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ENGLISH 2nd PAPER
1. Complete the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use negative where necessary. 1x5=5 The mass media a) —-very important these days. At one time people b) —-little information about the world around them. It c) —-months for the people to learn that king d) —-dead. But nowadays we e) —-what is happening throughout the world in hours.
2. Put suitable prepositions into the blanks. 1x5=5
Everyone desires a) —-wealth. But a few attain it. Some people hanker b) —-riches. Some are content c) —-what they have. True happiness lies d) —-contentment. It is high time we gave e) —-the habit of covetousness.
3. Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed. 1x5=5
Truthfulness is a) —-greatest of allo b) —-virtues which make c) —-person really great. If we do not cultivate d) —-habit of speaking e) —-truth, we cannot command f) —-confidence of others. The man whom nobody believes can never be famous in life. It may be that we may succeed once or twice by telling g) —-lie but it never brings about h) —-good result. A lie never lies hidden. Today or tomorrow it comes to light. Then i) —-real character of j) —-liar is revealed and nobody believes him.
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words from the list.
1x5=5
a) Overwork has —-his health.
b) Please —-your lecture.
c) His fame spread ——.
d) They reached me in this storm——.
e) A —-like him cannot do it within this time.
5. Re-write the following in the reported speech. 1x5=5
The traveler said, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?” “Yes,” said the peasant. “Do you want one in which you can spend the night?” “No,” replied the traveler. “I only want a meal”
6. Read the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in brackets: 1x5=5
a) Once upon a time there was a girl named Jesmin. (complex) b) Though she was a little girl, she was not an ordinary child. (compound) c) She passed her time in reading and writing. (interrogative) d) Her parents liked her very much. (negative) e) But they did not understand why she was so different from the other children of the locality. (simple)
7. Add tag question to the following sentences. 1x5=5
a) Every mother loves her child,——?
b) Man should not tell a lie,——?
c) We ought to finish this exercise soon,——?
d) There has been an accident,——?
e) Let us have a discussion,——?
8. Complete these sentences. 1x5=5
a) I was doubtful whether —-.
b) He left for Dhaka as soon as —-.
c) I shall not go unless —-.
d) Would that I —-.
e) I shall go there in case —-.
Answer:
1. a) are b) had c) took d) was e) know.
2. a) for b) after c) with d) in e) up
3. a) the b) the c) a d) the e) the f) the g) a h) a i) the j) a.
4. a) told upon b) cut short c) far and near d) safe sound e) slow coach.
5. The traveler asked the peasant if he (p) could tell the (t) the way to the nearest inn. The peasant replied in the affirmative and asked the traveler if he (t) wanted one in which he could spend the night. Then he (t) replied in the negative and said that he (t) only wanted a meal.
6. a) Once upon a time there was a little girl whose name was Jesmin.
b) She was a little girl but was not an ordinary child.
c) Didn’t she pass her time in reading and writing?
d) Her parents did not dislike her at all.
e) But they did not understand her difference from the other children of the society.
7. a) don’t they? b) should he? c) oughtn’t we? d) hasn’t there? e) shall we?
8. a) he would come or not.
b) I told him.
c) you say.
d) I were a bird.
e) any problem arises.
1. Complete the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use negative where necessary. 1x5=5 The mass media a) —-very important these days. At one time people b) —-little information about the world around them. It c) —-months for the people to learn that king d) —-dead. But nowadays we e) —-what is happening throughout the world in hours.
2. Put suitable prepositions into the blanks. 1x5=5
Everyone desires a) —-wealth. But a few attain it. Some people hanker b) —-riches. Some are content c) —-what they have. True happiness lies d) —-contentment. It is high time we gave e) —-the habit of covetousness.
3. Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed. 1x5=5
Truthfulness is a) —-greatest of allo b) —-virtues which make c) —-person really great. If we do not cultivate d) —-habit of speaking e) —-truth, we cannot command f) —-confidence of others. The man whom nobody believes can never be famous in life. It may be that we may succeed once or twice by telling g) —-lie but it never brings about h) —-good result. A lie never lies hidden. Today or tomorrow it comes to light. Then i) —-real character of j) —-liar is revealed and nobody believes him.
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words from the list.
1x5=5
a) Overwork has —-his health.
b) Please —-your lecture.
c) His fame spread ——.
d) They reached me in this storm——.
e) A —-like him cannot do it within this time.
5. Re-write the following in the reported speech. 1x5=5
The traveler said, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?” “Yes,” said the peasant. “Do you want one in which you can spend the night?” “No,” replied the traveler. “I only want a meal”
6. Read the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in brackets: 1x5=5
a) Once upon a time there was a girl named Jesmin. (complex) b) Though she was a little girl, she was not an ordinary child. (compound) c) She passed her time in reading and writing. (interrogative) d) Her parents liked her very much. (negative) e) But they did not understand why she was so different from the other children of the locality. (simple)
7. Add tag question to the following sentences. 1x5=5
a) Every mother loves her child,——?
b) Man should not tell a lie,——?
c) We ought to finish this exercise soon,——?
d) There has been an accident,——?
e) Let us have a discussion,——?
8. Complete these sentences. 1x5=5
a) I was doubtful whether —-.
b) He left for Dhaka as soon as —-.
c) I shall not go unless —-.
d) Would that I —-.
e) I shall go there in case —-.
Answer:
1. a) are b) had c) took d) was e) know.
2. a) for b) after c) with d) in e) up
3. a) the b) the c) a d) the e) the f) the g) a h) a i) the j) a.
4. a) told upon b) cut short c) far and near d) safe sound e) slow coach.
5. The traveler asked the peasant if he (p) could tell the (t) the way to the nearest inn. The peasant replied in the affirmative and asked the traveler if he (t) wanted one in which he could spend the night. Then he (t) replied in the negative and said that he (t) only wanted a meal.
6. a) Once upon a time there was a little girl whose name was Jesmin.
b) She was a little girl but was not an ordinary child.
c) Didn’t she pass her time in reading and writing?
d) Her parents did not dislike her at all.
e) But they did not understand her difference from the other children of the society.
7. a) don’t they? b) should he? c) oughtn’t we? d) hasn’t there? e) shall we?
8. a) he would come or not.
b) I told him.
c) you say.
d) I were a bird.
e) any problem arises.
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