Ideal School & College, Motijheel, Dhaka

 

Ideal School & College, Motijheel, Dhaka                                         English 2nd Paper

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 of the words. You may need to use one word more than once.       0.5´10=5

hinder

with

about

a

into

the

of

know

       Life is real but much (a) ¾ what (b) ¾ man learns from books is theoretical. Bookish (c) ¾ unless supplemented by practical experience, is not a help, but often a (d) ¾. Travelling furnishes one (e) ¾ an opportunity for acquiring that knowledge. Pope, the poet sang that (f) ¾ proper study of mankind is man. The traveller comes
(g) ¾ contact with various types of people, and if he moves about (h) ¾ the observant eye, and keeps the doors and windows (i) ¾ his mind open, he can acquire a lot of practical knowledge (j) ¾ men and things of the world which books alone cannot provide.
2.    Fill in the blanks with suitable words.        0.5´10=5
       The most significant event (a) ¾ in Bangladesh in the last century has been its (b) ¾ as an independent nation. Prior (c) ¾ that it experienced British Colonial rule until 1971 followed by (d) ¾ oppressive experience as East Pakistan (e) ¾ 1947 to 1971. The life of our people has often been (f) ¾ by tragedy. Floods have devastated our land and (g) ¾ waves from the sea swept (h) ¾ thousands of lives. Poverty has been an (i) ¾ present specter. As a result about 7% of the population suffer from various kinds of malnutrition. Rapid growth of population has added (j) ¾ this problem.
3.    Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.            1´5=5

Adversity	prompts enables is develops has	our latent power which enables us to prosper in life.
But it		its uses also.
This		us to know the real friends from false ones.
It		regarded as a curse .
It also		us to exert ourselves.

4.    Complete the following text with right form of the verbs given in the box.   0.5´10=5

require	achieve	go	regard	make
be	refine	derive	obtain	develop

       Education (a) ¾ as the yardstick of development. Development and education (b) ¾ hand in hand. Therefore, no development (c) ¾ without the advancement in the field of education. Obtaining degrees (d) ¾ the only aim of education. Redefinition of education (e) ¾ to make our people realize what the real education is. Real education (f) ¾ the mentality of men. It (g) ¾ the sense of humanity. It can (h) ¾ men sensible, reasonable and optimistic. It does not mean (i) ¾ certificates. Real education (j) ¾ from books only.
5.    Re-write the following in the reported speech :                    5
       "Stop! You are eating all our bread," shouted the two rats. "I'm doing my best but I've told you that it's difficult," said the monkey. "Give us that it is a little piece," said the monkey. "This is my piece. Haven't I laboured a lot for you?" "How foolish we are believing you!" said the two rats.                           
6.    Change the sentences according to the directions.      1´10=10
(a)   Long time ago, there live a young man called Ruplal. (Make it compound)
(b)   Didn't he live with his family and work on a farm? (Make it assertive)
(c)   It was a beautiful place but there were a lot of problems. (Make it complex)
(d)   The village people were not peace loving. (Make it affirmative)
(e)   Ruplal decided to go and live alone in the jungle in order to find peace. (Make it complex)
(f)    So, he collected his things and went to live by himself. (Make it simple)
(g)   Ruplal made a nice little hut for himself in the jungle. (Use passive voice)
(h)   I am very happy now. (Make it exclamatory)
(i)    My jungle hut is one of the most peaceful places in the world. (Make it comparative)
(j)    That night, while Ruplal was sleeping he heard a noise. (Make it simple)
7.    Complete the sentences.                                    1´5=5
(a)   We should make the habit of reading books so that ¾.
(b)   ¾ are a great source of knowledge.
(c)   Nobody gets perfection in life if ¾.
(d)   ¾ we can remove ignorance.
(e)   However, we have to read books if ¾.
8.    Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.                                                                             0.5´10=5
       You will lose your dignity because of your (a) ¾ (justify) activities. Your popularity will be on the wane and a sense of (b) ¾ (belief) will grow about you in the minds of the people. So, if you want to be a social worker, try to be (c) ¾ (trust) by being as good as your world. Moreover, you must be a (d) ¾ (self) worker.
(e) ¾ (selfish) is one of the demerits of your character. But most of the people suffer from this (f) ¾ (ease). It (g) ¾ (bitter) relationship among us. We must (h) ¾ (courage) everybody to be above (i) ¾ (person) interest and only then we can achieve (j) ¾ (flourish) in life.
9.    Make tag questions of these statements :                      1´5=5
(a)   Money is a must for our life, ¾?
(b)   One can do almost nothing without it, ¾?
(c)   But money can hardly bring happiness, ¾?
(d)   What you need to be happy is contentment, ¾?
(e)   Few people are actually happy, ¾?
10.  Complete the passage using suitable connectors.           1´5=5
       (a) ¾ I were a rich man, I would help the poor. People living under poverty line have the hope of better days (b) ¾ they do not get (c) ¾ they dream of (d) ¾ their condition is getting from bad to worse. The only thing (g) ¾ they need is nothing but education. 

11.  Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text. 5
       once my mother said to me who came to you my friend rafik mom she asked what did he want i said his mother is ill he needs some money i have given him five hundred taka my mother said nice
Part B : Composition (Marks 40)
12.  Suppose, 'Beximco Pharma' is going to recruit some medical representatives. It invites the persons who are experienced in marketing and sales. Now, write CV with cover letter for the post.                                                      8
13.  Suppose, you are Sadi/Sadia. You are a student of Ideal School and College. There is no computer club in your institution. Now, write an application to the Head of your institution for opening a computer club.                10
14.  Write a paragraph on 'Traffic Jam'.                    10
15.  Write a composition on 'A Journey you have recently experienced'.             12