English First Paper 2024 

1. Dhaka Board 2024 

2. Barishal Board 2024

3. Jeshore Board 2024

4. Rajshahi Board 2024

5. Cumilla Board 2024

6. Dinajpur Board 2024

7. Chottagram Board 2024

8. Mymensingh Board 2024

English Second Paper 2024
9. Dhaka Board

10. Jessore Board

11. Cumilla Board

12. Rajshahi Board

13. Barishal Board

14. Mymenshing Board

15. Chattagram Board

16. Dinajpur Board

1. Dhaka Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:

The success of Kalsindur girls reads like an epic. They started their journey with practically nothing. They didn’t have any boots or jerseys to wear. wear. Initially, they played wearing salwer and kamij. They also suffered from malnutrition. What made them win against all adversities then? What was the magic behind? Mohammad Mafiz Uddin was an assistant teacher at Kalisndur Government Free Primary School where Minati Rani Sheel was the head teacher. They observed the girls interests in football and decided to help. It was however not that easy. Girls playing football is still not a common picture in Bangladesh. Guardians were not convinced as they were used to seeing girls helping mothers with household chores. A farmer, an auto-rickshaw driver, a tea-shop owner or a housemaid mother couldn’t be that ambitious either. But Minati Rani Sheel and Mohammad Mafiz Uddin persuaded them to allow their daughters to play. Being great motivators, the two teachers supported the girls in their effort to overcome the odds. They inspired them, created opportunities for them and took personal care of them. Soon the girls could prove themselves, shaking off their inhibition. Their success has also persuaded the villagers to come to their support. When the girls moved to the nearby secondary school and college, they did not have their Minati Maam and Mafiz Uddin Sir with them, but soon another motherly person offered her helping hand Mala Rani Sarkar, an Assistant Professor of History who was joined by one of her colleagues, Jual Mia. They agreed to coach the girls. Mr. Jalaluddin, who was then the head teacher of the school, also supported them. Gradually the local community, public representatives and the local, administration came forward. Bangladesh Football Federation also gave special attention to them and finally another football magician, Golam Robbani Choton, the coach of the Bangladesh Woman’s ‘s National Football Team, mentored these girls and helped them become complete professional footballers.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: Marks 0.5×10=5

(a) Mohammad Mafiz Uddin was a

(i) organizer (ii) mentor (iii) promoter (iv) moderator

(b) What does the word ‘Malnutrition’ mean?

(i) Lack of deliciousness (ii) Lack of taste (iii) Lack of balanced health (iv) Lack of food

(c) “Girls playing football is not a common picture.” What does it mean?

(i) Football is not a game for girls (ii) Football is not a good game

(iii) Football is restricted for stricted for girls (iv) Girls are not regular in playing football

(d) What is the meaning of the word ‘chores’?

(i) House works (ii) Jobs (iii) Forces (iv) Responsibilities

(e) What does the phrase ‘Shake off mean here?

(i) Throw (ii) To get rid of (iii) Avoid (iv) Move

(f) Secondary level of school means

(i) six to eight (ii) six to ten (iii) six to twelve (iv) five to eight

(g) Public representatives are

(i) non-government workers (ii) paid workers (iii) government workers  (iv) elected persons

(h) The very word ‘attention’ is related to

(i) physic (ii) mentality (iii) emotion (iv) consciousness

(i) Kalsindur is a

(i) district (ii) thana (iii) sub-district (iv) village

(j) What is the opposite word of ‘inhibition’?

(i) Capacity (ii) Advantage (iii) Promotion (iv) Possibility

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) “The success of Kalsindur girls reads like an epic”- What does the line indicate?

(b) Who were the persons behind the magic of the success of the girls?

(c) Why were the guardians not interested in allowing the girls playing football?

(d) Who is Golam Rabbani Choton? What was his contribution for the girls?

(e) What inspiration do you get from the success of Kalsindur girls? Discuss.

2. Read the following passage and make a flow chart showing the names of junk foods (one is done for you): 1×5=5

Junk foods are processed foods consisting of high calories, but that is considered only as a broad umbrella. These foods are prepared in a way that they look appealing and are enjoyable so you are chemically programmed to ask for more. According to Dr. Sunali Sharma, a Dietician & Nutritionist, “Commercial products including salted snack foods, chewing gum, candy, sugary deserts, fried fast food and sweetened carbonated beverages that have little or no nutritional value but are high in calories, salt and fats may be considered junk foods. Though not all fast foods are junk foods, a great number of them are. For instance, a salad may be fast food but is definitely not junk food. Some foods like burgers, pizzas, and tacos may alternate between junk and healthy categories depending on the ingredients, calories and process of manufacturing.”

1. Salted Snack Foods 2. Sugary desserts 3. Chewing gum 4. Fried Fast Food 5. Candy 6. Sweetened carbonated beverages

3. Write a summary of the following text:

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows. The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we being school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary: 0.5×10=5

Good citizens are (a) — people who are possessing the (b) — attitude about their society, community and (c) — also. They never possess the quality of (d) — deviated from the right path. They are always thinking about the (e) — of their surroundings. They have all the good (f) — that lead them to the path of (g) — others. That is why good citizens are loved by all. They are not thinking of their (h) — prosperity. And, (i) — they dedicate their lives for others which (j) — them.

Ans: 5. (a) ideal (b) positive (c) country (d) being (f) qualities (g) helping (h) materialistic (i) hence (e) welfare (j) immortalized

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: 1×10=10

The development of communication in any (a) — creates an impact on the development of the economy (b) — the gross (c) — product of any country. Bangladesh, in this sense, has become a (d) — model all over the world. The present government has scheduled (e) — and such projects recently (f) — increase the lifestyle of the country people. We can (g) — here some of such developments: The Padma Multipurpose Bridge, the (h) — way, Bangabandhu Tunnel under the river (i) — and the Metro Rail in Dhaka City. The national and international business will be (j) — by these kinds of communication development.

Answer: (a) sector/field/country; (b) and; (c) national; (d) role; (e) projects; (f) significantly; (g) mention/see/notice; (h) Elevated Express; (i) Karnaphuli; (j) boosted/flourished

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Re-arrange them in a  proper sequence :

(i) For this, he was awarded gold medal in all India.

(ii) Joynul Abedin was ded gold medal in all mo enriched our culture.

(iii) The artist did not like the hard rules of school. 

(iv) He died on 28 May, 1976 in Dhaka.

(v) Joynul Abedin was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914.

(vi) The great personality is a person who contributed for his country or the people.

(vii) He drew the pictures of the famine of the 2nd world war and got huge reputation.

(viii) His father Tamij Uddin was a police officer.

(ix) So, at the age of 15, he went to Kolkata and was admitted in a Government Art College.

(x) He was a great artist who owned name and fame for himself and his country.

(vi) + (ii) + (x) + (v) + (viii) + (iii) + (ix) + (vii) + (i) + (iv)

7. The graph below shows the users condition of the social sites of mobile phone in internet for the last four years. Now, describe the graph highlighting the information given in the chart. 37-50% 25% 15% 10% 15 2020 2021 2022 2023

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words:

Raihan is a student who has recently passed the HSC Exam obtaining unexpected marks. He was not attentive to his studies. ther passed time idly and disobediently. But after his Test Rather Exam,

9. Suppose, you are Jinia. You younger sister Sonia reads in a school in Dhaka. Now, write a letter to her describing the advantages of learning English.

2. Barishal Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:

Valentina Tereshkova was born in the village Maslennikovo, Tutayevsky District, in Central Russia. Tereshkova’s father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a textile plant. Tereshkova began school in 1945 at the age of eight but left school in 1953 and continued her education through distance learning. She became interested in parachuting from a young age, and trained in skydiving at the local Aeroclub, making her first jump at age 22 on 21 May 1959. At that time she was employed as a textile worker at a local factory. It was her expertise in skydiving that led to her selection as a cosmonaut.

After the flight of Yuri Gagarin (The first human being to travel to outer space in 1961), the Soviet Union decided to send a woman in space. On 16 February 1962, Proletaria Valentina Tereshkova was selected for this project from among more than four hundred applicants. Tereshkova had to undergo a series of training that included weightless fights, Isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory. Since the successful launch of the spacecraft Vostok-5 on 14 June 1963, Tereshkova began cosmonaut Solovyova were dressed in spacesuits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad by a bus. After completing her communication launched port checks, she was sealed inside Vostok-6.Finishing a two-hour countdown Vostok-6 launched faultlessly.

Although Tereshkova experienced nausea and physical discomfort for much of the flight, she orbited the earth 48 times and spent almost three days in space. With a single flight, she logged more flight time than the combined times of all American astronauts who had flown before that date. Tereshkova also maintained a flight log and took photographs of the horizon, which were later used to identify aerosol layers within the atmosphere.

Vostok-6 was the final Vostok flight and was launched two days after Vostok-5, which carried valary Bykovsky into a similar orbit for five days, landing three hours after Tereshkova. The two vessels approached each other with 5 kilometers at one point, and from space Tereshkova communicated with Bykovsky and the Soviet leader Khrushchev by radio.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: Marks 0.5×10=5

(a) What is the best antonym of the word ‘Faultlessly?

(i) perfectly. faultily of ‘ (iii) accurately under (iv) flawlessly

(b) What is the meaning is undergo

(i) go through (ii) exclude (iii) cause (iv) comfort

(c) It was her expertise in skydiving that led her selection as cosmonaut. The word ‘skydiving’ stands for-

(i) Present participle (ii) Gerund (iii) Infinitive (iv) Both i and ii

d) Tereshkova logged more flight time than the combined times of all American astronauts who had flown before that date. Identify the clause

(i) Noun clause (ii) Adjective clause (iii) Adverbial clause (iv) All of them

(e) What does the word ‘communicate’ in the passage refer to?

(i) interact (ii) contact (iii) continue Both i and ii

(f) The word ‘isolation’ can be best explained as-

(i) to be exclusive (ii) to be concerned (iii) to stand aside (iv) segregation

(g) Mig-15 UTI is a/an

(i) space project (ii) aircraft (iii) flying saucer (iv) projector

(h) What is the closest meaning of ‘ plant’?

(i) workshop (ii) mill (iii) factory (iv) all of them

(i) The word ‘parachuting’ in the passage refers to

(i) Noun (ii) Adjective (iii) Verb (iv) Adverb

(j) What is the meaning of the word ‘launch’?

(i) taking off (ii) comfort (iii) rule (iv) space craft

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) Which was the first journey by a woman in space? How?

(b) What do you mean by kosto write in 2/3 sentences.

(c) Briefly discuss Tereshkova’s life in not more than 3 sentences.

(d) How did Tereshkova communicate with Bykovsky and the Soviet leader Khrushchev?

(e) Who were dressed in space-suits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad by bus? When?

2. Read the following text and make a flow-chart giving information about civic engagement. (one has been done for you):

In civic engagement, issues of public concern are crucial. Civic engagement includes individual or group activities to protect public interests and change the way the community values itself. For example, if you are protesting against any unjust decision of the local municipality such as raising taxes or an act that might work against people’s interests, you are civically engaged and your action is considered a civic engagement. This protest can be done in different ways such as organizing rallies, collecting signatures, making human chains, writing petitions, etc. You can also help control traffic in front of a so school, help children to cross the roads, work in a team to clean a park or a sea beach, You can also give some services to elderly people. These are all examples of civic engagement as what you do directly affects the community.

i. To help children to cross the roads

ii. To protect public interest

iii. To protest against any unjust decision

iv. To help control traffic in front of a school

v. To work in a team to clean a park

vi. To give some services to elderly people

3. Summarize the following text:

The orphanage is high in the Carolina mountains. I was there in the autumn. I wanted quiet, isolation, to do some troublesome writing. I wanted mountain air to blow out the Malaria from too long a time in the subtropics. I was home-sick too, for the flaming of Maples in October, and for corn shocks and pumpkins and black-walnut trees  . . . I found them all living in a cabin that belonged to the orphanage, half a mile beyond the orphanage farm. When I took the cabin, I asked for a boy or man to come and chop wood for the fireplace . . . . . I looked up from my type- writer one late afternoon, a little startled. A boy stood at the door and my pointer dog, my companion, was at his side and had not barked to warn me. The boy was probably twelve years old, but under sized. He wore overalls and a torn shirt, and was barefooted. He said, “I can chop some wood today.”

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical changes if necessary:

Keeping promise given to anyone is a must though it takes much perseverance to keep promise honestly. Since keeping promise is a (a) _______ of remembrance, we should be (b) ______ whenever we make promises. While (c) ______ an unavoidable danger, people. usually (d) _______ any promise only to be (e) _____ from the situation without perfect (f) ________ . After being rescued, most people (g) _____ forget the promises given. A (h) _____ about the Pied Piper of Germany. (i) ______ how the Piper was deliberately (j) ______ by the Mayor, who has made promises to give Piper one thousand guilders for his work.

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap:

When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and begins full-time work in her inlaws’ household. In the in-laws’ house, she is marginalized. She (a) — vulnerable to all forms of abuse, (b) — dowry-related violence. In Bangladesh, it is still (c) — for a bride’s family to pay dowry, (d) — the practice being illegal. Dowry demands can also (e) — after the wedding. For an adolescent (f) —, even if her in-laws are supportive, there (g) — greater health risks in terms of (h) — and child birth. The majority of adolescent (i) — and their families are uninformed or insufficiently (j) — about reproductive health and contraception. The maternal mortality rate for adolescents is double the national rate.

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Re-arrange them in proper sequence:

(i) Hojja became furious and decided to teach him a lesson.

(ii) Suddenly, he saw someone calling from below.

(iii) Hojja immediately replied, for why did you make me climb all the way down stairs money? Couldn’t you see that I was working?”

(iv) When he came near, the man said that he was a beggar and wanted some money.

(v) One day, Nasiruddin Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two storeyed house. 

(vi) The beggar was very surprised and asked why Hojja had made him climb the stairs to say he had no money. 

(vii) When they both got to the rooftop, where he was previously working, Hojja turned towards the man and said, “Sorry, I have no money, so you have to leave.” 

(viii) He saw there was a man standing at the foot of the stairs and was asking him to get down and listen to him. 

(ix) So, he told the man to climb the stairs with him. 

(x) Being curious, he climbed down from the roof and went down the stairs.

Part II-Guided

Writing Marks-40

7. The graph below shows the importance and usage of English. Describe the graph in at least 80 words: 100 80- 60- 80 58. 50 40- 20 33 30 0 Usage of English in information technology 80% Usage of English as the 1st language 33% Used in various organizations 30% Used in other purposes 50% Using English as the 2nd language 58% 18. 15

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words:

Urmi was an HSC examinee. After completing her HSC exam, she went to take admission test Dhaka to in Dhaka University. But she did not get chance in the university. Being frustrated, she returned Chashi

9. You have many friends who are students with dengue fever and hospitalized. Now, write a letter to your friend showing sympathy.

3. Jeshore Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:

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 “integrity” ………. . It is bedded 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 woodshop at the orphanage would repair it. I brought money to pay for the job and he refused it. “I’ll pay for it,” he said. “I broke it. I brought the axe down careless.” “But no one hits accurately every time.” I told him. “The fault was in the wood of the handle. I’ll see the man from whom I bought it.” 

It was only then that he would take the money. He was standing back of his own carelessness. He was a free-will 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 kindling and “medium” 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. I found that when I tried to return his thoughtfulness with such things as candy and apples, he was wordless. “Thank you” was, perhaps, an expression for which he had no use, for his courtesy was instinctive. He only looked at the gift and at me, and a curtain lifted, so that I saw deep into the clear well of his eyes, and gratitude was there, and affection, soft over the firm granite of his character.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: 0.5×10=5

(a) What does the word ‘grave’ in the passage mean?

(i) deep (ii) insignificant (iii) light (iv) exuberant

(b) The word ‘careless’ mentioned in the passage means

(i) impudent (ii) considerate (iii) foresighted (iv) heedless

(c) What impressed the writer?

(i) Jerry’s sense of sincerity (ii) Fairness of character (iii) Jerry’s sense of courtesy (iv) Jerry’s sense of integrity

(d) What does the word ‘gratitude’ in the passage refer to?

(i) ungratefulness (ii) appreciation thankfulness (iv) thanklessness

(e) What type of attitude did Jerry show when he got a gift from the writer?

(i) Cheerful (ii) thankful (iii) indifferent (iv) silent

(f) “He was a free-will agent”-What does the word ‘free-will’ mean?

(i) reluctant (ii) enforced autonomy (iv) involuntary

(g) What does the word ‘subterfuge’ in the passage refer to?

(i) candidness excuse (iii) forthrightness (iv) none of these

(h) What is the antonym of the word ‘affection’?

(i) love (ii) devotion (iii) amity (iv)antipathy

(i) The word ‘gracious’ in the passage is closest in meaning to-

(i) courteous (ii) impolite (iii) ungenital (iv) cruel

(j) The word ‘refuse’ mentioned in the passage means

(i) restrain deny (iii) accept (iv) consent

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) “Jerry was a free-will agent” explain the statement in your own words.

(b) Why was the authoress impressed with Jerry?

(c) What does the phrase “granite of his character” refer to?

(d) What things did Jerry do “of his own accord”?

(e) “Jerry is a responsible boy” how do you know about his responsibility

2. Read the following passage and make a flow chart showing the principles of ecotourism set forth by the International Ecotourism Society (No. 1 has been done for you.) 1×5=5

Ecotourism is broadly defined as low impact travel to endangered and often undisturbed locations. It is different from traditional tourism because it allows the traveller to become educated about the areas-both in terms of the physical landscape and cultural characteristics. It often provides funds for conservation and benefits the economic development of places that are often impoverished. Principles of Ecotourism: Due to the growing popularity of environmentally-related and adventure travel, various types of trips are now being classified as ecotourism. Most of these are not truly ecotourism, however, because they do not emphasize conservation, education, low impact travel, and social and cultural participation in the locations being visited. Therefore, to be considered ecotourism, a trip must meet the following principles set forth by the International Ecotourism Society (TIES: 2015):

Minimize the impact of visiting the location (i. e. the use of roads)

Build respect and awareness of the travellers for the environment and cultural practices

Ensure that the tourism provides positive experiences for both the travellers and the hosts.

Provide direct financial aid for conservation.

Provide financial aid, empowerment and other benefits for local peoples.

Raise travellers’ awareness environmental and social climate of the host country’s political,

(1) Minimizing the impact of visiting the location.

(2) Building respect and awareness for the environment and cultural practices.

(3) Ensuring positive experiences for both the travellers and the hosts.

(4) Providing direct financial aid for Conservation.

(5) Providing financial aid, empowerment and other benefits for local peoples.

(6) Raising travellers’ awareness of the host country’s political, environmental and social climate.

3. Write a summary of the following text:

We spend money for different reasons. We buy foods, clothes or everyday essentials. Pay for different services, entertain people, travel to places, help others in need or invest in business and thus spend money everyday. In fact, spending in a part of our life. Spending may make us happy or unhappy depending on how and why we spend. When we spend money on things that we need and within our limit, it is good. When it becomes a compulsive behaviour, it makes life stressful. Unnecessary spending or spending beyond one’s means has some bad effects. For one thing, it may lead to financial ruin or debt, and for another, it may create unhappiness within families. People who overspend are never satisfied with what they have. They always rush for brands, fashion items, designer clothes etc. Over a period of time it becomes an addiction which may eventually create psychological problems.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than necessary. Make any grammatical changes if necessary: 0.5×10 =5

The Padma Bridge is no longer a deram now; it is now a (a)—–. This multipurpose bridge is going to be a (b)—- boon for the south-western part of Bangladesh. But decades ago, it was rather an (c)—–dream, a daunting challenge to tame the (d)—– Padma. Crossing the river has always been strenuous and sometimes dangerous (e)—– to unreliable and limited ferry connections and long waits for crowded boats and launches. The Padma Bridge that (f)—— Dhaka with 21 southern districts is a potential catalyst for major economic (g)—— in the lives of over 30 million people (h)—– in the region and will give a (i)—– boost to trade and (i)—— activities.

5. Fill in the gaps using suitable words:

Nelson Mandela was an unconditional brave fighter against race discrimination. During his (a) ____ , he had (b) ___ himself to this (c) _____ of the people of Africa. He stated that he had fought against (d) ____ domination and he had fought against black (e) ______ . Being (f) ____ with his (g) ______ . Nadine Gordimer, the South African writer and/Nobel Laureate for literature, once (h) _______ that Mandela was at the (i) _____ of their time, theirs in South Africa, and the other people (j) _____ they were.

6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order :

(a) The cook was very stubborn. 

(b) The cook could not check his temptation and ate one of the drumsticks. 

(c) The master was also very clever and was not to be fooled so easily. 

(d) The cook was more than clever. 

(e) He replied that it was a one-legged duck. 

(f) Once a cook roasted a duck for his master and it looked very delicious. 

(g) The master came to have his meal and noticed one of the legs missing. 

(h) He said that there was no one-legged duck. 

(i) He asserted that this duck had only one leg. 

(j) He asked what had happened to the other leg.

7. The pie chart shows the export sectors in Bangladesh that earn foreign currency. Write a paragraph describing the chart below You should highlight and summarize the information given in the pie chart: Tea, fish, leather, etc. 8%/ Others 8% Manpower 30% -Garments 54%

8. The following is the beginning of the story, complete it in your own words:

Once upon a time there lived a king in England. He had three daughters. Oneday he made up his mind to divide his kingdom among them. So, he called them in the court and asked each of them how much they loved him

9. Suppose, you are Nadim/Neela, write a letter to your brother/sister, Shakil/Sabiha advising him/her not to share any wrong information on Facebook.

4. Rajshahi Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:

Children’s right to education is widely recognized today as a fundamental human right. But that right also implies that the school they go to will have a pleasant and learning friendly environment where everyone will have an enjoyable time. Teachers will be kind, caring and supportive and children will feel relaxed. No harsh words will be spoken to them and special care will be taken of children with learning disabilities. That, unfortunately is not the general picture in our school. The system of education in our part of the world does not allow children much freedom, and classrooms look more like cages where they are pent up for hours. Rabindranath Tagore found it unacceptable; so did William Blake (1757-1827) an English poet and painter, whose favourite subjects included children. In his poem “The School Boy” Blake writes about a young boy who is unhappy with his school where dour-faced teachers give joyless lessons. He would rather like to be outdoors and enjoy the summer day. He pleads with his parents to rescue him from the drudgery of school.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: 0.5×10=5

(a) The right to education is considered to be-

(i) negligible (ii) minor (iii) major (iv) fundamental

(b) What kind of environment does a child like?

(i) Strict (ii) Boring (iii) Joyful (iv) Tiresome

(c) What does the word ‘drudgery’ refer to?

(i) Pleasant task Hard and boring work (iii) Painful experience (iv) Bad feeling

(d) The word ‘implies’ indicates-

(i) to think something to be true (ii) to judge something to be just

(iii) to admit something (iv) to appreciate something

(e) The antonym of the word ‘harsh’ is-

(i) cruel (ii) unpleasant kind (iv) rough

(f) In our schools teachers should be-

(i) comprehensive (ii) judgemental (iii) authoritative helpful.

(g) When was William Blake born?

(i) In 1757 (ii) In 1767 (iii) In 1787 (iv) In 1797

(h) The expression ‘dour-faced’ means

(i) unfriendly and severe panicky (ii) sad and gloomy (iv) very anxious

(i) What unacceptable thing did Rabindranath find?

(i) Students’ anxiety about examinations (ii)  Students’ caged up in classroom for hours (iii) Difficult lessons for children (iv) (j) Learners’ indifference to education Who should get special attention?

(i) Poor children (ii) Students with learning disabilities (iii) Unruly students (iv) Children with special intellect

B. Answer the following questions:

(a) What does children’s right to education imply?

(b) Mention three qualities a teacher should have.

(c) What does “learning-friendly environment” indicate?

(d) What is the general picture in our school?

(e) Describe the boy Blake portrays in his poem.

2. Read the following text and make a flow chart showing what we can do with the help of education (No.1 has been done for you). 1×5 =5

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pic pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows. The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.

i. Pick up skills to communicate with others

ii. Manage our affairs well

iii. Help us think independently

iv. Make our own opinion

v. Know more about the world

vi. Appreciate the good things

3. Summarize the following text:

We spend money for different reasons. We buy foods, clothes or everyday essentials, pay for different services, entertain people, travel to places, help others in need or invest in business and thus spend money every day. In fact, spending is, a part of our life. Spending may make us happy or unhappy depending on how and Marks why we spend. When we spend money on things that we need and within our limit, it is good. When it becomes a compulsive behaviour, it makes life stressful. Unnecessary spending or spending beyond one’s means has some bad effects. For one thing, it may lead to financial ruin or debt, and for another, it may create unhappiness within families. People who overspend are never satisfied with what they have. They always rush for brands, fashion items, designer clothes etc. Over a period of time it becomes an addiction which may eventually create psychological problems. Nowadays consumer items are displayed in stores or in advertisements in ways that they create a feeling of immediate need for them. We are constantly tempted to buy, use or consume things even when we do not have a genuine need. We all need to be careful here. Salespersons often encourage customers to buy things by flattering them. This is a perfect match for you’, they would say, or ‘You look so stunning in that dress’. Never forget, they say the same thing to most of their customers. It is better not to be persuaded by such words. They use these words to please the customers as the more a customer buys, the higher the profit is.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary: 0.5×10 =5

Education aims at (a) — lessons in a two things: knowledge and skill. The (b) — prepare a learner for gaining knowledge of certain subjects. When a learner gets a clear (c) — of a subject or topic, it indicates his/her knowledge. Next appears skill that means the (d) — of doing something with the use of knowledge. Knowledge provides us with (e) — and skill presents the ability of doing well. (f) — the two things are important. But here lies a more important (g) — the two things are important. But here lies a more education should make a good man. Without (h) — a good man, no one should be considered fully and fairly educated. Without it all other achievements are (i) —. Therefore, one should at first (j) — on attaining positive human aspects.

Ans: (a) enlightening (d) ability (g) requirement (j) concentrate (b) syllabus (e) certainty (h) being (c) understanding (f) Both (i) frustrated

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap: 1×10=10.

If you want to (a)_____  English properly and fairly, you have to achieve writing skill. To attain this skill, you need (b) _______  some measures. At first you should (c)_______ your vocabulary since everywhere words are required. Words will help you (d)_______ your ideas appropriately. Next you should know how to arrange (e)_______ in a sentence. Here grammar will help you the (f)_______ way. For that, basic (g)_______ items must be known to you. Then you have to (h)_________ your general knowledge to generate, ideas and make sentences accordingly. Be creative and try to (i)_________sentences of your own. Finally, regular (j)________ will help you succeed in achieving this skill.

6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order :

(i)Knowledge of these machines is essential to keep pace with the 1×10=10 future world. 

(ii) The sooner we can make and activate this plan, the better it will be for us.. 

(iii) This is known to be Al (Artificial Intelligence) Revolution. 

(iv) Therefore, learning technology and achieving technological skill should be thought of seriously. 

(v) The machines will mainly include computer, mobile phone and robot. 

(vi) But we can no longer wait; exact and realistic plan should be made now. 

(vii) The fourth revolution is knocking at the door. 

(viii) Those who are skillful in it will survive successfully. 

(ix) We have not yet been prepared for this sort of education. 

(x) This revolution will turn the world into a machine-based one.

7. The graph below shows students from different academic areas who got themselves admitted into a public university last year. The left-aligned numbers show the percentages of students. You should analyse the information mentioning the ratio of their achievements in at least 150 words.

9. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words:

Shrabandhara, a green village is situated on the bank of the river Chitra. People are very nice, as the village is. Most of them are farmers. One year, due to heavy rainfall Chitra overflowed her banks…..

9. Suppose, you are Alal. Arif, your younger brother is afraid of using computer since he does not know how to run it. Write a letter to your younger brother giving some suggestions for learning and running computer.

5. Cumilla Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:

Chawla was born in Karnal, India. She completed her earlier schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School, Karnal. She is the first Indian-born woman and the second person in space from this subcontinent. After graduating in Aeroriautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, India, in 1982, Chawla moved to the United States the same year. She obtained her Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1984. Later she did her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado. Determined to become an astronaut even in the face of the Challenger disaster 1986 that broke apart after 73 seconds into flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members, Chawla joined NASA in 1988. She began working as a Vice President where she did Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) research on vertical take-off and landing. In 1991 she got U.S. citizenship and started her career as a NASA astronaut in 1995. She was selected for her first flight in 1996. She spoke the following words while travelling in the weightlessness of space, “You are just your intelligence.”. She had travelled 10.67 million miles, as many as 252 times around the earth. Her first space mission (Mission STS 87) began on 19 November 1997 with six other astronauts on the Space Shuttle Columbia. On her first mission that lasted for 15 days 16 hours, 34 minutes and 4 seconds, she travelled 6-5 million miles. She was responsible for deploying the Spartan Satellite which however malfunctioned, necessitating a spacewalk by Winston Scott and Tako Doi, two of her fellow astronauts, to retrieve the satellite. In 2000 she was selected for her second space mission STS 107. This mission was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems. On 16 January 2003, Kalpana Chawla started her new mission with six other space crews on the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia. She was one of the mission specialists. Chawla’s responsibilities included the microgravity experiments, for which the crew conducted nearly 80 experiments studying earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety.

After a 16 day scientific mission in space, on I February 2003, Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. All the crew in Columbia including Chawla died only 16 minutes prior to their scheduled landing. Investigation shows that this fatal accident happened due to damage in one of Columbia’s wings caused by a piece of insulating foam from “the enternal fuel tank peeling off during the lunch. During the intense heat of re- entry, hot gases penetrated the interior of the wing, destroying the support structure and causing the rest of the shuttle to break down.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: Marks 0.5×10=5

(a) The word ‘gain’ mentioned in the passage means

(i) hold (ii) prevail (iii) acquires (iv) achieve

(b) Chawla started her career as a NASA Astronaut in

(i) 1986 (ii) 1988 (iii)1995 (iv) 1996

(c) She met an untimely death due to

(i) her own fault (ii) treachery of other crews

(iii) the clash between Columbia and STS 107  (iv) intense heat

(d) The word ‘Extention’ mentioned in this passage means ______ 

(i) know how (ii) development (iii) decline (iv) show

(e) Damage means in this passage _________

(i) decline (ii) decay (iii) loss (iv) downfall

(f)  Kalpana Chawla _______.

(i) was the first woman in space from this subcontinent

(ii) is a living legend

(iii) an American by birth

(iv) was the first Indian woman graduating from America.

(g) The words, ‘you’ are just your intelligence imply ________.

(i) one must have intelligence (ii) one’s value is justified by his/her intelligence

(iii) intelligence is more than one’s self (iv) intelligence is just

(h) In her first space mission, Kalpana travelled for ______

(i) 10.67 million miles (ii) 6.5 million miles

(iii) 250 times around the Earth (iv) 8.5 million miles

(i) She took the responsibility to _________ .

(i) assist the fellow astronauts (ii) retrieve the satellite

(iii) deploy the Spartan Satellite (iv) begin her first space travel

(j) Which qualities describe her character best?

(i) Determination and responsibility (ii) Indifference and arrogance

(iii) Haughtiness and callousness (iv) Civility and humanity

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) How did Chawla make herself a strong foundation for space travelling?

(b) When was Kalpana Chawla selected for her second space mission?

(c) Why did she have to delay for her second space?

(d) Where did Chawla die and how?

(e) Do you think Kalpana Chawla was the guide of young generation? Why and why not?

2. Read the following text and make a flow-chart showing the purposes of education. (One has been done for you.)

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of a self confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and mange our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows. The first thing education does, is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.

i. Enriching knowledge

ii.  Having the ability to think rationally

iii. Gaining self confidence

iv Articulating our thoughts

v. Expanding the sense of belonging to school and community

vi. Working for the welfare of the community

3. Summarize the following text:

Once in water, you get oblivious of time, distance or direction. The only thought which kept me worried, was that I must make it and that I must get good weather all the way. The second half of the swim is always very difficult. And if even little waves develop, it saps the ebbing energy of the swimmer all the more. Taking a lesson from my previous swims I kept my speed at a steady pace for I knew I would need every ounce of my energy towards the close…….. I felt hungry and famished and shouted for my manager. In reply, I was told that I could not afford to waste 10 minutes in having the feed! If I have to break the record, I must swim on with all my might. But I refused …………. I am sorry now for it. For if I had gone on. I might have. finished the whole swim in less than 10 hours and 15 minutes creating a new world record from both sides …………….

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0-5×10=5

Communicative competence refers to the (a) — to use language appropriately in various circumstances: There are two ways of (b) — communicative competence in a language. The first is (c) —which is similar to the way people develop ability in their (d) — tongue. They are aware only of the (e) — the language for (g) process in which users not (i) It is a (h) that they are subconscious of acquiring a language. In non- technical terms, acquisition is picking up a language (j)

5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap:

Sports are a popular form of entertainment. Many international sporting events are (a) _____ from time to time. Most of these events are (b) ______ by multinational manufacturing (c) ______ and business firms. They pay for the sports events in (d) ________ for the right to (e) ______ their products during those events. These events are (f) _____ worldwide by satellite and people all over the world watch them (g) _______ . As a (h) ______ the sponsors’ products receive maximum media (i) ______ . Thus sports help the (j) _______ of trade and commerce.

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper Sequence:

(a) The angel took down his request and went away. 

(b) His name was Abu Ben Adhem. 

c) Abu then requested him to put his name in the list because he loved mankind and his fellow brothers.

(d) He again appeared the next night and showed Abu that his name was at the top of the list.

(e) The angel was writing the names of persons who loved God.

(f) Once upon a time there was an honest and pious man.

(g) He asked the angel if his name was there.

(h) He was once sleeping peacefully. 

(i) In reply the angel said that his name was not there. 

(j) Suddenly he woke up and he saw an angel.

7. The graph shows “the internet users” from 2012 to 2018. Describe the graph in at least 80 words. The internet users in lakh 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 6-5 6.0 5-5 4-25 15 3-5 3.0 1-5 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words: Once an ant was very thirsty. He went to a river to drink water. When he began to drink water, a wave 8.

9 . Suppose, you are Ahad/Afia. You have just received a letter from your pen-friend Tania who lives at 13 Moukan Street, UK. She wants to know about your country Bangladesh. Now, write a reply to the letter.

6. Dinajpur Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:

My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father, doesn’t want me. She told me to go away. Now she is married to another man. My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he won’t take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn’t answered. 

The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream.

In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can’t even buy food.

Shoe-shining is very popular among the street kinds. A few of my friends also work in factories and workshops. A boy I know lost one of his eyes after a piece of hot glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked. The owner refused to pay for medical help and fired him. For me, like all other children on the street, it is very hard. I am always hungry, and I don’t know where I will sleep the next night. I would like to live in my own home and sleep there in peace. The nights are very cold in the winter. You can die of cold in the street.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.

(a) Amerigo is — human rights.

(i) affected by (ii) deprived of (iii) fond of (iv) working for

(b) What does the word ‘separated mean here?

(i) Isolated (ii) divided (iii) ill (iv) divorced

(c) What made Amerigo fall sick?

(i) living in the street (ii) selling ice cream

(iii) collecting trash dump  (iv) sorting rubbish in dumps

(d) Amerigo’s parents are —

(i) separate (ii) separated (iii) separating (iv) being separated

(e) What was the occupation of Amerigo?

(i) He was a street hawker (ii) He was a shopkeeper (iii) He was a street beggar (iv) He was an orphan.

(f) The word ‘vendor stands for

(i) a person who walks (ii) a shop where goods are sold

(iii) a container (iv) a person or a company that vends or sells

(g) “I would like to live in my own home statement imply?

(i) Amerigo does not have a good life. (ii) Amerigo wants to go home.

(iii) Amerigo wants to lead a better life (iv) Amerigo misses his parents.

(h) Go away’ refers to

(i) to depart or leave a place y (ii) to die (iii) to travel (iv) to disappear

(i) Where is the home of Amerigo now?

(i) on the beach (ii) in the shop (iii) on the house tops (iv) on the streets

(j) What is Amerigo?

(i) a brilliant student (ii) an-artist (iii) an street urchin (iv) an orphan boy

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) How does Amerigo evaluate his life? Does he have any option to change it?

(b) Why did Amerigo stop collecting trash?

(c) How is the relationship of Amerigo with his parents?

(d) What happens to the friends of Amerigo?

(e) Do you support child labor? Why/why not?

2. Based on your reading of the following passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing some major characteristics and challenges of adolescence. (One is done for you): 1×5=5

The time of adolescence is a period of preparation for adulthood during which one experiences several key developments. Besides physical and sexual maturation, these experiences include movement toward social and economic independence, development of identity, the acquisition of skills needed to carry out adult relationships and roles and the capacity for abstract reasoning. While adolescence is a time of tremendous growth and potential, it is also a time of considerable risks during which social contexts exert powerful influences.

Many adolescents face pressure to use alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs and to initiate sexual relationships putting themselves a high risk for intentional and unintentional injuries, unintended pregnancies, and sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). including the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Many also experience a wide range of adjustment and mental health problems.

(1) Physical and sexual maturation

(2) Movement toward social and economic independence

(3) Development of identity

(4) Acquisition of skills to carry out adult relationships

(5) Capacity of abstract reasoning

(6) Vulnerability towards existing social problems

3. Read the following text and summarize it:

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life. such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we leam how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows.

The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than necessary. Make any grammatical change if necessary:0.5×10=5 

Facebook is an online networking service. It is a (a)_______ social networking service. It is (b)_______ friendship and relation all (c)_______ the world. Though Mark Zucker Berg first (d)______ Facebook, (e)_______ a very short time. it gained much popularity. Now it has over one billion active users. It (f)______ love and shares sorrows. But sometimes it is (g)_______ Students are spending much time in (h)_______ facebook which is very alarming for the future generation. Adults are also getting (i)_______ to it which is causing many problems in their (j)_______ life. So, we should be aware of using Facebook.

5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap :

Money is power and can do much good and evil. It gives (a)______ and delight. It (b)______ do everything. A person without (c)_______ is a person to be pitied. Nobody pays (d)_______ respect to him. His friends do not (e)______ him. He has to depend on the (f)______ of others. In order to (g)______ money, he does a lot of jobs. It is’a must (h)_______ our life. But it does not necessarily (i)________ happiness. Happiness is absolutely a (j)_______ matter.

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence: 

(a) There she became a teacher of a school in Kolkata. 

(b) Soon her activities for the service of mankind spread all over the world. 

(c) She was on her heels for her selfless services to mankind even at her old age. 

(d) As a recognition to her service, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979. 

(e) She was one of those people who dedicated their lives to the service of mankind.

(f) When she was eighteen, she decided to be a nun and came to Kolkata. 

(g) She swore to dedicate her life for the cause of helpless and poor people. 

(h) She was born in Yugoslavia in 1910. 

(i) She was also given ‘Bharat Ratna Award’ in the following year. 

(j) You have heard the name of Mother Teresa.

Part II-Writing Marks-40

7. The graph below shows the positive and negative Uses of Internet according to different age groups of the users. Describe the chart at least in 150 words. You should highlight the information and report the main features given in the chart. Positive and Negative Uses of Internet 80% 70% 60% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 80% 55% 50% 30% 20% Age (3-12) Age (13-19) Positive L’se Age (20-35) Negative Use Age (36-60)

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. Give a suitable title to it.

Once a crow got a chance to be beautiful. One day the crow found some beautiful feathers of a peacock in a jungle. He became very glad

9. Suppose, you are Shimul from Feni and one of your best friends is Nayon who lives in Khulna. He does not go through the newspapers daily. Now, write a letter to your friend about the benefits of reading newspapers regularly.

7. Chattagram Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows. The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare. Education, is believed, releases our potentials and our inner strengths. It sharpens our intellect and develops our creativity. As we are taught to reason well and find solutions to the problems of life, we become productive members of society. Education by definition is progressive and liberal, teaching us to respect human diversity and cultural and religious differences. If all of us practice these values in life, the world becomes a much happier place.

Education also fosters critical thinking and provides us a set of competencies including life skills that enable us to become competitive even in the most challenging of circumstances. Education also teaches us to appreciate beauty and the bounties of nature.

School, however, is not the only place where a child gets education. A Bangla poem tells us that nature can be our best teacher. Here are a couple of lives from the poem in English translation:

The sky has taught me to be liberal.

The wind has given me the motto to be industrious.

It we can make nature our friend, philosopher and guide, we can learn lessons about life that, combined with what our schools teach us, will prepare us for the future.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. Marks 0.5×10=5

(a) The word ‘arithmetic’ means —

(i) The study of Physics  (ii) The study of Mathematics (iii) The study of Biology (iv) The study of Chemistry

(b) To decide things rationally explains —.

to judge things reasonably and take wise decision (ii) to judge things madly and take hasty decision

(iii) to judge thins independently and take illogical decision (iv) to develop good debating power

(c) The first act of education is to develop —.

(i) personality (ii) nationality (iii) dignity (iv) brutality

(d) What does the idiom ‘at large’ mean?

(i) Critically Entirely (ii) Dependently (iii) entirely (iv) Surely

(e) Through education we become — members of society.

(i) rational (ii) evil (iii) common (iv) foolish

(f)The sky teaches us to be-:

(i) honest (ii) poetic (iii) liberal (iv) scientific

(g) The passage is about —.

(i) scholars of education (ii) benefits of education

(iii) sources of education (iv) elements of education

(h) The meaning of the word ‘hatred’ is —

(i) intense dislike (ii) love (iii) strong affection (iv) friendship

(i) We can get education —.

(i) from school only

(ii) not only from educational institutions but also from family, society, nature, from experiences of life

(iii) from teachers, philosophers and nature (iv) from nature only

(j) Proper education frames a child for —.

(i) the former (ii) the present (iii) the future (iv) the past 

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) What does education provide us?

(b) How does a child become an active member of the community?

(c) What is accepted as true about education?

(d) How will the world become a much happier place?

(e) Do you want to make nature your friend, philosopher and guide? Why?

2. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing different characteristics of dreams. (No. 1 has been done for you):

Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, but only recently have dreams been subjected to empirical research and scientific study. Chances are that you’ve often found yourself puzzling over the content of a dream, or perhaps you’ve wondered why you dream at all. First, let’s start by answering a basic question: What is a dream? A dream can include any of the images, thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep. Dreams can be extraordinarily vivid or very vague; filled with joyful emotions or frightening images; 

focused and understandable or unclear and confusing. Why do we dream? What purpose do dreams serve? While many theories have been proposed about the reason and function of dreams, no consensus has emerged. Considering the time we spend in a dreaming state, the fact that researchers do not yet understand the purpose of dreams may seem baffling. However, it is important to consider that science is still unraveling the exact purpose and function of sleep itself. Some researchers suggest that dreams serve no real purpose, while others believe that dreaming is essential to mental, emotional and physical well-being.

1. Extraordinarily vivid
2. Very vague
3. Filled with joyful emotions
4. Frightening images
5. Focused and understandable
6. Unclear and confusing

3. Summarize the following passage

My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father, doesn’t want me. She told me to go away. Now she is married to another man. My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he won’t take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn’t answered. 

The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream.

In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can’t even buy food.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0.5×10=5

The computer is a fairly (a)—— invention. It has now become an (b) —- part of modern life. It has greatly benefited us and brought (c)—– revolutionary changes in our life. Any (d)—- that helps people perform mathematical calculation may be (e)—– a computer. In this sense the (f)—– is a simple computer. Today, however, the term, computer (g)—– to a special kind of electronic machine that can perform mathematical calculations and process (h)—– masses of information at a (i)—–speed. In a few minutes a computer can perform calculation that (j)——. mathematicians would need years to complete.

5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap:

Bangladesh is a land of (a) ______ beauty. Its beauty is so captivating that a stranger cannot but be (b) _____ looking at this endless variety. Nature has (c) ______ showered its blessings on this country. The rivers, hills and forests are rich in natural (d) _______. The people of this country feel a strong (e) _______ for their motherland. They love their motherland from the (f) _______ of heart. They work hard to (g) ______ its economic condition and to remove poverty. Most of them toil hard from dawn to dask to accelerate the pace of (h) _____. The progress of this country lies in the (i) _____ of common people. They are the (j) ______ of a beautiful and prosperous Bangladesh.

6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.  

(i) The crow tried to turn the jar over the over again but failed.

(ii) At last he found a jar in a garden.

(iii) As he was leaving the jar in despair, he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.

(iv) There was some water in the jar, but it was at the bottom and out of his reach.

(v) He flew from one place to another in search of water.

(vi) He took some pebbles and started dropping them into the jar.

(vii) Then he hit upon a plan.

(viii) A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink water.

(ix) When the water came to the mouth of the jar the crow drank his full.

(x) As each pebble went down, the water in the jar rose up little by little.

Part 2 Guided Writing Marks-40

7. The graph shows the choice of profession by educated people in our country. Analyze the graph in 150 words.. 80% ד 60%- 60% 40% 30% 40%- 20%- 0% 10% 20% 10% Farming Business V Govt. Job V V Research work. 15 Banking Teaching

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words:

There was a naughty cowboy who grazed his cows beside a forest. He used to make fun with people crying Tiger! Tiger!

9. Imagine, you are Rashed/Raisa. Recently you got a letter from your friend asking you what you would like to do after your HSC examination. Now write a letter to your friend telling him/her about it.

8. Mymensingh Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A

Adolescents constitute a nation’s core resource for national renewal and growth. Adolescence is a period in life when transition from childhood to adulthood takes place and behaviours and life styles are shaped. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), adolescence is the period which shapes the future of girls’ and boys’ lives. There are 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh: 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million boys.

The situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is characterized by inequality and subordination within the family and society. This inequality leads to widespread practice of child marriage. marginalisation or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities and vulnerability to violence and sexual abuse. In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. However, 33 percent of adolescent girls are married off before the age of 15 and 60 percent become mothers by the age of 19. Researches find that adolescents with higher level of education and from more affluent families tend to marry at a later age. Boys, however, become ready for marriage only after several years of adolescence and young adulthood.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: Marks 0.5×10=5

(a) What does the word ‘constitute’ mean?

(i) form (ii) take (iii) add (iv) make

(b) The synonym of ‘legal’ is

 (i) illicit (ii) banned (iii) lawful (iv) prohibited

(c) The phrase ‘leads to refers to

(i) results of (ii) results in (iii) results from (iv) results to

(d) Adolescence is a -period from childhood to adulthood.

(i) constant (ii) rigid (iii) fixed (iv) transitional

(e) The word ‘economic’ can be replaced by-

(i) monetary (ii) cheap (iii) financial (iv) economical

(f) What could be the closest meaning of the word ‘core’ in the first sentence?

(i) Alternative (ii) Central (iii) Subsidiary (iv) Minor

(g) The phrase take place’ stands for-

(i) occur (ii) go to a place (iii) happen (iv) destroy

(h) The synonym of affluent is-

(i) destitute (ii) poverty (iii) poor (iv) solvent

(i) The transition from childhood to adulthood takes place in life-

(i) during childhood (ii) in adolescence

(iii) before death (iv) when they get maturity

(j) The word ‘marginalisation’ refers to-

(i) holding a lot of money (ii) holding no power

(iii) boldness in decision making (iv) having empathy

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) What do you understand by adolescence?

(b) What is the condition of girls in Bangladesh?

(c) What is gender disparity? What are the consequences of it?

(d) Which factors are responsible for girls’ early marriage?

(e) Why is adolescence an important period in life?

2. Based on the text below write short notes in each of the boxes mentioning the benefits of education to make a flow chart (No. 1 has been done for you):

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the durations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows.

1. Offering a set of abilities
2. Helping us function meaningfully 
3. Giving the ability to decide things rationally 
4. Helping us make the right choices 
5. Helping us gain a degree of self confidence 
6. Helping us think independently

3. Write a summary of the following passage:

Sheikh Kamal knew that there is no short cut to success. He groomed himself up as a young man who earned success by dint of perseverance and commitment. When the Pakistan military began its genocide in Bangladesh, he joined the Liberation War and received military training at Camp Murtee located at the Himalayan foothills in India. The tall young man who carried himself with dignity and possessed remarkable traits of leadership became the ADC of General Ataul Goni Osmani, the Commander in Chief of Bangladesh Armed Forces during the Liberation War. After Independence, Sheikh Kamal could easily remain in Bangladesh Army and pass a secure life but he preferred to engage himself in country building and organizing the young forces to that end. Journalist Syed Ishtiaq Reza in one of his columns ‘Ekjon Sheikh Kamal’ in Bangla Tribune rightly says that the unique qualities of Sheikh Kamal’s character, especially his wholehearted involvement in sports and culture are never seen in any son or daughter of any President, Prime Minister or High Officials in Bangladesh.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary:

Population (a)_______ is considered as one of the greatest (b)_______ in our country. Many people (c)_______ that over population is (d)_______ and it causes (e)________ But, in fact, proper (f)_______ and  management can turn this (g) __________ into an asset. If we can develop our human (h)_______ properly, it can be a (i)_________ way for poverty (j)________

5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap:

Self employment means to create job opportunity for oneself by one’s own effort. Various government organizations (a)______ trying to create (b)_______ congenial atmosphere for (c)_______ Different NGOs have (d)_______  rendered their help. Livestock (e)________  rmiculture farming, poultry (f)________ are some of (g) _______ seekers. There are (h) _______ opportunities for self (i)__________ in Bangladesh. One (j) _________ easily engage oneself in these jobs.

6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order: 1×10=10

(i) He asked him where God is.

(ii) He praised him highly.

(iii) Once a lad went to a famous teacher.

(iv) The teacher thought highly of the boy’s understanding.

(v) The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where he is not.

(vi) The boy devoted himself to earning knowledge.

(vii) He begged to instruct him in arts and science.

(viii) He agreed to teach the lad.

(ix) He expressed his desire to acquire knowledge.

(x) The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy.

Part II-Guided Writing Marks-40

7. The pie chart below shows Rima’s time spending on various activities. 15 Describe the chart in at least 80 words: Sleep 25% Entertainment 15% Home work 10% School 25% Playing 19% MealsThe following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words: Once a lion was sleeping in a forest. Suddenly a mouse came there. It did not notice the lion. . 15

9. Write a letter to your brother describing the importance of reading newspaper. 10

9. Dhaka Board 2024

Part A: Grammar (60 Marks) 

ENGLISH (COMPULSORY) SECOND PAPER

1. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions. .5×10-5

We learn etiquette and manners (a) — our parents and various institutions such as schools, colleges or professional bodies. There are rules (b) — behaviour (c) — all kinds (d) — social occasions and it is important to learn them and practise them (e) —  everyday life. The manners that are correct (f) — a wedding reception will not do (g) — a debating club. Therefore, we have to be careful (h) — etiquette and manners. We know how important it is to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you (i) — everyday life. A few more polite expressions such (j) — Pardon me’, ‘Excuse me”, May I’ are bound to make your day smooth and pleasant.

2. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box: 0-5×10-5

(a) Sumi talks too much. It is — she were a mad.

(b) Can anyone tell me —- an elephant —? I have never seen an elephant.

(c) I am eagerly waiting for your reply. Please answer me — you can.

(d) — swimming river? I am so excited.

(e) Helmet should be used while driving a motorbike. — you were in a bike and met a serious accident?

(f) It is a secret matter. We — not discuss this in public.

(g) Socrates who was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock, — in 469 BC.

 (h) I — take an auto bike than go to college on foot. The exam is about to start.

(i) Sometimes we — accept something unwillingly for the sake of peace.

(j) I can hardly walk — run a race.

3. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases.

(a) Trees are essential for our existence. So, we should ——-.

(b) English is an international language. ——- you cannot get a good job.

(c) Corruption is an obstacle to our national development. It is high time ——-.

(d) My childhood was full of joys and happiness. I wish ——-.

(e) Mobile phone is a wonder of modern science. But ——-.

(f) He cannot run the business. So, he should ——-.

(g) He confessed that ——-. So, I forgave him.

(h) The students could not memorise the poem. It was too difficult ——-.

(i) Since there was no more question to discuss, ——-.

(j) Female education is a crying need for our country. It is a good sign that nowadays ——-.

4. Read the following text and fill the gaps with correct form of verbs as per subject and context:

Once upon a time, there (a) — (be) a king who was very fond of (b) — (know) his future from the astrologers. A famous astrologer (c) — (stop) at his capital on his way to home. The king called on him to (d) — (know) about the future and the astrologer (e) — (tell) him something unpleasant. At this the king  (f) —  (get) furious and (g) — (condemn) him to death saying, “Men like you (h) — (live) to spoil the peace of the world.” But another thought (i) — (cross) his mind before the astrologer (j) — (send) for execution. “How long will you (k) — (live)?” asked the king. With ready wit, the astrologer said, “The stars (l) — (declare) that I shall die only a week before your majesty, so goodbye.” (m) — (hear) this, the king turned pale like a dead man and shouted, “Drive this wretch away, let him (n) — (come) here again.”

5. Change the form of narrative style by using indirect speeches: 5.

“Oh, my Lord! Please do not kill the child,” cried the woman, “Let her have the child.” The king said, “Now everything is clear to me.” Pointing to the woman, the king king again said to the servant, “Give her the child. She is the real mother.” The woman addressed the king as her lord and told him (king) not to kill the child. Then the king ordered his servant to let her (the woman) have the child.

6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Once there lived a (a) — (pre-modify the noun) fox in a jungle. One day, while he was walking (b) — (post modify the verb with a prepositional phrase), he fell into a trap and lost his tail. He felt very unhappy and sad. But the fox was (c) — (pre-modify the adjective) cunning too. He hit upon a plan and invited all the foxes (d) — (use an infinitive phrase). When all the foxes arrived, the fox, (e) — (use an appositive), said, “My dear friends, I have discovered a new thing. It is that (f) — (use a possessive to pre-modify the noun) tails are quite useless. They look (g) — (pre-modify the adjective) ugly and dirty too. So, we all should cut off our tails, shouldn’t we?” Most of them agreed with the cunning fox (h) — (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) their tails. But an old and (i) — (pre-modify the noun) fox said to the cunning fox, “My friend, your plan is nice but evil. Actually you want to cut off our tails because you have lost (j) — (pre- prodify the noun with a determiner) tail of your own.”

7. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

Teaching is a noble profession. (a) — to be a teacher, one must possess some noble qualities too. (b) —, he should be a student. (c) — teaching is related to knowledge, he can’t acquire knowledge (d) — he is a student. (e) — a teacher thinks (f) — he knows everything, he can’t be a good teacher. (g) — thirst for knowledge is the second best quality of a teacher. (h) —, a teacher should be a psychologist. Different students have different ways of learning. (i) — the teacher needs to teach his students by studying their psychology. Fourthly a teacher should have good delivery power. (j) — his voice should be clear (k) — artistic (l) — a teacher should be an actor (m) — he needs to behave according to the classroom situation. And (n) — a teacher must be a good human being.

8. Read the passage below and write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed: .5×14=7

All of us know what a dream is. Generally, we dream during our sleep, Dreams may appear to be short or long lasting. Sometimes we say, I dreamt for the whole night! But do we really dream for the whole night? Some dreams are sweet or romantic, Some are horrible. When we dream something extremely bad, we call it a nightmare,

(a) All (Antonym) (b) Dream (Synonym) (c) Generally (Antonym) (d) Appear (Antonym) (e) Sleep (Antonym) () Short (Synonym) (g) Long (Synonym) (h ) Sometimes (Antonym) (i) Night (Synonym) (j) Really (Synonym) Romantic (Antonym) (k) (l) Horrible (Synonym) (m) Extremely (Synonym) (n) Nightmare (Antonym)

9. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation in the following text. Re-write the text correcting the errors. Lise capital letter if necessary.

Sumi said to Rumi, What will you do after hsc exam take preparation for varsity admission.What’s about you said Rumi.

Part B Guided Writing Marks-40

10. Suppose you are a student of Govt. Women’s College. Now write an application to your Principal to establish an English Language Club in the college.

11. Write a descriptive paragraph on “Pahela Baishakh.” similarities and dissimilarities you find.

10. Jessore Board 2024

Time-3 hours

Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part A-Grammar Marks-60

1. Complete the text with suitable prepositions: Marks 0-5×10-5

In Bangladesh, the legal age (a) — marriage (5) — girls is 18. However, 33% of our girls get married before they are 15 and 60% (c) — them become mothers (d) — the time they reach 19. When an adolescent girl gets married, she usually drops (e) — of school and thus loses her mobility. She gets confined (f) — full time work (g) — her in-law’s household. She loses social status and all the opportunities (h) — economic independence. (i) — her in-law’s house, she gets marginalized. She becomes vulnerable (j) — all sorts of abuse, including dowry related violence.

2. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box 0.5×10-5

(a) He headed for the new workplace — he received the transfer order.

(b) — your new teacher —? He is nice but a bit strict.

(c) The Bangladesh cricket team dropped out from the tournament in the first round, — make it to the final,

(d) I am trying to catch upon some sleep. You — turn off the TV.

(e) — she —? She is tall and has blonde hair.

(f)Although Lalon Shah — into a Hindu family, he grew up in a Muslim family.

(g) Nowadays we cannot think of a single day without cell phones but — was a time when even land phones were a luxury.

(h) My aunt is shy by nature. In social gatherings, she — stay alone than interact with others.

(i) — was a wonderful night. The sky was cloudless and full of s stars.

(j) You — follow traffic rules. You cannot drive as you like.

3. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases:

(a) The poor man knocked at the door. He came to me with a view to —.

(8) Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health. If they were educated, —.

(c) Scarcely had the teacher gone out of the room —.

(d) My grandmother lives in a village. It is many years since —.

(e) Trees are very important for our existence on earth. It is high time —.

(f) Despite the fact that he worked very hard, —. He was rather disappointed.

(g) You should finish your work today. A stitch in time —.

(h) You are making a long Journey. Keep your phone turned on in case —.

(i) My friend is going to the USA. I wish —.

(j) Time is so valuable that —.

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context: 0.5×14=7

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Biswas,

 We are very (a) — (concern) about your son Rahel’s behaviour. He (b) — (play) truant from school three times last month. When he (c) — (come) to class, he usually (d) — (not concentrate) on his lessons. He does not seem to understand texts and never (e) — (ask) any questions. The only time he (f) — (show) any initiative is in (g) — (make) excuses for not (h) — (to have) (i) — (do) his homework. Although he (j) — (have) a natural talent for art, he even (k) — (not take) any interest in art lessons. This is (l) — (disappoint), because even last year he (m) — (be) attentive in his studies. We hoped he (n) — (win) a scholarship.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:

 “Are you ready to order, sir?” said the waiter. “I would like to have a plain vegetable soup for starter. Then grilled chicken, boiled potatoes and garlic bread for main course.”, replied the customer. “Anything for dessert?”, asked the waiter. “Just a scoop of ice cream, please.”, said the customer.

6. Read the following text and use modifiers in the blank spaces as directed:

Kazi Nazrul Islam is one of (a) — (use determiner to pre modify the noun) best poets Bengal has (b) — (use an adverb to pre modify the verb) produced. A (c) — (use an adjective to pre modify the noun) writer, he contributed to many branches of Bangla literature. However, it is his poems and songs that earned him the (d) — (pre modify the noun) reputation. Through his writings, Nazrul aimed (e) — (use an infinitive to post modify the verb) the society because he was (f) — (pre modify the verb) troubled by old values and religious superstitions. It is (g) — (use an intensifier to pre modify the adjective) important to note that while Nazrul fought against religious bigotry, he composed (h) — (use a determiner to pre modify the noun) songs that (i) — (pre modify the verb) glorified religion. Sadly, a/an (j) — (pre modify the noun) disease untimely ended his literary career in his early forties.

7. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

The internet has transformed the way we live. (a) — it has become an integral part of our life. On the one hand, this technology has brought us many benefits. (b) — it has many negative sides. (c) — the internet, our communication systems have become much faster and more efficient. (d) — we can make bank transactions and pay our bills from home now. (e) — the internet allows us to access health information easily and, (f) — saves many lives. (g) — our learning opportunities have greatly increased, thanks to digital technologies. (h) — the internet is not an unmixed blessing. (i) — , its harmful effects far outweigh its benefits. (j) — we should take precautions about using this technology. (k) — we must be careful not to become addicted to internet browsing. Second, we should keep an eye on our younger family members, (l) — there are potential dangers in the virtual world. (m) — online gambling and cyberbullying are very common on the internet nowadays. (n) — it can be said that the internet technology is doing us more harm than good.

8. Read the passage below and then write the synonym or antonym of the words as directed: 0-5×14

Modern education is different in method. It seeks to draw out and develop the mind to make it eager and curious. It depends more on observation and experiment than upon mere bookish knowledge. A mind that is intellectually alert will seek and learn from books. It develops latent talents of an individual. Teachers play more of a coaching role these days. They are not just instructors who deliver a lesson. Rather, they support and guide the students’ activities as coaches do.

(a) modern (antonym) (b) different (antonym) (c) method (synonym) (d) develop (antonym) (e) curious (synonym) observation (synonym) (g) mere (synonym) (h) knowledge (synonym) (i) alert (antonym) (j) latent (synonym) (k) talent (synonym) (l) more (antonym) (m) support (antonym) (n) guide (antonym)

9. Write a paragraph on “Village Life and City Life”

11. Cumilla Board 2024

Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks. Answer all the questions.]

Part A Grammar Marks-60

1. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition

Social network is a network for virtual social interaction (a) — internet users across the world. Actually, this is an age (b)  — globalisation. This is also an age of information and technology. People all over the world are virtually connected (c) — one another (d) — the borders. Hence, the necessity of social networks has emerged. But the young generations are getting addicted (e) _____ social networks (f) — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. The  lifestyle of the young before and after getting used (g) — a social network has a noticeable change. In fact, the students who were used to studying at the table before, nowadays pass their valuable time by chatting (h) — the social media. As a result, they are now lagging (i) —. So, they should be kept aloof (j) — using internet excessively and unnecessarily.

2. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box:

(a) — looks dangerous to reach the top. Very few number of people can arrive there safely.

(b) All passengers  — fill in an immigration form on arrival. It is mandatory.

(c) My cousin citizenship — in Malaysia and raised in America. Now she has a dual citizenship.

(d) — your family —? Is it an extended family like ours?

(e) Your mother seems to be very weak. You — consult an experienced doctor about her health.

(f) His parents — stay in village than live with him in Dhaka. Both of them don’t like city life.

(g) — have been significant changes in the types of entertainment over time. Many of those no longer exist.

(h) Teacher: learners, — the national flower of Bangladesh —?

Students: It looks a bit like the lotus.

(i) It is not easy to score a goal — hat trick.

(j) We informed the police — the incident took place. But the police didn’t arrive even after two hours.

3. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses phrases:

(a) I’m so tired that —. Please, take a rickshaw right now.

(b) Though Bangladesh is a small country, — heritage sites. We are proud of our world.

(c) I can’t recall his name. It is long since —.

(d) She came to my room while —. She didn’t wake me up.

(e) It is true that most of the parents of our country are not interested enough to —. They think, educating their daughters is nothing but a wastage of time and money.

(f) There are many helpless people around us. I wish —.

(g) He likes photography very much. But unfortunately he has lost his camera. If he had the camera,—.

(h) Be punctual lest —.  

(i) Our job market is getting very competitive. Unless you study well, —.

(j) It is too hot inside the room. Would you mind  —?

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.

Students get themselves (a) — (admit) into universities for higher education. They acquire higher education from two streams; one is public and the other is private. The private universities (b) — (be) open to all but one has to (c) — (face) tough (b) competition for (d) — (get) a seat there. The public universities are cheaper in terms of tuition fees. They (e) — (offer) residential and boarding facilities at subsidized rates. But public universities often (f) — (face) a number of problems. Student politics (g) — (play) a vital role in (h) — (deteriorate) the academic environment there. As a result, students (i) — (face) session jam. So, the conscious and moneyed persons (j) — (impress) by the private universities. Since this is the age of privatization, the private universities (k) — (become) popular day by day. Besides, it is less difficult (l) — (get) a seat in a private university but here they are to pay a lot. However, the private sectors have some limitations. In fact, the two streams should (m) — (develop) in a balanced way. Because, both sectors are playing important roles with a view to (n) — (make) the nation highly educated.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:

A man, lost in a forest, saw another man and rushed to him and said, “Oh! How happy I am to meet you! Unfortunately I have been lost in this forest for four days. Can you help me get out of this forest?” “No, Actually you don’t need to be so happy, my friend,” replied the another man, “I myself have been lost here for a week.”

6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Man has (a) — (use determiner to pre-modify the noun phrase) inborn curiosity to know the unknown and (b) — (use an infinitive phrase). Не likes to see new places and wants to know about (c) — (pre-modify the noun) nations, their cultures, manners and religions. Bookish knowledge is (d) — (use adjective phrase). In order to have practical knowledge one has to go for travelling. (e) — (use an adverbial phrase) people had to suffer much for travelling as they did not have (f) — (pre-modify the noun) transports. Nowadays travelling has become much easier and comfortable for the invention of Aeroplane, buses, ships, speedy trains etc. Travelling plays a (g) — (use an intensifier to pre- modify the adjective) important role in acquiring knowledge. So, the students go for (h) — helps to remove (i) — (pre-modify the noun with a noun adjective) tour which also (j) — (pre-modify the noun with a possessive) boredom of study. In fact, everyone should travel to develop practical knowledge which cannot be acquired by sitting (j) (post-modify the verb).

7. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

Junk food is very popular nowadays. (a) — the children are very much fond of junk food. (b) — the children are do we know what junk food actually is? Junk food is such kind of processed food (c) — has been produced for its pungent taste rather than for its health value. (d) — it contains high calories, salt, added sugar, saturated fat etc. (e) — its nutritional value is very low. (f) — its appearance is very appealing and mouth watering. (g) — it can attract anybody. (h) — it is harmful for health. (i) — it consists of harmful substances, it may lead to a higher risk of obesity, cardiovascular diseases and other chronic health problems. (j) —, it can also affect brain. (k) — addiction to it may even result in the rejection of healthier foods such as fruits, vegetables, salads etc. (l) —, the sugar used in junk food can damage our teeth and skin. (m) — , we should avoid having junk food. (n) — we should remember that health is the root of all happiness.

8. Read the passage and write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below:

Earthquake is one of the most common natural calamities on earth. It is an abrupt and violent tremor of the earth’s surface. It occurs for various reasons. It is mainly caused by deep crack inside the earth or by volcanic eruption. If there is any fault line in a geographical area, there is a great chance of occuring earthquakes in that area. Word File Download In some cases, earthquake occurs because some gases try to come out from the deep of the earth. Bangladesh lies in the active earthquake zone and so earthquake occurs here very frequently. RAJUK, responsible for the planned development of the capital city, warns that an earthquake resistant building code should be developed to reduce loses. But it is a matter of sorrow that our people are not aware of the gravity of its danger.

(a) common (b) calamities Word File Download Right Form of Verbs HSC-2022 (c) violent 1,000 500 (d) deep Add to cart (e) inside  (f) chance (g) occur (h) active (i) frequently (j) responsible (k) development (l)reduce (m) aware (n) gravity

9. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors: Yasha: What happened to you Meem Youre not looking normal.

Meem: you are right my friend. Im really very upset today.

Yasha: But why Wont you say me the reason

Meem: Why not A road accident took the life of our Chairman yesterday He was a well known person in our village. How pathetic it is for his family

Yasha: Oh Thats very shocking.

Meem: Its very sad that such accidents are occuring frequently in our country.

12. Rajshahi Board 2024

SECOND PAPER

According to the Syllabus of 2024

Subject Code: 108

Ne Agures in the right margie indicute full marks]

Part A-Grammar Marks 60

1. Complete the text with suitable proposition:

Education is instrumental (a) ______ bringing (b) _____ socio- economic development. A man devoid (c) _______ education cannot contribute (d) ______ the society. On the other hand, an educated man plays a pivotal role (e) _____ enhancing the pace (f) ______ socio-economic development. A country should put much emphasis (g) _______ educating its citizens. The citizens have to be provided (h) _______ ample opportunities so that they feel keen interest (i) ______ getting themselves educated. The educated people are to be treated (j) ______ much respect.

2. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box:0.5×10=5

(a) You look exhausted. You — take rest for a while.

(b) The thief has fled away — he might be caught.

(c) — seen the snake — I became awe-struck.

(d) I would render my cooperation to you if — requires.

(e) It was long — I had met you.

(f) — he met me, he hugged me warmly.

(g) Don’t, expect any help from him. He is — busy — help you.

(h) I am an orphan now. — my father had lived longer.

(i) He cannot walk for few steps — run for a mile.

(j) He overlooks me — he never knew me.

3. Complete the following sentences using suitable phrases clauses:

(a) Had you sought my help —.

(b) A man leading an indolent life —.

(c) Strike the rod —.

(d) The men, who love their country, —.

(e) Be punctual in your studies —.

(f) Food adulteration is a crime. It is high time —.

(g) Childhood is the golden period of life. I wish —.

(h) Scarcely had we got out of home —.

(i) I know the man —.

(j) He feigns as though —.

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with correct form of verbs as per subject and context:

The life of our farmers (a) _____ (be) full of hardships. Many a farmer (b) _____ (not know) how to cultivate scientifically. They (c) ______ (work) hard from dawn to dusk. But their toil (d) _______ (go) awry due to lack of scientific knowledge. Our government offers a lot of opportunities to them with a view to (e) _____ (eliminate) their sufferings. Unfortunately, they (f) _______ (not avail) themselves of those opportunities. It is time they (g) _____ (to get) scientific education and all concerned (h) ______ (to help) them. If they (i) _________ (to educate), they (j) _______ (to contribute) better to the prosperity of the country. The prosperity of our country (k) ______ (to lie) in their proper education. (l) ______ (to educate) a farmer (m) ______ (mean) educating a family and a nation. And, it (n) _______ (to result) in greater success in every sector of the country.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:

“Why are your children crying. daughter?” “They have been starving,” said the said the woman, “Have you none else in the world?” “My husband died some months ago, He left them neither money nor any property. So So, they are in great distress. They have to starve sometimes.” “What a pity it is!” said the Caliph..

6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Trees, (a) ______ (use an apositive), are essential for maintaining eco-system. Without trees, the balance of eco-system will be (b) ______ (post modify the verb) lost. Trees provide us with (c) _____ (pre-modify the noun) elements without which we cannot live on this earth. It is a matter of (d) ______ (pre-modify the noun) concern that we are felling trees (e) ______ (post modify the verb). As a dire consequence, the global temperature is rising (f) ______ (post modify the verb). The existence of flora and fauna is at an (g) ________ (use a pre-modifier) risk. Polar ice caps are melting and (h) ______ (use a noun adjective) level is rising. (i) ______ (use a present participle phrase), we can avoid such a catastrophe. If we want to keep our (j) _______ (use a noun adjective) earth safe and sound, we have to plant trees and protect our forests.

7. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

Mobile phone is a miracle of modern science. It has brought about a revolutionary development in the arena of communication. (a) ______ it has eliminated distance (b) ______ promoted human relationship. (c) ______ it helps to promote business. (d) ______ gearing the pace of business, it ensures the smooth growth of economy. (e) _______ it can solve many problems of mathematics. (f) _______ it has become a daily necessity. (g) _____ it is not free from demerits. (h) ______ it becomes detrimental to the reckless users. (i) ______ the use of mobile phone by the teenagers has to be regulated. (j) ________ they will go to ruin. (k) ________ if we want to save our young generation, we have to be more vigilant. (l) _______ parents, teachers and neighbors can play positive role in this regard. (m) ______ the people who are addicted to wanton mobile phone have to be more cautious. (n) _________ they maintain abstinence, it will positively influence their offspring.

8. Read the passage and write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below: 0.5×14=7

An ideal student is an asset for a society or a country. He is sincere, punctual, obedient and law-abiding. He never derails from the right track. He tries, his best to materialise the dream of his parents. He is a worthy citizen and cherishes patriotic zeal. He not only devotes to regular studies but also serves his society during his leisure time. He is frugal in spending but generous in promoting noble deeds. He never squanders his energy aimlessly. His only goal is to emulate his career. Unfortunately, the number of ideal students is declining day by day.

(a) ideal (antonym); (b) obedient (antonym); (c) derail (synonym); (d) right (synonym); (e) materialise (synonym); (f) worthy (synonym): (g) zeal, (synonym); (h) devote (synonym); (i) regular (antonym); (j)leisure (antonym); (k) frugal (antonym); (l) noble (antonym); (m) squander (synonym); (n) unfortunately (antonym).

9. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors:

Jerry: You look like my mother

Writer: Do you meet your mother frequently when have you met her does she visit you

Jerry: she often visits me She sends gifts for me Did you see the skates I put on yesterday

Writer: Why do you not live with her doesn’t your heart bleed for her

Jerry: Im fated to live alone

10. Write an application to the Principal of your college asking for permission to arrange a ‘Study Tour’.

11. Write a paragraph on “The Importance of Sports’.

12. Write a paragraph on Technical Education and ion comparing and contrasting their feature Education

13. Barishal  Board 2024

SECOND PAPER

According to the Syllabus of 2024

Subject Code: 108

Ne Agures in the right margie indicute full marks]

Part A-Grammar Marks 60

1. Complete the text with suitable proposition: 0.5×10=5

If you want to derive the best (a) — your education, you must be fully aware (b) — some basic things. You should never be indifferent (c) — your study. In fact, fostering a kind of passion (d) — learning appears to be very important for achieving your goal. Again, you should never try to learn anything (e) — context. You should also not run (f) — substandard traditional guide books. As a matter of fact, confining yourself (g) — poor quality note books discourages you to learn something deeply. But (h) — learning a thing very deeply, you cannot achieve the required mastery (i) — the learnt thing. Thus, you may fail to get the desired benefits (j) — from your learning.

2. Complete the sentences with the suitable phrases/words given in the box: 0.5×10=5

(a) Begging is quite disgraceful. I think he knows it very well. He — starve than do so.

(b) We — stop cutting down trees. Deforestation is detrimental to environment.

(c) — he —? He is friendly and he can help you.

(d) — is difficult to regain lost health. So we should always take care of health.

(e) — flows a river beside our village. The river is useful to us in many ways.

(e) Have you seen a camel? — it—?

(f)He cannot express his ideas in Bangla, — in English.

(g) Robert Herrick was a poet and a clergyman. He London.

(h) I — take coffee in lieu of tea. But I like both of them.

(i) We informed the police — the incident took place.

(j) Robert Herrick was a poet and a clergyman. He — in London.

3. Complete the following sentences with suitable phrases or clauses:

(a) It is too late. Now I — go to lunch.

(b) It is a long time since —.

(c) Had would have bought a house —.

(d) He is a quack but he talks —.

(e) The girl returned home before evening lest —.

(f) Mira sings very well. If she gets opportunity, —.

(g) The poem is too difficult for —.

(h) In spite of having all facilities, —.

(i) Patriotism is a noble virtue. It is high time —.

(j) Be studied hard so that —.

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context:

Tigers (a) _____ (know) as ferocious animals. But they hardly (b) _____ (kill) any animal when they are not hungry. Usually the tigers (c) _____ (reside) in the deep forest. They are hardly (d) ______ (see) in the open unless there (e) ______ (to be) a strong necessity. They often remain (f) ______ (hide) under the deep green in search of the prey. Whenever they (g) ______ (discern) any prospective prey, they take a pose to (h) ______ (fall) upon it. Tigers often (i) _____ (unite) themselves to (j) ________ (attack) their prey from different directions. An adult tiger (k) _____ (devour) 20 to 30 kilograms of meat at a single meal. In our Sundarbans the number of tigers (l) _____ (decrease) day by day. Poaching and illegal trafficking (m) _____ (to be) the main reasons of decrease. So the concerned authority should be committed to (n) ______(take) action to protect the tigers.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speech: Direct Speech:

The old man said, “Can you give me some food? I have been starving for two days.” The maid said, “Why do you beg? Can’t you work?” “No, I’m unable to work,” said the man. The maid again said, “Don’t you have anyone to look after you?” “No, I have none on this earth who can take care of me,” said the old man.

6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Books are (a) — (use intensifier) essential for us. They help us (b) — (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) knowledge. (c) — (pre-modify the noun with present participle) books, they show us the (d) — (pre-modify the noun) way. Books can be our (e) — (pre-modify the noun) friends. They help us (f) — (post-modify the verb) our mind. They improve our (g)  –(pre-modify the noun) ‘power’. They give us solace to our (h) — (pre-modify the noun) mind. Besides, reading our (i) —(pre-modify the noun) books, students should read other books. They will be able to know everything (j) — (post modify the verb).

7. Use appropriate connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

Time and tide wait for none. (a) _____, no one can stop the onward march of time. (b) _____, it is very important to value our time. (c) ______, if time once has gone, we cannot regain it. (d) ____,  we should not waste a single moment in vain. (e) _____, we should make proper use of every single moment of our life. (f) _____, the students should understand the value of time. (g) _______, it is a matter of great regret that some of the students pass away their valuable time in Facebook. (h) ______, they kill their time, (i) ______ they cannot prepare their lessons well. (j) ______, they always have a poor preparation for the examination. (k) ______ they cannot do well in the examination. (l) ______, they do not stop wasting time. (m) _______, they continue to waste their time using different social media sites (n) _______ it is too late for them.

8. Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed: 0.5×14=7

Teachers are the best mentors of a student. They serve the society by instructing and guiding countless students through the different stages of their growth. They should never call a student weak and discourage any student frustrating his/her interest, ability and dream. Every teacher should try his/her best to find out the ways of success for the students and guide them to achieve it.

Teachers are the best mentors of a student. They serve the society by instructing and guiding countless students through the different stages of their growth. They should never call a student weak and discourage any student frustrating his/her interest, ability and dream. Every teacher should try his/her best to find out the ways of success for the students and guide them to achieve it.

(a) never (antonym) — always

(b) weak (antonym) — strong

(c) discourage (antonym) — encourage

(d) frustrating (synonym) — irritating/disturbing

(e) interest (synonym) — welfare/desire 

(f) ability (antonym) — inability

(g) dream (synonym) — aim/goal

(h) best (antonym) — worst

(i) success (synonym) — failure

(j) achieve (synonym) — gain

(k) mentor (synonym) — adviser 

(l) instruct (antonym) — mislead

(m) countless (synonym) — innumerable

(n) growth (synonym) — development

9. Use the necessary punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors and make capitalization if needed:

Son: Did you keep a diary during the Liberation War?

Father: Yes, I did.

Son: Can I have a look at it?

Father: I’m afraid I’ve lost it.

Son: Can you remember anything about it?

Father: Yes, I remember one event. There were lots of sounds and bangs outside one night. You wanted to look out, but we didn’t let you.

Father: Because it was very dangerous. You were only four years old then.

Son: I can’t remember anything.

Father: It’s natural. No one can remember all from early childhood.

Part B: Composition Marks: 40

10. Suppose you are a student of “X” College. Write an application to the Principal of your college requesting the installation of a smart sound system in your classroom.

11. Write a paragraph showing the causes and effects of price hikes. (Use 200 words)

12. Write a paragraph describing “The Uses and Abuses of Social Media.” (Use 200 words)

14. Mymensingh Board 2024

ENGLISH SECOND PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 108

Time-3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part A-Grammar Marks-60

1. Complete the text with suitable prepositions: Marks 0.5×10=5

Ours is a riverine country. Rivers are everywhere (a) — our life, literature, economy and culture. But are the rivers (b) — good shape? Unfortunately they are not. Though rivers are part and parcel (c) — our life, we ourselves are cruel (d) — them. A few rivers are already dead and several are going (e) — the pangs of death. Some river-grabbers grab river banks and build buildings (f) — getting silted (g) — trade and commerce. Rivers are also deforestation. So, rivers cannot flow (h) — sufficient water during the rainy season. As a result floods occur and people’s sufferings go (i) — description. Then rivers become source of sufferings instead (j) — blessings.

2. Complete the following sentences with suitable words /phrases given below: 0.5×10=5

(a) Selina is a poor student. She cannot afford to buy a cell phone — a laptop.

(b) The sky is cloudy. It may rain today. You — leave early.

(c) — is many years since we first met. How time does fly! (

(d) His mother is sick. He needs to go home — possible.

(e) We — develop our humanity than observe hartal and strike.

(f) Robert Browning is my favourite poet. He — in 1812.

(g) — was a pandemic all over the world in 2020 and 2021.

(h) A good citizen — perform a lot of things.

(i) — the national flower of Bangladesh —?

(j) — honesty —? It is the best quality of life.

3. Complete the following sentences with suitable clauses and phrases: 1×10-10

(a) Patriotism is a noble virtue. It is high time —.

(b) Hasan got GPA 4.50. Had he studies seriously, he —.

(c) Time is valuable. Those who waste time —.

(d) This celling is not so high. He is tall enough —.

(e) Lock the door and keep the key in a safe place lest —.

(f) You cannot understand everything clearly unless —.

(g) A lot of passengers were waiting at the bus stop. A bus came. But the bus was so small that —.

(h) In spite of facing so many drawbacks in life he ultimately —.

(i) Ayesha is a bright student. She studies hard so that —.

(j) Freedom is man’s birth right. He is born free but everywhere —.

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context: 0.5×14=7

Man has unquenchable thirst for knowledge. He is never (a)______ (satisfy) with what he already (b)_______ (know) and (c)______ (see). Naturally he (d)______ (want) to know and (e)________ (see) more and more. This curiosity for (f)______ (know) more has (g)_______ (inspire) him (h)_________(undertake) and (i)_______ (carry) out difficult and dangerous tasks which eventually (j)________ (result) in epoch making discoveries and inventions and (k)________ (lead) him in his long and continuous journey from his helpless state of caveman to his present situations of power and progress. He (1)________ (be) helpless still now, he would not have (m)________ (be) able to control all powers and forces. (n)________ (invent) so many technologies he now controls almost all destructive powers and forces. 

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speech:

The king said to the astrologer, “How long do you want to live? For you will be hanged very soon.” Looking at the sky the astrologer said, “My Lord, the positions of the stars declare that I’ll die only a week before your Majesty. Good bye.” The king turned pale and ordered his courtiers, “Drive this wretch away and never allow him to come for disturbing peace.”

6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Amerigo, (a) ____ (use noun in apposition) lives alone. His parents now live separate and none of them wants (b) ____ (use infinitive to post modify the verb) his responsibility. (c) ____ (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) mother told him to go away because she is married to another man. (d) _____ (use determiner to premodify the noun) streets are now his home. He wanted (e) ____ (use adjective to premodify the noun) money from his father to buy a (f) _____ (use noun adjective to premodify the noun) ticket. But his father did not answer. He earns his living by working hard. (g) _____ (use adverbial to premodify the verb) he finds work. Some of (h) _____ (use demonstrative to premodify the noun) works are very risky for him. Once he sold ice-cream (i) ____ (use prepositional phrase to post modify the verb). But he got (j) ____ (use quantifier to premodify the noun) money in return from the owner of the ice-cream shop.

7. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following text:

Honesty is a noble virtue. The man (a)_______possesses this uncommon quality is the happiest man in the world. Truely speaking a man should have trustworthiness (b)________ nobody believes a liar. A liar may prosper for the time being. (c)_______ ultimately he goes to the dogs. (d)_______ we should be honest in our life. It is believed that honesty is the best policy. (e) dishonesty is the sign of down fall. God helps those who are honest. (f)_______ dishonest people are cursed. Childhood is the best time (g)_______ children should be taught honesty. It is seen that children follow their parents. (h)_______ parents should be honest (i)_________ they should be allowed to mix with those friends who are really honest. (j)_________ parents should tell stories of honest people to children. (k)__________ they can tell the story of honest people from history. (l)_______ parents should teach children how to distinguish between the right and the wrong. (m)_________ children build up their character. (n)_______ parents can show the path of honesty to children.

8. Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the  words as directed below:

Sincerity is the essential element of life. Since it is the root of success, it is the quality of great men. They know its importance in human life. A sincere person is concerned about the outcome of his deeds. He has a good intention. People would like to trust a sincere person as he does not prove false. So, he usually, wins respect of others. A sincere person is always eager to possess a truthful mind. friendly and real personality. With these qualities he can overcome many difficulties in life. He can also recognise the intrinsic value of something. His good deeds are recognised and praised everywhere. Undoubtedly a sincere person is a trustworthy person.

(a) success (antonym) (b) great (antonym) (c) importance (synonym) (d) outcome (synonym) (e) intention (synonym) (f) trust (antonym) (g) respect (antonym) (h) cager (antonym) (i) prove (synonym) (j) overcome (synonym) (k) value (synonym) (l) deed (synonym) (m) praise (antonym) (o) sincere (synonym)

9. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors:

Rahim: We are about to finish our HSC examination are you thinking about your future

Karim: Yes, What about you

Rahim I want to pursue higher education. What are your plans 

Karim: I rather follow some vocation course to make my career. 

Rahim: Really have you thought of any particular vacation Karim: Yes I would like to join the fashion design course. This career has a prospect these days. 

Rahim: It is suitable for boys. 

Karim: Why not Boys are as good as girl in many profession now a days. Whats your future plan 

Rahim: I would like to go for teaching. 

Karim: Its good profession for a studious boy like you.

Part B Composition Marks-40

10. Write an application to the Principal of your college to install multimedia system in the classroom. 10

11. Write a paragraph on uses and abuses of internet in 200 words. 15

12. Write a paragraph on ‘Price Hike’ in 200 words. 15

15. Chattagram Board 2024

ENGLISH SECOND PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 108

Time-3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part A-Grammar Marks-60

1. Complete the text with suitable prepositions: Marks 0.5×10=5

Life of common people is beset (a)______ a number of troubles. Price spiral has added new sufferings (b)_________ our life. Indeed, price of daily commodities has gone (c)_________ the ability of the common people. Lack (d)_______ supervision is responsible (e)________ it. Some dishonest businessmen devoid (f)__________ morality hoard goods (g)________ quick profit. The Government should take punitive action (h)_______  those people. People from all walks (i)________ life should also co-operate (j)__________ the Government.

2. Complete the sentences with suitable words/phrases given in the box:

(a) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ______ in 1920 in Tungipara of Gopalgonj district.

 (b) _______ Professor Nathaniel Kleitman? Though he looks serious, he is an interesting physiologist and sleep researcher.

 (c) The train blew whistle. ________ the passengers heard the whistle, they got into it.

 (d) _______ is very hot today. Moreover, load-shedding is aggravating the situation.

(e) ________ mother’s love? It is incomparable.

 (f) Ronny Heaslop’s father is very sick. ________ seems to be no hope of recovery.

 (g) The sky is getting dark. Nahian _________carry an umbrella.

(h) Tahmid was too tired to walk, ________ run.

(i) Ahsan ________ walk home than take a rickshaw. The road is jam- packed.

 (j) There is a charitable dispensary in our locality. None_______ pay for the service.

3. Complete the sentences using suitable phrases/clauses.

(a) I miss my maternal grandmother a lot. 15 years have passed since —.

(b) Zillur and Ashraf were lucky. No sooner had they —.

(c) In our country, there are many people —. Poverty is a curse for any society.

(d) Corruption is an obstacle to our national development. It is high time —.

(e) Study sincerely lest —.

(f) Nurjahan studies medicine so that —.

(g) Once there was an old man who had three sons. They were so lazy that —.

(h) Rezwan tried his best to get the job but he could not get it. Had he got the job, he would —.

(i) The man — can maintain a sound health.

(f)Florence Nightingale wanted to be a nurse with a view to —.

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context:

Relationships (a)______ (be) of different kinds. Some (b)_______ (be) familial and intimate, (c)_______ (form) by blood and by marriage; some are social like the ones we have with friends and some (d)________ (make) in school where we (e)_______ (form) close bonds with classmates and teachers. Relationship can also (f)_______ (foster) in workplace, which may quickly (g)_________ (change) from professional to social. There (h)________ (be) relationships also between human beings and animals, between children and their toys that they can’t (i)________ (part) with. All these relationships (j)_________. (keep) us close to each other and (k)______ (provide) us all kinds of support love and affection. A person (1)________ (have) no family feels the pain of loneliness and isolation. There (m)_______ (be) no one to laugh or (n)______ (cry) with him/her.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches :

“Porter, you may go,” said the mistress of the house, laughing. “You have gained your freedom.” “By Allah,” he replied, “I will not leave this house until I have heard the stories of my companions.”

6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Long ago, there was an (a)________ (pre-modify the noun) king in England. He was tired of ruling and needed rest. He had (b)________ (pre-modify the noun) daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. He made up his mind (c)________(post-modify the verb with an infinitive phrase) among his daughters. But, at first, he wanted (d)_______ (post- modify the verb with an infinitive phrase) how much they loved him. Firstly, the king asked his (e)________ (pre-modify the noun) daughter how much she loved him. Goneril declared that she loved him (f) _________ (use an intensifier to post-modify the verb) than she could say. Lear, the king, was (g)__________(pre-modify the adjective) satisfied. He gave her one-third of the kingdom. Then he asked his (h) ________ (pre-modify the noun) daughter Regan. She replied that her love for him would never change. She was able (i) __________ (post-modify the adjective with an infinitive) him. So, the king gave another-third of his kingdom. Then, it was the turn of Cordelia, the (j) _________(pre-modify the noun) daughter of the king.

7. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

Self-confidence is essential to attain success in life. (a)_______ a person having self-confidence has won half of the battle. Self- confidence enables a man to prosper by creating some other virtues requisite for success. (b)_______ when a self-confident man fails to attain success, he becomes determined to reach his goal. This determination gives rise to some other virtues in him. (c)________ he becomes diligent. He does not yield to failure. (d)_______ he endeavours more in the process. (e)________ he becomes more sincere in his work. (f)_______ he becomes successful. (g) _______ a man devoid of self-confidence stumbles at every step, (h)________ – he loses vitality to go ahead. (i)__________ he does not try once more. (j)________ he is heard to curse his fortune. (k)_______ the brave who have self-confidence (l)_________ this process has been going on since prehistoric time. (m)________ we must follow the track of the greatest people. (n)_________ we have to be failure in life and lament.

8. Read the passage and then write the synonym or antonym of the words as directed below: 0.5×14=7

Morning walk is not only pleasant but also beneficial to health. In fact, walking regularly in the morning is a very good habit. It is the most advisable physical exercise for the aging and the old. In the morning, nature appears at her best. At that time everything remains quiet and seems impressive. The environment with birds and beasts becomes calm and serene. The people who go out for a walk in the morning cannot but be impressed by it. It helps to keep their mind jolly and jovial. It also sets their temper for the rest of the day.

(a) pleasant (antonym); (b) beneficial (antonym): (c) regularly (antonym); (d) advisable (synonym); (e) appear (synonym); best (antonym); (g) quiet (antonym); (h) environment (synonym); (i) beasts (synonym): (j) serene (synonym); (k) impressed (synonym); (l) jovial (antomyn) (m) temper (synonym); (n) rest (antonym).

9. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors:

Have you seen your mother Jerry I see her every summer She sends for me I wanted to cry out Why are you not with her How can she let you go away again He said She comes up here from Mannville whenever she can She doesnt have a job now.

Part B Composition Marks-40

10. Write an application to the Principal of Chattogram College, Chattogram for admission on TC. 10

11. Write a paragraph on ‘Smart Bangladesh around 200 words. 15

12. Write a compare and contrast paragraph on “Junk Food and Healthy Food” around 200 words. 15

16. Dinajpur Board 2024

ENGLISH SECOND PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 108

Time-3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part A-Grammar Marks-60

1. Complete the text with suitable prepositions: Marks 0.5×10=5

It is known (a) ______ all that one day all will pass away (b) _____ this earth. So, we have no escape (c) ______ death. One day we all _____ will roll down (d) _______ the icy lap of death. Because death is common (e) _____ all. So, we should not mourn (f) _____ the dead. But those who die (g) _____ the country are immortal. Thein memories do not sink (h) _____ oblivion. There is no medicine that can save a man (i) _____ death. So, we should always be ready (j) _____ death.

2. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box: 

(a)He headed for the new workplace _____ he received the transfer order.

 (b)_______ your new teacher ______? He is nice but a bit strict.

 (c)The Bangladesh cricket team dropped out from the tournament in the first round, ______ make it to the final.

 (d)I am trying to catch upon some sleep. You _____ turn off the TV.

(e)_______ she_____ ? She is tall and has blonde hair.

 (f)Although Lalon Shah ______ into a Hindu family, he grew up in a Muslim family.

(g)Nowadays we cannot think of a single day without cell phones but _____ was a time when even land phones were a luxury.

(h)My aunt is shy by nature. In social gatherings, she ______ stay alone than interact with others.

(i)_______ was a wonderful night. The sky was cloudless and full of stars.

(j)You _______ follow traffic rules. You cannot drive as you like.

3. Complete the following sentences with suitable clauses/phrases: 

(a)There goes a proverb, “Grasp all, ……… .” If you want to get everything at a time, you may end up in losing every thing.

(b) The first and foremost duty of a student is to study. Without — , you can never expect a good result.

(c) You never speak the truth. I will not accompany you unless you —.

(d) Early rising is good for health. You should rise early so that —.

(e) Self-help is the best help and Allah helps those who …………….. .

(f) Don’t be tensed for my return. ………. after I shall have finished my work.

(g)You ought to read your texts again and again with a view to —.

(h) You should remember that if you do not work hard, you will have a chance to fail in the exam. Work hard lest —.

(i) It is 10 O’clock now. Our train will start exactly at 11 O’clock. It is high time we —.

(j) My childhood was full of happiness. Would that —.

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs  as per subject and context:

We can’t help (a) _____ (rely) on English. Now, English is (b) ______ (use) as a common language for global communication. It (c) _____ (recognize) as an international language. English is important for (d) _____ (maintain) communication with our development partners. A good command over English as well as regular practices (e) _____ (be) essential for us. 80% information of all the computers (f) _______ (be) in English. With a view to (g) ______ (exchange) our views with the rest of the world, we have to (h) ______ (learn) English. Moreover, we (i) ________ (provide) with the good scope of (j) ______ (enjoy) the best books through English. English (k) ____ (be) now no longer the native speaker’s language. Now it (l) _______ (belong) to the world’s people. It is high time we (m) ______ (pay) more attention to English. Otherwise, we (n) ________ (lag) behind.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:

The class teacher said to the students, “Do you like to go for study tour?” “Yes,” said all the students. Then he said, “Take permission of your parents.” One of the students said, ” Let us go to Cox’s Bazar.” The Principal said, “May your journey be safe and sound.”

6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Rainy season is the proper time for (a) ______ (use a noun adjective to pre modify the noun) plantation. It is the time when (b) _____ (use article to pre modify the noun) environment is the most suitable one for the (c) _____ (use an adjective to pre modify the noun) growth of trees. We should plant trees according to (d) _____ (use possessive to pre modify the noun) suitability of the land. There are (e) _______ (use quantifier to pre modify the noun) fallow lands around us. We can plant saplings on (f) ______ (use a demonstrative) lands. Sea-beaches, low-lying areas, road sides etc. can be brought under the scheme of tree plantation. We can easily engage landless people (g) ______ (use an infinitive phrase to post modify the verb) the saplings and ensure their safe growth. The success of tree plantation programme requires (h) _____ (use article to pre modify the noun phrase) united effort. The Government, the NGOs and the educated section of the society should work (i) _____ (post modify the verb with adverbial) in this regard. Everybody should come forward spontaneously to contribute to (j) _____ (use a demonstrative to pre modify the noun phrase) noble campaign.

7. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old (a) ____ live on the street alone. My mother does not live with me. (b) _____, she does not want me. (c) _____, she told me to go away. (d) _____ , my mother is separated from my father. (e) _____ she is married to another man. Probably she is happy with him. (f) ____ , my father lives very far away. (g) ______ , I cannot go there. (h) ____ I want to go to him, he doesn’t take me either. I begged him to send to me some money (i) _______ I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting (j) _______ he hasn’t answered. (k) ______ , the streets are now my home. I used to do some works (l) ______ , collecting trash, selling ice-cream of a owner etc. I sold ice-cream of the owner but he gave me nothing in return. (m) _____ , I had to starve sometimes. (n) ______, my life is very hard without my parents.

8. Read the passage below and then write the synonym or antonym  of the words as directed:

Smoking is a very bad habit. It is a dangerous habit too. It is so dangerous and mortifying that it may cause cancer, heart attack, high blood pressure, chronic troubles and other serious diseases. Smoking tobacco products is a major health hazard. One puff of cigarette smoke contains fifteen billion particles of extremely poisonous things such as nicotine, methyl alcohol, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, arsenic and several other acids. These are all really very fatal and injurious to health. Nicotine constricts the size of blood vessels which impedes the normal flow of blood and oxygen in the body. It causes the heart to beat faster. Arsenic and tobacco tar are cancer causing agents in animals and human beings. Tobacco tar forms a brown sticky mass inside the lungs and it hinders the easy flow of blood. In short, the dangers of smoking are quite unlimited and all should avoid it to live a happy and peaceful life.

(a) dangerous (synonym) (b) mortifying (antonym) (c) cause (synonym) (d) major (antonym)  (e) fatal (antonym) (f) injurious (synonym) (g) impede (antonym) (h)   normal (synonym) (i) inside (antonym) (j) hinder (synonym) (k) poisonous (synonym) (l) unlimited (antonym) (m) avoid (antonym) (n) peaceful (antonym)

9. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the C following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors: 

Student: May I come in, sir 

Headmaster: Yes come in. 

Student: Good morning sir. 

Headmaster: Good morning. What do you want 

Student: Sir I want a transfer certificate. 

Headmaster: A transfer certificate Why do you need a transfer certificate Its the middle of the session.

Student: My father has been transferred from Dhaka to Khulna. 

Headmaster: oh I see. Cant you stay here for the rest of the session 

Student: Sorry sir, I cant. My father is unable to afford me here. 

Headmaster: Don’t you have any relative here? 

Student: No, I haven’t.

Headmaster: Where is your application? 

Student: Here it is, sir. 

Headmaster: Have you cleared your tuition fees? 

Student: Yes, sir. Here is the receipt. 

Headmaster: Meet the head clerk. 

Student: Thank you, sir.

Part B Composition Marks-40

10. Write an application to the Principal of your college praying for a seat in the college hostel. 10

11. Write a paragraph on “The Celebration of Pohela Boishakh in Bangladesh”. (Within 200 words) 15

12. Write a paragraph on “Premature Marriage in Bangladesh” showing its causes and effects. (Within 200 words) 15