English 2nd paper
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(a) He is not ––––– intelligent as you.
(b) People consider him –––––.
(c) Some people are honest ––––– others are not.
(d) Would you mind ––––– the door?
(e) Open ––––– page 50.
(f) Charity ––––– at home.
(g) Man proposes but God –––––.
Answer: (a) as (b) captain (c) but (d) opening (e) at (f) begins, (g) disposes.
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(a) Hurry up ––––– you will be late.
(b) I am not used to ––––– lies.
(c) ––––– is the mother of invention.
(d) ––––– his riches, he leads a simple life.
(e) Sin ––––– sin.
(f) Listen to ––––– I say.
(g) Everybody likes to ––––– praised.
Answer: (a) or, (b) telling, (c) Necessity, (d) In spite of, (e) begets, (f) what, (g) be.
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(a) You cannot ––––– doing the work.
(b) ––––– vessels sound much.
(c) A ––––– man catches at a straw.
(d) Oil is thicker ––––– water.
(e) To ––––– is human.
(f) He ran fast lest he ––––– miss the train.
(g) I would ––––– starve than beg.
Answer: (a) help, (b) Empty, (c) drowning, (d) than, (e) err, (f) should, (g) rather.
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(a) The house is too costly ––––– me to buy.
(b) Two years have passed ––––– I saw him.
(c) Barking dogs ––––– bite.
(d) All that glitters ––––– not gold.
(e) Necessity is the mother of–––––.
(f) Smoking ––––– on our health.
(g) ––––– there is life, there is hope.
Answer: (a) for, (b) since, (c) seldom, (d) is, (e) invention, (f) tells, (g) Where.
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(a) The sooner, ––––– better.
(b) I can’t help ––––– this.
(c) She spoke English ––––– the English.
(d) They found the sum –––––
(e) It is no good ––––– him for help.
(f) Try to follow –––––I say.
(g) A drowning man catches ––––– a straw.
Answer: (a) the, (b) doing, (c) like, (d) difficult/easy, (e) asking, (f) what, (g) at.
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(a) Sweet ––––– the fruits of adversity.
(b) What do children ––––– most?
(c) Read diligently lest –––––.
(d) A railway station is the place –––– .
(e) Many farmers are so poor that they cannot keep ––––– together.
(f) Empty vessels ––––– much.
(g) He behaved as if he ––––– a fool.
Answer: (a) are, (b) like, (c) you should fail in the examination. (d) where train stops, (e) body and soul, (f) sound, (g) had been / were.
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(a) Ice ––––– on water.
(b) His brother is ––––– M.B.B.S.
(c) Karim is too ––––– a boy to believe.
(d) The committee consists ––––– ten members.
(e) ––––– does not love her/his mother?
(f) He talks as if he ––––– a policeman.
(g) Open ––––– page 50.
(h) He speaks English like ––––– English.
Answer: (a) floats, (b) an, (c) dishonest, (d) of, (e) Who, (f) were, (g) at, (h) the.
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(a) He started earlier lest he ––––– miss the train.
(b) Please look ––––– the word in the dictionary.
(c) ––––– reading more, you cannot pass.
(d) He kept the man ––––– outside for a long time.
(e) I like the ––––– of the books.
(f) What cannot be ––––– must be endured.
(g) Can I ––––– something to your shopping list?
Answer: (a) should; (b) up; (c) Without; (d) waiting (e) stories; (f) cured; (g) add.
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(a) It is high time you ––––– him a good lesson.
(b) The girl could not ––––– shed tears.
(c) A little learning is a ––––– thing.
(d) She has been relieved ––––– the post.
(e) We left ––––– bursting into laughter.
(f) Hunger is the best ––––– .
(g) Can you not prevent him ––––– smoking.
Answer: (a) taught; (b) but; (c) dangerous; (d) from; (e) the room / the theater; (f) sauce; (g) from.
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(a) Open fresh air is ____ to health.
(b) He is fond of ____ cricket.
(c) The teacher is experienced ____ to make us understand the subject.
(d) He started early ____ he should miss the flight.
(e) The police are looking ____ the matter.
(f) A barking dog ____ bites.
(g) He is accused ____ theft.
Answer: (a) conducive / good, (b) playing, (c) enough, (d) lest, (e) into, (f) seldom, (g) of.
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(a) Walking is ––––– good exercise.
(b) Vegetables ––––– good For health.
(c) Shila is afraid ––––– insects.
(d) Bangladesh cricket team is sure –––––win.
(e) I ––––– traveling.
Answer: (a) a; (b) are; (c) of; (d) to; (e) like.
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(a) He started early ____ he should miss the train.
(b) He died ____ jaundice.
(c) Look ____ the word in the dictionary.
(d) She is ____ beautiful nor intelligent.
(e) The pen is mightier ____ the sword.
(f) My name and address ____ printed on the envelope.
(g) Jesmin is looking ____ the children.
Answer: (a) lest, (b) of, (c) up, (d) neither, (e) than, (f) is, (g) after.
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(a) Glass is made ––––– bottles.
(b) Could you look ––––– the kids while I go shopping?
(c) The meeting of the strikers passed ––––– quietly.
(d) Who ––––– there?
(e) We have ––––– arranged matters that one of us is always on duty.
(f) I won’t ––––– your selfishness.
(g) There was a knock ––––– the door.
Answer: (a) into ; (b) after; (c) off; (d) is; (e) so; (f) excuse/tolerate; (g) at.
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(a) When I saw his face, I didn’t know –––to laugh or cry.
(b) ––––– Rini was waiting, she read a magazine.
(c) It is a book ––––– three men and their dog on a boating holiday.
(d) God is good ––––– me.
(e) Seema is fond ––––– music.
(f) Do not cry ––––– stilt milk.
(g) I was annoyed, ––––– I kept quiet.
Answer: (a)whether; (b) While; (c) about; (d) to; (e) of; (f) over; (g) so.
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(a) He went ––––– great sufferings.
(b) She has given ––––– her all in charity.
(c) I remember ––––– given a toy-horse on my fifth birthday.
(d) No ––––– had he gone out than it began to rain.
(e) She has a lot of books; most of ––––– she hasn't read.
(f) I would –––––she went home.
(g) It was ––––– a good book that I couldn't put it down.
Answer: (a) through, (b) away, (c) the incidence when I was, (d) sooner, (e) which, (f) know when, (g) such.
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(a) If you ––––– told me before, I could have lent you my books.
(b) The more you read the ––––– you learn.
(c) He had hardly reached the station ––––– the train left.
(d) She saved money with a view ––––– visiting her old friends.
(e) You cannot get a good job ––––– you learn English well.
(f) We could not contact as many people ––––– we wanted.
(g) A city ––––– is set on a hill cannot be hid.
Answer: (a) had, (b) more, (c) when, (d) to, (e) unless, (f) as, (g) which.
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(a) The plane arrived ––––– time at 3 p.m.
(b) I won’t go to the concert, ––––– if you pay for me.
(c) He is not ––––– tall as his father.
(d) Between you and ––––– , this should be an easy task.
(e) He did not believe it, ––––– did I.
(f) Honor and glory ––––– his reward.
(g) She ruled ––––– the country wisely.
Answer: (a) on; (b) even; (c) as; (d) me; (e) nor; (f) is; (g) over.
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(a) A little learning is a ––––– thing.
(b) Do you hanker ––––– wealth?
(c) We are waiting for the –––––.
(d) It is easy to say but ––––– to do.
(e) ––––– you kindly give me the book?
(f) ––––– do you feel now?
(g) Where there is a will, there is a –––––.
Answer: (a) dangerous; (b) after; (c) train; (d) difficult; (e) Would; (f) How; (g) way.
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(a) Bread and butter ––––– my favourite food.
(b) Neither of the men ––––– selected for the post.
(c) It ––––– a hot day, I remained in my tent.
(d) The police could not ––––– firing.
(e) The Bay of Bangal is ––––– the south of Bangladesh.
(f) I wish Rahman ––––– here now.
(g) He feeds his dog ––––– mutton bones.
Answer: (a) is ; (b) is ; (c) being; (d) help; (e) to; (f) were; (g) on.
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(a) Would you mind ––––– to New Market?
(b) It has been raining –––––morning.
(c) Had I the ––––– of a bird!
(d) He read so seriously ––––– he did well in the examination.
(e) We cannot do ––––– money.
(f) I wish I ––––– a milionaire.
(g) The doctor ––––– the pulse of the patient.
Answer: (a) going; (b) since; (c) wings; (d) that; (e) without; (f) were; (g) felt.
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(a) I feel ––––– crying.
(b) He found the bag ––––– .
(c) ––––– said than done.
(d) Rina cannot sing well, –––––she?
(e) It was so ––––– of you that you visited our place last week.
(f) Why ––––– you look so shattered today?
(g) Rahim considered ––––– useless to consult a doctor.
Answer: (a) like; (b) empty; (c) Easier; (d) can; (e) kind; (f) can; (g) it.
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(a) He came at the eleventh ––––– .
(b) They will play ––––– there is no rain.
(c) To eradicate poverty is a mammoth–––––.
(d) You had ––––– leave the place.
(e) ––––– of the pictures is yours?
(f) I saw them ––––– cricket.
(g) He ran fast ––––– he should miss the train.
(h) ––––– you mind opening the door.
Answer: (a) hour; (b) if; (c) task; (d) better; (e) Which; (f) playing; (g) lest, (h) Would.
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(a) Would you mind ––––– a folk song.
(b) The higher the post the ––––– the responsibilities.
(c) I told her everything lest she ––––– misunderstand me.
(d) It took me full one hour ––––– reach the station.
(e) He is intelligent ––––– to understand the question.
(f) This team is as strong ––––– its opponent.
(g) The bag was ––––– heavy for her to carry.
Answer: (a) singing; (b)greater; (c) should; (d) to; (e) enough; (f) as; (g) too.
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(a) I have money ––––– to buy a car.
(b) Man ––––– God disposes.
(c) How ––––– you look so shattered today?
(d) He wept as ––––– he had been a child.
(e) At once he blew out all the ––––– .
(f) ––––– said than done.
(g) Be clean in money matters ––––– you should be misunderstood by people.
Answer: (a) enough; (b) proposes; (c) do; (d) if; (e) lights; (f) Easier; (g) lest.
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(a) He refrained me ––––– passing any comment.
(b) I know ––––– he expects.
(c) He behaved as if he ––––– a fool.
(d) Read attentively lest you ––––– fail.
(e) Empty vessels ––––– much.
(f) ––––– reading more you cannot pass.
(g) Please look –––– the word in the dictionary.
Answer: (a) from, (b) what, (c) had been, (d) should, (e) sound, (f) Without, (g) up.
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(a) He is strong ––––– to carry this heavy bag.
(b) Cross ––––– the line.
(c) He cannot pass in the third division ––––– first division.
(d) ––––– before you leap.
(e) Strike while the ––––– is hot.
(f) The clock ––––– 3.
(g) I wish today ––––– Friday.
Answer: (a) enough, (b) out, (c) let alone, (d) Look, (e) iron, (f) strikes, (g) were.
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(a) The rainy season has ––––– in.
(b) To ––––– is human.
(c) I would ––––– starve than beg.
(d) Man ––––– in deeds.
(e) His hopes were ––––– in the bud.
(f) Tagore was ––––– Noble prize.
(g) Freedom is the ––––– right of a man.
Answer: (a) set, (b) err, (c) rather, (d) lives, (e) nipped, (f) awarded, (g) birth.
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(a) A lie does not remain ––––– for long.
(b) He keeps good ––––– with his neighbors.
(c) Time once ––––– is gone for ever.
(d) A truthful boy does not ––––– to lie.
(e) The police could not –––––firing.
(f) A ––––– in time saves nine.
(g) Man has no escape ––––– death.
Answer: (a) hidden, (b) relation, (c) gone, (d) fall victim, (e) help, (f) stitch, (g) from.
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(a) The ––––– rose in her.
(b) Jhuma is ––––– pretty an intelligent.
(c) Hardly had we reached the station ––––– it started to rain.
(d) He tried his ––––– to do the work.
(e) Muna could not decide ––––– she should do next.
(f) It is high time we –––– our livelihood.
(g) ––––– is right.
Answer: (a) mother, (b) both, (c) when, (d) best, (e) what, (f) earned, (g) Might.
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(a) There is none ––––– the room.
(b) He laughed ––––– me.
(c) A barking dog ––––– bites.
(d) There is no unmixed ––––– on the earth.
(e) ––––– of any thing is very bad.
(f) Empty vessel ––––– much.
(g) Divide the mango ––––– the brothers.
Answer: (a) in, (b) at, (c) seldom, (d) blessing, (e) Excess, (f) sounds, (g) among.
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(a) They never boast ––––– money.
(b) The book is worth ––––– .
(c) Check the ––––– in you.
(d) Heavy rainfall often ––––– flood.
(e) Kamal is comparatively ––––– today.
(f) He took Logic ––––– History.
(g) He agreed ––––– the proposal.
Answer: (a) of, (b) reading, (c) beast, (d) causes, (e) well / good, (f) instead of, (g) to.
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(a) It is high you ––––– the work.
(b) The load is ––––– heavy for me to carry.
(c) No one knows ––––– will happen next.
(d) Although he is poor, he is ––––– .
(e) I have been ill ––––– Monday last.
(f) He prefers tea ––––– coffee.
(g) Rupa cannot ––––– writing the letter.
Answer: (a) finished, (b) too, (c) what, (d) honest, (e) since, (f) to, (g) help.
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(a) The house is too costly ––––– me to buy.
(b) I ––––– rather starve than steal.
(c) It is ten years ––––– I saw you last.
(d) All that glitters ––––– not gold.
(e) Necessity is the mother of –––––.
(f) Smoking ––––– upon our health.
(g) ––––– there is life, there is hope.
Answer: (a) for, (b) would, (c) since, (d) is, (e) invention, (f) tells, (g) Where.
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(a) The load is so heavy ––––– he can not carry it.
(b) I walked fast ––––– I should miss the train.
(c) It is they who ––––– done the work.
(d) Do you believe ––––– honesty is the best policy?
(e) ––––– you work hard, you can not prosper.
(f) He pretends as if he ––––– everything.
(g) ––––– there is a will, there is a way.
Answer: (a) that, (b) lest, (c) have, (d) that, (e) Unless, (f) knew, (g) Where.
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(a) He speaks as if he ––––– a leader.
(b) It is high time we ––––– our decision.
(c) A stich in time ––––– nine.
(d) I know where he ––––– .
(e) We had reached the station ––––– the rain came.
(f) Either Karim or his brother ––––– done the work.
(g) I know ––––– he has come late.
Answer: (a) were, (b) took, (c) saves, (d) lives, (e) before, (f) has, (g) why.
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(a) We eat so that we ––––– live in the world.
(b) No sooner had he reached the station ––––– it started raining.
(c) Do you know the boy ––––– came here.
(d) He behaved as though he ––––– a leader.
(e) Necessity is the ––––– of invention.
(f) No one knows what will happen ––––– .
(g) Everybody does not know ––––– to swim.
Answer: (a) can/may, (b) than, (c) who, (d) were, (e) mother, (f) tomorrow, (g) how.
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(a) The milk was ––––– hot that I could not drink it.
(b) He worked hard so that he ––––– do the work.
(c) Read diligently lest you ––––– fail.
(d) Scarcely had we left the school premises ––––– it began raining.
(e) It is he who ––––– done the work.
(f) I am sure that he ––––– be victorious.
(g) Do you know the boy ––––– stood first in the examination.
Answer: (a) so, (b) could, (c) should, (d) when, (e) has, (f) will, (g) who.
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(a) ––––– you walk fast, you will miss the train.
(b) We eat so that we ––––– live in the world.
(c) No sooner ––––– he reached the station than it started raining.
(d) Do you know the boy ––––– came here.
(e) He behaved ––––– he were a leader.
(f) The rain started ––––– I had reached the school.
(g) Everybody does not know ––––– to draw a picture.
Answer: (a) Unless, (b) can/may, (c) had, (d) who, (e) as though, (f) after, (g) how.
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(a) Everybody does not know ––––– to swim.
(b) It is high time we ––––– the problem.
(c) The building looks as if it ––––– the royal place.
(d) He speaks as though he ––––– a mad.
(e) As you sow, so shall you––––– .
(f) Neither Karim ––––– Rahim went to Dhaka.
(g) All that ––––– is not gold.
Answer: (a) how, (b) solved, (c) were, (d) were, (e) reap, (f) nor, (g) glitters.
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(a) Everyday knows ––––– Kazi Nazrul Islam was born.
(b) He does not know ––––– Hasan came here.
(c) The more you read, the ––––– you will learn.
(d) This is the book ––––– I bought the last year.
(e) If I went there, I ––––– meet him.
(f) ––––– the boy was not meritorious, he passed the SSC examination.
(g) Scarcely had we left the school premises ––––– it began raining.
Answer: (a) where, (b) why, (c) more, (d) which, (e) could, (f) Though, (g) when.
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(a) Necessity knows know––––– .
(b) Hasib behaves as if he were a ––––– .
(c) A man who is drowning ––––– at a straw.
(d) United we stand, divided we––––– .
(e) It is high time we ––––– the problem.
(f) Unless you are attentive to your studies, you ––––– secure A grade.
(g) When the rain stopped, the boys started ––––– .
Answer: (a) law, (b) mad, (c) catches, (d) fall, (e) solved, (f) will not, (g) playing.
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