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Rajshahi Govt. Girls'
High School‚ Rajshahi Test
Examination–2023; Paper II |
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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 forms of
some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once. .5´10=5
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not |
mean |
than |
keep |
avoid |
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stop |
upon |
depend |
be |
a |
Overeating
(a) —— taking too
much food (b) —— one needs. We eat (c) —— to overload our stomach but to
maintain (d) ——, sound health. A sound health (e) —— on eating habits to some
extent. Overeating tells (f) —— our health. By (g) —— aware, the habit of
overeating can be (h) ——. With a view to (i) —— our body fit, we should (j) ——
taking to much food.
2. Fill in
the blanks with suitable words. .5´10=5
Newspapers
in Bangladesh have constantly (a) —— our attention to the (b) —— safety
measures provided by (c) —— garments factories. They (d) —— adequate space, (e)
—— staircases and (f) —— exits. (g) —— addition, most of the garment (h) —— do
not have any training (i) —— fire safety. At least 140 garment employees were
(j) —— in fire related incidents.
3. Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of
the table below. 1´5=5
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Once there |
lived |
a
king in a certain kingdom |
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He |
happened |
to
know about his future from him |
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One day, a famous astrologer |
was |
on
him |
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called |
fond
of knowing his future from astrologer |
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wanted |
to
stop at his capital |
4. Complete
the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. .5´10=5
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describe |
fill |
neglect |
keep |
known |
bring |
centre |
be |
write |
receive |
Mother
has just (a) —— an adverse report about you from your headmaster. He (b) ——
that of late you have been (c) —— your studies and have been (d) —— away from
school. Words cannot (e) —— the shock, the report has (f) —— to us. You (g) ——
mother has none but you and I. So, all her worldly hopes (h) —— mainly round
you. Naturally, she has (i) —— so much upset that you would have been (j) ——
with repentance if you were here to see her condition.
5. Change
the narrative style of the following text. 5
"Where are you right now?" "Why?" "I
heard of an accident in your office. So, I got worried," said the father.
"Oh, I see, I am safe in my office. Don't worry," said the son.
6. Change
the sentences according to direction. 1´10=10
(a) Very few
virtues in life are as great as sincerity. (Use comparative degree)
(b) Sincerity
is the root of success of all works. (Make it complex)
(c) One can
go a long way if one does anything with sincerity. (Make it simple)
(d) Being
sincere, successful people are capable of making anything easily. (Make it
compound)
(e) The
great men are very sincere. (Make it exclamatory)
(f) Some
people do not follow the rules of sincerity. (Use passive voice)
(g) They are
unaware of the benefit of sincerity. (Make it negative/without changing
meaning)
(h) They do
not know the benefit of sincerity. (Make it interrogative)
(i) Insincerity
should be avoided. (Use active voice)
(j) So, we
should not be insincere in our life. (Make it affirmative sentence)
7. Complete
the following sentences. 1´5=5
(a) Return
the book to me when ——.
(b) How can
I help you provided that ——.
(c) Gulliver's
Travels written ——.
(d) He
returned library having ——.
(e) He
pretended as though ——.
8. Complete
the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the
parenthesis. .5´10=5
Good marks in the examination
are (a) —— (obtain) —— if your answer is to the point. (b) —— (relevant) ——
answers may not carry any mark. (Good handwriting is a factor. (c) —— (legible)
answers will create a bad (d) —— (impress) about your (e) —— (perform) ——. As
(f) —— (examine) —— do not award good marks to (g) —— (proper) —— answers, you
must be very
(h) —— (care) —— about writing answers to the questions. Besides, (i) ——
(revise) —— of answers is also important. All these things will (j) —— (sure)
—— you a good result.
9. Make tag
questions of these statements.
1´5=5
(a) Reza
along with his friends sought it, ——?
(b) He'd
have done it earlier, ——?
(c) It is he
who thought little about it, ——?
(d) The
Headmaster and Secretary sent for him, ——?
(e) The
father peeped in him seeing the helpless child, ——?
10. Complete
the passage using suitable connectors. 1´5=5
Life on earth depends on the sun. Day after day we see its
light (a) —— feel
its warmth. (b) —— we don't often consider their origin. (c) —— there are many
remarkable things about the sun. One is its distance from earth; about ninety
three million miles. A journey of this distance, (d) —— it could be made, would
take several hundred years. (e) —— the temperature of the sun is about ten
thousand degree Fahrenheit, we receive only a small fraction of this heart.
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where
necessary in the following text. 5
surely
this is the most auspicious day of my life he thought please come in sister
said the girl who had opened the door and let this weary porter put down his
burden
Part B : Composition (40 Marks)
12. Suppose,
you want to apply for the post of an Office Assistant. Now, make a CV with a
cover letter for the post. Your CV should not exceed one page. 8
13. Suppose,
the students of your school suffer much from excessive heat. Now, write an
application to the Headmaster for hanging some electric fans in the classroom. 10
14. Suppose,
you always remember your first day at school. Now, write a paragraph in 250
words on "Your First Day at School". 10
15. Write a
composition about "Discipline". 12
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