Model Test
Shamsul Haque Khan School & College, Dhaka
SSC Examination
English 2nd Paper
Subject Code: 108
Full marks: 100 Time: 3 hours
[N.B. Answer all the questions. Figures in the margin indicate full marks.]
Part A : Grammar (40 Marks)
1. Complete the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use negatives where necessary. 1x5=5
[take - pray - offer - remain - keep - do - publish]
With extreme competition everywhere parents are constantly worried about their results. This is a common sight during the S.S.C Examination in thousands of families. Special prayers (a) —— in families having such an examinee. Parents (b) —— special care of their children. They make sure that their wards get along with studies without the slightest of problems even without mosquito bites. Parents shuttle to mazars and temples and (c) —— for the examinees. Sometimes they give cash money and kinds for their wards. Parents of an examinee usually (d) —— worried until the result (e) ——.
Answer:
Right form of verbs
(a) are offered;
(b) take;
(c) pray;
(d) remain;
(e) is published.
2. Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed. 0.5x10=5
Though newspaper is not always (a) —— unmixed blessing yet it is (b) —— most useful thing in modern life. We cannot think of (c) — day without it. To read newspaper is (d) —— good habit. (e) —— more we read newspaper, (f) —— more we can acquire knowledge. If we do not read it, we shall be like (g) —— frogs in (h) —— dark well. It is (i) —— looking glass of (j) —— modern world.
Answer:
Use of articles
(a) an;
(b) the;
(c) a;
(d) a;
(e) The;
(f) the;
(g) the;
(h) the/a;
(i) a;
(j) the.
3. Put a suitable preposition in each blank. 1x5=5
A huge number of Bangladeshi children are (a) —— their parents’ control. The parents are also very much indifferent (b) —— their children’s fault. As a result, many of them become involved in bad activities subversive (c) —— society. They don’t pay heed (d) —— their superiors. They even indulge in various dangerous habits. It seems that the sensible society is deaf (e) —— all these anomalous development.
Answer:
Appropriate prepositions
(a) beyond/out of;
(b) to;
(c) to/of;
(d) to;
(e) to.
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words from the list. 1x5=5
[when - if - and - but - what - so - though]
Man is the architect of his own fortune. (a) —— he makes proper division of his time (b) —— does his duties accordingly, he is sure to prosper in life. (c) —— he does otherwise, he is sure to repent. (d) —— it is late. To kill time is (e) —— culpable as to commit suicide, for our life is nothing but the sum total of hours, days and years.
Answer:
Use of linking words
(a) When;
(b) and;
(c) If;
(d) But/When;
(e) so.
5. Rewrite the following in the reported speech. 5
Omar (R) said to the woman, “Where do you live?” The woman said, “I live in a poor hut south end of this town. I am hungry but there is no food in my house. Will you give me something to eat?” Hazrat Omar (R) said, “Go home, I am coming with food and money.”
Answer:
Changing the form of speech
Omar (R) asked the woman where she lived. The woman replied that she lived in a poor hut south-end of that town. She added that she was hungry but there was no food in her house. Then she asked him if he (O) would give her something to eat. Hazrat Omar (R) advised her to go home and assured her that he was going with food and money.
6. Read the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in brackets. 1x5=5
(a) Poverty is the most undesirable problem in a person’s life (Positive). (b) It is a great problem of a country (Negative). (c) It destroys the dignity of an individual as well as a nation (Passive). (d) Bangladesh is a poor country but blessed with a lot of natural resources (Complex). (e) Proper utilization of these resources can eradicate our poverty (Interrogative).
Answer:
Transformation of sentences
(a) No other problem in a person's life is as undesirable as poverty.
(b) It is not a little problem of a country.
(c) The dignity of an individual as well as a nation is destroyed by it.
(d) Though Bangladesh is a poor country, it is blessed with a lot of natural resources.
(e) Can't proper utilization of these resources eradicate our poverty?
7. Add tag questions to the following sentences. 1x5=5
(a) We ought to love our country, ——?
(b) You’d rather go, ——?
(c) Open the windows, ——?
(d) He may excuse this fault, ——?
(e) Let us go there, ——?
Answer:
Tag questions
(a) We ought to love our country oughtn't we?
(b) You'd rather go, wouldn't you?
(c) Open the windows, won't you/will you?
(d) He may excuse this fault, mayn't he?
(e) Let us go there, shall we?
8. Complete the following sentences. 1x5=5
(a) He opened a bank account so that ——.
(b) —— he is honest.
(c) If you do not work hard, ——.
(d) It is high time ——.
(e) A patriot is he ——.
Answer:
Completing sentences
(a) He opened a bank account so that he could save money.
(b) Though he is poor, he is honest.
(c) If you do not work hard, you cannot prosper in life.
(d) It is high time we started the work.
(e) A patriot is he who loves his country truly.
Part B : Composition – Marks-60
9. Imagine that some days ago you witnessed a street accident and you were greatly shocked. Write a paragraph in about ‘A Street accident’. Answer the following questions in your paragraph. 10
(a) When did you witness a street accident?
(b) How did it affect you?
(c) How do you react when you read about street accidents in newspaper?
(d) Why do so many street accidents occur?
(e) Can they be prevented?
10. Write a composition in about 250 words on any one of the following topics. 15
(b) Newspaper.
11. Suppose, you are Simul, a student of class X in Barisal Zilla School. Your father is a government officer. Recently he has been transferred from Barisal to Dhaka. Now write an application to your Headmaster praying for a transfer certificate. 10
12. Suppose, you are Rina and you have been suffering from fever for a week. Now you are at the chamber of a doctor. Write a dialogue between you and the doctor. 10
Or,
Write down the summary of the following passage and give a suitable title to it.
People say, “Health is wealth.” Health is the soundness of mind as well as body. A healthy man or woman has a sound body as well as a sound mind. Without having one it is difficult to have the other. To build up your health and to maintain it you have to do certain things for your physical health and you have to eat proper food. Without eating a balanced diet you cannot remain healthy. Besides, without drinking clean water you cannot keep good health. You have to sleep properly. Without it you cannot maintain good health. You have to take proper physical exercise. Without it you cannot remain healthy. For your mental health you have to control your emotions. Without controlling it you cannot enjoy mental health. Above all, you have to have patience and respect for other people’s feeling.
Answer:
Writing a summary
Health is wealth
Health means a sound mind in a sound body. To keep in good health one should eat a balanced diet, drink clean water, take physical exercise, have a sound sleep and above all, should control one’s emotions.
13. Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a suitable title to it. 15
Once a lion was sleeping in a cave. A mouse was playing nearby. Suddenly the mouse jumped on the lion’s nose. For this it broke through the lion’s sleep. The lion became..............................
Story
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