English 2nd paper
Test-1
1. Fill in the blanks with words from the box. You may need to 0.5×10-5 change the forms of
some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once:
By Gentle The Big Way Of Visit hills Nature
The Kaptai Lake is located in the hilly district of Rangamati. This is the (a) _______ lake in
Bangladesh. The (b) ______ beauty of this lake is well-known to all. This huge lake stretches for
miles touching different parts (c) _____ Rangamati district. There are rows of high mountains all
around. Between the hills flows the lake water in a zigzag (d) _____. The bottoms of the (e) _____
are in water. When we look at them from a distance, it seems that (f) _____ hills are floating on
water. Being attracted (g) _____ its captivating natural beauty. Every year a great number of
nature lovers (h) ______ it. There is an arrangement for boat journey as well. A number (i) _____
colorful boats are ready to welcome the tourists. A (j) ______ breeze is always blowing. It cools
the tourists and soothes their minds.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
Students teachers' relationship is regarded as the relationship (a) ______ parents and children.
A teacher is next (b) _____ parents. Parents (c) ______ up children. On the (d) ______ hand, a
teacher guides the students to materialize their (e) ______. A teacher spreads the (f) ____ to
remove the (g) ______ of ignorance. As a (h) ______, a student can see the path of prosperity.
Thus a teacher helps build up a civilized (i) ______. So he is really called (j) _____ architect of a
nation.
3. Make five sentences using the parts of sentences from each column of the table below:
(a) Good health does not a vital role in attaining this wealth
mean
b) Bulky body makes the soundness of both body and mind.
(c) To be a healthy man one leads our life happy and enjoyable.
(d) Food habit should an unhappy life.
have
(e) An unhealthy man plays good health.
4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box:
entertain make wish become order
want be need take arrive
A birthday party is arranged to celebrate the day when one was born. It (a) _____ a happy
occasion. Recently its (b) ____ tradition to organize a birthday party. For organizing such a party,
one (c) ____ to spend both time and money. He/she starts (d) _____ preparation from some days
ago. A birthday cake (e) _____ earlier. Then, he/she invites his/her close friends and relatives.
Usually friends (f) ______ to miss such a party. On the appointed day, he/she puts on the best
dress and eagerly waits for the invited guests to (g) _____. After the arrival of the guests, he/she
cuts the birthday cake. By singing happy birthday to you, everybody (h) _____ him/her. The
guests are highly (I) ______ with delicious foods and snacks. Sometimes there is an arrangement
for music with a view to (j) ____ the party more enjoyable.
5. Change the narrative style of the following text:
Why are you putting up the foods in your pockets, sir? Why don't you eat?" asked the noble man.
"I'm doing the right thing. My dress deserves these foods," replied Sheikh Saadi." 't understand
what you want to mean and I'm sorry," said the noble man.
6. Change the sentences according to directions:
(a) How charming a moonlit night is! (Assertive)
(b) It presents a very beautiful sight. (Exclamatory)
(c) It dazzles our eyes and soothes our heart. (Negative)
(d) People of all ages enjoy a moonlit night. (Interrogative)
(e) Little boys and girls make merriment to enjoy themselves, (Complex)
(f)Everybody likes a moonlit night. (Passive)
(g) Though the moon gives us light, it does not have the light of its own. (Compound)
(h) Very few beauties of nature are as charming as a moonlit night. (Comparative)
(i) Unless one enjoys the beauty of a moonlit night, one cannot explain it properly. (Simple)
(j) In fact, a moonlit night is very pleasant. (Negative)
7. Complete the following sentences:
(a) 1971 is the year when ______.
(b) Bangladesh gained her freedom after _________.
(c) Our brave sons sacrificed their lives so that ___________.
(d) We should pay due tribute to those heroes who __________.
(e) Unless we work unitedly __________.
8. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or both to the root words given in the parenthesis:
Books are our best friends. They introduce us to the realm of (a) ____ (limited) knowledge. The
books of great (b) ____ (write) contain noble thoughts and great ideas. We can (c) ____ (rich) our
mind by reading books. The reading of books brings (d) _____ (perfect). No spiritual progress and
worldly (e) _____ (prosper) can be imagined (f) _____ (with) reading books. (g)_____ (true)
speaking, reading books is such a thing which has no (h) _____ (alternate). So, we should read
books on (i) ______ (vary) topics so that we may bring proper (j) ______ (develop) of our spirit
9. Add tag questions to the statements below:
(a) Many people hanker after money, ______?
(b) But money is not as valuable as morality, ________?
(c) Let us always keep this truth in mind, _______?
(d) Money can hardly bring happiness, _______?
(e) So, we should never have greed for money _________?
10. Complete the following passage using suitable connectors:
It is known to all (a) ____ gold is a valuable metal. There are many metals cheaper than gold
though they look like it. (b) _____ they glitter for sometimes, they fade away in the long run. In
our society there are also many people (c) ______ are outwardly very gentle and polished. Later
on, their real identity is revealed (d) ______ they do not exercise moral values. That's why people
say, "All (e) ______ glitters is not gold ".
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text:
what kind of stories did aesop tell said abdullah fables replied mr rahman do you know what
fables are no replied abdullah well continued mr rahman fables are stories with a message or a
moral.
12. Suppose, you are Rasheed Ahmed/Rasheda Rahman and after graduation you have
completed a course on computer. You have seen a vacancy advertisement for the post of a
computer operator in an organization. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the post.
13. Write a paragraph on "A School Magazine".
