SSC English Second Paper Model 1

Model Test-1

English 2^nd Paper

Time: 3.00 Hours;    Full Marks: 100

Part A: Grammar (60 Marks)

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.

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It is useful (a)----- students to take part (b)-----social service. (c)----- taking part (d)----- in social service, they can benefit themselves as well as (e)----- nation. Student life is (f)----- period of (g)----- for future life. If the students do some social (h)-----, they will be better prepared for giving service (i)----- the nation or completion of their education. As the students have no family burden and as they get enough time during the large vacation. They can do (j)----- great deal of works for the people.

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

Newspaper in Bangladesh have constantly (a)----- our attention to the (b)----- satisfy measures provided by (c)----- garments factories. They (d)----- adequate space (e)----- staircases and (f)----- exits . (g)----- addition, most to the garment (h)----- do not have any training (i)----- fire safety. At least 140 garment employees were (j)----- in fire related incidents.

3. Make five meaningful sentences from the following substitution table.

Dhaka	must is should	abide by the traffic rules.
It		be implemented
A flyover		the capital of Bangladesh
Traffic rules		built at Mohakhali.
Besides the drivers, passengers		not only a populous city but also a city of traffic jam.

4. Complete the following text with right form of verbs given the box.

Modesty is (a) ----- the ornament of human character. Without (b) ---- modesty a man can not be gentle or (c) ----. If education is (d) ---- to light then modesty will be its focus. If education (e) ---- been a conscience then modesty will (f) ---- an approach. In a lucid word, modesty means respecting elders and (g) ----- youngers. Those who (h) ---- others they can’t be (i) ---- . (j) ---- you not be modest?

5. Change the narrative style of the following text.

“What can I do for you sir?” asked the tailor. “I want a woolen suit made”, said mr. Rashid. “Would you like to buy cloth from us, sir?” the tailor asked. “No, I have brought the suit length with me.”

6. Change the sentences according to directions.

(a) The student studying seriously can expect good result.(complex)

(b) But most of our students are inattentive.(Negative)

(c) They waste their valuable time in gossiping.(complex)

(d) They do not take their exams seriously.(affirmative)

(e) By doing this they make poor result.(Negative)

(f) Who loves him then?(Assertive) 

(g) He/she is disliked even by his/her own family (Active)

(h) He/she is not treated as dear as the other members in the family (Comparative)

(i) None becomes so sad as he/she then. (Superlative)

(j) So, a student should be serious to study if he/she wants to enjoy a better life.(Simple)

7. Complete the following sentences.

(a) No sooner had I reached home--------

(b) He was so lazy that--------

(c) If you go -------------

(d) He succeeded though --------

(e) As our elders love us ------------.

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

There are (a) ---- (vary) forms of physical exercise. But every form is not (b) ---- (suit) for all. Walking is good for all. In the morning, fresh air is (c) ---- (avail). So it is (d) ---- (benefit) to health. It is also very (e) ---- (please) and I (f) ---- enjoy it. It also  (g)---- (fresh) our mind. The (h) ---- (nature) beauty (i) ---- (chant) us. We become (j)---- (health) by taking physical exercise.

9. Make Tag questions of these statements.

(a) Fire burns, -----------?

(b) Neither of them complained, -------?

(c) Fishes can swim, ---------?

(d) How odd, ---------?

(e) I knew little about this, ------------?

10. Complete using suitable connectors.

(a)---- I was born in the village, I passed my childhood in a town. (b)----my birth my parents became worried about my education, (c)---- there was no good school in the village. (d)----I was four, we started living in our district town and I got admitted in a good school (e)----.

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

dhaka the capital of bangladesh has its won attractions it is especially famous for its mosques both old and new the old ones are as attractive as the new ones

Part B: Composition (40 Marks)

12. Suppose you are Shafi/Shafia. You have completed HSC and you have seen a vacancy ad for the post of an assistant teacher in ABC Kinder Garten, Dhaka. Now write a CV with a cover letter for the post. Your CV should not exceed one page.

13. Suppose you are Zasi/Zasia. Your father is in abroad for a heavy medical treatment and you couldn’t pay your tution fees. Now write an application to your Headmaster for remission of delay fine.

14. Write a paragraph on Price hike on the basis of the following questions. (a) What is Price hike? (b) What are the reasons of it? (c) What is the impact of it in the society? (d) who are the sufferers of  it? (e) What can be the remedies?

15. Do you think English is essential for getting a good job, technological advancement, global communication and vice versa? Write a composition on this fact.