Govt.

Bangabandhu College, Gopalgonj

Test Examination-2019
HSC 2nd Year
Sub: English 2nd Paper
Full Marks:100 Time: 3 hour
Part A: Grammar (60 Marks)
1. Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles as necessary. Put a cross (x) where
an article is not needed. .5x10=5
We know (a)——– man is (b)———-rational creature. It is (c)———-rationality in him
which makes him (d) ———– different species. He can differentiate between (e)________
right and (f)______ wrong. This is why (g)_______ man is considered(h)_____ best creation
of (i)_______ creator of (j)_______ universe.
2. Complete the text with suitable preposition. .5x10=5
Patriotism is the quality inherent (a)______ a man. He feels a natural attachment
(b)_________ his motherland. It is essential (c)_____ the progress of a country. The
patriotic people are noted (d)_______ their patriotism. They are different (e)______ other
people. Their memories do not sink (f)______ oblivion. They are worthy (g)_____ praise.
They lay (h)______ their lives for the good of the country. They are aware (i)______ their
position in the society. They are celebrated (j)________ their patriotism..
3. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box. .5x10=5
wish in case has to was born need not what if
there as fast as would rather would you mind
(a) I _____ walk than take a taxi. There is traffic jam.
(b) I have prepared elaborate answers for the questions.
____ you don’t get enough time to write?
(c) _____ buy a ticket for me? I am very busy with a special task.
(d) I brought a lottery. I _______ I were a millionaire.
(e) We started very late. We walked _____ we could but we could not get the bus.
(f) You are going to London by plane. Write your name and address on your bag _____ you
lose it.
(g) Nelson Mendela ________ in Transket. South Africa, on 18 July 1918. He joined the
African National Congress in 1944.
(h) His father is well. He ____ go to a doctor.
(i) His father has died. He _______ look after his father’s business.
(j) _____ was an old goat that had seven little kids, and she loved them with all the love for
a mother for her children.
4. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words. .5x10=5
(a) Mita was an irregular student. The principle informed the matter to her parents so that
____.
(b) Parents should have more control over their kids. They must remember the wise saying.
‘Spare the rod and ______.’
(c) She got GPA-5 in the exam. When her parents heard the news , they _____ the Principal.
(d) He was running quickly towards home when he _______ and got minor injury.
(e) Be serious about your exam. Unless you _____, you will not able to make a good result.
(f) He wrote very quickly and finished the exam in time. The final bell rang after he
______.
(g) Sheikh Saadi put on______ that the nobleman did not take care of him.
(h) A little mouse disturbed a lion while it was playing. Though it _____the mouse go.
(i) He went to the fiend with a view to ______, but he could not play as a result of rain.
(j) I am very sick today. I wish I _______.
5. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and
context. .5x10=5
We can not change our society over night. It is true that there are many problems but things
are now (a)______ (change). We notice a great change in our economy. It (b)_____(get)
better day by day. But it is to be (c)_____(note)here that corruption (d)_____(be) the main
obstacle to (e)_____(progress). Despite this, the government (f)___(try) hard to run the
wheels of development. The first visual development (g)_______ (notice) in the agricultural
sector. Education system is also in a change but still there are problems. The courses
(h)_______(select) for different classes need to be made adjustable to the students.
Sometimes courses create pressure on the students. It is very hopeful that Bangladesh
(i)________(advance) much in infrastructural development. The long awaited Padma Bridge
(j)______(start) its functioning very soon.
6. Read the text and change the sentences as directed. 1x5=5
(a) A man who is frugal does not like to spend money without reason (Simple).
(b) The target of a frugal man is to save money for future(Compound)
(c) Everyone can practise frugality to make a well planed family. (Passive)
(d) He can save money, he can spend it in time of crises. (Complex)
(e) A frugal man is happier than a prodigal man.(Positive)
7. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. 5
One day Hazarat Omar (R) became shocked to see the sufferings of a woman and said ,
“Where do you live?.” The woman said , “I live in a poor hut at the south end to this town.
I’m hungry but there is no food in my house. Will you give me something to eat?”. Hazarat
Omar (R) said, “Go back home. I’m coming with food and money for you.”
8. Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary,
rewrite the sentence so that all pronoun references are clear. 5
One a summer day, becoming very thirsty, a lion and a boar came at the same moment to a
small well to drink. Those fiercely quarrelled which of them should drink first, and were
soon engaged in a mortal fighting. On his stopping on a sudden to take breath for renewal of
the fighting, it saw some vultures writing in the distance to feast on the one which should
fall first. They at once stopped the quarrel, saying, “That is better for us to make friends than
to become the food of crows or vultures, as well certainly happen if ourselves are disable.
9. Read the following text and use modifiers in blank spaces as directed. .5x10=5
Rabindranath Tagor was (a)____(pre-modify the noun) poet of Bengali literature. He was
born in a (b)_____( pre-modify the noun) family at Jorasanko, Kolkata. He went to school
(c)_________( pre-modify the verb). He wrote his (d)_______( pre-modify the noun) verse
at the age of eight. At the age of seventeen, he went to London (e)______( post-modify the
verb with an infinitive) school there. He was put in a lodging house under the care of a
(f)________( pre-modify the noun) coach, Mr. Scott. He was lucky (g)______( post-modify
the adjective with an infinitive) an English family of Mr. Scott. He also visited the House of
Parliament (h)_________( post-modify the verb with an infinitive) Gladstone and John
Bright’s debates on Irish rule. He wrote letters to Kolkata (i)_________( post-modify the
verb with an present principle) English society. At this, his family tought that they might
lose their son (j)_______( post-modify the verb). So he called back to kolkata.
10. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage.
1x5=5
Mobile phone has become an essential gadget for everybody (a)______ it has become very
popular. (b)____ it has created a number of problems. It has (c)______ advantages
(d)______ disadvantages. (e)_____ it helps to connect people. (f)_______ it helps to
exchange information. (g)_______ it can be used for various purposes. (h)_______ it has a
few disadvantages .(i)_______ can cause a lot of troubles. (j)________ its advantages are
more than its disadvantages.
11. Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed
below. .5x10=5
Books are men’s best friends in life. You may have many good fiends; but you do not find
them when you need them. They may not always come to you with sympathy . Some may
prove true or some may prove false and do you much harm. But books are always ready to
be your side. Some books will make you laugh some others will give you much pleasure.
Again some books will bring new knowledge and ideas. They are your ever friends
throughout your life.
(a)friend (antonym); (b) need (antonym); (c) sympathy (synonym); (d) prove (synonym);
(e)false (antonym); (f) harm (antonym); (g) laugh (antonym); (h) pleasure(synonym); (i)
bring(synonym); (j)idea(synonym);
12. There are ten errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite
the text correcting the errors. .5x10=5
how is your father rana said mr karim he is very well thank you replied rana i am glad to
hear that he is in good health said mr karim
Part B: Composition(40 Marks)
13. Suppose, you are Ruman/Rumana and you are a student of Govt. Bangabandhu
College, Gopalgonj. Write an application to Principal of your college to provide
multimedia facilities in your classrooms. 8
14. Suppose, you are a reporter of a daily newspaper. You have recently witnessed a
massive fire in your local market. Now, write a report on it in about 120 words. Give a
suitable headline on your report. 8
15. Write a paragraph on” The Uses and Abuses of Facebook” 10
16. Write a composition on “The Future of Bangladesh Cricket” Write within at least 200
words but do not exceed 250 words. 14