Chittangong Board-2017

8. Chittangong Board 2017

English: Second Paper

Time: 3 hours

Subject Code: 108

Part A: Grammar (Marks-60)

1. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of some words. You may need to use one word more than once.

between	physical	an	for	beneficial
saying	of	Personality	participation	on

Sports are very essential (a) — us. There are various types (d) — sports. Among them cricket, football, volleyball etc. are very popular. All types of sports are (c) — to us. There is a relation (d) — the body and the mind.”A sound mind in a sound body,” is a wise (e) —. In order to win success in life, we should have sound health which depends (f) — regular (g) — in game and sports. Sports keep us (h) — fit. Sports exercise (i) — important influence in forming one’s (j) —.

2. Fill in the blanks suitable words.

A man of (a) — is respected always (b) — after his death for his (c) —. He is an (d) — person who devotes himself with a view to (e) — education in the society. He always (f) — people how to (g) — between right and wrong. (h) — fact, he is the authentic person (i) — the world should (j) —.

3. Make five sentences using parts of sentences from column of the table below.

Sincerity	are	indifferent to the importance of sincerity.
A sincere man	is	properly.
The great people	work	not aware of its importance.
The people of our country		also sincere to their work.
They		a great virtue.

4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box below.

have	try	buy	face
think	be	require	cheat

Price hike of household products (a) — now a problem for us. Every day we (b) — it. Most of our people (c) — low income are in danger. They (d) — of purchasing meat and fish as they (e) —. The price of vegetables is also high. We are to bargain (f) — simple product. Many times, the buyers (g) —. There (h) — a fixed price for every time. Then it (i) — possible to make the buyers free from harassment. Government (j) — to fulfill our expectation.

5. Change the sentences according to directions.

“How lovely the doll is! I’ll buy it,” said Mona. “No, it is not durable. Tomorrow we’ll visit another village fair. Then you can buy another doll. Let’s go now,” said mother. “You must buy me a good doll,” said Mona. “Yes,” replied mother.

6. Change the sentences according to directions.

(a) Who does not want to succeed in life? (Assertive)

(b) It is not an easy thing. (Affirmative)

(c) Being industrious, everyone can prosper in life. (Negative)

(d) The idle always lag behind. (complex)

(e) We must work hard so that we can earn money. (simple)

(f) By working hard, we can improve our lot. (compound)

(g) The light of prosperity can be seen by a hard-working person. (Active)

(h) Women should work as much as men. (comparative)

(i) We should remember that industry is the key to success. (passive)

(j) An idle man leads a very miserable life. (Exclamatory)

7. Complete the following sentences.

(a) He pretends as if —.

(b) It is high time —.

(c) Walk slowly lest —.

(d) — cannot succeed.

(e) Had I seen you before —. 

8. Complete die text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.

(a) — (Kind) is a divine virtue. So we should not be (b) — (kind) to the people in distress and even to (c) —- (low) animals. Some naughty boys (d) — (joy) beating the lower animals like dogs and cats. This is an (e) — (rational) behaviour. Animals are dumb (f) — (create). They are (g) — (harm) beings. Some animals are very (h) — (faith) and they feel no (i) — (hesitate) to risk their lives for our (j) — (protect).

9. Complete the following sentences using appropriate question tags.

(a) Fishes can swim, —?

(b) Once our rivers abounded with fishes, —?

(c) But at present the water of most of the fivers has been polluted, —?

(d) So, there is scarcity of fish, —?

(e) We must take measures to protect the rivers from being polluted, —?

10. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.

Global warming is increasing day by day (a) — deforestation. We cut down trees (b) — never think of planting more trees. (c) — human and other living beings are in the threat of extinction. Time is coming (d) — there will be no tree left for us. (e) — we have to face bitter consequences of deforestation.

11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text.

thomas alva edison a great scientist was born in 1847 in ohio america as a little boy he was inquisitive he always wanted to know how things were done very early in life he showed that he was full of curiosity a quality which is so important to inventors

Part B: Composition (Marks-40)

12. Suppose, you are Md. Saiful Bari and you have passed MSS in Mass Communication. You have seen a vacancy ad for the post of an English news caster in a renowned Satellite TV Channel. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the post. Your CV should not exceed one page.

13. Suppose, you are Shathi/ Sabuj, a student of pronner High School, Rangpur. You are facing some problems in your school library especially the inadequacy of books essential for preparing notes. Now, write an application to the Headmaster of your school praying for enhancing library facilities.

14. Early rising is a good habit. It has many benefits for our happy and healthy life. Now, write a paragraph in 250 words on “The benefits of early rising”. 15. Write a composition on “The Season you Like Most”.