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BAF SHAHEEN COLLEGE,
DHAKA Test Examination-2024 } English (Compulsory)– Second
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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. 0.5 ´
10 = 5
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of |
by |
at |
round |
a |
in |
the |
their |
body |
Every family
(a) ¾¾ village can plant few fruit trees in (b) ¾¾ backyard of (c) ¾¾ houses. Every family
can grow some seasonal vegetables (d) ¾¾ the kitchen garden.
Here are some vegetables which can be grown almost all the year (e) ¾¾. Two kinds (f) ¾¾ Amaranth, Lal Shak
and "Data Shak’ can be planted (g) ¾¾ any time and they are
full of vitamins and mineral salts. (h) ¾¾ producing more
vegetables and fruits we can get more vitamins and mineral salts for our (i) ¾¾. Every family can also raise poultry. (j) ¾¾ raising poultry we
can get more eggs and more meat.
2. Fill in the
blanks with suitable words. 0.5 ´
10 = 5
Once there was
(a) ¾¾ old king. He was averse (b) ¾¾ physical labour. As a
result, he grew very fat and could not move from one place to another (c) ¾¾. He called (d) ¾¾ a doctor. The doctor
could easily understand that the (e) ¾¾ of the king is the
root cause of his (f) ¾¾. He (g) ¾¾ that if he could
reduce the obesity of the king, the king would feel well. But the only way to
do this was to (h) ¾¾ the king to do
physical (i) ¾¾. The doctor was afraid how he could
ask a king (j) ¾¾ physical labour.
3. Make
five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below. 1
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Newspapers |
gives |
us news of home and abroad |
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It |
shows that it has |
useful to all sections of people |
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They |
are |
great educative value too |
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present |
really a 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. 0.5 ´
10 = 5
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realize |
set |
make |
behave |
teach |
praise |
be |
treat |
believe |
commit |
An ideal
teacher knows the art of (a) ¾¾. He (b) ¾¾ his lessons
interesting. His methods (c) ¾¾ convincing and
inspiring. An ideal teacher (d) ¾¾ his students like his
own children. He (e) ¾¾ the good work done by
them. If a student (f) ¾¾ some mistakes, he is
not very harsh to him. He tactfully makes the student (g) ¾¾ his mistakes. An
ideal teacher is never angry with his students. He (h) ¾¾ well with all. He (i)
¾¾ in simple living and high thinking. He never
(j) ¾¾ a wrong example before his students.
5. Change the narrative style of the following
text. 5
The man said to
the official, “Good morning, sir.” The Official said, “How can I help you?” The
man said, “I am looking for a job. Could you provide me one?” The official
said, “Sorry, we have no vacancy?’
6. Change the sentences according to
directions. 1
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(a) Campus violence
is a common phenomenon nowadays. (Interrogative)
(b) Every student of
the universities is a victim of it. (Negative)
(c) How horrible
campus violence is! (Assertive)
(d) Political
leaders use our innocent students as tools. (Passive)
(e) Many innocent
students fall victim to it. (Complex)
(f) Political will
is needed to solve this problem. (Active)
(g) Campus violence
is the worst of any violence. (Positive)
(h) It is sure that
campus violence is an evil. (Simple)
(i) No other
phenomenon is as harmful as campus violence for the students. (Superlative)
(j) People believe
that student politics should be stopped. (Compound)
7. Complete the sentences. 1
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(a) A cobbler was
happy to ¾¾¾¾¾¾.
(b) He had a
neighbour having ¾¾¾¾¾¾.
(c) He wanted to
help him by ¾¾¾¾¾¾.
(d) ¾¾¾¾¾¾ the cobbler lost
happiness.
(e) But for his
money ¾¾¾¾¾¾.
8. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes
or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis. 0.5
´ 10 = 5
The dead (a) war
was brought before the widow. She stood beside the dead body. She was (b) speech
because she was (c) whelmed with grief. All standing around the dead body
(d) called the good qualities of her husband. But she was still standing
(e) moved. She burst into tears when her child was given on to her lap.
She wept (f) bitter thinking of the (g) fortune of her child as
it had become (h) father. She also felt proud of her husband's (i) hero.
Her husband embraced (j) martyr.
9. Make tag questions of these statements. 1
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(a) A farmer is
useful for the country, ¾¾¾¾¾¾?
(b) In fact, we
can't think without him, ¾¾¾¾¾¾?
(c) It is a farmer
who provides us with food, ¾¾¾¾¾¾?
(d) He has hardly
any time to waste, ¾¾¾¾¾¾?
(e) So show him
respect, ¾¾¾¾¾¾?
10. Complete the passage using suitable
connectors. 1
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From my school
days I heard a lot about college life. (a) ¾¾ I was eagerly waiting
for the day. (b) ¾¾ the cherished day
came. It was the 26th October 1992. (c) ¾¾ I reached the
college, I found the whole college campus crowded by lots of young pupils. (d) ¾¾ all of them were
unknown to me. I felt very lonely. (e) ¾¾ I met one of my
school friends. I was relieved.
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where
necessary in the following text. 5
my lord he said
to the caliph in a humble voice I know i have done wrong and must suffer for it
but if i have the donkey i shall cause it a great deal of unnecessary suffering
Part-B : Composition
[40 Marks]
12. Suppose, you are
Rubi and you have passed SSC from science group. You have seen a vacancy ad for
the position of a lab assistant in a reputed school. Now write a CV with a
cover letter for the post. Your CV should not exceed one page. 8
13. Suppose, you are Sumon/Sumona and you are the
student of Khulna Zilla School. Your common room facilities are not sufficient
to meet up your demand. Now write an application to your headmaster on behalf
of the students requesting him to increase common room facilities as soon as
possible. 10
14. Write a paragraph in 250 words on "The
21st February". 10
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