রমিক নম্বরগুলো লিখে বাক্যের ধারাবাহিকতা দেখাতে হবে। অর্থাৎ বাক্যগুলোকে according to order বা sequence অনুসারে সাজাতে হবে। তবে কোনো বাক্যের sequence ভুল হলে শুধু সেই বাক্যের জন্য নম্বর কাটা যাবে। এ ক্ষেত্রে ধারাবাহিকভাবে সাজানো অন্য বাক্যসমূহের জন্য নম্বর দেওয়া হবে। এতে মোট ১৪টি বাক্যের প্রতিটির জন্য ১ নম্বর করে মোট নম্বর ১৪।
Question No. 13 (Paragraph Writing): B অংশটি মূলত writing skill যাচাই করার জন্য। এই প্রশ্নের কোনো বিষয় যেমন কোনো ভ্রমণ, স্কুল বা কলেজের প্রথম বা শেষ দিন, কোনো অস্বাভাবিক ঘটনা, পারিবারিক উৎসব, ধর্মীয় উৎসব প্রভৃতির ওপর কিছু প্রশ্ন সংকেত (clue) থাকবে। প্রশ্নের ওপর ভিত্তি করে ১৫০ শব্দের মধ্যে একটি Paragraph লিখতে হবে। Paragraph-টির একটি সুন্দর title (শিরোনাম) দিতে হবে। Paragraph-টি হতে হবে এক প্যারায়। একাধিক প্যারায় লিখলে নম্বর কাটা যাবে। এই Paragraph Writing-এ মোট নম্বর থাকবে ১৪। সাধারণত কোনো কিছু free hand-এ লিখতে গেলে শিক্ষার্থীদের নিজম্ব মতামত প্রকাশ করার অনেক সুযোগ থাকে। কিন্তু Questioning Paragraph-এর ক্ষেত্রে শিক্ষার্থীকে ওই প্রশ্নগুলোর ওপর নির্ভর করেই Paragraph লিখতে হয়। এর জন্য grammar-এর basic item-গুলো ভালো করে অনুধাবন করতে হবে এবং sentence লেখার কৌশল জানতে হবে। বারবার অনুশীলন করতে হবে, vocabulary ও এর ব্যবহার সম্পর্কে ভালোভাবে জানতে হবে।
Part-A: Seen Comprehension
Read the Passage below and answer the questions: 1- 4
Working opportunities for women are very few in rural areas of Bangladesh. They usually spend their time doing their household chores. The ILO recently started a project titled “Technologies for Rural Employment with Special Reference to Women and Sustainable Development”. The aim of this project is to impart training to rural women in various activities and make them self-reliant.
Sakhina Begum is a beneficiary of this project. She attended a training course on food processing at the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur. Sakhina has two school-going children. Her husband is a rickshaw-puller who does not earn enough to support the family and pay for the children’s education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items. Along with her fellow project beneficiaries, she is now producing these items and selling them in the local market. With the proceeds, she is now able to add to her family income. If they continue doing their work, Sakhina and other women working with her will surely see happier days with the new employment opportunities created by the ILO project.
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence: 1Í5 = 5
(a) Working opportunities for women in the village areas are ample/adequate/little.
(b) Sakhina’s husband draws/carries/takes rickshaw.
(c) Women in village usually spend time in rearing children/working in fields/doing domestic works.
(d) The word `proceeds’ means procedure/profit/procure.
(e) The BARI makes research on technology/agriculture/industry.

2. True/False? If false, give the correct information: 1Í5 = 5

(a) Sakhina Begum sells her products in the capital market.
(b) ILO training is highly beneficial for the rural women.
(c) Before receiving training Sakhina’s family was well-off.
(d) Sakhina has learnt how to read and write from the training course.
(e) Sakhina is the mother of two school going children.


3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. You may add
any preposition if necessary: 1Í5 = 5

(a) The ILO has started the project (recent) —.
(b) Sakhina Begum is a (benefit) — this project.
(c) (Self-reliant) — is the aim of the ILO project.
(d) The ILO training brings (add) — income to Sakhina Begum’s family.
(e) Jam, Jelly etc. are one sort of (process) — food.
4. Make a list of five points about the efforts made by Sakhina to improve her lot. 1Í5 = 5

Read the Passage below and answer the questions 5 - 8
A World Heritage Site is a place (nature or cultural) recognized by the international community in the shape of the World Heritage Convention declared by UNESCO in 1972 as prossessing universal value and coming under a collective responsibility for its preservation. A country nominates a site to the convention, and a decision on whether to include it in the World Heritage list is made by a 21-member international committee. Though a small country Bangladesh has three World Heritage Sites- the historic Shatgombuj Mosque of Bagerhat, the ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur and the Sundarbans.
The Shatgombuj Mosque is a 15th centruy Islamic edifice situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat. It is an enormous Moghul architectural site covering a very large area. The Buddhist Vihara was founded in the 7th centrury. It is the largest single Buddhist monastery in the India sub-continent. It was a renowned intellectual centre from the 7th century until the 17th century. The Sundarbans- the 52nd World Heritage site of the world- is the largest mangrove forest in the world. many people love to see its natural beauty. It’s a wonderful place to go to, far from the crowded towns and cities.

5. Write short answers to the following questions: 1Í5 = 5
(a) What do you understand by a World Heritage Site?
(b) What are the World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh?
(c) When was the Buddhist Vihara renowned as an intellectual centre?
(d) What do you learn, from the test above, about the Sundarbans?
(e) Where is the Shatgombuj mosque situated?

6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 1Í5 = 5
A World Heritage site needs and international (a) —. It has to be (b) — by a country. It comes under a (c) — responsibility for its preservation. The (d) — to include the site is (e) — by a 21-member international committee.
7. Summarise the passage in five sentences: 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing different aspects of the world Heritage sites in Bangladesh (No. 1 has been done for you): 1Í5 = 5

A natural or cultural place



Part- B : Vocabulary
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical change if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need : 1Í10 = 10 Investment in education (a) — girls increases the economic and social (b) — of development investment in all other sectors. Educating girls contributes (c) — wealth through its impact on economic development. Educated women have a higher income (d) — than those who have (e) — no schooling. Educated mothers are more (f) — to send both their boys and girls to school. It is important to realise that (g) — in girl’s education generally results (h) — an integrated approach to community development. Thus (i) — to educate girls results in a tremendous waste of potential human (j) —

10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap : 1Í10 = 10

An elephant does many things with its trunk. It smells, feels and picks things up with its (a) — Elephants can uproot trees (b) — their trunks. They can defend themselves by wrapping their trunks (c) — enemies and dashing them (d) — the ground. They used their trunks to eat (e) — peanuts too. They can even brush (f) — flies. In the lumberyards of India elephants learn to pull logs out (g) — rivers and stack them. Elephants have even been taught to sweep. By holding a broom in (h) — trunk, an elephant can (i) — a road clean of dust. What a wonderful (j) — that trunk is!

Part– C : Guided Writing
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full : 2Í6 = 12
12. The following sentences are jumbled. Re-write them in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story : 1Í14 = 14
(i) He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide is kingdom.
(ii) Goneril declared, “Sir, I love you more than I can say.”
(iii) But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.
(iv) Lear was satisfied.
(v) He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one-third of it.
(vi) He was tired of ruling and needed rest.
(vii) Then it was the turn of Cordelia, the youngest and most loved daughter.
(viii) Lear was shocked and said, “Nothing will come of nothing”.
(ix) When asked, his second daughter Regan said, ‘My love for you shall never change’.
(x) At first Lear asked his eldest daughter, “How much do you love me?”
(xi) He had three daughters- Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.
(xii) Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.
(xiii) When asked Cordelia said, “Nothing”.
(xiv) Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named Lear.

13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible : 14

(a) Where is the central Shaheed Minar located? (b) Who was architect? (c) What do the vertical lines and columns of the Shaheed Minar suggest? (d) What does it stand for? (e) How do you feel standing before a Shaheed Minar?

ANSWER SHEET
Part-A: Seen Comprehension
1. Multiple choice : (a) little; (b) draws ; (c) doing domestic works; (d) profit; (e) agriculture.
2. True/Fals : (a) False. Sakhina Begum sells her products in the local market. (b) True. (c) False. Before receiving training Sakhina’s family was not well-off. (d) Falae. Sakhina has learnt how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items from the training course. (e) True.
3. Filling in the gaps with clues : (a) recently; (b) beneficiary of; (c) self-reliance; (d) additional; (e) processed.
4. Information transfer : A list of five points about the efforts made by Sakhina to improve her lot.
(a) Attending a training course on food processing at Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute at Gazipur.
(b) Learning how to make jam. jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items.
(c) Producing these items along with her fellow project beneficiaries.
(d) Selling these items in the local market.
(e) Adding to her family income with the proceeds.
5. Open ended:
(a) A World Heritage site is a place possessing universal value and it is recognized by the international community in the shape of the World Heritage Convention declared by the UNESCO in 1972.
(b) The historic Shatgombuj Mosque of Bagerhat, the ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at paharpur and the Sundarbans are the World Heritage sites of Bangladesh.
(c) The Buddhist Vihara was renowned as an intellectual centre from the 7th centure until the 17th century.
(d) The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world and it is rated the 52nd World Heritage site of the world.
(e) The shatgombuj Mosque is situated in the suburbs of Bangerhat.
6. Filling in the gaps without clues : (a) recognition; (b) nominated; (c) collective; (d) decision; (e) made.
7. Summarising : A World Heritage site is a place either natural or cultural possessing universal value. To be included in the World Heritage list it needs an international recognition. It comes under a collective responsiblity for its preservation. in spite of being a small cuontry, Bangladesh has three World Heritage Sites. They are the historic Shatgombuj Mosque of Bagerhat, the ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at paharpur and the sundarbans.
8. Re-writing in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flowchart).
9. Cloze test (filling in blanks) with clues : (a) for; (b) returns; (c) to creating; (d) potential; (e) had; (f) likely; (g) success; (h) from; (i) failing; (j) resources.
10. Cloze test (filling in blanks) with clues : (a) trunk; (b) with; (c) round; (d) over; (e) up; (f) away; (g) of; (h) its; (i) make; (j) thing.

Part – C : Guided writing
11. Producing sentences from a substitution table to make a text :
(i) Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal on the grave of his wife.
(ii) The building was made of white marbles with inlays of coloured marbles.
(iii) Four slender towers rise from the four corners with terrace.
(iv) The Taj Mahal is surrounded by a beautiful garden.
(v) It is very nice to took at on the moonlit night.
(vi) It is now a great attraction for the tourists of the whole world.
12. Re-ordering sentences : xivvixiiiiixiiivvixxiiviixiii viii.
13. Writing a paragraph by answering questions :
Shaheed Minar
Every nation has some great achivement. Shaheed Minar is the most glorious achivement of Bangladesh. It is symbolizes the nation’s respect to the martyrs of the language movement of 1952. It is located in Dhaka between Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the Annexed Building of Dhaka University. The architect of this monument was Hamidur Rahman, the pioneer of the new painting movement in the then Pakistan. He experimented with basic horizontal and vertical forms of bringing out the concept of Bengali solidarity and unity for their national identity. The vertical lines of his design provided the manifestations of inner strength. The four columns of both sides of the central structure reflect the balance and harmony of a united stand. Today the Shaheed Minar stands for freedom, strength and unity. We feel proud Standing before Shaheed Minar of those heroes who attained martyrdom for establishing the Rightful place of Bangla, our beloved mother tongue.

Part – A Seen Comprehension
Read the Passage below and answer the questions 1– 4:
His name was Jerry; he had been at the orphanage since he was four. I could picture him at four, with the same grave gray-blue eyes and the same independence? No, the word that comes to me is Ôintegrity.’ It is embedded on courage, but it is more than brave. It is honest, but it is more than honesty. The axe handle broke one day. Jerry said the orphanage woodshop would repair it. I brought money to pay for the job and he refused it. “I’ll pay for it,” he said, “I brought the axe down careless.” “But no one hits accurately every time,” I told him. “The fault was in the handle.” It was only the that he would take the money. He was standing back of his own carelessness. He was a freewill agent and he chose to do careful work; and if he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge. And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the gracious thing that we find done only by the great of heart. Things no training can teach, for they are done on the instant, with no predicated experience. He found a cubbyhole beside the fireplace that I had not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put wood, so that I might always have dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he came, himself, by a shortcut over the bank.

1. Choose the Right word to complete each sentence: 1Í5 = 5
a) Jerry’s sense of duty/courtesy/integrity impressed the authoress.
b) Jerry wanted to get the axe-handle repair/repaired /repairing.
c) Jerry’s courtesy was formal/artificial/inborn.
d) Jerry came to the orphanage at the age of eight/four/twelve.
e) The phrase ‘of his own accord’ means willingly/at random/freely.

2. True/Fals? If false, give the correct information: 1Í5 = 5
a) Jerry steadied at the loose stone for his own use.
b) Jerry had been at the orphanage for four years.
c) The axe-handle broke because Jerry brought the axe down careless.
d) Integrity is embedded on courage.
e) Jerry did for me the necessary thing.

3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word. Add prepositions if necessary: 1 Í5 = 5
a) Jerry (be) ........ at the orphanage since he was four.
b) He took the (responsible) ........ breaking the axe-handle.
c) He chose to do work (careful) ........
d) He was an orphan boy (live) ....... the orphanage.
e) Dig ........ a deeper hole, Jerry steadied a loose stone.

4. Make a list of five points describing Jerry’s character.
Read the Passage below and answer the questions 5–8:
It has been over three hundred years since Emperor Shah Jahan of Delhi built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife in Agra. Architecturally, it is still one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The building is made of fine white marble with inlays of coloured marble. It has eight sides and many open arches. It rests on a platform or terrace of red sandstone. Four slender white towers rise from the corners of the terrace. There is a large dome above the centre of the building. Around this large dome there are four smaller domes. Just inside the outer walls, there is an open corridor from which visitors can look through curved marble screens into a central room. The bodies of Shah Jahan and his wife Momtaj lie in two graves below this room. The Taj Mahal is surrounded by a beautiful garden and there is a long pool that stretches out in front of the building. One can see the beauty of the Taj Mahal in its reflection in the pool water. Visitors come to see this wonderful building at different times of the day since it assumes a different look at different times. Most people like it best on moonlit nights.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it:

Strategy is an appropriate word to use for your approach to the examination on the day. it has been said that about 50 percent of your chances of success relate to your examination skill rather than to your subject knowledge.
So check and double-check your exam dates and times. Check what you are allowed and what you are not allowed to take in with you and have these ready the day before. Budget your time. Do not waste time elaborating adequate answers if you ought to be moving to the next question. Always attempt to answer all the questions.
Follow the instructions. It is a good idea to double check this before the exam. Read through the whole question paper before starting to write. Take each question as you come to it and think how you might cope with it. Then move on to the next question and do the same again. By the time you get to the last question, you will have found the questions easier than they seemed at first glance. Spend at least five minutes per question thinking about and planning your answer. This is never a waste of time.
Underline the key words in the questions that indicate what you are required to do. Again, it is useful half way through writing the answer, to check back that you are doing what you should. Make your answer legible. You can’t change your handwriting but if it is very tiny or very large use double spacing to make it easy on the eye for the reader.

1. Choose the best answer: 1Í 5 = 5

a) 50 percent success in the examination depends on—
i) subject knowledge
ii) beautiful handwriting
iii) skill in illustrating answers of questions
iv) examination skill
b) Read through the whole question paper—
i) after writing ii) before starting to write
iii) before seeing the questions iv) after deciding the answers.
c) Here the word ‘elaborate’ means—
i) describe in short ii) describe in a nutshell
iii) describe in detail iv) describe in brief
d) Subject knowledge means—
i) one’s depth in a subject ii) one’s skill in a subject
iii) wisdom and knowledge iv) how much one knows in a subject.
e) The key to success in the examination is—
i) ability ii) cleverness
iii) skill iv) intelligence

2. Write whether the statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer: 1 Í 5 = 5

a) One’s examination skill has no less importance than one’s subject knowledge.
b) Necessary things should be made ready before the examination.
c) Following instructions are thought to be defective idea.
d) If one answers some questions elaborately, one will get good marks.
e) Legible answer is not necessary to get expected marks.

3. Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary: 1Í 5 = 5
Students should remember that they need to a)—some examination skills b)—a view to making good result. Mere knowledge of the sufficient matter can’t help a student to c)—a better result. The d)—in the examination depends not e)—on the sufficient but also on the planning f)—to the examination work. Every student should make the g)—use of his time in the examination hall. He must avoid h)—wastage of time so that he has to i)—no difficulties in j)—all the questions in the examination.

4. Read the passage in ‘A’. Now, write a paragraph based on the information about the ‘strategy of an examinee’. Use the clues in the box below. Write the information in a correct sequence as it appears in the text. The paragraph should not exceed 70 words. 5
5. Read the passage in A again. Now answer the following questions in your own words: 1 Í 5 = 5

a) How can one succeed in an examination?
b) How much time should you spend per question thinking and planning about it?
c) Why should you underline the key words in the questions?
d) Why is strategy important in an examination?
e) What do you mean by exam strategy?

6. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own, based on the information from the text in ‘A’. 1 Í 5 = 5

It is a)—-for an examinee to b)—-some instructions. Checking and double checking of exam. Schedule are c)—-of exam. Strategies. A student should d)—-writing elaborate e)—-in order to f)—-time. After g)—-the question paper in h)—-he has to read it i)—-. He should also be j)—-about handwriting.

7. Read the passage in ‘A’ again. Imagine, you are an examinee. Now, write about 70-80 words stating what you should do and what should not do when are in exam hall. 5

8. Read the passage in ‘A’ again. Now, write the main ideas of the text in your own words in not more than five sentences. 5

Ans:
1. a) iv) examination skill b) ii) before starting to write c) iii) describe in detail d) iv) how much one knows in a subject e) iii) skill.
2. a) True b) True c) False. Correct Ans: Following instructions are thought to be conducive idea. d) False. Correct Ans: Writing answer elaborately does not ensure getting good marks.
e) False. Correct Ans: Legible answer is necessary to get expected marks.
3. a) follow b) with c) achieve d) success e) only f) related g) best h) making i) face j) answering
4. Success in the examination largely depends on one’s examination skill rather than one’s subject knowledge. So, to do well in the examination, one should follow some instructions that are supposed to be exam strategy. An examinee should have a schedule of time with a view to making the best use of it. He should spend at least five minutes per question thinking about and planning his answer. He should not change his handwriting and he should write in such a way that the examiner finds it easy in reading it.
5. a) One can succeed in an examination by acquiring sufficient subject knowledge and simultaneously by following some instructions known as exam strategy.
b) We should spend at least five minutes per question thinking and planning about it.
c) We should underline the key words in the questions those are going to be answered.
d) Strategy is important in an examination because success in the exam largely depends on exam skill rather than subject knowledge.
e) Strategy is a plan designed for a particular purpose and examination strategy means how an examinee plans to face the examination in the examination hall.
6. a) necessary b) follow c) one d) avoid e) answer f) save g) having h) hand i) thoroughly j) careful.
7. I should follow the exam strategy as an examinee. Before the exam I should check the examination schedule including exam dates and times. I should carry the permitted instrument. After getting the question paper I should go through the whole question paper and budget the time accordingly. I should not write the answers elaborately because I should write all the answers. I should spend five minutes per question for thinking and planning. I should underline the key words in the questions that will indicate what I am required to do. I should not change my handwriting.
8. When the examination draws nearer, a student should have a strategy. He has to have examination skill as well as subject based knowledge. He should be aware of examination dates and times very accurately. He must have legal necessary things ready the day before exam. He should plan his time so that he can answer all the questions in times according to the instructions.

Read the following passage and answer the questions :
In the past, the common form of marriage among the various cultural groups in Kenya was polygamy and the polygamous families were embedded in extended family units consisting of a man, his several wives and their married sons and children. But in line with the modern world, things are now changing there. The old custom of polygamous marriage is yielding to the new practice of monogamy, although many polygamous families can still be found in the rural areas of Kenya. Many monogamous Kenyans are now living in nuclear families with their single spouses and their children. Many of them have given up their pastoral lives and have become wage-earners in cities. But they can hardly give up their extended family and lineage connections back in their villages. Some families have to maintain two households, one in their extended-family home in the village and the other in the city. This often poses a dilemma for them.
(i) Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentences :
(a) Even today many monogamous Kenyans (maintain/ struggle/ abdicate) two families.
(b) In Kenya things are now changing because of the (modern/ narrow/ shallow) of the Kenyans.
(c) Now the Kenyans want to (keep abreast with/lag behind/fall behind) time.
(d) Now monogamy is (in vague/out of date/back dated) in Kenya.
(e) Now polygamy is (encouraged/out of date/on the increase) in Kenya.
(ii) True/false? If false, give the correct information:
(a) In Kenya some families face problems in maintaining two families.
(b) Ties of big families are disintegrating.
(c) The Kenyans are in favour of polygamy.
(d) The Kenyans have retrained their age old marriage system.
(e) The Kenyans are disinclined to live in a nuclear family.
(iii) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary :
(a) In the past a Kenyan (marry) — several women.
(b) In the past there (be) — various cultural groups.
(c) There was (various) — culture among the Kenyans.
(d) Marriage of different (cultural) — was in vague among the Kenyans.
(e) Life in Kenya is going to be (modernize) —.
(iv) Make a list of five changes about the marriage and family of the Kenyans.
Answer to the question no. set-1:
(i) (a) maintain (b) modern (c) keep abreast with (d) in vague (e) out of date.
(ii) (a) True (b) True (c) False, Correct answer: The Kenyans are in favour of monogamy. (d) False, Correct answer : The Kenyans are giving up their age old marriage system. (e) False, Correct answer: The Kenyans are inclined to live in a nuclear family.
(iii) (a) married (b) were (c) variety of (d) culture (e) modernized
(iv) A list of five changes about the marriage and family of the Kenyans: (a) Polygamy system is changing into monogamy. (b) Many monogamous Kenyans are living in nuclear families. (c) Many Kenyans have given up their pastoral lives. (d) Many Kenyans have become wage earners in the cities. (e) Many families maintain two households.
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Set-2nSeen Comprehension 
Read the following passage and answer the questions :
The present age is marked not only by the importance of the family as an economic and welfare institution but also by its increasing importance as an arrangement for socializing and raising children and for the psychological support of adults. There has been a wide disintegration of large kin groups and an intensification of relationships within the nuclear family. Moreover, the world is seeing an increasing association of women with earning and out-of-home activities. In the pre-industrial feudal society, both husbands and wives worked in the fields outside the home. However, in the industrial period, women were segregated from out-of-home productive work. The hearth became the place for them, so cooking, cleaning, washing, giving birth and rearing children became their jobs. Men became the wages-earners and all other outdoor activities became their responsibility. In the post-war period, women started joining the workforce, contributing to family income, and thus started exercising an influence on family affairs. Previously, authority in the family rested on the husband who was the decision-marker in all matters. But women, with their economic power, started influencing decisions about important family matters. In developed countries now, household work is shared by both husbands and wives, and outdoor activities like shopping and taking children to school, to doctors or for recreation are done equally by both husbands and wives. Large extended families have given, and are still giving place to small, nuclear families. Even in developing countries, with the process of industrialization and urbanization, extended families are breaking down. Kinship is declining. In the west, marriages now often break up. So, the number of single-mother or single-father families is over on the increase. The psychological problems of children in such families are also increasing in modern times.
1. Choose the right word/expression to complete each sentences:
a. Large extended families are (yielding/ producing/produce) to nuclear families.
b. Women began to (exercise/practise/ practice) an influence on family by their income.
c. Day by day the importance of women is (on the wane/on the rise/on the bank of ruin).
d. In the industrial period women were (separated/liberated/freed) from productive work.
e. Today the importance of the family lies in (financial/frugal/fragile) activities.

2. True/false? If false, give the correct information:
a. The family ties are breaking because of communication gap.
b. Women began to exercise hold on family affairs by their financial support.
c. Men became the only earning members in the post war period.
d. All types of activities are shared by husbands and wives in the developed countries.
e. Psychological problems of children are increasing in rich families.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. Add any preposition if necessary:
a. Men began (earn) — .
b. Men were (responsibility) — outdoor activities.
c. In the post war period women (joining) — the work force.
d. Women began to (contribution) — family income.
e. Women started to (influence) — family affairs.
4. Make a list of five points about the importance of family.
Answer to the question no. set-2:
1. (a) yielding (b) exercise (c) on the rise (d) separated (e) financial.
2. (a) False, Correct answer : The family ties are breaking because of intensification of the nuclear family. (b) True (c) False, Correct answer : Men became the only earning members in the industrial period. (d) True (e) False, Correct answer : Psychological problems of children are increasing in single mother family.
3. (a) earning/to earn (b) responsible for (c) joined (d) contribute to (e) influence about.
4. A list of five points about the importance of family : (a) for socializing children (b) for raising children (c) for the psychological supports of the adults (d) a welfare institution (e) an economic institution.

PART-A (Seen Comprehension)
Read the following passage and answer the questions:
Communicative competence refers to the ability to use language appropriately in different circumstances. There are two ways of developing communicative competence in a language. The first is acquisition which is similar to the way people develop ability in their mother tongue. It is a natural, subconscious process in which users are not usually aware of acquiring a language. They are aware only of the fact that they are using the language to communicate in non-technical terms, acquisition is ‘picking up a language spontaneously. It may also be called ‘implicit’ learning. On the other hand, the second way of developing communicative competence in a language is learning that language. It refers to conscious knowledge of a language, knowing the rules of language use, being aware of using them, and being able to talk about them. In non-technical terms, learns is to know consciously about a language. It may be described as ‘explicit’ learning. Language specialists believe that acquiring a language is more successful and longer lasting than learning. Therefore, teachers these days encourage learners of a second language to practice and experience the language in different situations where they are involved in communicating with others. And that is exactly what the tasks in this book are designed to do.
1. Choose the right word and complete each sentence:
i) Communicative competence indicates/ defers/discourages the ability to use language appropriately.
ii) Communicative competence can be developed/mastered/development in two ways.
iii) Language specialists believe that learning a language is not so successful as/like/ than acquiring it.
iv) Acquisition likens/clashes/relates to the way people develop ability in their mother tongue.
v) Learning is something natural/explicit/ implicit.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information :
i) We are acquiring English. ii) People learn a second language unconsciously.
iii) The passage shows the difference between acquisition and learning. iv) Acquisition is easier than learning. v) Explicit learning is a subconscious process.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add prepositions if necessary:
 language properly means communicative¾i) The power of (use)  ¾competence. ii) Every person learns his or her mother tongue (natural)   their teachers.¾. iii) Learners of a second language are (encourage)   learning of a language. v) The¾iv) Picking up means (spontaneously)   the language specialists is right.¾(believe)
4. Make a list of five things about developing communicative competence in a second language.