<p><strong>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</strong></p> <p><img alt="" src="/ckfinder/userfiles/images/print/2016/print-2016/July/26-07-2016/kalerkantho_study_1.jpg" style="height:25px; margin-left:12px; margin-right:12px; width:300px" /></p> <p>            Most people long (a) @ wealth, They think wealth brings happiness. But it often puts one (b) @ trouble. A millionaire is (c) @ very happy person, but his great wealth is a great responsibility. He may have many large estates and factories. He needs (d) @ take great care (e) @ them. There may be dispute between the millionaire and his (f) @. It may invite one trouble (g) @ another. These dispute may turn (h) @ strike. In this case, (i) @ millionaire may face the (j) @ of a huge money. In spite of being rich, he therefore may not have an easy life.</p> <p><strong>2.         Fill in the blanks with suitable words.</strong></p> <p><strong>            0.5×10 = 5</strong></p> <p><img alt="" src="/ckfinder/userfiles/images/print/2016/print-2016/July/26-07-2016/kalerkantho_study_2.jpg" style="height:160px; margin-left:12px; margin-right:12px; width:300px" /></p> <p>(a) — tea estates in Bangladesh annually produce (b) — 55 million kg (c) — tea. (d) — country (e) — the 9th position (f) — respect of production among (g) — 30 tea producing countries (h) — the world, Half of (i) — production is consumed (j) — home while the rest is exported.</p> <p><strong>3.         Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.              1×5 = 5</strong></p> <p><img alt="" src="/ckfinder/userfiles/images/print/2016/print-2016/July/26-07-2016/kalerkantho_study_3.jpg" style="height:40px; margin-left:12px; margin-right:12px; width:300px" /></p> <p><strong>4.         Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.    0.5×10 = 5</strong></p> <p>            Truthfulness (a) @ all other virtues which (b) @ a man really great. The man who (c) @ the habit of speaking the truth is trusted by others. A man (d) @ his ends once or twice by (e) @ lies. But no permanent gain comes out of such success. So, nobody should tell a lie in the hope of (f) @ money or attaining success. It is (g) @ in society that some dishonest people tell a lie to (h) @ others’ life. They tell lies to (i) @ the truth and (j) @ falsehood in society.</p> <p><strong>5.         Change the narrative style of the following text.                      5</strong></p> <p>            ‘Great king of the genies’, called the monster, ‘I will never again disobey you.’ Hearing those words, the fisherman became brave and said, ‘Tell me why you were locked up in the vase.’ The giant angrily looked at him and said, ‘Speak to me more politely or I shall kill you.’</p> <p><strong>6.         Change the sentences according to directions.             1×10 = 10</strong></p> <p>            (a) The cuckoo is a bird of very shy nature. (Make complex sentence).</p> <p>            (b) It is not very often seen beside human habitation (Make affirmative sentence).</p> <p>            (c) They hide themselves and coo from the high branches. (Make simple sentence).</p> <p>            (d) Though they are coward, they are clever (Make compound sentence).</p> <p>            (e) They lay their eggs in the nests of crows (Make complex sentence).</p> <p>            (f) They are cleverer than the crows (Use positive degree).</p> <p>            (g) They do not make their nests because they are lazy (Make simple sentence)</p> <p>            (h) The crows raise the baby cuckoos (Use passive voice).</p> <p>            (i) When the babies grow up they fly away (Make compound sentence).</p> <p>            (j) Crows never understand it (Make interrogative sentence).</p> <p><strong>7.         Complete the sentences.                      1×5 = 5</strong></p> <p>            (a) Once there lived a woodcutter who —.</p> <p>            (b) — he was honest.</p> <p>            (c) He worked hard —.</p> <p>            (d) — the axe fell into the river.</p> <p>            (e) The woodcutter tried his best —.</p> <p><strong>8.         Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.             0.5×10 = 5</strong></p> <p>            When we become guests in the house of our relatives, we get (a) @ (impress) @ with them for their (b) @ (hospital) @. Sometimes their (c) @ (hospital) @ gives us some (d) @ (wonder) @ memories. This is the tradition in our country. Our countrymen are not usually (e) @ (hospitable) @. (f) @ (Religion) @ (g) @ (instruct) @ about hospitality is very strict. Our religion, the Islam, has given a (h) @ (rule) @ to treat the guests with (i) @ (most) —- respect and love. It is a sin to (j) @ (behave) @ with a guest.</p> <p><strong>9.         Make tag questions of these statements.        </strong> </p> <p>            1×5 = 5</p> <p>            (a) To make a good result in the examination you cannot write the same thing as most students’ write, @?</p> <p>            (b) The examiners get bored when they find almost the same answers in all scripts, @?</p> <p>            (c) If you were an examiner, you would do the same, —?</p> <p>            (d) You are right. But what can I do now? Try to understand what you read, make your own notes and revise them frequently, @?</p> <p>            (e) Do you have any other advice? You have to have a fairly good command over the language, —? Of course.</p> <p><strong>10.       Complete the passage using suitable connectors.                     1×5 = 5</strong></p> <p>            There is a group of rich farmers in our country, (a) @ their number is very few. They often get enough from their land to meet up their daily necessaries. They may buy clothes, cosmetics for their wives, sons and daughters. (b) @ they may have some money left for further investments. (c) @ they get up late in the morning. Then they take breakfast. After that they go to the bungalow and discuss with others the current affairs of the village. (d) @ they settle disputes of the villagers. (e) @ mid-day meal they often take a snap.</p> <p><strong>11.       Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text.    5</strong></p> <p>            once upon a time there was an old farmer he lived with his wife and three sons the three sons always quarreled with one another their parents said stop don’t quarrel its bad but they didn’t listen to their parents</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Answers :</strong></p> <p><strong>1.         Filling in the gaps with clues</strong></p> <p>            (a) for; (b) in; (c) a; (d) to; (e) of; (f) workers; (g) after; (h) to; (i) the; (j) loss.</p> <p><strong>2.         Filling in the gaps without clues</strong></p> <p>            (a) The; (b) about; (c) of; (d) The; (e) occupies; (f) in; (g) the; (h) of; (i) the; (j) at.</p> <p><strong>3.         Producing sentences from a substitution table to make a text</strong></p> <p>            (i)         A book is a storehouse of knowledge.</p> <p>            (ii)        It is a real friend of man.</p> <p>            (iii)       Mortal man wants to keep himself immortal in this world.</p> <p>            (iv) A good book is one of the best means to immortalize him on earth after his physical death.</p> <p>            (v)        So, undoubtedly a good book plays the role of a good friend.</p> <p><strong>4.         Right form of verbs</strong></p> <p>            (a) breeds; (b) make; (c) cultivates; (d) can achieve; (e) telling; (f) making; (g) seen;</p> <p>            (h) endanger; (i) conceal; (j) establish.</p> <p><strong>5.         Changing the form of speech</strong></p> <p>            Addressing the fisherman as the great king of genie, the monster said that he would never disobey him. Hearing the words, the fisherman became brave and told the monster to tell him why he had been locked up in the vase. The giant angrily looked at him and ordered him to speak to him more politely or he would kill him.</p> <p><strong>6.         Changing sentences</strong></p> <p>            (a) The cuckoo is a bird, which is very shy in nature.</p> <p>            (b) It is hardly seen beside human habitation.</p> <p>            (c) Hiding themselves, they coo from the high branches.</p> <p>            (d) They are coward but clever.</p> <p>            (e) It is they, which laid their eggs in the nests of crows.</p> <p>            (f) The crows are not as clever as they.</p> <p>            (g) They are too lazy to make their nests.</p> <p>            (h) The baby cuckoos are raised by the crows.</p> <p>            (i) The babies grow up and fly away.</p> <p>            (j) Do crows ever understand it?</p> <p><strong>7.         Completing sentences</strong></p> <p>            (a) Once there lived a woodcutter who used to cut wood in the jungle.</p> <p>            (b) In spite of being poor, he was honest.</p> <p>            (c) He worked hard to maintain his family.</p> <p>            (d) One day while cutting wood the axe fell into the river.</p> <p>            (e) The woodcutter tried his best to find out his axe.</p> <p><strong>8.         Adding suffix, prefix or both</strong></p> <p>            (a) impressed; (b) hospitality; (c) hospitality; (d) wonderful; (e) inhospitable; (f) Religious; (g) instruction; (h) ruling; (i) utmost; (j) misbehave.</p> <p><strong>9.         Tag questions</strong></p> <p>            (a) To make a good result in the examination you cannot write the same thing as most students’ write, can you?</p> <p>            (b) The examiners get bored when they find almost the same answers in all scripts, don’t they?</p> <p>            (c) If you were an examiner, you would do the same, wouldn’t you?</p> <p>            (d) You are right. But what can I do now? Try to understand what you read, make your own notes and revise them frequently, will you/can you?</p> <p>            (e) Do you have any other advice? You have to have a fairly good command over the language, haven’t you? Of course.</p> <p><strong>10.       Use of sentence connectors</strong></p> <p>            (a) but; (b) In the end; (c) Usually; (d) Thus; (e) After.</p> <p><strong>11.       Capitalization and punctuation</strong></p> <p>            Once upon a time, there was an old farmer. He lived with his wife and three sons. The three sons always quarreled with one another. Their parents said, “Stop. Don’t quarrel. It’s bad.” But they didn’t listen to their parents.</p>