1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the list. You may need to change the form of some of the words. You may use one word more than once. 0.5×10=5
Music is (a) ——- fine art. It is (b) ——- best source of recreation. Any kind of tune (c) ——- or artificial produced by man (d) ——- or without instrument is called music. Music may be confused with singing. Song is only (e) ——- part of music. Music is as old as (f) ——-. Man invented it (g) ——- of his inborn love for tune. Music is (h) ——- art and it developed with (i) ——- growth of human culture and civilization. Music has much influence (j) ——- human mind.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. 0.5×10=5
My annual exam was going (a) ——-. On (b) ——- exam date of English 1st paper I got stuck (c) ——- in a traffic jam. So I reached the exam hall half an hour late. After entering the exam (d) ——- I saw that all the (e) ——- were busy (f) ——- writing. (g) ——- invigilator came with the scripts and question (h) ——- He gave me a script. I filled (i) ——- the answer script. The invigilator gave me a question. All the questions were common (j) ——— me.
3. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. 0.5×10=5
I am now going to tell you about the curse of dowry system. It (a) ——- to you that dowry prevails in our society though mass effort (b) ——- to put an end of this evil system. This evil still exists throughout country. Generally it (c) ——- that a girl often (d) ——- before she reaches maturity. After that she enters her husband’s family which is most often hostile to her. If her dowry (e) —— short of the expectation of her husband and the members of her in-law’s family, they (f) ——- her. She may be (g) ——- with divorce. In some extreme cases she is not only (h) ——- but also (i) to death. Parents (j) ——- money on their daughters’ dowry.
4. Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below. 1×5=5
5. Change the narrative style of the following text. 5
Rashed said to Tapash, `I went to the station. I had to receive my uncle there. Where did you go?’ `I went to your house to collect a book from you.’ `I am sorry. Let’s go. I shall lend you the book.’
6. Change the sentences according to directions.
1×10=10
(a) Health is wealth. (Complex)
(b) A good health is a guarantee for happiness. (Interrogative)
(c) Good health keeps one fit and free from diseases. (Passive)
(d) By observing certain rules, we can maintain good health. (Complex)
(e) Since most of the people of our country live below the poverty level, they cannot take proper food. (Simple)
(f) Even a balanced diet is not taken by the rich people because of ignorance. (Active)
(g) A healthy poor man is happier than a sick moneyed man. (Positive)
(h) An unhealthy man is a liability to the society. (Negative)
(i) The person who is ambitious cannot maintain a good health. (Simple)
(j) So everybody cannot but be conscious of health. (Affirmative)
Answer
1. (a) a (b) the
(c) natural (d) with
(e) a (f) humanity (g) out (h) an
(i) the (j) on
2. (a) on (b) the
(c) up (d) hall
(e) examinees (f) in
(g) An (h) paper (i) up (j) to
3. (a) is known
(b) has been made
(c) is seen (d) is married
(e) falls (f) insult
(g) threatened (h) beaten
(i) tortured (j) spend
4. (a) Paper is the part and parcel of modern life.
(b) It is our best daily companion.
(c) We cannot do for a moment without paper.
(d) Paper is made from straw, grass, wood etc.
(e) It is named from the word papyrus..
5. Rashed told Tapash that he had gone to the station. He added that he had to receive his uncle there. He asked Tapash where he had gone. Tapash replied that he had gone to his (R) house to collect a book from him. Very sorrowfully Rahsed proposed that they should go and said that he would lend him the book.
6. (a) It is health which is wealth.
(b) Isn’t a good health a guarantee for happiness?
(c) One is kept fit and free from diseases by good health.
(d) If we observe certain rules, we can maintain good health.
(e) Most of the people of our country cannot take proper food because of living below the
poverty level.
(f) Even the rich people do not take a balanced diet because of ignorance.
(g) A sick moneyed man is not as happy as a healthy poor man.
(h) An unhealthy man is not an asset to the society.
(i) An ambitious person cannot maintain a good health.
(j) So everybody must be conscious of health.
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