Faridpur Govt. Girls' High School, Faridpur Test Examination—2023; English : Paper II (2024)

Part–A: Grammar (60 Marks)

1. Fill inthe blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms ofsome of the words. You may need to use one word more than once. .5´10=5

Self-controlis (a) —— root of all virtues. Let (b)—— man give rein (c) —— his impulses and passions and (d) —— that moment heyields (e) —— his moral freedom. His carried along (f) —— current of life andbecomes (g) —— salve of his strongest (h) —— for the time being. To be morallyfree, to be more than an animal (i) —— man must be able to resist hisinstinctive impulse and this can only be done by the (j) —— of self-control.

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. .5´10=5

Denguefever is a (a) —— fever. It is a (b) ——disease. A (c) —— called Aedes carries in virus of this fever. Though it wasfirst found in Africa, it has (d) —— all over the world. It lays eggs on (e) ——water in bottles, green coconut, etc. If it bites a healthy man, dengue virus(f) —— into his body. He feels severe (g) —— all over his body and severeheadache. If the (h) —— of this disease is found, we must (i) —— a good doctorand take medicines as per his or her advice. In Bangladesh, this dengue feverhas (j) —— out in an epidemic form this year.

3. Make fivesentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below. 1´5=5

4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs givenin the box. .5´10=5

Priceof essential is such a crucial factor that it directly (a) —— the life and living of the majoritypeople. The measures so far (b) —— by the government (c) —— appreciation fromthe people. But it is (d) —— by despair as the majority of the people (e) ——under the crushing burden of (f) —— prices. It (g) —— that the business syndicate(h) —— the market prices and the retailers (i) —— out of their evil mechanism.Moreover, the police are (j) —— to have been involved in illegal extortion.

5. Change the narrative style of the following text. 5

"Haveyou cut off your hair?" asked Jim. "Cut of and sold it," saidDella. "Don't you like me just as well anyhow? I am me, without my hair,aren't I?" Jim looked about the room curiously. "You say your hair isgone?" he said, with an air almost of idiocy.

6. Change the sentences according to directions. 1´10=10

(a) Terrorismis a devastating phenomenon of the modern world. (Exclamatory)

(b) Atpresent, it is called a challenge to fight against it. (Active)

(c) Who isnot now in the threat of violence? (Assertive)

(d) Terrorismis more disastrous than anything. (Positive)

(e) It isone of the most corrosive problems of the modern world. (Comparative)

(f) Nobodywants his children to be terrorist in future. (Interrogative)

(g) Thoughthere is law to punish the terrorists, it is not properly applied. (Simple)

(h) Byapplying the law properly, we can get rid of it. (Complex)

(i) We haveto create social awareness to fight against corruption. (Compound)

(j) We allshould avoid the killers of mankind. (Negative)

7. Complete the following sentences. 1´5=5

(a) If youdon't waste your time, ——.

(b) This isthe man whom ——.

(c) —— Iwere a child again.

(d) —— werelove is thin.

(e) The boyis so weak in mathematics ——.

8. Completethe text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in theparenthesis. .5´10=5

Everybodyis (a) —— (like) —— to be impressedwith the (b) —— (majesty) —— beauty of the setting sun. The (c) —— (impress) ——may differ from man to man according to man, according to his feelings, likesor (d) —— (likes) ——. Even if somebody is mentally (e) —— (retard) —— or hasphysical (f) —— (deform) ——, he or she (g) —— (joy) —— such a sight. It is (h)—— (possible) —— to resist the (i) —— (tempt) —— of witnessing the beauty ofthe setting sun. We become grateful to the (j) —— (create) —— for creating sucha wonderful universe.

9. Make tag questions of these statements. 1´5=5

(a) Many aboy was present there, ——?

(b) What hesays may be true, ——?

(c) He letus enter into the house, ——?

(d) Shehardly hurt other, ——?

(e) Thefather rose in him to see the pathetic scene, ——?

10. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. 1´5=5

Theparagraph and the essay are different from each other. (a) —— there are some similarities between them. (b) ——, the paragraph has atopic sentence to introduce the main idea. Secondly, it has a number ofsentences in the middle to develop that main idea. (c) —— there is a concludingsentence in it to bring the main idea to a close. (d) ——, the essay alsoconsists of a beginning, a middle and an end. It is, (e) ——, obvious that theparagraph and the essay share some common features in respect of thestructures.

11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the followingtext. 5

followmy example she said as we shook hands and never eat more than one thing forluncheon ill do better than that i retorted ill eat nothing for dinner tonighthumorist she cried gaily jumping into a cab.

Part–B: Composition (40 Marks)

12. Suppose,you are Anita of 3/5, Jhiltuli, Faridpur and passed MSc in Computer Science.You have seen a vacancy ad for the position of an IT Officer in a mobilecompany. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the post. 8

13. Suppose,you are Shinthia of class X of ABC High School, Rajbari, Now, write anapplication to your Head Teacher to make the school campus Dengue free. 10

14. Write aparagraph in about 250 words on "Deforestation." 10

15. Write a composition in about 300 words on"The profession you like most." 12