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Mymensingh
Agriculture University High School, Mymensingh Test Examination—2023; English
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Part–A
: Grammar (60 Marks)
1. Fill in
the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the form of some
of the words. You may need to use one word more than once. .5´10=5
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the |
after |
of |
helping |
for |
are |
by |
upon |
a |
Man's
dignity depends (a) —— his hard work.
Man is (b) —— social being. He is to work (c) —— others. He should not feel
proud (d) —— his blue blood. He should help (e) —— people in distress. The man
he is (f) —— may be inferior to him (g) —— birth, but he is after all (h) ——
man. As human beings, all (i) —— equal. Man must die. But he may live year (j)
—— year through his work.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. .5´10=5
Most
of our young learners are often indulged (a) —— surfing Internet and keep themselves (b) —— in facebooking and
twittering. In this way, they just while (c) —— their time. Though this
involvement somehow (d) —— to develop their kill of using Internet, it kills
their valuable time which is supposed to (e) —— spent for their studies, for
games and sports, for other activities related (f) —— the development of (g) ——
social skills. So, there should have (h) —— limited access (i) —— internet browsing and some sort of
prohibition in using internet for
(j) —— young students.
3. Make five
sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below. 1´5=5
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B |
C |
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Newspapers |
gives
has are present |
us
news of home and abroad |
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It |
useful
to all section of people |
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They |
great
educative value too |
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really
part and parcel of our life |
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us
the outside world like a mirror |
4. Complete the following text with right forms
of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once. .5´10=5
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be |
take |
move |
go |
recover |
prosper |
waste |
shorten |
mean |
make |
A proverb goes that time and tide wait for none. Since
the dawn of civilization time is (a) ——. It (b)
—— any rest. It is never constant. Time once gone is (c) —— for ever. Lost
health may be regained by medicine and proper caring and nursing. Lost time
cannot be (d) —— by any means because nobody can stop the ceaseless onward
march of time. Life (e) —— nothing but the sum total of some moments. Nobody
should (f) —— time. Life (g) —— with the passage of time. One hour is lost. It
(h) —— one hour is gone for ever our span of life. Those who (i) —— proper use
of time, can (j) —— in life.
5. Change the narrative style of the following
text. 5
"I will pay for it," said he, "I
broke the axe handle down careless." "But no one hits accurately
every time, Jerry, Moreover, the fault was in the wood of the handle. I'll see
the man who I have bought it from," I told him.
6. Change the sentences according to
directions. 1´10=10
(a) Birds are one of the greatest gifts of
nature. (positive)
(b) Who does not love birds? (Assertive)
(c) We must be kind to them. (negative)
(d) They help to keep ecological balance. (interrogative)
(e) In winter birds come to our country from syberia. (complex)
(f) The birds eat up the insects which are
harmful for our crops. (simple)
(g) Birds beautify nature to a great extent. (passive)
(h) Very few living things are as useful as birds
for our ecosystem. (superlative)
(i) Birds are very essential. (exclamatory)
(j) Crow is the ugliest of all birds. (comparative)
7. Complete the following sentences. 1´5=5
(a) This is Bangladesh ——.
(b) The people of Bangladesh are friendly though
——?
(c) when
any one falls in danger, other ——.
(d) We work unitedly so that Bangladesh can ——?
(e) United we stand, ——?
8. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes
or the both with the root words given in the parentheses. .5´10=5
Honey
is (a) —— (nature) —— produced by honey
bees through (b) —— (collect) —— of nector from (c) —— (differ) —— flowers and
then stores them in the hive. But nowadays there are (d) —— (keep) —— who rear
bees in (e) —— (wood) —— hives and produce honey (f) —— (commercial) ——. This
is (g) —— (full) —— chemical and hazard-free activity with the support of the
Govt. and (h) —— (government) —— organizations (i) —— (approximate) —— 300 bee
keepers have been trained for honey (j) —— (produce) ——.
9. Make tag questions of these statements. 1´5=5
(a) Most of the students who fail in English do
not have strong foundation on grammer, ——?
(b) No, they read only to pass the examination,
——?
(c) Yes, teacher should motivate them to learn
the basic things, ——?
(d) Yes, they cannot help learning grammer, ——?
(e) No, moreover, practice is essential too, ——?
10. Complete the passage using suitable
connectors. 1´5=5
Morning
walk is a good habit for all classes of people. (a) —— it is a simple exercise, it is good for health both physically (b) ——
mentally. (c) —— the morning air is fresh and free from any kind of noise and
pollutions, it keeps us sound and healthy. Morning walk costs nothing (d) ——
gives more (e) —— we should make the habit of morning walk.
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following
text. 5
the
teacher said to the students have you heard the name of hajee muhammad muhsin
he was a great philanthropist he donated all his money and assets for the have
nots we should not forget such a man of great heart
Part–B
: Composition (40 Marks)
12. Suppose,
you have seen a vacancy advertisement in the
daily Prothom Alo for the post of
a senior officer in a private bank. Write a CV with a cover letter for the
post. 8
13. Suppose,
you are Mahir/Mithila. You read in JK Pilot High School, Sherpur. The students
of your class want to go on a study tour. So, you need permission of the Head
teacher. Now, write an application to the Head teacher of your school seeking
permission to go on a study tour. 10
14. You have seen that 'Dengue Fever' is taking away a lot of lives
from different districts in our country. Now, write a paragraph on "How to
fight against it and face it". 10
15. Write a composition on 'Science in Everyday
Life'. 12
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