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HSC English 2nd Paper

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Time: 3 hours   Full Marks:100

[N.B. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.]

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Part-A : Grammar (Marks 60)  

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. Put a cross (×) where an article is not needed. 0.5 × 10 = 5

Choosing (a) __career after (b) __HSC is an important issue in one's life. The thoughts of the most of (c) __students of our country are confined between medicine and engineering if they are the students of science group. The students of commerce group dream of becoming (d) __CA or (e) __MBA. The students of humanities choose between English Literature and Law in most cases. Beyond these, they hardly think of other opportunities. As for example, (f) __aviation is a very promising, prospective and booming sector. It is a very large sector since millions of people fly everyday. From (g) __pilot to a ground crew everyone is an inseparable part of it. Students can think of studying (h) __aeronautical engineering, doing BBA and MBA in aviation. They also can take (i) __job of air traffic control. All these professions are highly lucrative and glamorous. One can become a global employee and citizen by choosing those professions. Becoming (j) __part of the sky is very amazing, exciting and interesting, isn't it?   

Answer (1):

(a) a (b) the (c) the (d) a (e) an (f) × (g) a (h) × (i) a (j) a

2. Complete the text with suitable preposition: 0.5 × 10 = 5

Bangladesh needs to look beyond the West (a) __potential market. Experts (b) __a seminar urged Bangladesh to diversify its exports (c) __terms of products as well as markets and add more (d) __their products. Bangladesh needs to remain competitive when the jump (e) __a low income to a middle income country is only a matter (f) __time if the current growth rate sustains. It is a triumph (g) __our private sector that despite many limitations we have been able to grow. The fact that 80% of our exports are being supplied (h) __the RMG sector is not healthy symptom (i) __our economy. (j) __creating more export jobs in more sectors and growing new markets, there can be both direct gains for business and workers and a reduction in risks to the economy. 

Answer (2):

(a) for (b) in (c) in (d) to (e) from (f) of (g) on (h) by (i) of (j) By

3. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box. 0.5 × 10 = 5

There	What does ¾ look like	let alone	as soon as	was born
have to	What's it like	would rather	as if	had better

(a) In England, most school children__wear a uniform. Is it the same in Bangladesh?

(b) I__take a taxi than walk home. It's already too late.

(c) We__take an umbrella. It may rain.

(d) I can't remember the title of the book,__the details of the story. I read it many years ago.

(e) I don't like Keya's attitude. She speaks in a way__she knew everything. She should show respect to others.

(f) The tennis match restarted__the rain had stopped. It was a great relief for the spectators.

(g) __living in Hawaiian style? You seem to be very happy with your life in Hawaii.

(h) Baby: Mom,__a ghost__?

 Mom: Sorry dear, no idea. I had never been to any Ghost Island.

(i) Long ago,__lived a mighty warrior, Kubla Khan. He built an amazing alabaster palace in a deep, dark, and mysterious forest.

(j) Socrates was a great Greek philosopher. He__in 469 BC. He spoke against the traditional Greek beliefs and so he was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.

Answer (3):

(a) have to (b) would rather (c) had better (d) let alone (e) as if (f) as soon as (g) What's it like (h) What does .... look like (i) there (j) was born

4. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases: 0.5 × 10 = 5

(a) Had he been a little careful,__. But he was not attentive to his study at all.

(b) __is a great sin. So we should be truthful.

(c) All employees want to be__. But preference always remains everywhere.

(d) All on a sudden, he came to me__yesterday. But I was absent then.

(e) The rain has stopped. It is high time__.

(f) The present may be good, but__. So, we can take lesson from the past.

(g) __may be very fatal. It is going on for many days.

(h) __speaks that the student is not serious about his studies. But he is expert in playing cricket.

(i) Kith and kin are persons__. We should help them in their danger.

(j) A man cannot remember what__. Really we lose everything in course of time.

Answer (4):

 (a) Had he been a little careful, he would/ might have done well in the exam.

 (b) To tell a lie is a great sin.

 (c) All employees want to be promoted to higher position.

 (d) All on a sudden, he came to me from his village yesterday.

 (e) It is high time we started for the station.

 (f) The present may be good, but the past was better.

 (g) This year's flood may be very fatal.

 (h) The class teacher speaks that the student is not serious about his studies.

 (i) Kith and kin are persons who are very close to us.

 (j) A man cannot remember what happened in his early life.

5. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context: 

0.5 × 10 = 5

Three hundred years ago. Sir Isaac Newton (a) __(be) a great man of science. But he was very absent minded about small matters when he (b) __(think) about a problem. One morning Newton (c) __(get) up very early because Newton (d) __(work) on a very difficult problem. Newton was thinking about the problem so deeply that Newton (e) __(not, leave) the problem and went to breakfast. But, Mary, his housekeeper, (f) __(think) Newton (g) __(need) food. So, the housekeeper (h) __(take) a pan of water and an egg to his study. The housekeeper (i) __(want) to boil the egg and (j) __(stay) with Newton until Newton ate the egg.

Answer (5):

(a) was (b) thought (c) got (d) was working (e) did not leave (f) thought (g) needed (h) took (i) wanted (j) stay

6. Read the text and change the sentences as directed: 5

 Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world. (a) Once Taimur attacked the province of a powerful prince. (Make it passive) (b) He entered the kingdom of the a prince and captured a large village. (Make a question) (c) As soon as the prince heard the news, he came with a large army. (Make it a negative sentence without changing the meaning) (d)  The village was surrounded from all sides. (Make it active) Taimur was defeated. (e) Taimur disguised himself as a poor traveller to survive. (Make it a complex sentence) 

Answer (6):

 (a) The province of a powerful prince was attacked by Taimur once.

 (b) Didn't he enter the kingdom of the prince and capture a large village?

 (c) No sooner had the prince heard the news than he came with a large army.

 (d) Enemies surrounded the village from all sides.

 (e) Taimur disguised himself as a poor traveller so that he could survive.

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

My father looked at me angrily and wanted to know where I had been so long and why I was wasting time. After a moment he asked me if I would not appear at the final exam. I replied that I had gone to my friend's house to borrow an essential book but he had not been at home and so I had to wait for him. 

Answer (7):

"Where have you been so long and why are you wasting time?" my father looked at me angrily and asked. After a moment he said to me, "Will you not appear at the final exam?" "I went to my friend's house to borrow an essential book but he was at home. So I had to wait for him," replied I.

8. Identify the unclear pronoun references in the passage to make them clear: 5

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9. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces: 0.5 × 10 = 5

Michael was a poor shepherd (a) __(post-modify the noun with a present participle) in a village of London. He was an (b) __(pre-modify noun) man. His wife was also hardworking. They worked (c) __(post-modify the verb) to maintain the family. Michael took his sheep to the field (d) __(post-modify the noun with an infinitive). His wife wove loom (e) __(post-modify the verb). They had a son named Luke. They tried (f) __(post-modify the verb with an infinitive) their son perfectly. They taught Luke (g) __(post-modify the noun) things. He was (h) __(post-modify the adjective with an intensifier) dear to his parents. When he grew up, his parents planned (i) __(post-modify the verb with an infinitive) him to London. They sent Luke to London (j) __(post-modify the verb with an infinitive) their fortune.    

Answer (9):

(a) living (b) honest (c) together (d) to graze (e) at home (f) to teach (g) many (h) very (i) to send (j) to change

10. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following: 0.5 × 10 = 5

We earned our independence in nine months. There were many reasons that made our victory easier. (a) __we all were united at one point. (b) __it was a question of our survival and dignity. (c) __our freedom fighters were committed. They fought valiantly in the war fields. (d) __we had huge international support. (e) __the Pakistani soldiers didn't have any noble reason before them. They were killers. They were not natives of this country. (f) __they didn't have sufficient ideas about the communication systems, weather, or people's sentiment in this country. (g) __they had two superpowers behind them. (h) __, these superpowers could do very little directly for them. (i) __only in nine months the Pakistani soldiers had to accept the worst defeat the world had ever experienced. (j) __it can be said, the war of independence proved that no power can suppress the desire of the mass people. 

Answer (10):

(a) Firstly (b) Because (c) Secondly (d) Thirdly (e) On the contrary (f) Besides (g) However (h) But (i) Rather (j) Finally

11. Read the passage and write the antonyms and synonyms of the words as directed below: 

0.5 × 10 = 5

My feet failed to find a suitable crevice and I fell. My hands burned red as I slid down the rough rope, and the coarse strip of leather wrapped around my waist, bit in hand. At the top of the cliff face, at the gateway to the Debra Damo Monastery, an Ethiopian Priest sat with his legs jummed up against either side of the rock-hewn entrance; wrapped around his mascular arms was the other end of the leather strap that had kept me from crashing down below. Further up still, in the piercing blue sky above the jagged mountain, vultures circled around the 6th century stone church.

(a) fail (antonym) (f) gateway (synonym)

(b) suitable (antonym) (g) entrance (antonym)

(c) crevice (synonym) (h) strap (synonym)

(d) rough (antonym) (i) piercing (synonym)

(e) wrap (antonym) (j) jagged (synonym)

Answer (11):

(a) succeed (b) unsuitable (c) flaw (d) smooth (e) unwrap (f) entrance (g) exit (h) whip (i) penetrating (j) notched

12. There are ten errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Re-write the text correcting the errors: 0.5 × 10 = 5

The superintendent said, nobody would drive in the fog. Jerry said I came just before bed time last night and you hadn't come So I brought Pat some of my breakfast this morning I wouldn't have let anything happen to him. "I was sure of that I didn't worry" the authoress replied.  

Answer (12):

The Superintendent said, "Nobody would drive in the fog." Jerry said, "I came just before bed time last night and you hadn't come. So, I brought Pat some of my breakfast this morning. I wouldn't have let anything happen to him." "I was sure of that. I didn't worry," the authoress replied.

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Part-B: Composition (Marks 40)

13. Suppose you are a student of Dhaka Ideal College. You face some difficulties because of the large class size. So now, write an application to the principal of your college for providing multimedia facilities. 8

14. Suppose you are a reporter of The Daily Star. Now write a report on HSC exam which is going on at present. 8

15. Write a paragraph on "Reading Books". 10

16. Write a composition on "Natural Beauties of Bangladesh". 14