HSC Written Questions
Narration exercise: DR. ENGLISH
1. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
―Whose picture is it?‖ I asked. NAZIM | Khulna University
―A little girl’s, of course,‖ said Grandmother. Phone: +88 01725-379141
―Can’t you tell?‖
―Yes, but do you know the girl?‖
―Yes, I knew her‖, said Granny ―but she was a very wicked girl and I shouldn’t tell you about her.‖
2. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
―Follow my example,‖ she said as we shook hands, ―and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.‖ ―I’ll do better
than that,‖ I retorted. ―I’ll eat nothing for dinner tonight.‖ ―Humorist‖, she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.
Modifier question
1. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
Deforestation means cutting down of trees (a) —– (post-modify the verb). To meet up the basic needs of food and
housing, trees are being cut in large scale and thus it causes (b) —– (pre-modify the noun) imbalance. Besides, there
are some dishonest people who cut trees in our forest (c) —– (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb). The
(d) —– (use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) level is rising and many parts of the world are going to be
engulfed by the sea in near future. New areas of the world are (e) —– (use a participle to pre-modify the verb) turned
into desert as a result of deforestation. So, we must stop (f) —– (use a participle to post-modify the verb) down trees
unnecessarily. (g) —– (use a participle to pre-modify the noun) trees indiscriminately will be hazardous for our future
existence. If we destroy trees (h) —– (use an adverbial phrase to postmodify the verb) one day the country will turn
into a great desert. The (i) —– (use a participle to premodify the noun) temperature will cause green house effect.
Necessary measures should be taken (j) —– (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb).
2. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
Ayesha Begum has three sons and two daughters. Her husband was a (a) —– (pre-modify the noun) farmer who used
(b) —– (post-modify the verb by using infinitive) on other people’s land. With great effort they married (c) —– (use a
pronoun) daughters off by the time they reached teenage. The sons also started (d) —– (use present participle to
modify the verb) with their father as (e) —– (premodify the noun) labourers when they were old enough to help. By
the time they were seventeen, they left for towns (f) —– (use infinitive to post-modify the verb) money. At first they
used to send money to their parents (g) —–, (use an adverb to post modify the verb) but after getting married they
barely had enough to support their (h) —– (pre-modify the noun) families. Out of desperation, Ayesha Begum started
(i) —– (post-modify the verb) in the village to feed her old, (j) —– (pre-modify the noun) husband and herself.
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