Time
: 3 hrs. Marks.
75
Part-A : Grammar (
40 Marks)
1. Complete the passage with suitable
verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tense. Use negatives where
necessary. 1x5==5
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Keep
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send
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have
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remain
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leave
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join
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help
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Shakespeare (a) ______ to the Grammar school at
Stratford and (b) ______there till his 14. Then he (c) ____ to leave school (d)
______ his father in his business. At 18, he married Anne Hathway who was 8
years senior to him. However, she was not able to (c) _____ her husband out of
mischief.
2. Fill in the gaps with appropriate
preposition from the list. 1x5=5
It was late when I started for my home. While I was
walking (a) _____ the roads, it looked (b) ____ an unknown Dhaka. Some dogs
were lying idly (c) _____ the footpath. There was a busy traffic as it is often
found. (d) _____ The day time I stopped (e) ____ the neighboring park and took
a long breath. Suddenly a police car stopped before me and asked what I was
doing there alone at such late night.
3. Use
articles where necessary. Put a crops (X) where an article is not needed. .5x10=5
In many places in (a) ______ Latin America, being 45
minutes late for an appointment is not considered late at all. In this
situation (b) _____ apology would not be expected. If (c) _____ hour late, (d)
_____ person might offer (e) _____ mumbled apology. In Britain and (f) ______
USA punctuality is considered very important, (g) ______ British and Americans
have a regulation for punctuality and it is true that in (h) ____ business and
academic life keeping to time is (i) ______ accepted cultural value. However,
in their social life it is (f) _____ bit relaxed.
4. Fill
in the blanks with suitable linking words from the list. 1x5=5
What is education? If is much more (a) ______ the
knowledge we find in books. (b)______ a man is truly educated, he will have
shown (c) ______ to lead a happy and useful life and to be a good citizen of
the country in which he lives (d) ______ a good citizen of the world. He will
have learnt how to behave towards other human beings. By coming in touch with
the active minds, or his teachers and fellow students he will have discovered
(e) _____ kind of mind he himself has.
5. Re-write
the following in the reported speech. 1x5=5
"Skakil, where are you going? Said Bipul.
" I'm going to the playground to witness a football match. Why don't you
accompany me?" I can't . I'm going to the station to receive my sister who
is coming from Chittagong by Mahanagar Express." "Then you must hurry
up. I'll see your house this evening."
6. Read
the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed. 1x5=5
(a) Once a cook roasted a duck for his
master ( Passive). (b) The roast looked so delicious that the cook could not
resist the temptation (Simple). He ate up one of the drumsticks. (c) When his master sat down to eat. He quickly noticed
the missing leg (compound). He asked what had happened to the other leg. (d) The
cook told him that the duck had one leg only (negative). The master was not to
be fooled. He said that there was no such thing as a one legged duck. (e) The
cook insisted that this duck had only one leg (Simple).
7. Fill
in the blank with tag questions. 1x5=5
a) You are a student, _______? Yes, I'm.
b) You must have a daily routine to
follow, ________? of course, I have.
c) You never waste your time, ________?
d) No, never. I know, " Time and tide
waits for none," ______?
e) So, use your time properly, _______?
8. Complete
the following sentences. 1x5=5
a) I came here with a view to _______.
b) She behaves as if ________.
c) If I had money, ________.
d) Truthfulness is a great virtue because
__________.
e) The advantage of living alone is that
__________.
Part B : Composition ( 60 Marks)
9. Suppose, you are Runa, a student of
class XII. The Annual Sports competition of your college was observed a few
days ago. Now write a report on it. 10
10. Write a short composition on the Victory
Day, showing its historical attachment value and activities performed by the
people in this day. 15
11. Write an application to the principal of
your college praying for increasing more internet facilities. 10
12. Write a dialogue between two friends
about advantages and disadvantages of village and city. 10
13. Complete the story according to the
following clue.
There was a good king. He loved his country very
dearly. He also loved his subjects. His subjects had a great love and respect
for him too. Once his enemies invaded his country and fought against him and
drove him away from his kingdom. 15
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