SSC English First Paper | Unit Ten | Lesson: 2 | Dreams | What I dream to be

A. Work in groups. Read the following words. How are they related to dreams?

imagination, emotion, passion, obsessions, strong desire, colour, rosy, future, mind, brain, plan

B. Work in groups, and discuss the following questions:
1 Do you consider dreams important for life? Why/ Why not?
2 What do you dream at this moment as a student?
3 What, according to you is the dream of Bangladesh at present?
4 Give examples of some dreams that are commonly shared by Bangladesh as a nation.
5 Do you think the world has any common dream? What is that?

C. Listen to the Audio. Three persons are telling about their dreams. Take notes In the following grid to show what they plan to do and what they don't want to do.

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	plans to	doesn't want to
1. Catherine Aich
2. Masum Billah
3. Nirmal Drong

D. Listen to the texts again and check (✓/ x) the statements.
1 Masum Billah desires to study agriculture as his teacher suggests him to do that.
2 If Masum qualifies, he will get admitted to a university in his ^ rural area.
3 Catherine's mother died in a doctor's hand.
4 If Catherine's family had brought a trained nurse, her mother might have survived.
5 If Najmun Sultana came a few months ago, Nirmal could take admission to a foreign University.
6 If Nirmal's dreams come true, his near and dear ones will be more conscious about their rights.

E. Now make sentences from the following substitution table.

If Masum	becomes a nurse	he will be a leader in the field
If Catherine	deserves any merit	of education.
If Nirmal	has opportunities	she will serve her community.
If Najmun	called a trained medical person	she could save her mother's life.
Sultana	came to Nirmal's class a few days ago	he will be a farmer's friend.
		they could learn more.

F. Work in pairs and make sentences reflecting your own life using if clauses as in the table above.

G. Write a composition about some event in your life that has inspired you to have a dream. Then briefly describe the dream. Make predictions and possibilities.

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Lesson: 3 | They had dreams 1